Note 46 — Chapter XVII · THE “ALABAMA” CLAIMS.
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Lord Russell in this letter, says:—“It appears to me that if Ireland were to be allowed to elect a Representative Assembly for each of its four Provinces of Leinster, Ulster, Munster, and Connaught, and if Scotland in a similar manner were to be divided into Lowlands and Highlands, having for each Province a Representative Assembly, the local wants of Ireland and Scotland might be better provided for than they are at present.” There was reason to suppose that the Birmingham School of Radicals in 1886 had almost summoned up courage to adopt the Home Rule scheme which the veteran Whig statesman propounded in 1872.