The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-09-09
The Repeal question In Ireland

Thos who inns gned that the agitation for The Repeal
be little startled with of the results of the Irish
elections. is evident that amongst the mass of the
people the enthusiasm for the Repeal stu 6u, ms as
died out with the great agtator The movement now
utterly unguided and whether It will gradually exhaust
directed against this country will depend entirely upon
whether any man arises capable Of embo living the
popular sentiment in his person. With Mr. O'Con-
neil repeal was throat-an expression Of national dis
content and means Of extortng concessions from the
apathy or the prejudces of the Imperial Legislature
But he did not deal with 1t like one who
the possibility Of having to set forth hts principle In
practical me asure His followers Of Cancellation Hall
are In much the same Predicament They stick the
word but they do not give proof that they have
the faintest conception either OF what kind of thing an
Irish Parliament would be- If 1t the best thing in
the world, OF what the means Of obtaining it,
Wdh me mass of the peopie, hopeuer, IL is pIain
enough that repeafs aiteTnafce no instrument for
passion Which, no longer controlled ~ the master hand
may become very serious difficulty in the path Of the
irtsh Government There eau be striking illus
traton Of reality and intensity Of the popular feeims
and at the same time of the utter and IN.
capacity OF those who profess to guide it, the
late election for the city Of Dublin The facts of the
case far as they be Cleaned from the Irish
are massachusetts Grogau and Gregory the late tory
members were IN possession of the ground Various
Efforts were made to bring forward either wing or
repeal candidate, but Abandoned apparently from the
belief that contest hopeless AZ the eleventh. hour
came forward repeater, but according to his own
count with little pretensons that he could
hastings. lie had the opposition OF tina Conservative
party contend with. lie no support ws NAV pre-
sumo from the Government and he certainly had not
the couptenance OF Mr. OConnels successors in Con-
citation Hall Perhaps the hardest thing OF all was
That he had no money He contrved however, to 10 to
the POLL and triunphed by sheer force Of popular en-
thusiasm much to bis amazemsnt and yery little
We Imagine to the satisfaction Of Mr. John O'Connel
who having apred to the Of Dublin him,
se had fet II necessary to relnquish the project
practicable.
1otn tbaG
seem to have broken forth with peculiar violence in
every locality In which Government
The Chief Secretary obtained his return by only three
votes though his opponent total who had
become repeater for the occasion. Mr. Shell appears
to be indebted for his seat to the that the
hungarian repealers relied upon having q candidate
sent down to them from Cancellation Hall which thew
we're disappointed The solicitor General has not
tured to show himself any constituency, and the
Government likely to have Irish law officer In
the next Parliament although the be pro-
posed relative to irish property will render the
OF such functionary peculiarly important; while Mr.
MCullagh, whose claims upon the confidence an
gratitude OF his countrymen are so great and between
whom and the Government the bond Of connect 4 was
so slight, Is rejected by Dundslk in favour OIL u
half lankee adv enturer.
All this tends to show that Ireland is becomin from
year to year less governabe, and that although she Is
incapable Of direct conflict with the power England
she tending tn state Of disorder and anarchy which
will be more embarrassing to the Government OF this
country than open appeal to arms ut the bottom
these anarehieat symptoms lies the utter and ropel,ss
misery 81 ne mass ~ ne people, and their fnvet rate
most supreme poUer oper them The relation between
landlord and tenant the primary and influence
by which improv dence and and dis
content would be permanently kept up though the
disagreement OF centuries had left tendency in the
state OF society to the results. The truth will be
ultimately forced upon that landlord and tenant
only do not stand to each other in Ireland they
do in England but cannot by legislation be
the relative footing The restraints Of usage
and mutual respect cannot be supplied by law and
where driven to legislation to make up the
defects of custom and opinion we must adopt wholly
different principles from those which requisite in
sounder condition Of society. Let iaw say moy
Of right and tile the bulk IF the Irish peasanfy must
main upon the Irish so wrth right to be there,
however imPeJecfiy the right may be recognized An
tensve clearance OF estates Is strocity which how
ever legal cannot be endured The right to do such
things could not be tolerated II It exercised any
large seals. But If the rights Of landlords be thus really
and practically limited 1t Is folly to say that the
kind Of limitation might not be embodied in the shape
of law If an adequatsnecessity for 1t BIZ shown
exist. This is the point which, than any other
aires the attention of those who preparing
remedial measures for Ireland To alay discomfort,
promotr industry and by steady and profitable industrial
occupa ion to turn awoy men's thoughts from political
agitation, the most essential thing give rights
and now position to the cultivators of the soil