What's the Matter with Ireland? by Ruth Russell
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page 76 of 81 (93%)
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"Spinners and preparers, $7.50 a week. "Weavers and winders, $7.50 a week. "General laborers, $10.00 a week." But, say the leaders, there will always be chance of disunion until the political question is settled. Ulster labor decided to assist in that settlement. So it killed Carsonism. And now it is trying to lay the Carsonistic ghost. This is the way labor killed Carsonism. I saw it done. I was in at the death. There was a parliamentary seat vacant in East Antrim. Carson, whose choice had hitherto been law, backed a Canadian named Major Moore. But labor put up a sort of Bull Moose candidate named Hanna. The Carsonists realized the issue. During the campaign they reiterated that Carsonism was to live or die by that vote. The dodgers for Major Moore ran: East Antrim Election WHAT The Enemies of Unionism WANT The Return of Hanna WHY? Because as _The Freeman's Journal_ of May 10, 1919, states: "IF HANNA WINS, HIS VICTORY WILL BE THE DEATH KNELL OF CARSONISM." |
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