Letter to Mr. Seeds, 23 May 1916 Letters 1916-1923

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Letter to Mr. Seeds.

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland Carson Papers, D1507/A/16/21 https://letters1916.ie/item/4314 English 1916-05-23 Mr. Seeds Politics Easter Rising Ireland 1916 Politics Country and City Life

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 23rd May, 1916. Dear Mr. Seeds, In reply to the letter sent by yourself and some others of the 15th of May, I hope you will be satisfied for the moment with a very short answer. I am fully aware of the uneasiness that prevails with reference to the present situation, and I can assure you that I am watching everything with the fullest desire and intent— tion to uphold the principle s to which we are bound by our Covenant. It is never absent from my mind for a moment. So far as I am concerned you may reply upon it that I have not taken and will not take any action in the matter without the fullest submission to our Execu— tive Council and I shall never be a party to advising anything which would be a breach of our Covenant. I think for the moment it is better not to publish the correspondence as I am anxious to hear what the Govern— ment propose to do, having regard to the recent disgrace— ful conduct of the rebels in the South and West, but you are quite at liberty to show my answer to any of the Ulster Volunteer Force whom you think proper. Yours very truly,