William Gladstone: “I do not believe the act does justify them; but this I am bound to say, that the interpretation of the act appears to be…”

In fact, these men have been punished for doing in Ireland that which would be perfectly lawful in England, and which, I believe, is perfectly lawful even in Ireland, under any fair interpretation of the act.

But the day may come when your condition may not be so happy.

There must be, and will be, cases of harsh and unreasonable persecution under the name of boycotting.

It is a sign that the law does not do its work.