The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1852-11-16


Ireland is rapidly sndesgoins revolution in many
parts such does moi attract much attention. but such.
nevertheless is great revolution. la English paper
before il stated that the county OF Mayo is in
transition from the coer stale OF society, in which the
land was ihickly peoped aud held by tenants in very
small holdings. al very high rents TO the grating sys.
em in which il is occupied merely by very few herds
aud caeakeIs and held either by The landlord himself OF
by one or two great capitalist tenants The change is
from being stocked with men, women, and children 10
being stocked with sheep and cattle. writer in the
London Times, drawing the picture OF the change,
says.
The whole population OF district many miles in sx-
tent are simply turned out into the roads TO go where
they please and live or die they OF there
are among them many old people hardly able TO get
along, many sick persons, many little children many
women in advanced state OF prsgnancy--out they
all go together There seems 10 be In The ejecling
landlords a very happy state OF Indifference TO the
question what becomes OF these people. But ! con.
less my weakness. have not yet attained this in
difference. inquired anxiousy where the people were
gone who few months ago inhabited one oil these dis.
uicis, lately ihicky peoped, and now sheep walk,
was told by gentleman, an agent. who s,ouy defended
upon the plea OF necessity the proceedings in question
that some OF them, who had some little properly
gone TO America that many were in the Union work.
house that some in the lower parts OF the great
towns of England Scotland, and Ireland, but that in
his opnion the greater part OF them were dead"
lew years ago men, women, and children the
most profitable stock which landlord in this county
could encourage upon his property they lived upon the
worst and least quantity OF food, and paid rents which
considering the quality OF the land and the total absence
OF any expenditure the part of the landlord either in
fencing DRAWINGS or the erection OF tenemen would in
any country be considered exobitan When. however,
the potato Jailed the human animal ceased be profit.
able rentaying stock. and The poor laws had been
posed nearly al the same time, ii became an expensive
Here we have in one word the rationale OF The
change.
The most noble Lord Marquis OF Sligo seems TO be the
great operator in this changing the habatons of men 10
the haunis OF cattle This writer In the Times, whence
we quote, says,
Near Wesport. for several miles, the most noble the
Lord Marquis OF Sligo is al this moment clearing away
The whole population: few are already removed in
other cases. their furniture standing outside the cottage
door, and The whole family are evidently the point of
plunging. homeless into the world. Meanwhile a new
and well built wall is rising between the road and the
land, which is still the home OF many lately happy fam
lilies. is sad 10 that this very wall, yet
pleed Qor their breaches in many places through
whsh the tenants have TO remove their all is built of
the ma erias oil demolished homes The observant eye
will see stones still Stained with SCOT, which once formed
the chimney Of many cottage.
Beyond Wes,port the wall is complete, and the peo
pie are gone. The most noble Marquis conceive, will
and hear more OF ihem in this world at least The
remains OF the cottages here quite enclosed within
the encrcling wall The district was cleared few
months ago.
"As the traveller goes on he enters the territory OF
Sir Roger Palmer. and then that of the Right Hon. the
Earl OF Lucan; Here things are more advanced A
great part of the land is already in large grass fields
ted by sheep; fine crops OF urnps in others and in
some you may see the young grass among the fresh stub
Bile All will very soon bear the appearance Of district
which man has never peoped
cannot exactly state the extent OF the district ope
rated upon. Ii begins three or four miles from West
port and extends (though not without considerable
intervals OF land belonging 10 other propretors almost
TO the town OF Balnrobe, distance OF perhaps rs miles
On both sides OF the road il stretches far the eye
can reach was informed, and believe, (al,hough can.
not state il OF my knowedge,) that the Earl of Luz
can alone has lately laid down grass about 10000
acres OF densely inhabited land"
What moufnful picture What frghtful spectacle
must be- But is from the country where this misery.
this oppression exists that hear the loudest re
proaches OF African slavery, and where such books
as Uncle Toms Cabin find the largest encouragement