One of the funniest replies to the difficulty that if
Irish representatives were to be retained in the Imperial Parliament, the British Ministry might be dismissed in consequence of an Irish vote determined solely by Irish interests, is the Pall Mall's,—that that would be no new grievance, since it is just what takes place now. Of course it does, but then we have a quid pro quo. We suffer greatly by the irresponsible Irish vote; but that is the price we pay for securing the rights of the minority in Ireland, and protecting our loyal fellow- citizens there. On the proposed plan, we are to endure the evil in all its enormity, and to get no equivalent for it. Our contemporary appears to think that it is just the same to suffer willingly in order that we may discharge a plain duty, and to suffer willingly only for the sake of suffering it. The British people, we venture to say with some confidence, will not take that view.
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