Excerpt from Thoughts on Ireland: Its Present and Its Future

National Schools in Ireland must, it seems, be subverted, in order that the Denominational System of Education in England may be maintained. In both cases, Commis sions have been appointed with the hope, in the former case, that the institution may, with modifications, be in principle preserved, in the latter, that the institution may be, in principle, destroyed. The relation between landlord and tenant, again, must not be touched in Ireland, lest a precedent dangerous to England should be established. Out of this terrible complication only a very wise, or a very presumptuous man can attempt to trace any path of speedy issue. Though, of late, events have marched rapidly, and though a crisis has almost suddenly come upon us, the immediate prospect is by no means bright. Liberal majorities, indeed, have, on the whole, declared themselves in favour of equality against privilege, of religion against sect, of right against the ascendancy of party or of creed. Victory seems to smile on the banner bearing the device Fiat Justitia, Ruat Ecclesiaf'

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