Carroll free press. [volume] (Carrollton [Ohio]) 1834-1861, 1852-12-03
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Ireland is rapidly undergoing revolution, in
many pari', such as does nui Hftfsct much e.
leniOn, BAT s1ch. neyenhelsss. is . great nso.
luIi0n. Ia 80 EOglisb paper befgre Us, We see
il stated ,hsg The cp9n,y of Mrynis IN a iran
si,ion rom ,ho eoui nie Of snririy 10 which
ihe land vas ihirEly peopied, bo5 held by ien
ans 10 very small holdine', a. very high rents,
10 the graIing system, in which u "a occupied
merely by leu herds ADD care Iskers, and he'd
eilher By Ihe landlord himself, or by Que or lao
great capi,alis l,nans. The chanee is from
being sIccted win men, women sod children,
10 belpg Stocked RiIh sheep snd caale. Awri-
Ter 10 the Lqndgn Tiars. drawiag picture Of
'he change says; &c.,. ...........-
1.-The ~6ole p671laiion o. q district nsuy
miles 10 exienI are simply turned out ihto the
roads 70 90 where they plea Q, and live or die
as they can. or course there are among them
many old people hardly able 20 ges along, many
SICK persons, macy lnIie children. many wo.
men in an advanced state of pregnancy
they oil 20 Iogeher. There seems 70 be 10 Ihe
ejecVng landlords very hsPpy state Of i0disl
ference 40 the quession, What becomes Of these
peopel But | coufrss roy weakness. ! have
cot yet aIIaioe5 this indifference. | inquired
anxiously where the people were gone who 3
few months ego inhabited cne Of these districts
lately Ihickly peoplsd. pGd nov q sheep walk.
was Iold By gentleman, an agent, who stout.
ly defended, upon the plea Of necessity. the pre-.
ceedIDgs in question, Iha, sUme Of Ihem, who
had some lutte property, were gone 70 America;
that many were 10 The union woTk-house; that
some we're 10 The lower paris OF Inc great Iowns
OF England, Scotland and Ireland, but that 10
his opinion, The greater part oi them were dead. Z"
A lev years ago, men. women. and children.
were the most profitable shock which a Landlord
in this county could eHcOurage uPOH bis prep
euy; they lived upon the worst and least quan.
lily Of TODD, and pay rents which considering
he quality OF the land and the total absteuance
Of any expenditure on the part OF the landl6r !,
enher in fencing, draining. or The erection OF
Icnemenls) would in any country be CONSIDERED
sxorbianl. When, howe The poia,oe failed,
The human animal ceased TO be profitable rent
paying stock and as the Poor Laws had been
imposed nearly al The same Time, il became on
expensive one. Here we have in one word the
rationale Of the change. -.........
The most nobo Lord Marquis OF Sligo seems
to be The gaesi opel at0T ia This changing the hab.
atons Of men 10 The huunts Of cattle. This
writer 10 the Times whence we quote. says: {:
"Near WesIpon, for several miles, the most
noble lhe Lord Marquis Of Slgois al this moment
clearing away the whole population. few are
already removed; in other cases their furniture
is standing outside the cousge door. and The
whole family are evidently Oh The point Of Plung.
inp, homeless. into the world. Meanwhile. a
new and well built wall is raising between the
road and the land. which is sui The home Of
many tasefy happy families: It 'is sud 20 see
thar this very wall, not yet completed, (lUr there
are breaches in many places, through which the
,enaE,s have 10 remove their al,) is bIiII Of The
materials Of demolished homes. The observ.
ant eve will see stones sill stained with SCOT,
which once formed the chimney Of many u
couaee. Er..... . .-4a ae . rr--
Beyond Wes,por, lhe wall is complete, and
the people are gone. The must noble Marquis,
conceive. will see and hear no mUre Of them.
in this world al least. The remains OF the co.,
,upes are quite enclosed within The encircling
wall. The district was cleared lev months
ago. ..... ................. 49,.
As the Iravelle: gors on he enters The terrific.
~ OF Sir Roger Palmer. and then that Of the
Righl Hon. the Earl Of Lucan. Here things are
more advanced. a great parI Of The land Is al
ready in large grass fields, fed by sheep; foe
crops Of lurnips are in Others. and 10 some you
may see the young glnss among The fresh stub
bles All will very soon bear the appearance
Of district which was never Pe0pled. r..s
! | cannot exactly sIate the extent Of the dis
lricI operated upon. Il begins three or fouT
miles from WesIpor,, and extends (Ihough moi
without some considerable intervals OF land be-
longing to Other proprietors,) almost to the town
Of Bainrobe. distance Of perhaps e5 miles,
was informed and believe. (alIhough | cannot
state il Of my own knowledge that The Earl Of
Lucan alone has lately laid down on grass about
9O OUO acres Of densaly inhabited land"