North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-09-18

fe would have assured hfMAf}i TIE tbBt h0-
Jsceni couutfy had been the theatre Of war,
and thai the ruins around were the evi-
dence Of "icugh;en field" The crael
landlord. who should have protected, and
no foreign fse had desolaled their homes
Tshame. Their rents had been paid, their
honest punctuaiiy unimpeached, they
were noa accused OF turbulence; they were
gniainied BY CRIME shame, shame but be-
cause he dared not entfust them with the
franchise. fearing that their love oil coun-
try might have induced them TO vote IN
defiance 81 his mandate Tor their souls and
liberty" because Toryism IS Just now
trembling Tor It's hold ON the representa-
ton ri the county of Sligo. Careless of
the tears and prayers, the misery aud des-
pair o! her elected ienantry, reckless of
their Indignation, regardless of their des-
landlord lashes them from their homes
tshame, that the unlns, ascendancy Of To-
Tyism may be supported. Strangers Of the
''sorl much wanted" must be procured;
the voice of religion is unheard; the feelings
OF nature are disreg the vengeance Of
Natures Con condemned in the great
mans castle; the aged, the iniirm, the or
phan, the widow, are delivered over TO
starvation and beggary; and the Young
and strong, To whose labor they looked for
sustenance, are driven, reluctantly driven,
into exile, and obliged forever To quit the
habiiations Of their childhood, because
Toryism must be supported hear More
than eighty Of the peasantry had, ON the
day on which visited Carney, taken their
passage To America, on the following DAYS.
a still greater number were preparing Ia
follow hear. hear. | had proposed Wis
ltlng The noble structure Of Lissadel. |
could no longer do so with pleasure.
w hat were mis- towers and turrets, his
lawns ana strawberries, his gardens and
cascades to me. The roohess cottages,
their backened walls, all filed with the
cheerful song and innocent mer-
rment, now waste and lonesome, were of
stronger, deeper interest; the relocings in
the castle, the very sounds OF laughter,
mingled as they must have been in my
with the piercing screams of
bereaved and helpless misery, would have
panied my soul with horror could not
in the delights Of its heartIess
proprietor. Oh no; my mind was appre-
tensions and dismay whilst contempa-
ed the wretchedness and ruin reserved for
NY Ill fated country should Torvism-l
Aonstrous, inhuman, execrable Toryism
ever rule in the ascendant hear, and
great cheering. 1t was think, in the
'nsung week, on bright and sunny dav,
hat found myself descending the Curlew
Mountains where monument is erected to
General Clifford 10 perPetuatc the recoIec-
ION OF battle Of which the locality was
nee the scene, when one of the most
delightful prospects in creation bursted |
uddenly upon my view-the plains off
3oyle, celebrated for their fertility and
'eauty. extending distance of miles. As
neared the town, its ancient and sacred |
hbey, venerable aud still perfect ruin,
orces us even whilst we loath the pros
rate and spirileSs degradation Of its pre-
ent inhabilants-the vile serf of the saint
ly Lorton-to admire the ardent piety.
nd architectural taste of their forefathers.
The river Buella, dividing the town, where
lands on lofty pedstal, Lord Lorton's
Tod, William the Dutchman, wends its
rays around the princeIy Rockingham, an
bode not unsulted to royalty, rivaIling
EASTERN splendour, and which the proudest
'onarchs of the earth might rejoice 10 in
ablt. On surveying this magnificent
lectacle, whilst the soul is elevated in
rateinl alteration of that Being of sur
assing goodness, benevolence and gran.
EUR, who has thus bountfulIy provided
II mans enjoyment, surely one wonid {
Spect that the owner Of this noble man c
on must he distinguished by love of !
.erature by refined elegant taste, that the {
-oprletOr Of the extensive and valuable |
tates attached to the lordIy Rockingham, '
'ateiul for the blessings the Almighty has !
Derally showered on himself, must rejoice Il
ditiusing happiness around him in glad Q
'nng the Iowly homes Of his tenantry,
securing to them, after the due payment 5
their rents, the peaceful enjoyment Of y
e humble domestic comforts their toll u
ID industry can supply [hear, hear and
eers. Lord Lorton might have been p
e pride OF his family, the ornament of a
S noble order, the idolized benefactor of
S tenantry; bat Lord Lorton is a Tory a
ID Saint, the most inhnman and merci- G
IS portion Of his inhuman and merciIess u
rty. This fanatic peer, this insane higot, d
is lordly boor, with a barbarity unsur- v
ssed by Goth or Vandal, buried in the i
.ters of the Buslla, the monuments of II
ssic lore, the records of ancient DAYS U
lich might have shed LIGHT upon The an d