That is what I call acceptance by the Irish members of this Bill....

_What we mean by this Bill is to close and bury a controversy of seven hundred years.'_[98] This hope of ending the feud of ages has been for years dangled by Gladstonians before the English electorate.

It has gained thousands of votes for Home Rule.

But it is doomed to disappointment.

The new constitution will never be a settlement of the Irish question: and this for three reasons, which can be definitely stated and easily understood.
_First._ The new constitution satisfies neither Ireland nor England.
It does not satisfy Ireland.
Ulster, Protestant Ireland, and indeed, speaking generally, all men of property in Ireland, whether Protestant or Catholic, detest Home Rule.
They hate the new constitution, they protest against the new constitution, they assert that they will to the utmost of their ability resist the introduction and impede the working of the new constitution.
Their abhorrence of Home Rule may be groundless, their threats may be baseless; their power to give effect to their menaces may have no existence.