The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-10-17 00:00:00

Of cou:

we are well aware

that the one is conditional on the other—that
neither can exist independently of the other.

Hence we view all sanitary appliances as the
pioneers of intellectual progress, more equable
social rights, and a higher and. wider
.civilization.
Not our social institutions alone,but our le gal tribu-
nals, are becoming tributary to this new spirit. The
mighty leaven is fast leavening the whole mass
of society laws, • politics everything in fact,
from' the Throne downwards. Every, day what re-
mains with us of the feudal Past is gradually decay-
ing; and .now men are to be found, and acknow-
ledged politicians in other respects; who have so
outgrown the Present as to invoke the Future, and
thus endeavour to realize that millenniuM which a
beneficent nature has wisely decreed' should ever
remain before and beyond us—so that human ener-

gies may never want stimuli for exertion, or exer-

cise for hope

Mr. GLADSTONE deserves great credit for having
united with the citizens of Manchester to honour
the manes of so distinguished a statesman and
disinterested a patriot as Sir ROBERT PEEL. This

fact alone is a sufficient guarantee that our

CHANCELLOR Of the 'EXCHEQUER not only approves
of his departed friend's political policy, but that
he will himself advocate it at the Proper time and
place. It likewise teaches a lesson to our Ad-
Ministration, that • their successful rule, : and the
stability of their office, depends entirely upon the

amount of popular support bestowed upon their
measures ; whilst it teaches a lesson to the people,
that the only way to obtain the friendlycooperation

of those in power, is, to render themselves always

deserving of it

IN grappling with the Tenant Right League, we
must expect to find ourselves in the position of the
inquisitive bear, who approached too near the wasp'S
nest. Yet where truth needs help, and justice urges
a demand,, man must stoop to the humblest offices.
In speaking, of the League, we do not give expres-
sion to a mere impromptu of the imagination

•eye of a stern philanthropy, an inflexible' sense of
right, a strong dislike to injustice, and-nn exten-
sive, if not perfect, knowledge of facts, are the.
1 the League -have to contend.

element's With whiel

There is something whimsicalif riot actually
comic, in the idea of liolding,up: 4-eland as a terra
'incognita, ivhere.•the condition of ;he people is held
up to surrounding•nations as a novelty and a fact.
We are diSposed to give the League a full licence

of ilApAp.itykt9,.c_xhilpijt thpaborigines of the cowl.

THE NORTHERN

try in their
~ga4cliest,war attire, or in the more
lamb lik garbs. of m'od'ern times. They may; for
aught `o `'care, use the warrior and the Evangelizer
by turns to suit their purpose. They! may exalt
one and extol the other with all the sophistry,
poetry, and'enthusiasm . they can command; but
they shall also admit the truth, and shew some
practical remedy for the revolting backwardness
of the people whom they profess to serve. It is
not enough that this or that class should. be pre-
eminent in classic knowledge, theoretiCal art, or
dogmatical attainments,-which impoverish a nation
while they merely adorn a man. Nor do we feel
inclined to let the Mere political adventurer monopo-
lise to 'himself the ,path to distinction, and the
reward of place.
The facts to be dealt with in Ireland, as we can

glean them from the inuendos of the League, andthe
proceedings of other kindred associations which
have appeared in Ireland within the last half cen-
tury are, that the people are miserably poor,
wretchedly ignorant, worse thaw houseless, and

almost naked. These facts loose none of their
'ore° by comparing the condition of the Irish
?eople with that of other
_countries. This, Mr.
Lucas, in his " elaborate" report on the industrial
condition of Belgium, amply testifies. But in his

enquiry into the social condition of the Belgian
people, he passes over that which he contends for
as the primary desideratum demanded for Ireland's
success, viz.; Tenant Right. He tells us how the
Belgian peasantry live, their superior comforts,
and industry; but he says nothing about the right
which the Belgian farmer, the French vine-grower,
the Dutch tenant, or, in fact, the agriculturist of
Europe, have to grow and to manufacture any-

thing and everything the soil can produce.
In passing over this right of the Continental
Farmer, a strong suspicion is Produced in the
public mind, both as to the sincerity and compe
ten.cy of' men who expatiate so largely

natters of common place social and politica

economy.

Had the League undertaken the colo-
nization of New Zealand, their proposal for the
introduction of the domestic arts and manufactures
of other nations, would have been no less useful
thanlaudable. But when we find them treating of
a people who haVe brought one and all of the
manufactures which are most peculiarly adapted
to their soil and circumstances to their very
highest perfection, and which enjoy the highest
remunerative position in the great circle of com-
mercial prices, we discover a degree of shallowness
in the comprehension of the League which brands
their assumption of power and claim to popula
consideration, with an air little short of presump
tion

Nor can we give them credit for sincerity

in their advocacy of the Tenant's Right; their con

stant repetition of the Farmer's want of remunera-
tive employment for his skill and capital, while
a prohibition' against both is suffered to remain
on the Statute-book. In- Belgium and Germany,
the Tenant Fanner can malt his grain, brew and
sell his beer without let or hindrance. In France,
the vine grower can distil his brandy, and make
his wine. In Holland, distillation
,of gin is
permitted, and an Irishman when expatriated
from his country, may grow sugar, tobacco, and

distil his whiskey on the banks of the Mississippi,
the St. Lawrence, or the Ganges.
But is the League not aware that the Irishman
must expatriate himself, and become a Farmer in a'
foreign land, before he can manufacture the pro-
duce of his skill or capital ? To talk of Tenant
Right, where the right to turn the soil to the best,
advantage is not enjoyed by the occupier, is to ad-
mit a principle in the social and•political economy
of a state, which shows itself to advantage only
in the excessive want and misery of. its people. •
Give to., the Irish Fanner the right to cultivate,
tobacco, and you add at once 'X5,000,000 annually
to the industrial revenue of the country. Teach
him to produce 'sugar, and you will economise
£lOOO,OOO of the 'present expendittire. Let him

malt his:
_grain, and you will leave in the home-.
stead of the Tenant employment for time, at a
profit 'not.less than £1,00.0,000. Let him brew and
distill from his malt, and another sum of £2,000,000
annually may be fairly added to the .Farmer's profits
from Irish agriculture.

.11hese-are praCtical remedies for, all the evils the
League are so industriously engaged in parading
beforq the world. If the power of eloquence and
the beauties of rhetoric, which have been expended
by the League over a chapter or two of 'reformed
law, which is Id be. added to our immense maga-
zine of abortive legislation, had been' beStowed in
exposing the real root of Ireland's grievances—the
League would have earned the lasting gratitude of
this and future ages. At present, it is little more
than a noisy, snarling, impracticable conclave, in
which attorneys and jackals can scarely be restrain-
ed by the modest consistency of the few who would
really grapple practically with the subject of Te.
nant Right if t46y knew how.

FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT.
LONDON,• SUNDAY NIGHT.
Authentic intelligence reached the Foreign Office
last night, to the effect that the Declaration of
War by Turkey is positive and peremptory. The
conditional notice expires on the 25th inst..