1 Wedy night
5 July BROOKS'S,
ST JAMES'S STREET. Dear Sir Edward. My excuse for writing
you is the fact of
the tremendous crisis
we are in. It is one of life &
death to us in the
S & W. - The North (six counties)
are comparatively safe
but, is not that so on 2
the grounds that the matter
is permanent. You of all people have
the power of having
the true facts as to
this. May I with
all earnestness appeal
to you to do so ?
and, before the meeting
at the Carlton on
Friday. If I am unreasonable
forgive me. but, Sir E.
Carson's name is being
bandied about in a
way that hurts me. I
am telling you the plain
truth. You have ever
been more than kind
to me, hence my feeling
that I can write thus
to you. I have worked and struggled
for 30 years in the
cause of loyal Ireland,
is it to be said that
now, owing to what can 3
surely be merely an error
of Judgement, or a mis ap.
-prehension, that because
the plain truth regarding
"permanent" or "temporary"
was not disclosed, that
the whole cause of loyal
Ireland, N.S.E.W., was
to be eternally and
irretrievably wrecked?
I can't & won't believe
it. My usual regards to Lady Carson. Always Yrs J. Mackey Wilson