New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1850-02-28
IRELAND AS SHE Is.
No. N.
Fsos nv EyRIr N rsz GAlrtsS
TiFsskAtY, Jsn- 4. 1880.

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which. quite as much through tho unconscious
agency OF thse who dread t. as the result OF sne
wei lad plans Of the lew who really iooS NJ the
freedom and happiness of the people IN these cd
Countries Is nciselessly advancins-sowly but
surely 70 It's contamination. The Revelation re
ierred 70 in my lAst,-l refer 70 pow,-is not ne
moral ,orce repeal OF the union between this
couatrv and Great Britain nor the "Phy scal
0rce rcpsA.-nor IS q The s.N points u the
Charter IN England the triumph q the
/ Mountain IN psrs-aor the substitution Of the
Trbuuiaate rcx fics 0aisis though Il be- Or
tac Papacv m Rome bGt q Is the eloysno u The
people a. substantial freedom and sure comfort
/ evtrvwherc Bet coniine my vision srst 10 my
0wu country and a,,e symptoms Of an advancing
IRISH LAND REVOLUTION
Now. hrst or all, be il remembered as tire
/ avs have IL that what 10 wanted Is 10 sive q
/ siake "a a. cosGry 70 the millions. which has.
/ up an tins hour been usu1ed by few hundreds
The great lani proPueiOrs draw the rents and
spend them-ip sres, measure ouS OF the country
invariably IN luxury and Indulgence the said rents
always being Ass as much as can be screwed oat
OF the tenauts-so tina, whether times sre better
or worse. the minimum II saioymSnt is ,he peoples
share.
o. the sum OF the rental thus squeezed GA, Ct
the people O., ireland. hour millions STERLING are re
ceNei and spent out OF the country BY the sbsep-
tees. who know nothing OF the condition OF the
pe,pic and ciyc No employment on the lands OF o..
cupatiou to trades people and mechanics. Every
now and then you read OF some comparatively
sinal proprietor, residing IN the vicinity OF one Of
these rack reated psuper covered. misery STEPPED
estates encouraging his tensntry BY premiums for
deep spade labor. draining, or ssb soilins-a and.
when crops fail or prices are low, ProPortionahly
reducing the rent-snd you exclaim SIC orNio
what cou Try this would be # all were tn
act 50
But tins !, precisely the struggle To perpetu
ate the old system q sndlordsm, meetings Of the
srist,cracy were hcd-sttended by Earls in sores
and Marluises By the dozen and as the object W.
the same as that or which the Lsndocrscy held
similar meetings IN Englandto keep up high
prices Of food m order 10 keep mp high rcn;s-it
was fully hoped that the Ministry must 'uccumb or
20 out. We'll there was gathering at Lord Stan
les s-oi Irish AMI English sndocrats-such n
the London Hsra'd and our Ercaing Mai said had
Queens speech merely said landlords complaints
| were .0ud aud this sue very much "lamented hopes
| ut over Ia the landlords own House, the Lords,
| the amendment was lost by Orty nine--the citadel
| surrendered at a blow In the Commons by hun
| dred and Understanding all hope 10 the winds
and making renewal OF the var al lmposslbllity
Accordingly the wise ones OF the Irish landlords
are busy, in right earnes; preparing ARMS Tor ten
| ants. possessing capital. industry and skill The
nuruined are lowering the rents 20 encourage their
| tenants 10 make the most OF low prices-adspting
| themselves % altered circumstances since they
! can get circumstances to their minds. And the
! Encountered Estates Commission Is clearing
| thc ground OF bankrupt landlords as they cleared
their grounds OF paupor tenantry, preparatory TO
their occupancy 10y propuetors who eau call bach
Olt O the poor house the cutivatOrs 0f the soil un
| Der happier Circumstances. Landlu.d Clear
anres low mean clearing the land OF landlords,
| aud thrlr succossors-es well as the solvent land
| ord, who continue In possession must give tho
tenants. with reasonable rents the tenant rght-as
surc as their own landlord right-tO the fruits oi
their own agricultural science, expenditure and
| t)L. Thus II the revolution IA progress now and
! INST ~ the ignorant bigotry that had nor " under
standing ol tho times oil the same classes-fe
fused civil aud religious Liberty 10 Disorders and
Roman Catholics. til u was oxtorted, and when
conceded created no gtGtude, so m this case, what
a little ago would have been hailed as a boon, pro
dle.n. thankful attachnsnt viii nn~ be regarded
as forced by necessity from the reluctant grasp 81
Monopoly, aud will awaken no grateful return.
Thee IS one peculiarly IA this revolution. that
Il s The work OF the people themselves aud though
the clergy. Roman Catholic and Presbyterian, go
with them and men II talent and influence sop
port them, YET they have no leaders. The people
! themselves are tho leaders wherever the battle OF
the tenant right in the land Is fought and II would
| be Singular IN the history Of the struggle for hu
| man right, II AFTER tho oppression Of centuries -
not only by rulers but by their landlord satellites.
| who acted and reacted upon another while
the acton and reaction both fell upon the Irish peo
| pe-and after Que liberator succeeded % another
| tho Grattans Of - followed by tho O'ConDels 81
! - the final, practical adjustment, gtDiHg a stake
| 40 me c9HHfyy o. which all other rights are sub
seryient should be effected by the Irish people.
| What has partly led 20 this-snd what IL the
! 81 guarantee Of rs final success, and which, be-
side IN itself and It's moral and social results, - q
| revolution % no mean importance. Is
TIE IRISH EDUCATION REVOLUTION
Three parties are IN the field contending ior tho
education Of the Irish People, in School and Col
eye-lor, that the people, the whole people. are u
be educa ted the nation bearing ts share Of ths eS
pense Tor those who can't Afford II, 10 universally
conc eded-lhe High Church PnDtsstaRts, the High
| Church Roman Catholics and the advocates a
nited Liberal Education. The first OF these claim
| ~ be the educators and to manage the national
funds as being the Establishment recognized BY
the State the second, as being the True Church
that alone can educate, and alone has the right
where religion as all wish ~ Is the basis and tho
third as representing the whole people that should
have united education from the funds levied from
the community IA things common 10 ALL leaving
peculiar religious Instruction 70 the clergy Of ths
respective denominations The Archbishops Of
| Dublin. Protestant and Roman Catholic, with
minority Of tbs other Bishops and Clergy, and all
the Presbytsrans and other Dissenters, represent
he last Of these DR. AcHAle, Roman Cstholn
Archbishop Of Tgsm and majority Of ths Bishops
and Clergy Of the Roman Catholic Church repre-
sent the second and the Protestant Pm mate and q
msiority Of the Bishops and Clergy u the Kstsb
| lishraent represent the first.
| The National Schools, which afford sound aud
| extensive education, Industrial and Agricultural.
| as vel a. Literary, and tbs Queens Colleges
| Which are their cOmplement-both supported from
| the Imperial funds and upon a scale which, little
az most Of the dOings OF the British Government TO
ard Ireland deserve the character a hborslity. 10
worthy Of all prsise-nOw place an education such
a. the aye requires within the reach Of the whole
people Of Ireland and the great mass Of the PEG.