ABSTRACT
The author scarcely takes up a newspaper at this eventful crisis, without being disgusted at the drivelling twaddle against Physical Force. Marston Moor and Naseby Field are now the acknowledged Marathon and Thermopylae of Britain, and will continue to be so considered 'to the last syllable of recorded time.' In Great Britain, at the present juncture, the House of Commons is chosen by less than one-sixth of the male adult population. In Ireland, the disparity is much greater. Britain, of all others, is the last that should use the strong language of reproach against Physical Force. It seems, too, that the people may, in certain instances, justifiably make use of Physical Force even against their own governments. The advocates of this force should understand, and take into account, that their efforts will not only be useless but highly mischievous, if their success is not well supported by a competent Moral Power.
