believe that love of their native land and desire
to do the best for the commonweal, are the sole possession of the
ignorant and rowdy classes of Irishmen, and notwithstanding the
undeniable fact that Nationalist Irishmen of every colour accuse the
Nationalist members of self-seeking, and of absolute indifference to
everything: outside their own interests, we are asked to give to them
exclusively the honour due to men who sacrifice all for their country
and care for nothing but her welfare. Gladstonians themselves, in the
deepest depths of their credulity, cannot in their hearts believe in
Nationalist patriotism, except, perhaps, such as that of Mr. Kelly, of
Athenry, who said, "I'm a Home Ruler out and out. The counthry's
within a stone-throw of hell, and we may as well be in it altogether."

Birmingham, August 11th.

No. 60.--LAND HUNGER: ITS CAUSE, EFFECT, AND REMEDY.

That Irish Nationalism is not Patriotism has been demonstrated by an
appeal to admitted facts. The farmers hope to be relieved from payment
of rent, the labourers hope to be employed in the mining of treasure
at remunerative wages, the agitators hope for place and power, and
everyone who has nothing hopes in the general confusion to make off
with something. There is, in short, a shrewd popular notion that the
foundering of the British ship of state would yield good wreckage. The
false lights have done excellent service. Dillon, Davitt, O'Brien.
Healy, and the rest of the would-be wreckers are shivering with
excitement at the prospect of the crash which they fondly believe to
be imminent. The helmsman is under their orders--will he be heaved
overboard before he has done his work? If so, farewell to hope of
plunder, farewell to hope of religions domination, to freehold farms
for nothing, to gold mines, to every hope that made life pleasant, to
all the fatuous beliefs that are the basis of Irish Nationalism. It
has been shown that "patriotic" subscriptions could only be raised by
threats, that the names of non-subscribers were posted on chapel
gates, that resolutions fixing the minimum were passed, with a rider
to the effect that persons not subscribing would be considered "out of
sympathy," and that this fund was for the defence of the patriots
Dillon and O'Brien, who afterwards ran away. The rush of the "patriot"
depositors on the Post Office Savings Banks so soon as it was known
that in the event of Home Rule the floating balance would consti