[Footnote 3: J.R. Green, "Short History," chap. ix. sec. 8.]
[Footnote 4: "Dict. Nat. Biog.," sub.-tit. "Erskine, John, Earl of Mar,"
p. 430.]
[Footnote 5: "England," says Mr. James Bryce in his Introduction to "Two
Centuries of Irish History," "acted as conquering nations do act, and
better than some nations of that age."]
[Footnote 6: Wogan to Swift, Feb. 27th, 1732.]
[Footnote 7: Swift, "The Legion Club."]
[Footnote 8: "Life of Macartney," vol. ii, p. 136.]
[Footnote 9: "Tour in Ireland," vol. ii., p. 123 ff.]
[Footnote 10: Hamilton Rowan's "Autobiography," p. 340.]
[Footnote 11: "Wealth of Nations," Book V., Chap. III.]
[Footnote 12: "The End of the Irish Parliament," 1911, Edward Arnold.]
[Footnote 13: "Edmund Burke, a Historical Study," by John Morley, pp.
286 ff.]
[Footnote 14: "Pitt," by Lord Rosebery, p. 155.]
[Footnote 15: From the official returns embodied in "A Statement to the
Prime Minister," Irish Loyal and Patriotic Union, Dublin, 1886.]
[Footnote 16: "Ireland from the Union to Catholic Emancipation," by D.
A. Chart, M.A. A most valuable and instructive work.]
[Footnote 17: It is, I hope, no reflection on the memory of an eminent
public servant to suggest that in this, as in too many of the estimated
figures contained in his evidence before the Commission, and upon which
the Majority Report of the Commission was largely based, Sir Robert
seriously under-estimated the resources of Ireland. It is obvious when
the ascertained figures of 1910 are compared with the estimated figures
of 1895 that Sir Robert Giffen must have been several millions below the
truth. The steady nature of the growth of Irish commerce is shown by the
following figures taken from the Official Report for the year ended
December 31, 1910.
Imports, Exports, Total,
Mill. £. Mill. £. Mill. £.
1904 54 49 103
1905 55 51 106
1906 57 56 113
1907 61 59 120
1908 59 57 116
1909 63 61 124
1910 65 65 130
]
[Footnote 18: "A History of the Commercial Relations between Great
Britain and Ireland," by Alice E. Murray, D.Sc.]
[Footnote 19: Sept. 26, 1871.]