Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-01-03

therefore they have made a greater opposi
tion than the more enduring and quieter in
habitanS Of the more western counties
II Having thus shown the root Of the evil,
Mr.. b. indicated tho reform he would up
II ply ;aFr 80
4 THE REMEDY.
Ny proposition is this, so far as regards
the sol! every law of every kind which has
had for its object the propping up of large
properties, every law Inch has had for It's
object not the economical advantages
the people, but tho sustenance OF feudalism
and of territorial aristocracy---al those
Y laws should be withdrawn and repealed so
that the soil should be made as free az
chattel, as fee to buy and sell as a horse in
q stable or furniture in house. | would
have applied TO the landed propretors The
laws Of bankruptcy which are applied to
traders and if man did not pay his debts
or give sufficient security that they should
be paid by certain tme-thst il his credi-
tors wished l., his estates should be handed
over to the official assignee, and that what
he has IN his possession should bo equally
and fairly and honestly divided amongst
those TO whom he owes money What
would DO tho result Precisely as with re-
gaTd to all other descri ptions of property
that land would become the property OF
those who could use it for their own ard
the peoples good, and instead of these vast
estates, u any OF them remaining locked up
in the hands of mortgages, the land ould
now be found in every degree and size Of
esta,e-from the man who held his free
hold acre Of land, TO the man who held his
ten or twenty thousand acres and men
would hold land in proportion TO their means
to cultivate il and turn il to advantage -
But there is one other thing necessary ]
wish it were possible for me 10 60 into some
details ! have. with regard TO The insscur-
ity the tenants feel upon the soil.
4 THE yIRsT STEP.
l Tho first act government ought to pass
with regard to Ireland, is an act TO give
security and compensation to the tenants of
Ireland for the visible, tangible, measurea-
bic improvement that may mike upon
property. l believe, if that were done,
many hundreds Of tho oisands Of these men
would not be living in the hovss we now
find ti.em in. They would build better
houses tha, wero not Immediately to become
| ronss,ion and l believe their families
would feel that every stone gathered from
the land, every drain that was laid dosn,
and every weed that was pulled up, was
doing something as an investment for them
selves for the future, and not Tor the agen,
or landlord to ohjoy The fruits Of their in :
dustry.
\ II is important TO be noted hero, that with
the exception Of thb custom in respect to
farm buildr gs, the tenure Of lands 10 pre-
eisely the SANS In England as in Ireland.
Here there is no freedom, no security for
the occupisr of the soil. Ii is no, any diff
ference in tho law which makes England
to differ, bu, the escape from feudalism to
trade, manufactufes and commerce.
LABOR AND ITS VALUE.
You have no doubt al heard Of that i'll
fated town Of Sxibbereen. have been
asked If all We have heard about it is true.
] find that more than had heard was true.
was in the market-place Of that town,
with a gent enlan who was travelling with
me, and we saw people coming in from tho
country, to sell turf. There was stodt
yo ng woman, sbout twenty years Of age,
who had creel OF turf for sale We asked
her what was the price of il, and she said
three hali-pence. A woman standsg by
/ We had it weighed on tho market scales,
and tho whole weighe' 62 pounds. We
found that she had carried that load upon
I her back distance Of between eight and
nine English miles to market. 1t had been
cut, i, had been dried, il had been carried
eight or nine English miles--the woman
only asked three half pence for it, and her
neighbor said she would be glad TO take
penny
One moro cxtrac, OF awful import and wo
ave done
THE RESTING PLACE AT sKIBEREEs.
Il Il went up to the union wvrk-house with
II the chairman OF the guardians and We
walked a hundred yard. beyond the work.
house TO field, and under the oats that
L grew on that quarter of an acre wore the
remains of 600 people-mon, women (and
children doubt not)-bunod, not in co...
fms, but in tie rags thew died in-burled in
trenches, as men are buried after san.
| guinary battle and at some fnture day 1t
may be, when moro prosperous times have
come for Ireland, some antiquarian may be
called upon TO account for the number Of
human bones found there. Why, they may
talk Of wars aud battles, but there 10 no war
IN which our countrymen were ever engag-
cd, no serious battles in our campaigns,
since war was known among mrn, that
have left behind them such sorrowiul null
thucos OF victims as tho wal for life which
has been waged in ireland during the last
ihree or tour years There is M over pop.
ulation IN Ireland. You may travol across
the country to Galway, from the southern
coas: to the west and from tho north TO
\ the east, without any show of over popula-
ton. was against enforced einicration.
but now am infinitely more so, because
there are vast tracts Of country almost a
wilderness aud a dCsOlallOn--and believe
that vormin were never haunted from their
holes with ferocity and relentless deter
minatlon exceeding that which has been
exercised against human beings in that
country
Surely voice from tho ground, the cry
of blood, eoe,h up to the Eternal and
Righteous Judge with il lc, the in,erces-
sorry prayers Of those who have been cons,i-
tuied Kings and priests unto God ascend
/ for Iraland and aYeriton be added nnto tho