THE PRINCE AND IRELAND.
The character, capacity, and habits of thought of the Prince of Wales are very different from what those who know him not believe or affect to believe. When the Prince of Wales is King (may God preserve her Majesty !) the world will find out the truth. He is a true Briton and a true Irishman, proud of his kingdom country, gifted with extraordinary tact, understanding the
many-sidednesses of his countrymen as few living Englishmen can understand them. I for one cannot doubt that with the accession of Edward VH — which would be the most popular title with which he could ascend the throne — the Irish question would enter upon a new phase. Had the Prince of Wales had his will, Dublin Castle would have been a royal residence 30 years ago, and Dublin would have seen a royal court before the breach between the two countries culminated in Parnellism and crime. England owes historic reparation to Ireland for the effect of a selfish free trade on a purely agricultural country ; and, as King of England, the Prince would have inaugurated a new era of sympathy and respect for Ireland and Irishmen, which has too long been absent from the ironclad administration of rival political parties. The Prince knows an-a understands the practical value of sentiment in national life.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 56
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222THE PRINCE AND IRELAND. Otago Witness, Issue 2325, 22 September 1898, Page 56
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