Colonel Saunderson wrote a weighty letter to Tuesday's Times, showing
why he and the Ulster opponents of Home- rule have no belief in the moderation of the Nationalists in case they should win their cause. He showed that on November 16th last, United Ireland, edited by Mr. W. O'Brien, lune& a most instructive cartoon, with descriptive letter- press, comparing the Wexford of 1798 with the Wexford of 1889. In this cartoon, and the letterpress concerning it, are commemorated many of the worst acts of 1788, and especially it is asserted that there are priests in the country to-day worthy 9f the glorious leaders of Vinegar Hill. Colonel
Saunderson reminds us of the cruel and cold-blooded murders committed by these "glorious leaders of Vinegar Hill," and asks how Ulstermen can be expected to trust Nationalists who boast that there are still Irish priests worthy to be ranked with the glorious leaders of Vinegar Hill. The question is certainly an apposite one. No one who knows the popularity of United Ireland, and studies its spirit, can feel the least confidence in the justice and moderation of the party of which the editor of United Ireland is the most popular hero.
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