Why, sir, I think when this language reaches the people of Ireland--coming, too, as it does from the Treasury, above all, from the Secretary of State for the Home Department--there is indeed danger to be apprehended that such a doctrine may be written in letters of blood in that country.
From a biography, Disraeli warns of the dangerous consequences in Ireland if certain government doctrines are perceived by the populace.
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