The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1847-02-27


their imssns,sn sDd sfsctons Appeal successfully TO
tnese faculties, and you may rule them you please
II you would have power with the English, appeal
TO their iniers sts-shox them that you lessen
their taxes, and tina, you can Increase their loaf
" ,eu would gain power with the Irish: appeal
10 their sentiments shew them that you would bring
back TO ireland the glory that has depsrtsd-,hat you
would re string her national harp and kndle her
nsions oraory tnst you would rebuild the halls Of
Tara and food them with the music OF her bsrdsthst
You wouli reopen the do3rs her and nil its
courts with the sloqusncs of her Statesmen But. to
derstsni people, you must live with them nay you
must have within you the ls OF their life. And without
this understanding Of people, you will vainly try to
except you have mpsthy with their heart You
fully appreciate their virtues you must have that also
Herein has been the power OF oConnsi II has not all
been IN the genius OF The nan nor has all been in the
the profound Insight which lac ha. ever had OF the char
acter OF the peopls-the complete racaon of his
ma uie with theirs HIS words are ress,ess for they
are the echoes oil the hearts around him. and with
bosngs Of these hearts his heart keeps time. The
Irish srisiocra, has such unity wish the people
nay. ho has scarcely an sxterasl acqu snce with
them Tie has not the affection Of native, and
he wants the impartiaty Of stranger His life is sort
ard ne cannot be Englishman lie look speneucaly
across the channel and nouns that bis trooper
TOR gave nam anyihing ~ Ireland but u, acres He then
turns snllSn gaze upon the soil Which he has had
the msortane to be born, and which has had the still
greater misfortune 10 bear him He IL TO his tenantry
than patron; oxac'or, than mprover; always
receiver, and seldom bestower This opposition Of
10 Ireland lanentsbiy exemplided by corresponding
contra Of external circumstances. Irish society is
living antthes Of which the and tho peasant
no fanciul extremes The peasant shows what priva
lions life can enduTe the peer with what Indulgence IL
can become a burden Inc peasant works but does
not eat. The peer eats bu, does not work The food
Of tho peasant also the food Of the brutes that OF
the peer were q banquet for the gods. The peasant
sows and reaps and gathers into barns and the
crop to market-and carries nothing home. The peer
mott reaps not; gathers not into ban; carries not
the crop TO market and has all the gain without the
a al carr hon Gnna ny
to tho peer whether his territory is fertile barren for
he has whatever IL produces il makes TO the pea
to toll aud to starve The manor houses Of the Irish
gen ry are situated in the midst Of extensive domains
keepers The finest Of these places are often girded by
deserts Of the most squalid misery The owners in
mem 10 On rare OCCASIONS and then Is revei in the
occasions Look around on tho scene! the prince
pak without and S the Srna%enisd hall within slope
outward prospects the Inward view that Of kngly resi-
dencs furnished for every refined desire; adorned
whatever can delight the fancy or feas. the
senses. Think. then. of tenant peasantry
and when you have thus thought look calmly the
sembly before you Here gathered at joyous night is
,hron9 of the noble and the fair men gallant bearing
decorations which almost transcend what eastern story
has feigned of eastern magic resplendsnt eyes fash
with more gladstone brightness in each others lustre-
music floats spon the perfumed air and rules the
mazss Of the dance. Whom you recoect the haggard
msnsion-whsn you recoect the novels which sic ken.
