THROUGH THE ARCHIVES: Unionist meeting reaffirms its confidence in Carson’s leadership

At meeting held in the Protestant Hall in Antrim under the auspices of the local Unionist Club full confidence was expressed in the leadership of Sir Edward Carson and his ongoing fight against the imposition of home rule on Ulster.

Captain C C Craig MP told the meeting: “We, the members of the Antrim Unionist Club, reaffirm our confidence in our trusted leader Sir Edward Carson. We place on record our abhorrence of the dastardly crimes now so prevalent throughout Ireland, which are a disgrace to civilisation, and we call upon the government to suppress them.”