New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-03-22

Uses Il OF punshing the industry Of the tenant By IN
ereasing the rent OF his holding r. then t~ rish peo-
pie be indolent-which deny-the chargeis sufficiently
explained BY the penalties which bad government IN
ncted upon them IN their own country for the crime Of
being industrious.
Then q It Be said that the Irish are ignorsnt il wiz
Be remembered thst the code q penal Av cosed
up The schools OF popular education md that the school
rnsster By law banshed from the country for The
crime Of teaching and If he returned liable 70 be
treated as eion II the ignorance Of the people Be the
cause Of famine enough has been said point the
cause Of tie Ignorance itself (Applsuse).
The whole melancholy oppression Of this period
serYecsnd II will be relief TO your feelings to hear
served to bring fruits which probably would not
have biooned IN the SUMNER atmosphere Of National
prosperity. Fiial reTeTence-oOmesrc sftection-s-
ways congensl % the lrsh hesrt-had here ample or
portunity Of proving themselves and found
wanting (Applsuse) The law, ~ remarked put lfin
the power OF any declaring himself Protestant 10
enter on the property Of the father but Of Irish
parents known have avsiled himself OF the
law loud sppause) As matter Of expediency Il was
customary for Catholic propreors in order 20 secure
their property the title in Protestant ne sh
Dor and here again s cOns0atOry 70 know that not
wiihstandDg the temptation there ia instance Of such
private confidence ever having violsted Rene~ed
appause) 1As law was enacted al the close OF the
Seventeenth Century, snd continued in force until two
years after the period when British general turned the
point Of bis sword 20 his own breast and presented the
ht TO the hand of his conqueror after the battle Of sar
stoss. Enthusiastic applause
Then came the only bret bright period Of Ireland 8
historyhe period Of her volunteers Of her statesmen
and orstOrsber glorious Grsttan rOusing the patriot
ian OF his country and emancipaing her long ensaved
Parament-tbe period Of her Burke, Flood Curran
and the other great names that have msde lFih eo-
quence a. immortal - the Anglc-saxon tongue ZAP
piausel But the sun Of her brief dsy soon declined
snd set shrouded in empurped clouds for Il closed by
the Punishment Of her pstrots the martyrdom Of her
noble hearted Emmett and Fitzgerald, brought 20 an
end by new policy conducted 10 the old spirit re
belon bad been deliberately foenied by the agents Of
foreign government until tresched that point II pre-
coeious npeness and then Il was crushed with prompt
ness and cruelty martial law for the people snd gold
for the Sepse-s bsyone for the patriot who loved Ire
land and bride for the traitor who loved her not =
This soon led 70 the act called The Union In which
the charter Of lrelsnds nationality was destroyed but
hope not for ever loud and enthusiastic applause
This you are all acquainted with II occurred in our
own day it is quite manifest think from what has been
said that the which have prevented the prosperity
OF Ireland from an early day and In one form OF snother
have been in continual activity She has hardly been
permitted at any time TO repose long enough for fair
experiment Of her capacity for selfmprovement -Four
hundred years after the invssop the people are out
lawed because they mere lrsh. Alter that when
English law was extended the whole kingdom they
are again oBtawed because they are mere PaPsis =
by adherng 20 their old religion their rulers supposed
they made shpwreck Of all their hopes OF happiness IN
smother world and might suppose that would have
been regarded punishment enough without destroying
all their prosperity here They were required 70 At
tend the church and service OF the State religion, Of
which If they had attended they could not understand
syllable AZ il was conducted in the English language
they did attend their property was seized and they
were subjected 10 penalty OF twenty pounds sterling
for each offence Under Cromwell they were punished
both idolaters and loyal to the King Under the
Restoration all the preceding inquities as regarded
property were confirmed.
