The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-03-28

we learn from the Hon. and Rev Mr. Osborne, the
we'll known correspondent of the Times, that they
cannot possibly live without habitua pilfering They
"pig" Il use his own words) together like 80 many
swine, though suspect the brutes are much better
fed, and far cleanly, at least in their houses.
Their huts full physical discomfort and moral
abomination; and, in the worst and most barbarous
OF heather countries, always Of course excepting
the southern and western parts OF Ireland) human
ity Is seldom or never seen In more wreched and
degraded condition.
In what way, then, ! ask again. are the immense
funds Of primogeniture spenR In France they
were spent in luxurious and prohigate indulgence,
till the peasantry, maddened with rage and hun
ger, rose in rebellion against their oppressors,
plagued them with retribution more sudden and
destructive than their woes, and drove the ma
ton into excuses whose description will form
one of the darkest pages in general or universal
| history. And so much horror did the French peo-
pie entertain of these twin laws, that they not only
tore them from their statute book, but enacted
others enjoining equal division Of landed pro-
perty (Which they ought 70 have left entirely free
for this freedom Is of the fundamental rights OF
property by this impolitic interference have
| injured their country nearly as much in an oppo-
site direction. The Communism and Socialism OF
France are the natural progeny OF entail and pri-
mogeniture. These made the first attack on the
rights Of property; the middle CLASSES made the
cond by their equal division Of the soil; and the
masses, at least the Red portion of them, imitat-
ing the example of their betters, threaten to de-
stroy '.the poor abused thing" altogether.
| But how, i repeat third time, are the funds OF
primogeniture spent in this country? This is the
main point of the letter, and will now hasten to
answer 1t. 1t is painful subject, but it must be
probed to the bottom. II serves good purpose to
hide should rather expose it to the
tiny of SCIENCE and endeavor to cure it. have no
hesitation in saying that large portion OF the ex-
| tensve funds in the hands Of our primogeniture
Observation-Disclosures peers or commoners-is con-
| sumed in supporting an army OF gamekcepers.
| They well deserve to be named not only an army,
but, to use Scripture phrase, "great army" Its
h.xt .h1l Al
"mighty hunter and il may well produce amaze
ment in US. The huge host is divided into four
sections or squadrons, differing in rank and pay,
but having precisely the same goodly object in
view. The first class consists of head gamekeepers
who may be compared TO the higher officers in the
| regular army; the second, of gamekcepers strictly
called the third, of assistant gamekeepers. who
trying to qualify themselves for the grade above
them and the fourth class bear the significant
| name of watchers, and give useful aid in many
ways to the general forces Of the army. These
| four divisions are all in permanent and regular
| pay for the beaters, markers, and other extra
helpers great field-days only paid for the
| nonce as their services required; and Of
| them, being imbued with the sporting instinct
serve merely as volunteers, and, perhaps, in some
| cases, with the sly hope OF recommending them
selves by their keen zeal and active motions to the
next vacancy the classes Of watchers assistant
keepers.
| Now, as far as our large army of gamekeepers
is concerned, England is still what It once was
| "Merry England" Unlike the poor peasants, the
soldiers of this army well housed, well clothed
and well fed. Your readers never hear Of any
complaints about low wages want of food muir
muring out from their happy quarters. All il
comfort with them, healthful exercise, and pure
| joyment-except when their martial ardor bur-
ries them on to EARNED interference with their
| poaching neghbors, in which ARRAYS they some
times come Oft second best. But the grand misfor-
| tune is, that the land of England cannot perform
miracles more than its lords. 1t cannot feed hos
of gamekeepers and multitude of peasants. The
| thing is impossible. II would be contrary to the
laws of nature II would be an agricultural prodi-
| gy of the first water, and might even convert to
belief in free trade such hardened sceptcs the
| member for Bucks and the Farmers Friend
But, if the army of gamekeepers cannot be dis
banded or greatly reduced in numbers, the peasant
| ny must go to the wall. No better fate can await
| them. They must continue to live in penury; and
when they will not steal, they must be content &c
| die in it, and sometimes of it, like martyrs. And
| the latter may not always be the greatest of the
two evils; for they will thus not only escape them
selves from the painful pressure Of cold and hunger
but be forced to hear longer the loud and pteoui
cries for food uttered by their ragged weakly, and
| famishng children