But in serious discussions facts must be faced, and if, for the sake of argument, I contrast, much against my will, the power of Great Britain with the weakness of Ireland, let it be remembered that the conception of a rivalry or conflict is forced upon Unionists by the mere proposal of Home Rule.

As long as we remain a United Kingdom, there is no more need to think even of hypothetical or argumentative opposition between the resources or interest of England and of Ireland than there is to consider what in case of a contest may be the relative force of London and of the Orkneys.
What, then, the new constitution secures is not the power, but the legal right to abolish the new constitution.

It is a right to carry through a fundamental change by lawful means.

The Bill legalises revolution.

This is well, for it is desirable that in a civilised State every change of institutions should be effected by constitutional methods.