"Ireland," says Mr. Froude, "was regarded as a colony to be administered, not for her own benefit, but for the convenience of the mother country."[14]
FOOTNOTES:
[9] "Proceedings of the Home Rule Conference," 1873, p. 8.
[10] 6 Geo. I., c. 5 (Eng.).
[11] "Report of the Discussion in the Dublin Corporation on Repeal of the Union," 1843, p. 23.
[12] "Proceedings of the Home Rule Conference," 1873, pp. 8, 9.
[13] For further account of the constitution and powers of the Irish Parliament, see "The Irish Parliament: What it Was, and What it Did," by J. G. Swift MacNeill, published by Cassell & Company, Limited.
[14] "English in Ireland," vol. i., p. 178.