New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1848-08-14
IRELAND.
A Tory View Of Her Condition-No Outbreak
up TO Friday, July -.

n seems tolcraby certan that we are or the eve Of
an Insured ton whether has actually exploded or not
Reluctant are to say anything incupatory oil
the Government at such time we cannot but express
our surprise that Lord Clarendon should have allowed
the leaders Of the movement 70 leave Dublin, knowing
as he must have Known that the announcement Of LORD
John Rusees would be the signal to the crisis
If he could not have arrested them legally he should
have exceeded his legal powers to do 90 and asked Tor
an indemnity However that is PISS. now, and they are
at liberty 10 ght We have always given them credit
for being bold INSCRIPTIONS rebels and We think 80
still Indeed should they chose 1t they could not re
treat now Their msddened followers would Keep
them by force vt their head and we understand that
they have fully compromised themselves with Govern
ent by their proceedings of the last few days so we
cannot avoid the conclusion that the conhict mpen
ding and certainly viii the Government OF this
country engage in one with clearer conscience Of
right or more una umous concurrence Of al loyal and
thinking men
It's remarkable III at notwithstanding the vast amount
OF passive dsloyay which exists in Ireland the actual
excitement Of the dangerous characters II very
much less widely difiased than might have been eX
pected.
The West and North comparatively free from the
contagion though Tor very different reasons The ac
counts which we received from Kerry Clare and nearly
the whole Of Connaught favorable as regards pre-
sent tranquility and the apparent absence excitement
among the people. In these counties the people are
more primitive more subject to the influence Of their
Clergy which at present exerted to prevent rebellion
and more affected by the physical depression OF extreme
distress The organization OF the clubs has in very few
instances heon established 10 the west Of the shannon
nor have heard except in Galway, OF any prepare
tons being made for insurrection certainly alarm i
.Hnna In4 10
ton ooyaty and of physical force made by the Orange
men on the ath Of July has precluded the probability OF
any general outbreak in that province. We do not ex
pect even partial rising there.
In the Northern and Midland Counties Of Lenser the
case /. different the people an energetic, deter
mined race, the descendants Of the English Of the
pale. comparatively well OIL and the great majority
Roman Catholics Their character and organization
render them less prone to the wild excitement OF the
Celtic South but they are thoroughly Anti English in
teling and would be sure to rise if they chance
of success, Accordingly though not Immediately men
anced we should not be all surprised on hearing oil
| movements in Louth. Meath, West Meath, aud even
Dublin and Wicklow. On the whole however, there
seems reason to suppose that 81 hrs the instruction
will be confined 20 six seven counties, namely CorA
Waterford, Limerick, Tpperary and hings Nothing
that we have heard gives reason 70 apprehend mat
II ought TO be either difficult tedious matter to deal
with In the two menaced provinces there are nearly
3OOOOtroops and 5000 eonsiabuary and notwiihstand
ing all umors 10 the contrary convinced that the
latter will fght as well the former. On the other
hand the rebels cannot muster equal number
Of armed men and among them there must be the most
homeless deficiency only in military leaders and IN
mutual confidence but in ammunition, provisions, and
effective weapons. There viii be pixies in abundance
but in the open feld the pike in the hands OF undisc
plned men is very Ineffective instrument II Is pro
bable that barbados may be tried in Cork Waterford
and Limerick but We believe that the naval and mill
tary forces which command these towns such tc
| mt a heightened resistance out OF the question.
The insurrec,on will then resolve itself into guer
la warfare and In that case fear that great in
Jury may be done to life and property But even thu
cannot last long The of the year against them
Every one who is familiar with the aspect Of rural dis
rict in Ireland knows that in July there hardly any
corn left in the country There no potatoes thu
wear and we have doubt that long notice which
a we have had OF what is coming has allowed
large proportion Of the farmers 10 take measures fo
getting their stock in places of safety very shor
time accordingly viii suffice 20 starve the rebels on
OF the mountain Businesses in which they viii TAX
refuge and with which indeed II il be necessary I
4 pursue them the constabulary as well acquainte
a as themselves If the improbable contingency Of Al
extensive and prolonged rebellion arise all other cor
sidersons must be sacrificed to the prevention OF If
and property in ireland, and of the integrity OF tn
empire but as firmly believe that the regulars an
constabulAry wiz put down the rising At once can
not agree with those who advocate making the affair
civil war Of religion by arming the Orangemen Of n
North such course would lay the foundation Of fu;ur
evils analogous to those OF which the present crisis
!, the natural result and complement
# The Lord Lieutenant has issued proclamation sur
p / uressing the Clubs