. Mr. Balfour then used the following words about the
Cabinet:-
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"After all, they are men brought lig in the traditions of British liberty. They have had the training of British statesmen, and I will never believe they are going to try and govern us in connexion with this Ulster Home Rule question as if we were a South American or a Central .American Republic. To my mind such a volley, when it comes to be faced, is almost unthinkable, and until
the Prime Minister and his colleagues show themselves capable of what I regard as an act of gross political immorality I shall not believe that they are prepared to face the issue."
We are particularly glad to notice that Mr. Balfour has made a very deep political impression, which we have reason to
believe has 'affected Liberals as well as Unionists, without even mentioning such a possibility as an appeal to the King to exercise his veto or to dissolve Parliament. Such proposals are not the expedients of tried statesmen and never will be.
Mr. Balfour, as we should have expected, passes them over in complete silence. We have written more fully elsewhere of the position of the Government in relation to Home Rule, as well as of Lord Loreburn's proposal.
