Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1847-11-10

the mass OF her people; and the Insoence aud rapa
| city of which are abhorred still more
She is taxed for the support of a soldery and ;
navy employed TO perpetuate her subjugation.
She is taxed for the support of pauper popula
ton, made such as the result of intolerabc oppres
sion; pauper population, notwithstanding tn.
thousands swept away by starvation, counted by tn,
hundred thousand, and increasing with frghttui ra
| pidty.
She is taxed by government which makes thu
possession OF property qualification for the RICH
of voting and at the same time, makes the posses
! sion OF property in the case of nine tenths of he
citizens, hopeless mpossibility
The aristocracy talk of equal legislation for Brit
ish and Irish subjects and the results of this equa
legislation are, the wages of a common laborer il
Ireland are only one-third as much as they are in
! England and the proportion of voters, in an euua
population, but little more than one-ourth as great
| in Ireland as it is England
These are some of the causes of dissatisfaction on
the part of the people of Ireand-a dissatisfaction
that must inevitably become greater until the eau
ses are removed. The burdens weighing upon the
mass OF her people, remarked above in reference
10 the people of England, are more insupportable
than was formerly the case, because the resources
of the people are less in comparison with their mum
Lers; because the progress OF improvement has oc
easoned the existence of real wants which once did
not exist because the difficulty of finding constant
employment is greater, and the rewards of labor are
less than fortperIv- hxy
intelligent the people are more fully aware of the
wrongs they endure and more unwilling TO submit
| TO them.
| The wonder is that Ireland is not more "land
of agitation than she is. The patience and for
bearance her injured and down-trodden masses ha,
exhibited and now exhibit, are a moral spectacle
for the world Great and insupportable as their
wrongs are, they disposed TO bide their tune
and accomplish the necessary reforms, only through
the slow and peaceful agency of legislation Let
them strive in this same spirit The sympathies
of the civilized world are with them. "Justice to
Ireland cannot much longer be delayed
The correspondent of the Era, above referred to,
| says in re:erencet to Irish affairs
1.-The question now is tenant right, and
1t is gratifying to find that the great meeting
ON this subject, which came off last Sunday
week, at Holy Cross, was a much more
| harmless thing than was anticipated. The
deputation from the wel-paid PRESBYTERIAN
! church, which lately waited on the Lord
Lieutenant, introduced this subject to his
notice; and it is satisfactory to observe that
the question is likely to be attended to, and
settled in manner that will encourage the
enterprise of the people, and thus do a large
measure of Justice to Ireland" The pres
ent Lord Lieutenant is acquiring that con-
fidence and popularity to which he is well
entitled, and promises TO do much towards
developing the resources of the country.
He has proposed TO occupy the dead season
of this year by sending through the country
/ intelligent lecturers, who are to explain to
the people the most profitable system ofag-
riculture, and discourse on green cropping,
and the succession of crops. This kind of
information is greatly needed, and will be
highly appreciated in Ireland
"These agricultural matters are comman-
ding increased attention from our great men,
among whom | may mention Sir Robert
Peel, who has just held at Dayton Manor
a great gathering of persons of all political
eoiors, conversant i'll subsoit and tillage mat
tess. ansb from whose congregated wisdom it
rs anticipated great amount of improve
lnent will be derived. 1t is expected that
the substance of the discussion will be pub
lished. Sir Robert seems determined to
employ his leisure and retirement in show
ing bis neighbors how they may best meet
tie altered state of circumstances which he
has done so much to produce"