human
I apologize, he said.
gpt
I apologize to all of you, and especially to you, Mr. Dean, for an intemperate and uncalled-for exclamation.
human
I have been a consistent supporter of the Union, said Babberly,
gpt
It's the only argument they ever listen to, said McNeice.
human
Look at the Nationalists. What arguments did they use?
gpt
Gentlemen, said Babberly,
human
I reckon, said Conroy,
gpt
For the last two years, he said,
human
English politicians and Irish rebels said we were bluffing. Our own people--the men outside there in the street--thought we were in earnest. The English went on with their Bill. Our people drilled and got rifles. Which of the two was right about us? Were we bluffing or were we in earnest? We've got to answer that question to-morrow, and we'll never get another chance. If we don't fight now, we'll never fight, for there won't be a man left in Ulster that will believe in us again. I don't know that there's any more to be said. I propose that Lord Moyne puts the question to the meeting and takes a vote.
gpt
Before you do that, my lord, he said,
human
I'd like to say a word. I'm a business man. I've as much at stake as any one in this room. My fortune, gentlemen, is in bricks and mortar, in machinery and plant not ten miles from this city. I've thought this matter out, and I came to a conclusion years ago. Home Rule won't do for Belfast, and Belfast isn't going to have it. If I saw any way of stopping it but the one I'd take it. There are thousands, yes, gentlemen, thousands of men, women, and children depending on my business for their living. Home Rule means ruining it and starving them. I don't like fighting, but, by God, I'll fight before I submit to Home Rule.