Being convinced of our concienciences that Home Rule would be disastrous to the material well-being of Ulster as well as the whole of Ireland,subversive of our civil and religious freedom. Destructive of our citizenship and perilous to the unity of the Empire, we whose names are under-written, men of Ulster, Loyal subjects of His Gracious Majesty King George V ., humbly relying on the God whom our fathers in day's of stress and trial confidently trusted. Do hereby pledge ourselves in solemn covenant throughout this our time of threatened calamity to stand by one another in Defending for ourselves and our children our cherished position of equal citizenship in the United kingdom and in using all means which may be found necessary to defeat the present conspiracy to set up a Home Rule Parliament in Ireland. I and in the event of such a Parliament being forced upon us we further solemnly and mutually pledge ourselves to refuse to recognise it's authority. I in sure confidence that God will defend the right we hereto subscribe our names. And further, we individually declare that we have not already signed this Covenant.
The above was signed by me at Belfast
" Ulster Day ", September 1912
Edward Carson

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