The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-04-13

Sir Robert Peel for the reaoyntion or lrelind. The
details arc not given with sufficient minuieness "a
enable one to form definite idea Of the mode and
manner In which the system Is to be enforced bul
II may be safely said that II the OF is applca
ton by the government at all commensurate with
the comprehensive design Of the policy IL Is as mas.
tefiy as 1t Is bold
Sir Roberts plan for the relief of Ireland was In
troduced in speech in the House OF Commons.
He assumed that mere palliative measures had been
tried long euough-long enough 10 demonstrate their
own inefieiency in view OF any permanent ameora-
lion OF the evils under which ireland suffered. The
remedy he proposed the introduction AZ ren pro-
prefors, who would enter with capital upon the cul-
tivation OF the land with new feeling and inspiring
new confidence into society In Ireland. lie would
not propose to gain such an advantage by any VIC
laton OF the rights OF properly. But he thought II
would be possible for government, with the sanction
OF the House, TO diylse the means whereby IL might
be gained without such violation.
In support OF this plan reference was made 10 the
settlements In Ulster in the time OF James !. 10
these settlements which were afterwards extended
to Lelnser the aid OF the government was extended
and the happiest results followed. The policy o.
Cromwell, rough and violent, and summary as Il was
and to which no ausion was made, probably, be.
cause II cannot be referred TO as a legal precedent
was nevertheless based upon the ide ntical principles
which forms the foundation Of Sir Robert Peels
proposed system. An Infusion of new blood into
the West Of Ireland this great statesman OF England
now declares, Is absolutely essential for ts physc
and moral regeneration
h a e system Is Iouuueu upon tnOsc laws OF races
with their accompanying atfntes and repugnances
which cannot be overlooked with impunity whenever
one race undertakes 10 mike laws for pnother race
and 10 hold them under control The perplexes
with which England has been beset In all her attempts
to govern Ireland, arise less from that mex
linguishabe luminosity which the Irish cherish 10.
wards their Saxon rulers and which has been Toe
often returned by vindictive tyranny, as miserable
In ils short sightedness II was yong 10 human
| Ivy and Justice
The Irish who come TO the United States, relieved
from the worrying annoyances OF an oppression which
wounds their sensibliiies and is calculated torende
them frantic or sulen, according as circumstances
may invite 10 either extreme, make very good citi
xens on this side OF Tho water, accommodate them
selves 10 our institutions with great readiness, and
in the second generation all naiional differences en-
tirely disappear. hut in Ireland they remain from
| generation "a generation, without Improvement
without enterprise, always In want, always dscon
| tenied--becansc they under government fol
which they feel nosympathy, In which they have lit
tie or no part which sustans the interests and Is i'm
bned with the spirit OF hostile race, and from which
| they hope for nothing, from which they would al
most dsdain 10 receive any thing. change OF po
stion, with change Of political relations, makes
new man OF the son Of Erin
To have Ireland in harmony with England the
| bulk OF the population must be dneiicised 1hi,
| conprsheDis The plan Of Sir Robert Peel --smplt
enough In the idea Of II, but requiring the lapse O.
years, with much patience, and perseverance, ant
large expenditures te carry il into elect without the
| preparation OF injustice. II Is analogous TO th'
! policy which Lord Durham recommended for adop
| ton In Canada where the French race form heie
rogeneous element In the population of the lowe
| province. -sa "
| There would seem to be but one alternative tina
be- placed BY the side Of the Peel policy and tina
Is the eiire surrender the part Of England Of al
| political supremacy over Ireland A unity in fact
or separation in fact, Al present the unity is no
minal; the separation, anything but nominal-ir
| spirit, In feelings in symputhes the two islands art
| like nations mutually hostile.
| II the present relations are TO continue; u Eng
seems manifest thar The plan of Sir Robert Peel pre-
| strong repngnance which now fortifes the Irish
heart against all the approaches Of English nfu
ences. The details OF the plan, as we have remarked
are not given In full. One mode OF operation, II Is
said, Is Tor the government 10 negotiate for the sur
| render Of such lands are burdened with charge.
which their owners casnot defray. These lands
10 be redsposed Of through the agency of govern
| ment commission. In those districts where tn,
poorlaw unions are bankrupt the land is TO be trans
| erred from the present posgessors 10 other owners
who and will make II productive. The process
by which tlese transfers to be made is but OBJ
securely Indicated The scheme ITSELF resulting from
the long use OF an oppressive power and made necce
sary for the retention OF that power, contrasts
strikingly with the operations of things In owT
country, where the active agencies which liberty
generates, working by their own laws, operate in
the course of time and events, to accomplish all use
full and orderly changes required by our happily COM
| pounded system of conservatism md progress
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