This letter from Tennessee governor Robert Love Taylor to Irish political activist John Boyle O’Reilly argues for the home rule of the Irish against British monarchal hold. Written on April 2, 1889, the letter discusses the present drama of Ireland’s ownership and citizen regulation. During the 1880’s, the Irish sent a home rule bill to the British Parliament in hopes of regaining control of Ireland and the world was awaiting the results of the diplomacy. Taylor describes the British as cruel and unjust for allowing the subjugation of the Irish people on their own land.