A campaign against tribute may become as popular as a campaign against rent.

The two campaigns indeed have a close affinity; a large portion of the tribute is in reality payment in respect of rent, and the instalments which an Irish farmer pays to buy his land will, to him at any rate, appear rent or tribute payable to Great Britain.

The rent or tribute will be collected under the new constitution by the Irish Government.[89] No Irish Ministry will relish the position of collector.
It would have been difficult for a landlord to collect rent after his agent had publicly announced that it was excessive and unjust.

Yet a landlord could dismiss his agent; the English Cabinet cannot dismiss the Irish Government.

It is certain too that the Irish Ministry will not find the collection of rent easy.