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CHRISTIANITY  AND  POLITICS

haunted  the  people  of  Ulster  in  their  opposition
to  Home  Rule.  It  is  even  possible  that  a  similar
cleavage  will  show  itself  in  some  of  the  United
States;  and  that  in  these  areas,  where  the  French
Canadians  or  the  Irish  are  a  dominating  majority,
alarm  may  be  raised  as  to  the  possibility  of  a
complete  departure  from  the  American  tradition
in  regard  to  political  and  social  life.  How  far
these  fears  and  suspicions  may  be  justified  is  not
a  point  on  which  it  is  worth  while  to  express  an
opinion,  but  the  fact  remains  that  the  Roman
Church  has  had,  and  is  likely  to  continue  to  have,
comparatively  little  opportunity  of  bringing  reli-
gious influence  to  bear  on  the  political  and  social
life  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  peoples.
