The Sun.
London, England, 1848-09-12 00:00:00

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LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1848.

,We trust that the Premier's recent visit to Ireland,
although of very brief duration, may be productive
of the most beneficial results to that unhappy land.
It is true, that his Lordship did not travel through
various parts of the country, that he could not have
teen with his own eyes, and consequently could not
himself judge of neglected opportunities and wasted
means, of the great fertility of its soil, the low state
of its agriculture, the want of employment for its
labouring population. He was enabled, how-
ever, to receive fully and clearly the views
and opinions of the distinguished nobleman
who now acts as the representative of our most
Geaelous SOVEREIGN in that country. These views
could be more fully developed in private explanations
and familiar conversation than would be practicable
by, formal official correspondence. The absolute ne-
cessity of s4imulating the industrial energies of the
country, of providing or rather affording the means
by which useful employment might be provided for
those who are both able and willing to work, might
have been, and, we doubt nut, was fully and
distinctly pressed upon his notice. Various
deputations also waited upon him, who urged
the lamentable condition of the labouring classes
in their respective districts, and the inability of the
property of the country to support them in perfect
idleness. Everything brought under his notice must
have helped to convince him of the great truth which
we have repeatedly put forward--" that the true cure
for Ireland is the development of her industry "
" that the practical remedy for her grievances and her
sufferings is full and ample employment for, her
people."

there is, perhaps, no other country in
the world in which so many channels exist
for the beneficial investment of capital, the profitable
employment of the population. it possesses un-
bounded natural resources, every requisite for na-
tional wealth—lands of the greatest fertility, mines
and collieriee of the richest promise, the ocean.by
which it is surrounded, the bays and harbours by
which it is indented, teeming with fish, an ample
supply of fuel, and water-power for working ma-
chinery of any description, a quick and ready-witted
population, whose sinews and muscles afford an in-
exhaustible mine of wealth —of real capital,
ready for immediate application ; and yet with
all • these extraordinary advantages, its agri-
culture, mining, fisheries, trade, and manufac-
tures are all imperfect, end quite inadequate
to 'the wants and exigencies of the country.
there are innumerable modes of creating national
wealth by the judicious application of labour, there is
also' an abundance of labour remaining idle and un-
productive, a burden upon the national resources.
The simple question appears to be, whether it is more
desirable to have the population well fed and hard-

worked, or half-starved, dispirited, and unemployed
A long course of neglect and misgovernment pro.
duced these untoward results—an embarrassed pro.

paletary, an impoverished tenantry, a destitute and
miserable peasantry. All classes suffer alike. It is a
national grievance from which none are exempted. It

would, therefore, become all to lay their shoulders to
the .w,heel to co-operate together for the good
of their common country, to endeavour to effect her
elevation in the scale of nations. If a tithe of •the
orgamisation and zeal that has been applied to the
agitation of some political question, the attainment of
Which would be productive of no practical benefit to
the great body of the people, were directed to obtain
the means of setting the industry of the country in
motion, we should long since have had a prosperous,
a happy, and a contented nation. On every side
thereoi Would be tranquillity and order. A busy
of Pboe no leisure for the commission
outrage or disturbance, but those who
are dra
on a miserable existence, scarcely
attaipminn, ning the on
andecessaries of life, are fitting in -
struments In t,he_e hands of
men,- read • mischievous and designing
indicated.
,I,P yppthishrate any atrocity that may be
easiby. entente' Poo
Ipeeatantry are a grateful and
really desire to impropve
theiSa"sfy them that you
condition—that you do
not seek to obtain any unfair advantage,r
reasonable gain—remunerate or any un-
for what
you may require at their handstn fairly
d.aix,d you will find
find
well diB sed. Sad ex-
them sober, industrious, and well-
perience has, however, rendered itia es".
distrust is easily excited, us ;
and when that thaustpieio the
case, they endeavour to oppose craft and cut •
to the power of their employers, and thus to
neutralize' he superior advantages Which they are
supposed to possess, Never has there been a period
whet] that peasantry could have been so easily Con.
ciltlted and won over by the display of kindness and
benignity as at the present moment. They have
learned the futility and fallacy of the doctrines that
have P'o long been prealed by wicked and designing
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,they have discgivered the true strength and