Miserable indeed would be the position of England were she forced in Ireland to wink at lawlessness such as but the other day disgraced New Orleans, or at mob law countenanced by the 'Executive,' such as in 1883 ruled supreme at Melbourne.

Foreign powers at any rate would rightly decline to let the defects of our constitution excuse the neglect of international duties.
If England cannot shuffle off her responsibilities, England is bound in prudence to maintain her power.
iv.

_The Policy of Trust_.

'I believe myself that suspicion is the besetting vice of politicians and that trust is often the truest wisdom.'[122] This sentiment is followed by curious and ambiguous qualifications.

It is not cited for the sake of fixing Mr.Gladstone with any doctrine whatever; it is quoted because it neatly expresses the sentiment which, in one form or another, underlies most of the arguments in favour of Home Rule or of our new constitution.