Index
American Commonwealth, by Rt. Hon. James Bryce, 37 n
American History, Critical Period of, by Fiske, 103
Andrews, Mr. Justice, a Unitarian, 71 n
Appeals under Irish Government Act, 209
Asquith, Rt. Hon. H.H., on the policy of Home Rule, 26, 74 n
Balfour, Rt. Hon. Arthur, on Ireland, 71
Beaumont, Gustave de, 142
Bright, John, on Free Trade, 134
Bryce, Rt. Hon. James, 26, American Commonwealth, 37, 169
Burke, Edmund, Reflections on the Revolution in France, 134
Cambray, Mr., Irish Affairs and the Home Rule Question, 1, 23
Canada as a self-governing colony, 20, 25
Civil servants under Irish Government Act, 210
Clancy, Mr., M.P., and the financial clauses of the Home Rule Bill, 103
Cobden and Free Trade, 134
Coercion Act, the, 144
Colonies, self-governing, see New Zealand, Canada, Victoria
Constitution, Law of, by Professor Dicey, 6 n, 29 n, 67 n
Constitution of Legislature under Irish Government Act, 199
Constitution, old and new, 1-20, 56;
no settlement of the Irish question, 112 et seq.;
rests on an unsound foundation and contradictory, 125;
pleas for, 132 et seq.
Constitutional questions, decision of, under Irish Government Act, 209
Crown Lands under Irish Government Act, 210
Davitt, Michael, and the New Constitution, 115, 142, 167
Dicey, Professor A.V., Law of the Constitution, 6 n, 29 n, 67 n
Duffy, Sir Gavan, Irish Nationalist, 39, 166;
his prediction, 128
England, present constitution of, 2 et seq.;
retention of Irish Members at Westminster, 32 et seq., 66,
inducements to, 48;
meaning of Home Rule to, 53 et seq.;
result of helping Portugal and Spain, 116;
opposition to Home Rule, 119 et seq.;
Grattan's constitution, 149;
the path of safety, 175 et seq.
England's Case against Home Rule, 59 n, 91 n, 94
Executive authority under Irish Government Act, 198
Feast of Concord in France, 172
Federalism, 6;
and Home Rule, 13 et seq., 96, 118;
application to England, 155;
how it works in other countries, 153 et seq.
Finance, under Irish Government Act, 27, 100, 102, 201-207, 222, 223
Fiske, Critical Period of American History, 103
Ford, Patrick, 166
France, and Italy, 116;
Feast of Concord, 172;
Freeman, E.A., Irish Home Rule and Its Analogies, 67 n, 153 n
Germany, federalism in, 6
Girardin, M., on the French Revolution, 135
Gladstone, W.E., and Home Rule, 26, 113, 128 n, 140, 163, 175;
on the retention of Irish Members at Westminster, 32 n, 39, 66, 123
Government, see Parliament
Government of Ireland Bill, see Home Rule Bill
Grattan's constitution, 139, 149-152
Hilty, Professor, Swiss publicist, 160
Home Rule, a new constitution for the United Kingdom, 1, 19;
compared with the old constitution, 8 et seq.;
four leading features of, 22;
the supremacy of the Imperial Parliament, 22-31;
the retention of the Irish Members in the Imperial Parliament, 32 et seq.,
powers of the Irish Government, 66 et seq., 197 et seq .;
the Veto, 88;
Finance, 100-103, 201-207, 222, 223;
as a settlement of the Irish question, 112 et seq.;
is federalism, 118;
reasons for, 132 et seq.;
necessity for, 138;
the safeguards, 149;
Grattan's constitution, 149;
success of, 152 et seq.;
the policy of trust, 163 et seq.;
a revolutionary movement, 177, 191
Imperial Parliament, see Parliament Ireland, the old constitution, 1-8;
the new constitution, 8 et seq.;
the retention of Irish Members in the Imperial Parliament, 32 et seq.,
meaning of Home Rule to, 53;
powers of the Irish Government under Home Rule Bill, 66 et seq.,
197 et seq.;
the Irish Parliament, 75;
restrictions and obligations, 80 et seq.;
the Veto, 88;
the Privy Council and the Courts, 90 et seq.;
Home Rule no settlement of the Irish question, 112 et seq.;
arguments for the new constitution, 132 et seq.;
her desire for parliamentary independence, 140
Irish Affairs and the Home Rule Question, by Cambray, 1, 23 n
Irish Constabulary under Home Rule Bill, 75 n, 212
Irish Executive, 66
Irish Government Act, see Home Rule Bill
Irish Home Rule and its Analysis, by E.A. Freeman, 67 n, 153 n
Irish Parliament, 75
Irish representation in the House of Commons, 32 et seq., 66, 123,
Italy and France, 116
Jackson, Andrew, President of the United States, 158
Judges under Home Rule Bill, 210
Lalor, Mr., 142
Lecky, Mr., History of England in the Eighteenth Century, 150
Legislative authority under Home Rule Bill, 197 et seq.
Local Government Bill compared with Home Rule Bill, 186
Lord Lieutenant, office of, 66, 210
McCarthy, J., on the effect of the Home Rule Bill, 112, 142, 167
Mahoney, Pierce, Irish Independent on the release of prisoners, 117
Marshall, John, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, 158
Melbourne, Irish informers' reception at, 161, 162
Mill, John Stuart, Representative Government, 6 n, 118 n.
Morley, John, Chief Secretary for Ireland, on retention of Irish Members
at Westminster, 39-43, 49, 62;
changes in administration, 71;
safeguards against legislation setting aside contracts, 86
New Zealand as a self-governing colony, 4, 5, 9, 20, 25, 31;
compared with Ireland, 156
Nulty, Dr., Roman Catholic Bishop of Meath, 71 n.
O'Connell, Daniel, compared with Parnell, 139; 166
Parliament, British and Imperial, authority of, in the United Kingdom,
2 et seq.;
in the Colonies, 4 et seq.;
supremacy of, 22 et seq.;
retention of Irish Members in, 32 et seq.;
since the Union, 56 et seq.
Parnell, 34;
Phoenix Park murders, 146
Police under Home Rule Bill, 75 n, 212
Post Office and postal telegraphs under Home Rule Bill, 207, 208
Privy Council and the Courts, 90
Redmond, John, M.P., Home Rule, 26, 50, 103;
and the imprisoned dynamiters, 117 n, 168
Referendum, Dicey on, 189, 190
Religion, restrictions on, 99
Representative Government, by John Stuart Mill, 118 n.
Restrictions and obligations in Home Rule Bill, 80 et seq.,
Retention of Irish Members in House of Commons, 32 et seq.,
Russell, Lord John, 32 n
Savings banks under Home Rule Bill, 207, 208
Sexton, Thomas, on Home Rule Bill, 16 n, 26, 112, 126
Siéyès, Abbé, 19
Switzerland an example of successful federalism, 6, 159
Ticino, insurrection in, 107, 160, 161
Times Parliamentary Debates, 26 n, 32 n;
Mr. Asquith on executive authority, 74 n;
John Morley on legislation to set aside contracts, 86 n;
J. McCarthy and W.E. Gladstone on Home Rule as a final settlement,
Gladstone on the policy of trust, 163 n.
Tocqueville, Alexis de, and the French Revolution, 134, 173
Trust, the policy of, 163
Unionism, the policy for, 183 et seq.
Unionist Delusions, 62 n.
United States of America, division of parties in, 37 n;
no law allowed to impair the obligation of a contract, 85;
Bryce on State Legislatures in, 169, 170
its uselessness, 88
Victoria as a self-governing colony, 4 n.
Victoria, Government of, by Jenks, 9 n.