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9 insurgents in the Rebellion of 1798, addressed in these words:—

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Bearing, then, this truism of Nationalist politics in mind, "Ireland a Nation," let us consider what is the constitutional meaning of, and what would be the constitutional result of granting "Home Rule," "Devolution," or "Home Rule all Round," and what value there is in the expression, "A subordinate Irish Parliament," and what is meant by the demand for an "Irish Parliament and an Independent Irish Executive to deal with Irish affairs." Such words convey to Irish hearers a concrete historical meaning, but to persons not acquainted w^ith Irish legislative systems and their history they are indeterminate and indefinite and give rise to many loose imaginings.