cd the wayth, sad faces that stared ON you
you went along that constantly subdued your reveries
TO grefwhen you rscolect the lever and the hunger
that you travelled by them appalled, your very soul
all that you in this abode Of grandeur appears
natursl-i seems brilliant and yet an agonising vi
sion-an illusion by some evil genius, powerful to
delight-terrble TO destroy. You cannot reconcile
1t with your ordinary associations, with your sentiments
Of moral harmony-it Is incongruous-a rejoicing in
hospitals feast in famine ship-a dance chsrnal
houss-a bridal in SO ruchreyour heart becomes
haaAu did iuna0 aftnnn
sick you look upon social chaos that bewilders you
and you turn from the whole with loahing and
The social system in Ireland Is disoined and defective
The great propretors abseptess and tho small
impoverished. Another decisive evil the social
Where there is not general equality there ought to be
successive ranks But society in ireland exists only in
extremes: The two main divisions Of it, the
vi the soil and ats occupisrs and between these there
seems guph, which cannot pass 10 companion with
the other. To ill up this wide interval, there Is
wanted active and enterprising middle class -
| Except in the learned professions social cmnence
IN Ireland belongs only TO the ownershp OF laud =
industry has not risen to ambition and thence while
in England men ciims from labor 10 arstocracy in
Ireland ,men descend from arstocrscy to labor But
the most grevous need Of Ireland 10 the wont OF
~ in occupation Externally Ireland Is finely situated
tor commerce. internally she 10 admirably suited ior
manufactures. Commerce. and manusc ures would mo-,
only train the people to skill and independence. but
eve the soil from the pressure Of excessive popua
lion The soil is the only source Of lite and out OF thus
come mony evils One Of the worst that OF
competition. Every vacant tpo, becomes object Oi
deadly strife generally given that person who
Offers the highest price, and shouts the loudes promise
he soon nds out in his despair that he has
too much The landlord has spent CAPT al IT. In.
tenant has spend; the produce which IN
torn from its savage nskedness, the bulk goes the
absent proprietor and 10 the established church The
soil deeroraes The landlord will not lower his de-
mands the tenant cannot pay them and he 10 eJected
The landlord gives the place TO another aud the rune
tensnt knows not where to find n shelter. Though
law has driven him ont from his familiar hearth,
ure compels him to return. He will prowl around the
miserable abode that gave his poverty refuge tho hut
that gave his little ones home the root that shielded
the mother o, his children He cannot his blood
PUSHES back TO its fountain his whole nature II excl
tod his brain is convulsed in deli ium he mad
houssjess dstracuon, and In his madness he Stay
perhaps, his blameess SUCCESSOR HIS former landlord
is, p6ssbiy, magistrate This magistrate hands him
to the constable-the constable delivers him to the
Judge After due forms of trial. the Judge consgns him
to the exscuoner and the executioner closes the ira
plot or incident The scsfod is the stage, with which
az yet, Ireland has been the best acquainted, and
o. that she hns witnessed many terrible drama-
not see in these circumstances rudeIy have de-
scrIbed them, the sources Of enormous evils Pas.
Kept burning by crushing men upon the own
SOIL by irritating them Ia those sentiments that al but
the basest hold in reverence. Education was not only
withheld, but punished Trade was not advanced, but
restricted. Home industry suppressed and foreign
commerce " a. forbidden And, yet won
derIng that this work should still be felt. Why, It is not
greatly half century since any change for the bet
ever began But such work does pass away in
fifty years What other effects than those which we have
seen could be expected Discomfort that outyes the
provocaton anger, that survives the wrongdisorgan
cation, that follows servtude AMI misrue Ignorance
deep sni wide spread that bad had long
pc led and that the best hastily remove-dleness
that law made habit or necessity-poverty, coming
out OF idleness crime and misery issuing from both,
complication entangled difficulties that snakes the hope
Of tue phIlanhiopist and that bottles the wisdom OF
the statesman. But the evils indicate their
needles and is encouraging to &c., in the progress OF
recent events, that national instincts taking the di
ecton that will gradually smeliorate national caisni-
Ties. The Irish people, one OF the most vital rag
nents Of the British empire must be respected and they
must be practically respected They must have their
due share in the Legislation OF the empire and they
fully represented according TO th.r numbers their
power and their interests There must grow up in Ire
land, tso, social unity Men Of the same atmos phere
must learn TO love, and not to hate each other They
join heart and hand to promote the good of their
common county. They must have hope for What to
come they must have pardon for what Is passed. The
law OF tenure must be changed the tenant pro-
tected the ndlord shall be denied his rights but
he must be made TO feel duties he will he tue 10
his obligations like all criminals he ought to
weuid be punishment On his purse Tax the