The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1836-1851, 1848-08-30
The Wrongs of Ireland.

fullest extent the injustice and wrongs which nave oeeh
inflicted upon this unhappy country. The br'''n
Press from which the great majority OF the people Of
this country derive their information upon Irish affairs,
takes great pain. TO impress upon the public mind ha'
the misery aud wretchcdncss Of the Irish people, pro-
ceed no, from misgovernment injustice, but from
mprovidcnce, ignorance, Iuzness, and Pres.craft.-
They labor TO show that the Government, dues aI that
il possibly cun do, 10 ameiorae their condi"n' aho
they illustrate this particularly, by the appropriation OF
some FIVE or eight millions during the past year ct fa-
mine Now we ask any reasonable man, 10 renect'
and we are sure he cannot conscienious!y say hat
the appropria,ion OF few millions sterling Is all that
the Government Of England could do, to avert the b"r
rors of famine and prevent the "death by s'arvat on"
of hundreds of thousands Of lis subjects. The causes
Of Irish misery can be automatically traccd than
it even has been by the London Times or ita kindred
monarchica po pers whose greatest gratlfcatIon
pears would be- wholesale slaughter OF the irs Peo
pic, by tho guns and bnyonets Of British sodiery.
In a New York paper we find synopsis Ut the
wrongs and woes against which. large portion o' the
Irish people are conte.ding the writer understands
his subject, the main portions Of his s,atement being
aub.tanliaed by the history Of the country, and ou-
tben,ic statistics, and beg the calm and deliberate
attention of our readers whilst briefly recapi,ulae.
this list Of grievances, presented 10 US by this wror;
after thew have read these recorded facts, are much
mistaken if they will moi agree with US in saying that
there is no portion of the American pcople,-no people
on the face Of tho earth, but who would endeuvor TO-
better their condition, and overturn snch system Of
oppression and wrong. From this writer we learn =
The British Government has confscatcd from the
orpinnal owncrs upwards Of $4,000 600 acres of land.
out of the 10000 900 Of which the Island compcsrd
This land wus bestowed upon favores mostly foreign
crs in portions of $4,000 down 10 smaller ones,
so that now according 10 the London Times, OF last
month"; there in all Ireland, about O"O Propretors
of tho soil in fco simple.
These wealthy propric,ors do not cultivate two.third"
Of their vast domains for in most instances the crtivs
ion of small portion Of them, brings them in
princeIy revenue. The remainder is preserved for
pensure grounds hunting pnstnrage for sccordinEfo
recon, survey it appears there nearly s00.0 600
acres of good land uninprovrd. ~~/
The writer then states what is we'll known to be true
that tho system Of tcnnntry can never devcope the
wealth and Of any country, 30 does not in
Ireland
The depletion Of that fertile country, is the large
amount of rent sent absentee landlords The total
rents orc about SG5 100000 per annum, ont of this.
forv millions are sent the landlords 10
turn 10 benefit the country in any form-tbs annual
exhaustion it is which keeps Ireland poor.
The established Church, is another of tho grcat evils,
which are accumulated upon the shoulders Of the ril
o.t Of population Of s,0On,o00 there s not perhaps
100000 who feel any interest in that church, ard very
few Of them belong 10 the producing class. Yet il is
stated tha, the labor of that country is obligated TO
support this church in tho sum Of thirty.fve
millions of dollars per annum, and according 10 the de-
bates in Parliament merolv nominal but legal parish,
is forced 10 pay from $4,000 10 S2O.000 toa nominal
but legal rector, for religious services when in fact
there has not heen rector. or sermon from him in
some Of these parishes for twenty five years.
The writer truly says -" II is impons and insulting
10 Heaven, 10 say there has been famine in Ireland
for in tho very year which uryng vessels 10
her with provsnns, she scnt off 10 England, the prod
duce of her own SOIL and the labor in many instances
of The very hands of those that cter,onrds died Of
starration, than twenty five millions o dollars
worth Of good and wholesome provisions"
Now let our renders remember that these accursed
evils fastened upon Ireland. by the sword and bayo
net of hired sodicry, and they will say with that
thoy would begga the farest portion of own fair
country
Another ovidcnc we have, in letter from LORD
CLoNcuRAY, 10 Captain ROBINSON of the Royal Navy.
He say that the exstance Of the present condition Of
things depends npon Two facts
1s, That Irislmen arc not permitted 10 legislate
rightly for themselves and secondly. that they orc leg
islacd for wrongly by Others ignorant aks Of our want.
and capabilities and Of The by which il is posi-.
bic to relieve the one or devclope The other. Thus,
have had experience during tho last Two years Of
deah grievious bc characterized by the present
Prime Minister 'a famine Of The thirteenth cen,u-
ry visiting of population Of the tho nneeenth;" and
at the very time hunger sweeping away thousands
of the people, it is proved by Government satistcs.
that in tho year ls47 food raised from the soil suf
fcient TO support every man, womon and child in lie.
land for two years and a half This occurred, too,
while more than three millions of Of mprovabe
land suffered TO lie waste and unproductve in the
midst Of host Of abls and willing but unimp!oyed
and destitute labors.
1t seems absurd to ask the queson-"Could these
things have been so had Irish Parliament had tho
power 10 legisate for the promotion Of aerial drain.
ings for the reclamation of wastes and bogs for the
prevention of The destruction Of human food in dis,le-
ries for tho establishment Of public g,anories where
the crops Of tie small farmers could be stored safe from
vermn ond weather. and which, IN such crcumstun-
those Of the last two yenS could be made avail
able (as have endcavored 10 impress upon the minds
of our rucrs) for the supply Of that deficiency IN tho
machinery Of retail commerce., Of which Sir Robert
Peel indeed was aware but Lord John Russell utterly
unconscious"
In conclusion aguin invite readers to eon'cna
plate this Of things existing under cnghir
ned and civilized government Of the nineteenth century,