The New York herald., 1851-08-19

1t would be impossible to find, in the face OF civil
iged Europe a nation that show such rapid
progress of depletion, that which is written in
The foregoing hgures The clements which have
been in operation to compete-in fact We cannot
say they are complese-these terrible results eau
only be fully known, by investigating the annals
of crime, poverty, and death, recorde1 1 in public
documents. That Ireland has had to contend with
evils Of incredible magnitude none will be disposed
to deny; but, if we admit that the destruction Of
the potato crop in 1867, one Of the most pow
erful difficulties against which the people and the
government had to contend, there must be some
latent evil which still pervades the whole system, to
produce the direful results that have occurred in
this unfortunate country. Those who have read the
accounts Of Irish starvation, in the letters OF MI
Osborne, published in the Times, must be con-
WINGED that it would be difficult to exaggerate, in
language the miseries of this people; and all that
has been written, and all that has been sounded
daily in the ears of the people, of these mseries, is
now proved to be true, beyond the power contradi,
ti0n by the pOoTaw report the no Emigration re-
economists will not fail to speculate upon the causes
of this diminution Of people, who, for generations
have been proverbial for their love of homo and
country; and already we see the heartless term of
the labor market" called into existence by these
writers, to prove that the depopuation of Ireland
must lead to an increase OF wages. But We cannot
stand alone in our opinion respecting the condition
of Ireland. Surrounding nations will say, when
they read the history of that island, in the records
to which we have referred "Is this portion of
country which bears allegiance to the British crown!
Is this pOpulatlon tnat belongs TO nation who
claims the sovereignty Of the seas, and the most ex-
tensive empire in the world-whose wealth is the
envy of surrounding nations, and whose commerce
surpasses in extent that of every other country
the globe? Can this be people living under the
sway of a sovereign whose royal consort stands at
the head of movement by which the wealth of
every cline, and industry and art Of every degree,
have been collected beneath a single roof" These
are questions that will be asked by thousands if we
do not put them to ourselves, who will point the
finger Of scorn to US when We boast Of our wealth,
our greatness, and our power, and exclaim-" Look
at Ireland. You who boast of your power and
riches have not the power to save a country situ-
ated only within a few hours sail Of your own
shores, from being depopulated by famine, poverty,
and death"
1t might be supposed that if our population has
become too numerous at home, that the immense
colonial territory belonging to this country would
afford ample scope for the energies of those desrous
of emigrating but the disposal of our colonial
lands instead of being conducted upon wise plan,
that might add to the strength and wealth Of the
colonsts, has been carried on by a system of job
bing, dsgraceful to the government and to the
country, and by which We have driven our emf
grants to seek home in foreign lands. The fol-
lowing figures will place this in a clear light -