The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1849-04-26
EDITORS CORRESPONDENCE.
Correspondence Of the UnASa-


AT this moment, may Judge from the tone oil the
British press, and the almost devotion OF the time OF
Parliament 70 discussions upon the condition OF Ireland
and the various propositions for her relief THIS subject IS
uppennost in the minds Of throughout the Kingdom
And well II may be, if there be truth In the details Of
suffering and the deportation from, that ated island
they reach ia the mails by the Europa No excuse ia
therefore, necessary for presenting your readers with sy
nopsis OF lh Affairs they this time Tor Of all
Europe the heart oil America bound with that Of Ire
land there being larger far lsrge Infusion oil fis
blood in the veins Of ayeborn citzsns than OF the
blood OF any other Earopean people, as well as twice The
number of natiyeborn rishnen among OF persons
/ born in any other part Of the Old World
need hardly repeat that Ielaad is suffering usual
The extracts from English papers brought by the Ea
ropa already spread before the American public, have
told this fact TO all The great of present alarm and
distress concerning the island Of the fact that
eral oil me " unions or systems or establishments tcal
them which you wild which established for the relief
of the poor OF their respective neghbohoods have recen
become insovent thar Is the authorities find IL imposs
Die squeeze ont Of those who have less
sufficient To support those who, without unable
labor for whom there labor be obtained This
is unfortunately The thronR the whole of the dis
of Mayo almost everywhere in CoanAughr. in Cden,
Wespo Belina, and In other paris OF Ireland,
especially in The south and Tue consequence is.
such Of the twho have been turned OF the
OF rich propretors they pay the
anabie raise the Of paying
passage America else where dying by hundreds
of the authorities. bound by law relieve the
being forced to show empty Paiies in reply TO their means
for bread Though this has been The be-
lore Ireland, in all her of misery
previously the day when, present. through
whole districts aud antics there single
union poor-house able feed those having legal
right the last extremity denand Of food To
dy this state things the ministers have brought forward
bill called " x-penuy rare-in-aid." which is nothing
less than of2i per tbs real OF
LELAND which, calculated bring into the
treasury of the poor than 81 900 Now in twenty
one unions alone during the lsas, there def
OF full @ 900 the total expenditure for this purpose
within their limits having been ass Oos while the
OF poor collected from ECO 000
The forced 10 make up the deficit charging
The sum TO her rapidly agains, Ireland
IL that the Irish landlords and their
friends the English landlords through their respective
representatives. in Parliament web .meny oppose this gov
eminent scheme relief Their grounds OF opposition
be concisey stated follows is Tha, be but
partial ID That the will fall almost exclusively
the of Irish real estate, already pur
pose severely thai their property yields comparatively
speaking, They say thar Irish
aow which few years ago valuable pr,perly is 70
be beggered The coming lhan WHICH
the tenants standing between the landlord and actual
cutivaior possibly pay Their third objection is
il forces the solvent unions the Of Ireland and
elsewhere uppo the poor Of other districts which
contrary the principle upon which the whole panper
system OF Great Britain is Janded-that each
si shall be compelled 10 take of its poor They
have proposed general income tax" upon the whole
island being las Isl faer proposition that of the
From end Of Ireland the other the land
lords their and dependents
and protesting agains; This plan OF the administration
likely send them (te property iers) begging al
the aims house DOORS while sufficient thoroughly
relieve those compelled DO thar keep body and
together The House OF Lords having lately appoint
ed select committee 10 consider the plan OF
relief, that committee, after investigation has ported az
y strongly against This expected, however
the Lords yield inch Of the priv leges
OF the projected class the Kingdom. tagre pro-
prieoshp, except nnder pressure Of public opinion
counseling that 10 give way the point ia issue, viii
alone preserve the OF their called by the grace
Of God"
In my letter Of yesterday on proceedings Of Para-
nen, the progress and character OF the debate the Com
upon this question duly noticed, though such
general summary Impossible explain fully
desirable the question really in issue, which is the applcs
Of ali that good in French socialism, relief OF
the miseries OF the Irish The tardy the Minis
try, forced Of them by public opnion is but apa.
courier of the stupendous scheme OF reform which viii
eventually be adopted That will end in uproo.inx the
whole British system OF entails setenentsthe great
and believe, the only barrier the
Of all privileges existing under the British system
This of reform Sir Robert Pees project for buy
ing up and dividing among small propretors ali waste
uncoltiva;ed lands of the island. the purchase money
and interest be secured upon the land itself When
FIRST preached, the plan received with rdicue by
even the free-traders The Times, and other iufuen
tiA papers, denounced IL scheme Of utter Iuooss
bity But Sir Robert, in subsequent speeches. has not
only demonstrated the satisfaction OF the Kingdom its
feasibility, bat also the absolute necessity for putting
practice Emigration, really dtporfatiox heretofore
favorte plan OF the political economists Britain has
utterly failed relieving and leaving hundred to die
in bitches be by the charity of the
county, kingdom. -popu.aiau,' in the present
guage OF the Times, has been demonstrated to be
improvement, is solitude peace" Whole districts ha We
been depopula,ed, and now lying waste. 4
Sir Rober Peel boldly announced the proposition that
the Queens nblec and ali, had right ive-shat
government is bound that nothing shat exist in
the laws The kingdom deprving of right
while that existing law thing by necessary
for the preservation of the honest natural OF Others
Now, in this country tAnerica) the question Of a mans
right live has been mooied; because no one
able, who viii live by homes; labor finds perma-
neny daealiy in procuring subsistence In Ire
and the is different Millions being gradual
Iy deprived OF the enjoyment of this natural right
as SIR Robert Peel proves. by The tenues, settlements
dowments. &c. upon the soil Of island The proec-
onss has avowsl Of the purpose OF Standing by
the sufferers by maintaining that he carry
colonization project fog first. because il in
wolves attack uPoa the right Of the holders Of lands
cultivate them leave them waste they please; and
aso because, under existing freehold laws the settlements
entamenss vings, ne, upon them, be got rad OF
convey Ice simple titles the proposed coons
remark that the gradual uations OF such
burdens upon Irish landed have bed the point,
when pay them wl auch the lands yield
nually 30 the holder for a lifetime Of entaed estate
thus hardened. prefers let il remain uncuva ed 10
giving his time and attention really the collection Of
10 be paid others, and which there s no
claim upon him. unless IL be made OF the land
This Of the of present Irish disress-in
a nutshell, as IL were
But to Sir Robert, in reply argues that while