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D1507/A/17/9 6 Bedford Peace
London W.C. 6th June '16 Dear Sir Edward, Since seeing you
off last night I have
been thinking (as, indeed,
I always am) of the very
serious Irish Problem. Is
it going to be solved?
& now? I am wondering
how you are all getting
on at the Council to-day.
I am looking forward to
the report (if any) in to-
morrow's Papers here, &
the fuller account in the 2 —2—
local papers arriving here
the following day. Surely
the Exclusion of six
Counties is not feasible!
My heart wd 'bleed' if
Fermanagh were not ex-
cluded! I think of what
is emblazoned on our Flags!
Enniskillen etc etc. It
wd be an abandonment
and a betrayal of the
loyal & historic! I feel
that I could never hold
up my head if loyalists
such as these were dragooned
into submission to a
Dublin Parliament. 3 -3- 43 Stand firm for the total
Exclusion of Ulster as the
minimum. And stand
firm also for no patched
up peace — no truce —
no arrangement during
the continuance of the
war with Germany. Let
there be no peace where
there is no peace. Better
be a thousand times be
as we are than accept
something to satisfy &
gain renown for Mr
The People. Does he care
for England? Does he
care for the pockets of
the British people? 4 — 4 — 44 If a settlement cd be
effected to gain him
honour & renown he
wd sacrifice the pocke
pockets of the people
— he wd bleed them dry —
Ay! he wd tax to the
tune of £ 1,000,000 if
only he cd gain his point!
You will not trust him!
And you remember Redmond's
words years ago Trust
me; don't trust Asquith
You will not trust any
of them! A nice trio ! God be with you —
especially at this great
crisis. Your burden
of responsibility is, indeed, 5 — 5 — D1507/A/17/9 45
great; but we shall all
help you to bear it,
& lessen it. Victory must be
ours! We are a minority.
But one, with God on
our side, is a Majority! I have copied a few
lines of Longfellow on
last page. No doubt
they are already known
to you. They appear
to me so apropos that
I make bold to
refresh your memory. I hope you &
Lady Carson had a
pleasant crossing. 6 With kind regards
to you both.
Cordially yours
G.L.Moore Sir E. Carson P.C. 7 Sail on, O Ship of State!
Sail on, O Union, strong & great!
Humanity with all its fears,
With all the hopes of future years,
Is hanging breathless on thy fate! Longfellow