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AND HER DESTINY.

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 .rv in Europe. Liverpool, with her
 hanks. or London, with the difficulties
 ,avigator has to contend with, in reach
 does not present the safe and commo-
 depot for goods of Cork and Water
 ow many ships have been lost, in their
 sch1al attempts to struggle up the Bri- z Channel, which would have delivered
 carqoes safely in Ireland, and saved the
 of their crews. The geographical sit En of Ireland affords facilities of an easy
 (conrse with all commercial nations, and < fartilty and resources are capable of
 made the means of unbounded opu-
 x Her advantages over England in a
 time way are manifold, for while her
 l are easier of access, ship sailing from
 western coast can reach the West Indies
 ,er than ship from London could get zof the Channel, or have reached her des-
 kion in America before vessel starting
 1 Liverpool could be halfway across the $ntic Her actual advantages therefore
 epoto only been sacrificed to herown injury, to that of the entire commercial world, ; oh should long ago have enjoyed the bene- of her superior accommodations as a depot fine British empire. Itis said, that the for Ejon of Ireland for military defence, is inferior to her position for commercial rIposes-that every road is a defle, every \ barbacan. While these advantages possessed by the country itself, the phy- bl, mental, and moral qualities of it's inha- !ats are too we'll and favorably known to hire comment, but they attest incontro- (ibly the capacity of Irishmen for self |ernment, and it is evident that her ad- |ee in commerce, agriculture, and manu- blres, during the possession of her natio6- parliament from l782 to l79s, exceeded of any nation in the world.
 lit, in his speech proposing the Union, bot attempt to deny this, for that he was Die to do, but argued in the following trd, yet amusing manner:
 EAs Ireland0 he said was so prosperous kr her own parliament, we can calculate
 the amount ot that prosperity will be ] led under a British legislature. ) This ft fallaci6us of all propositions was not only strenuously asserted, but what since been of more glaring absurdity, Eact of such prosperity has been insisted by England, though Ireland's manulac- s, trade, and commerce, have been totally boyed, and one-third of her population iced to absolute Restitution and beggary. fn Ireland had free trade under her own |iament, there was wealth arising from |merce in the City of Dublin-business Is Custom-house-loreign ships in it's ks-but 1t is long time since a foreign has been seen in them, and they are occupied by the vessels of colliers and W potato and turf boats
 The Liberties, once the busy mart of trade
 commerce and the emporium of afilu- and wealth, are now the abode of des- ion and misery. The merchants have 1me mere retailers, from London, LiyN- ], and Glasgow-the shopkeepers, arfi- :, end tfadesmer, haze been reduced for most part to beggary, and the few who ain can with difficulty meet the rents and Y taxes, for there IS no trade, and conse- ntly no profits.
 low sad are the reflections which arise l the evidences presented on the occa-
 of the late Great Trades Demonstra-
 ill Dublin, of the decay of its trade since Union.
 he following statement will suffice to e this apparent: The Coopers employed 800, were 9l6; those employed in lS43, decrease 783. Woollen operatives en- red in 1900, 1000; in 1913, 500, not
 employed Silk Tabinet Weavers en- red in 1900, .3400 looms; in 1S43, 40 ns. Hosiers in 1900, 267; ill 1843, 100. klayers in 1900, 2000; ip 1913, 100. That lamentable picture of ruin and de-
 is here presented. These have been of the Union, but if Ireland had fairly dealt with, it is a matter of we'll ded assurance that she would have been
 to llQuidate her whole debt and become least taxed country in Europe The olidation of her debt with that of Eng subjecting her to equal responsibility
 taxation, was not on fraudulent, but rary to the express terms of the Union. IS not our intention to go into statistical Il, to show the injustice done to Ireland he workings of that Union-it is appa-
 in the misery which has accumulated
 its weight can no longer be borne in the now fixed and determined reso- n of Irishmen to obtain Repeal. That sure Is certain and inevitable The Eng
 Government has never endeavored to re the affections oi tile Irish people; as always treated them as "aliens in d, " and it is now enjoying the bitter of its sordid and aelfsh policy. The bus of English oppression is about to lrown of, and Ireland, with renovated gy and renewed vigor, will awaken to y the bright and unclouded sunshine of perity.
 hgland was once the most powerful and porous of nations; sine has experienced feverses; her people are now in poverty Wretchedness. Foreign ports are closed nst her manufactures. except at high du- and thus other countries successfully pete with her in domestic manufactures.
 working classes are without employ u ana without bread, and she has been sed to have recourse to the most obec- able oi all means of procuring revenue \ on income. This is direct consump-
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