As it happened, intimidation had been for a considerable time upon the increase—from which it might be inferred either, on the one side, that coercion failed in its object, or, on the other, that more coercion was still indispensable.
Morley comments on the increasing intimidation in Ireland, suggesting that coercion may not be effective or that more is needed.
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