New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-06-24
freiand-hcr Dctractor-, her Resources and
her Wrongs.

~ m L1nyr of Itf Ifl mes
Since Che trial oft he brave Mitchell before par
tsan Judge aad a packed iury thc affairs of Tree
.aud seem 90 bee discussed among the adopted and
native citzeus with more than usual warmth of
temper by those whose preiadicss and passions
lead them lor and against Der independence. I'll,
a singular iact. although SO closely connected with
Ireland we know in this country bat little of beer
sad history. Like Emmet's epi.aph it is stll. %
DE written Ages %. oppression. aided By long
course Of systematic lying pursued 5y the British pre-
headed hy TIE TINES or as Co5bo once truly chrten-
ca % tac "b.oody Time has BIO aarkencd The ir.sh
character l the minds 90 those who look only through
English -pcctsccs or which is the same. such papers
as the Nee York Erres OF Joncpq' ~ Cggmerce that
they believe 10 20 be- fixed feet tina. ireland B. o.
wIdcrues.-covered with mountains and b0-. her coil
unproducriye. her people I'D poor and ignorant too
lazy 90 work, OF course many Of them running on OBJ
TOURS &c Ia fact there is nothing 700 absurd 90 bee
eyc n beautiful the picture drawn hy the robber
hand 20 hacken bis victim IT'S true many Of her pco.
pie are poor but they need not be ashamed they are
not the cause Of their poverty t they are is
uorant neither need they be ashamed they are not ho
cause of their own ignorance +, j. the effect from the
cause Of bloody code Of laws which not only robbed
them Of their property in defiance Of solemn treaties
but attempted 20 brutaze them by hanging the school
master l.oe penal laws)-and which Draconian code
would n adj probability De sul in force, were not for
kind Providence who ncrycd the arm Of the rebels
a, Buukcr's Hi and Lexington.
The object of this communication s not o. discuss the
Repeal Of the Union rs too late but 10 aid in cor
rectng public opinion with regard 20 ireland and her
resources % a nation. ln the journal Of Commerce a.
2lst inst there an article Ireland that would de
grace Yorkshire man. Mr. Halcs mental faculties
must be dsorganized owing 10 the near approach Of
the Dog Days Among other hard things about the
"sgitator8 here and n Ireland he says. d" She Qrc-
lmd) Is so near Great Britain and detached from all
other countries that her dcstuic5 naturally and ai
most necessarily bound up with the sister Island
Neither her territory population j. sufficient for
separate nationality On a respectable scale" Indeed
well on the same rcasoung England should belong TO
France Portugal to Spain and Switzerland again to
Austria Ghost of William Tell be not disturbed
"Who with the generous msics sale
Ca Un's rock, n close dlvan,
Aud wing that arrow sure AS fate
Which fixed the sacred Rights OF Man.
Making all due allowances for emigration, and death
by starvation in the midst OF plenty Irelands popuia
ton is st over seven million five hundred thousand
more than twice that OF Portugal and nearly four times
that Of wzcrland with a soil climate, harbors rivers
mines. minerals and fisheries, unriyacd in any part Of
the globe of the same extent Of territory, being $1,000
square miles in surface These facts shall prove from
two works Of undo locd authority the first is Arthur
Young's an English ccu,iencn who dcy ted long life
20 agricultural inquiries and pursuits and wrote the
work quote from. Young's Tour in Ireland vols
Dublin, l1-O. The other. equally good " View OF the
Natural Political, and Commercial Circumstances OF
ireland" by T. Ncwcnham London, l-0J.
