Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-09-09
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FOREIGN EXTRACT.

The affairs Of Ireland.-We beg such Of our
readers as take interest in the affairs OF Ire
| land, land what Eng!ishmen does not!) TO be-
ware of trusting implicitly to the representations
of the Irish newspapers-we shall not say as to
facts, generally speaking for we have no DISPOSE
ton to question their veracity, but to the man.
ner of their statements, to their tone and colour
Ing. in short, to the temper, which, almost with
out a single exception, may be said to character
ize the Press of Ireland. For example, one Of
the standing titles prefxed to the accounts of the
distress which prevails SO unfortunately in seve.
raj parts of the country is the following:-' Facts
for the Duke of Wellington" Now, no one will
object to the propriety of making his Grace &C
quanted with such facts, though we rather sus-
pect he has had more precise and authentic in.
formation on the subject, than he is likely to
gather from the Irish newspapers. Neither do
we feel inclined to animadvert harshly Oh the
manifest exasgeration of these statements. -
There is still enough. we are afraid, in the actual
condition of the country, as well as in the state of
destitution to which the tenantry of Ireland arc
reduced, TO excuse if not to justify, the angry
rhetoric of our Irish brethren. The objection lies
against what we believe is technically called
.'heading," which, while it avoids the annuncia-
ton ofproDoSitOn too monstrous even fo~ir. o.
in the world to swallow, suggests an inlerentia
fasehcod, which would make the British Gov
eminent answerable not only for the improvi-
dence Of the peasan-ry and the sins and negli-
gences of the Irish landlords, but for the wind
and the rain, the blight and the mildcw of eli
mate pr0verbially uncertain. The "facts,'' be
they to the extent stated, or not, are facts as
much, at least, for the consideration of the Irish
proprIe:ors who happen to reside among their
starving serfs-and that still Gull abe class,
whe know Ireland only by the revenue they de-
rive from the soil--as for the consideration of
British Government. That these are matters
which should occupy the attention of an English
Minister, as they do unqueitionably that OF the
people of England. we do not mean to dispute
We suspect, indeed, that Government is deeply
and anxiously engaged upon the subject But,
in the meantime, we repeat the caution to our
readers not to believe that the idle and vicious
garbage, with which some of the Irish Papers are
crammed to loathng, is just index of the pub
lie feeling in Ireland, or true image, tGoA for.
bid that it was SOL of the intelligence and un-
derstanding of the lrish people.
There are STILL it need not be stated, acitators
OF abuses in Ireland; but in that country, we
are assured BY those who have marked ITS com.
mencement and It's progress, public opinion is
growing up, which, though it may not silence for
time, will ultimately and assuredly subdue the
disastrous influence which circumstances had
conferred on the hollow and noisy organs of the
conflicting factions. Those men who honestly
aud strenuously resisted the great measure of the
last Session are now, the greater part Of them.
satisfied of its expediency, and many of them
convinced of its justice. On the other hand,
Notwithstanding the dscreditabIe. not to say scan
dalous, efforts made to Witty the Duke of Wei
iington and hrs Administration. bv SOME Of fh.se