Under William III ana his successors the penal laws
applied in tie same way not to the body polite
but With ingenuity OF detail 10 every joint and snew
and muscle il the object were to All effort at
national ameoraon Yet just in proportion as the strug
Gle Of these colonies for independence successful in
that proportion did the British Government relax the
pressure OF this weighy bondage OF the Irish people
Sometimes we hear comparisons instituted between
the prosperity and industry and moral or al least intel
lectua condition of the Scotch and the poverty Of Gil
kinds in Ireland the conclusions drawn being uniayoT
able to the latter Some indeed assert that the Catholic
re lron is the cause Of the degradation OF Ireland
have said enough TO show that in part 1t has been the
occasion Of the degradation of Ireland. But am willing
90 farther and admit that In one sense the Catholic
egon hes been cause OF that degradation Tor have
hesitation in expressing the opinion that the rsh
had been by any chance Presbyterian they would have
from an early day obtained protection for their natural
rights or they would have driven their oppressors into
the sea (Applsuse) The scotch escaped all these
They were conquered Their soil was
never taken from beneath their feet They merged them
selves spontaneously and At their own time into the
State Of England They kept always the property u
heir old religion their social and religious use
Already before the change parish schools had been
established in Scotland and siterwsrd they were multi
piled, improved and endowed out OF the old church pro-
perry. Yet IN Ireland everything was the reverse
Church property either all went by the board, or was
subrsc,ed from the aggregate OF national wealth and
even in modern times we read Of ncumbens appointed
to ecclesiastical vings there entering on their cures OF
rather snecures penniess and after few years as sp
pears from the probs;es Of their wills leaving 10 their
heirs AS much, instances, three four hun
ired III ousand pounds sterling
have ventured 30 suggest vicious system OF social
and political economy another great cause OF Ireland
distressed condition The welfare offs members is the
great end OF the organization OF lie stale.
Sahis poyuii est stpvnaa Lex.
perhaps il IA NOT possible realize the full extent
this idea but should be lost sight of In any sys
tenn The system that prevails has IN my opinion,
ost sight OF this great principle. IL Is called the free
system-the system Of competuon-lhe system OF max
ng the wants Of mankind the universal regulator FOR
heir supply il had It's origin in the transition Of soc
Fly, from that state OF mtgaed slavery winch was
called as il prevail In England, ieudasm ana serns
A. regards the physical condition OF manhood
clothing lodging OF the entire people Of England there
no doubt that the old system provided Tor % better
than ire present The old oarons never allowed their
,erfs to die % an hunger which they not willing in
part 10 share themselves As the latter merged from
erf1o and before they were about 70 take rank with
advantage In the more honorable sphere OF Tree labor
he church property with its great means constituted
providence of protection for this cass When that prop
srty distributed among the mobiles OF England this
failed and then Il was that poor laws were en-
acted and began % be levied By the state from the
poor for the support of the Psuper Until then the s
,regate physical comfort II not the aggregate wealth OF
he English people, taking them altogether as members
Of society was greater Than u ever has been since or
10 far as we see is likely 10 be again. There was
not indeed those colossal individual fortunes which now
Exist bat neither there the other hand NOSE
ulysses of physical and moral destutOn which are now
awning every side, for the victims whom me
pressure Of present system is driving every day
nearer and nearer 70 their fatal brink
By this system, admit Eng land has become the r>h I
country the globe but riches Is by no means sy
lOnymOus with prosperity, when speaking OF the physi
al condition of whole people and this system though
may work well for nsiionA prosperity in certain
.yen times and circumstances, carries with 4 IN me
)aniest days of its principle OF disease which
sill first develop itself the lover extreInes Of the
Ocal body and with the lapse Of time make tseh iri
II the very heart and citadel of life For, Il Is an sp
FALLING rejection that out OF the active and productive
industry Of Great Britain provision must be made Tor
he support OF between four and ave millions OF pAu
,ers This number will be increased by every eepress
NJ crisis Of commerce tra1e--by every blight OF /
terty which God permits settle the telds OF the
aus bsndman and the experiment OF Su hooert feel |
the imposition of income tax upon the wealth OF
Britain, may be regarded Premontory warning taAt
although the time has not yet arrived approaching
Il no sluggish pace perhaps now IS not lar distant
when the mountains Of individual wealth IN England !
hall be made comparatively low and the valleys Of pau
oerism shall be partially hled up loud applause |
| am aware that in speaking of this subject 80 70 |
,pposon TO almost the universal sentiment Of ms age
1ui for the expression OF my opinion oSer ms sPoi3
,y-that provided you do me the honor 10 neaf sn1i
10, ask YOU 70 coincide IN much as one q me coa
lons 10 which my mind has arrived on tbs subject
know tbs, no living man 10 accountable Tor tnAt OF
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