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.
Gladstone argues that actions punished in Ireland would be lawful in England and should be lawful in Ireland under a fair interpretation of the law.
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