nd copper mines, and iron and quicksilver mines, but mining in
Ireland cannot, as a rule, be made to pay. Everything exists in
Ireland, but in such small quantities. The seams and veins are so
small. Mr. Ritchie, of Belfast, spent several fortunes in mining for
coal, iron, and other things. There was iron at Ballyshannon, but what
was the good? It cost less to bring iron to England from Algiers. We
had no railway to Donegal, fifteen miles away, and cartage was too
expensive. So far from Home Rule doing us any good, it would be a
cruel blow to the country, and especially to the poor. Employment
would become very scarce, as everybody who had money invested in
Ireland would be in haste to realise and get it away. There would be
no new enterprises, although the poor folk say, "We'll get employment
in big factories and mines." Where's the money to come from? From the
Irish Parliament, they say. And where will they get it from? Oh, a
Parliament always has money. All the money comes from Parliament,
which, in fact, actually makes money. The English Parliament makes all
the goold sovereigns, and when the Irish Parliament commences to
manufacture goold sovereigns at Dublin, then Ireland must be rich. Did
not Mr. Gladstone say there would be too much money? Did not he say
that in Parliament? That's what the poorest and most ignorant people
of Donegal say. The English Home Rulers, by their support of the
movement are inflicting injury on the Irish poor. We want the country
opening up with railways. The tourist district is unequalled in
Europe. Good hotels now, but you reach them mostly by cars. Balfour
was giving us rails. That one man in five years did more good to
Ireland than all other agencies operating for the previous forty
years. I have thought the thing out, and I can speak for that period
with certainty. Why could not they let him alone? The blackguards of
these parts still shout 'Hell to Balfour.'

"Home Rule means to England a weakening, a loss of prestige, a new and
a terrible danger. The _Independent_ says, 'When Ireland next fights
England she will not fight alone?' Very true. There is a strong
anti-English feeling among the lower American classes, who are largely
Irish, who have votes, and by their votes can influence American
policy. Let me point out the opinion of Lieutenant-Colonel Butler as
recorded in 'The Great Lone Land.' Here it is:--

"You will be told that the hostility of the inhabitants of the United
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