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Ireland--UnparaIIelled DeslItuiIOn.

'ne suheHhg coholhoh ot lhe people ol ielauu
in the New York Tribune, (copied from the
Dublin Freeman's Journal.) lflhese sufIerings
were the effects Of famine-if pesIience and
disaster had sowed havoc broadcast through the
land-if the once fair Isle had been scourged by
plaques, Iempests and blighis-if any natural
cause had cut off the promised harvest-here
would be field open for sympathy, charity and
compassion. But awful as the suferngs Of the
people Of Ireland are-deep seated as are the
evils which afIlict them-deplorable as is their
condition-lheir suherings flow from other chan
nels. They are the natural causes Of misgoy-
ment-ihe inevitable consequences of govern
ments, Of nabobs, of titled felons and knayish
landlords, living Off the people. Let none sup
pose THAI these sufierings are produced by the
want Of the common necessares of life; or ra-
ther, that there are notenough Of those commo-
dities in Ireland TO supply the wants of the Peo-
pie. If the granaries and store-houses were
thrown open-if the amount Of breadstuiIs in
Ireland were brought within the reach Of the
people, their present distressed condition would
at once terminate; while, if the amount Of land
now lying waste was brought into cultivation,
upon liberal terms, there would soon be an abun-
dance to spare.
We record these things rather in sorrow than
anger-raiher with desire to place the suffer-
ings Of the people of Ireland before the public
than to create an undue prejudice against the
British Government knowing that that govern
ment has sins enough 10 account for already
that if weighed in the balance twould be found
wanting-that if capital punishment could be
extended to ii, itwould hang higher Than Haman
did. If any of the scofIels of Ireland, or the
apologists of England, will furnish us an equi'a-
BILE excuse for the utter destitution depicted in
the annexed article, we will, at least, agree TO
give it apalient hearing. In The meantime let all
bear in mind that these suiierings exist in one
of the most fertile and productive islands on the
face of the globe:
"Is this 10 be forever and forever the cry
death! DEATH! dealh!! We came TO our office
yesterday hoping that we would not have to Pc
ruse the usual amount OF awful, hear.rendmg
death lists, but need we say that our heart sank
within US, and that our blood ran cold as we
read letter after letter, and found the burden of
each 10 be the same appalling cry-death, death,
death. The humane Protestant rector Of Bal
lnrobe addresses Lord John Russell to-day
through our columns, and every line of his elo-
quent, expressive, and philanthroplc letter is as
voice from the dead-a voice telling Of over
one hundred and thirty-Sir registered deaths oc-
curing in one week in the poOr-house of Bal
linrobe!!-a voice telling Of the increase of the
peoples wrelchedness and misery-a voice tel
ling of the poor-house being Stunned as pes
tiIentia snare through ''the vain hope" of the
victims 'Ihat death may not all at once overlake
them eIsewhere"-a voice telling of the deplo-
rable fact lnat the people, shave had neither
food or raiment in any way commensurate with
their wants, or even the necessities Of nature, )"
and that the painful consequence Is, "they are
dropping into their grave in MULTITUDEs."
Rev. Mr.. Conway, the active, Jealous and hu-
name Catholic curate of the same place, writes
to us-and the burden Of his letter also is the
same fearful cry as that which gives an awful
interest 10 the communication of the compass
sionate Protestant rector. He says:
"We haze dead bodies eUerylOhere. | am
obliged myself TO handle them, coffin them, and
put them in the earth. We cannot procure a
sufficiency Of men to bury the dead, or of col
fins to contain them. EUery UiLLGge has dead
bodies lying unburied for many days; almost
eUery hOueL in the suburbs Of the town has Its
corpse. We cannot, repeat, getcoffins, boards
or men for the necessity of the moment. May
God forgive our rulers for their cruel conduct
toward Gods creatures here!"
Again and again we ask in anguish of spirit
will men be apathetc while such is the fate Of
brother.men? Will creatures endowed with
souls-be silent while the very stones, had they
voices, would cry TO Heaven against such aP-
palng horrors.
Tuesday night we took up the evening papers,
and said, here at least the cry oil death will not
meet us at every line. We were mstaken.-
1t was still the same. The wall of the destitute
poor was taken up by the Conservative Packet,
and flung among our rulers with vigorous and
truthful eoquence which few could command.
the first thing that met our eyes in that jour
nal, ever true 10 the cause, Of suffering human
ty, was this:
"DooM OF THE mere IRISH. I'VE feel il is
not necessary to utter one syllable of comment
when introducing the following letter TO our
readers. 1t has been communicated TO us by al
highly intelligent gentleman, who would be in
capable of exaggeraton, and the fruits of whose
talent and learning have frequently delighted
and instructed our readers.
"There are some facts simply stated in this
letter that are terribly suggestive of the state 10
which our peasanry are reduced-our once
happy, light-hearted peasantry. The children
fighting for the nettes is one of these. Child
hood struggling with childhood-struggling for
such means to exist little longer in living death!
The 'weIl-grown girls covering before the wrl,
ter is another, the agony of their shame-God
help ,hem!-surpassing the agony of their hun
GER And what in all the records of this unre-