Examine the controversial question of home rule with this insightful book by Peter Kerr Smiley. He explores the arguments for and against home rule and makes a compelling case for why it would be a perilous path for the United States. The Peril of Home Rule is a must-read for anyone interested in American history and politics. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from The Peril of Home Rule As an Ulsterman, representing an Ulster con stituency, and deeply interested in the welfare of my native land, as well as in the continued prosperity d the United Kingdom, of which she is still happily an integral part, and being convinced that the estab lishment of Home Rule means disaster both to Ireland and to the great British Empire, I have c endeavoured in this little volume to set forth, in as brief a space as possible, the many arguments which seem to me conclusive against such a disastrous policy. The figures given in the book are up to date, and may prove of value to its readers. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Uncovers the transnational movement by Ireland's unionists as they worked to maintain the Union during the Home Rule era. The book explores the political, social, religious, and Scotch-Irish ethnic connections between Irish unionists and the United States as unionists appealed to Americans for support and reacted to Irish nationalism.