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John Morley: “The violent scenes that attended the Coercion bill of 1881, the interchange of hard words, the suspensions, the…”

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The violent scenes that attended the Coercion bill of 1881, the interchange of hard words, the suspensions, the imprisonments—all mechanically acquiesced in by the ministerial majority—had engendered both bitterness and contempt.
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John Morley

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Morley describes the negative consequences of the Coercion Bill of 1881, illustrating the political climate of the time.

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