And thus the mountain Gladstone has successfully given birth to his Irish mouse. I really don t know what the Tories could have against this Bill, which is so indulgent with the Irish landlords and finally places their interests in the tested hands of the Irish lawyers. Nevertheless, even this slight restriction of the eviction right will put an end to excessive emigration and the conversion of arable land into pastures. But it is very amusing if the brave Gladstone thinks he has settled the Irish question by means of this new prospect of endless lawsuits. Is it possible to get a copy of the Bill? It would be important for me to follow the debates on the individual clauses.
Letters: Marx-Engels Correspondence 1870