SOIL" To Judge Of ireland by the conversation.
one sometimes hears in England, (aud America DO
would bee supposed that ouchali OF % was covered hy
h0gs and the other 10y mountains hlcd with irish ready
10 ly at the sight OF civilized being. There are peo-
pie who will smile when they hear that M proportion
10 the size Of the two cOunrics Ireland BE- more Guilt
yatcd than England having much less waste land oi ai
sorts Natural fertility acre for acre over the
two kingdoms, is certainly in favor of Ireland
Acain: " % % name the characteristics of an eN
cclrnt SOIL should say that upon which you may 90
AN OK and feed ol crop of Iurnlps. By The way !
rocollcci no such land in England set 30 b. NOT unc0H
mon in Ireland" (l0uHgs Tom, H. part 81. p. J2iLJ
Again: IN at beast eighteen out of thirty two counties,
there are tracts Of land which for the most part are not
surpassed in natural fertility by perhaps any other
and In the world again Ia most OF the mountain
district II ireland Eve thousand acres will BE- found 20
Weld more and better food for cattle than hundred
thousand in scotland and Wale- The Irish mountains
are entirely different from those Of the countries Just
named heritage of some sort or other grows on the
very submits OF OF the lOitle-t ln ireland Inc
peculiar tendency of the Irish soil 10 grass is such That
the mountainous land yields good susteuancc % pro.
dic0us drovcs of young cattle. AGAIN " me mouh'
tsins OF ireland the principal nurseries Tor these
immense herds of huOcks and cows which are tt' ned
or fed on the uxuiant low lands and almost the only
nurseries for those which annually exported io
England and of which the number m four years end.
ing 9TH January 1901, amounted 10 loo7'- worth ar
cordug 90 the prices current 10 mat year AiOiit'i-
Z Nart4halt. 20. -i. I'D
HARBoRs AND RNERs.-" There are not twenty har
bors in England and Wales which can be- classed VIII
forty of the best in Ireland Again Ihrtylwo
rivers were found by actual survey 10 be ~ and capa
BILE of being rendered navi-ahle, whereof the united
lengths addition that Of the shannon and those oi
the projected canals, exceed one thousand mics -
(Neurah0a, 49, 2I)
MINIS AND MINERALS -. ireland appears 20 contain
the following Sd different sorts OF minerals aud FOSSILS
viz % Amethysts-2 Gancts--f Pcbblts-l, Anumo.
NY, Granite. Petriactions-l5 Coal, Gypsum
Il Porphyry-l Cobalt-l9, Iron, sihcious Sand
H. Conner Jasper-3 silver. Chalccd0ny-lb.
Lead-6 Slate, Crystals. Mansanese-l, soap.
stOne-9 Claws OF various sorts-l9 Marble, Spai-
s. Fuler's earth--2. Pearls, Tale, Gold The
figures prefxed 90 the different minerals and iossi-
denote the number of Counties in which they have
been discovered. Again" The Gold Mine at CrOsan,
in the County Wicklow began 10 attract attention
about the year 1895. According 20 a calculation made
on the subject the Of tl000O paid at 'he rate
of % lbs = ounce % the country people Tor the gold
which they collected. Before the Government took
possession Of the mine there was found one piece OF
to be the largest found in Europe -( NeNeHham
IS, 49)
FtsHERiEs-" Her coast and innumerable creeks and
rivers mouths the resort OF vast shoals OF Herring
Cod Ling Hake Mackcrel. sc. &c Again The
salmon fisheries of ireland are in proportion infinitely
more numerous and productive than those OF any other
country the natural history whereof has fallen INTO the
writer's hands In various parts OF Ireland, remote
from each other be has seen from ten 20 thirty hne
salmon taken At one drag. 1852 Salmon were taken
nj one drag in the river Bann. The salmon
fishery there lets for 5000 and the Eeldshery for
& 900 year. "-( Macmillan. 81, SD
Can this be the country where so many die by stafva
ton Yes, this is the country blessed by Heaven
and cursed by Man
lnsafaie piunderers-
Graspci ihe beauieOus Islands vide domains
Ireland possesses in herself everything - constitute
Nation, and ii England did ever possess any RICH, 70
govern her, except the right whereby Capt Kidd gov
sned the peaceful mcrchantman she has forfeited that
right as the fact is notorious that she has murdered by
starvation without the trouble Of ypacking 10000
human beings within the last three years Up then
Guards and at them VIII be the watchword soon
As lrelands opportunity" arrives. All she wants
rom her friends here il the sinows of war, and
quickly win she become once more nation Independ
mt and happL CAyANIE
Nc.r.I York, juno -, Isis.
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