The difficulty is that this sense of glory and unity, which should certainly cover the Scotch, should also cover the Irish.

And while it is fairly safe to call a Scotsman a North Briton (despite the just protest of Stevenson), it is very unsafe indeed to call an Irishman a West Briton.

But there is a deeper difficulty.

I can assure the Scot that I say "England," not because I deny Scottish nationality, but because I affirm it.

And I can say, further, that I could not here include Scots in the thesis, simply because I could not include them in the condemnation.