The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-01-07


British commerce, 20 American agriculture ms
nothing 70 fear from British aericulturehome or co
lnial- nothing whatever. But the manufacturing
and commercial interest must not suppose that the
agricultural interest will consent TO be taxed for their
exclusive benefit and advantage. This they will
not agree 10, and their resistance TO this policy,
| venture TO say, will be found very soon, and
very generally, 10 manifest ITSELF Neither their
good nature nor their apathy will make them so
uonresistant az to stand by and see other inter
ests built up by asia oil Congress aud commercial
treaties TO the Injury and dvtiiment Of the great
natural paramount interest Of the couutry-its
agriculture. Their passive feelings TO this extent,
repeat, cannot be counted on, tn ugh Others seem
confidently to have calculated that they coulc
But there are other vie TO be taken Of this
treaty, and some matters connected with 1t that
A MIDDLE STATE FAnxH
England IN Her Hour Of Nced-Fruits Of her
Step-mother Policy towards Her Children.
TO THE EDITOR or THE HERALD.
England will now fed out, and all christendom
should hear 1t, that she has destroyed the best nur
sery Of varnors t,at ever existed under heaven;
and who can sympaihise with her should NIL the ca
lamities concomitant on war oytrtake her, and her
name become Ichsboog
The highlands u Scotlsnd and The mountain dis-
trcts Of Ireland, we're the principal nurseries OF
Engiabds best walIiors. Now let us zee what Eng
lish civilization, Capitalization, corruption aud
local tyranny o, The infamous description have
done in bJth these countries.
When the French Revolution menAced Europe. and
the Convention declared war against Britain the
number of Hi9Llanders then in the British army
would be deemed incredible were it not that We eau
show figures for IL. Daring q period 81 forLysiA
years the Highland clans a1ne supplied tho British
arIoy with sevon,y siA bAttsops each thirteen hun
dred strong. But after the French were conquered
at Waterloo aud Napoleon was locked up, the Eng.
lish arisocracy considered that aheep, buocks. aud
deef, were Of fsr value men, and that con
yerng the highlands Of Scotland into sheep walks,
deer forests and hunting parks would afford healthy
recreation and ample amusement TO their young and
pampeTed nobility. Hence, In tre most unscrupu.
lous manner imaginable, and with unprecedented
cruelty, tho highland population were scattered 10
The four WINDS Of heaven Ia tbe course Of lew
years.
This Is the coin In which the survivors OF the he
roic warriors Of Egypt, Corunna, the PenInsular
campaign and Waterloo, and their widows and
orphans, were rewarded for their bravery AMI
loyalty TO the Haaovtrians Those who arc &C.
quninied with geography will know the distance
between the Mnll 81 Galloway and Cape wrath,
SutLerlandshire. and tho Western Isea or Hebndes,
w1eTe Prime ~ ward Chsries Stuart Ia l1i5
raised an army which shook England TO her very
centre, and wnafe, since then we're raised forty
Highland regiments, twenty five Of which are now
reg ments Of Ire line ife.l Of which were fen cDea
tshd dlsbabdeo)i beri1es many militia and vJnn-
iesI corps raisei as toe emefgeacies OF tsc couu
Try required Eeyen Of the.e regiments we're
isseo IN one year 7TS) and few m mt 1s-nine OF
ths linc W., 73d, 7itn, 10Th 18th, 18th sst sith
d2d, 20 battBAon, ana, 4ink, ths 7ls;, the Ar
eye md the Gordon Ftnclbles aad between 1ef
a1d - no lees thar twelve regiments were rails.
ed. Thu viii give you "a Idea VI tic population
N he Hipblsuoe o. Ssotilnd then, and thiuk no
one vii dispute with mo but tley the bfaycst,
or ~ brave warriors "A ever existed ard Ia fad
Hho stver roet then mlich, unicr proper general
chip.
but England, IN Der present aesd Of soliiers.
vii TeCollect van remgfse, III Al ga6 ADD her arts
tocrscy converted tbis extensive nursery 0f war.
riors into solitary, bowling wilderness, where Tue
voice oi gadIefs and .. miftb have ceased 10 be
heuro, vtsfc no moro eNhiiraing or martini strains
attract toe enr ~ he traveller, than no yts 70
ltrcs, iorestcfs, ani tark ug 81 hounds AID eJley
ocgs, ano The scirtcies ~ the night owl whsrs
'he martial roibs OF the HiRhasd bagpipes used 70
e no ard r. echo through The mountains and
gens 81 Calico nla, and which for age revived
End chetrcd the hearts Of fhat noble race " var.
fiois and urged thetn on b. the achievements of
high and noble deeds, DOW nothing prevails
bat gloom, des1atgn, and bitterness o. heart.
la thoss extensive districts, once 20 9ul0us there
IL nov nothing 10 be seon but VA. pasture lands,
tI,srsss. In order 10 show you the extent 70 which
this system Of depopulation has been clrrcd, oil
inst mention fcw facts The county Of knther.
lard, where WIS born and brought up and where
tie $50 regiment nov fighting 70 bfavely In the
Cinea, were raised, " Airno~t exclusively the pro
petty Of fis Grace the Duke OF Sutherland, and hs
abtiflsycfy duchess. In this Hghlaod county
alone. you can set Q oonpa~ With tsenty i've miles
81 radius upon IL, and ~ round with II fun
stretched brt within tue circumference you win
bet lind one hundred acrss which been cult.
waited for the last twenty sven years; and rcco-
lect when two thouSznd able bodied young men
could lie raised within the same circni In forty
eight hours have seen myself about i've hundred
dselibs houses hat eststs, al In nsnss a. once;
! was present ri the removal 81 crowds ~ hnms7
aings out q the burnng dwellings yet this IL bat
fraction OF the en3rmtsss thar vitao.~cd there
and In ulo~' csss, TO- ptrpe,rA,ed q, TIE point OF
Fngikh bayoIcis, and sanctioned w her ungodly
lAws-yct he cfue;ieA ~ The hOuas ~ Switzerland
and stafford nothing IN comparison 70 the
crimes perpetfaied BY other Highland Daks~, EAds.
Ords, and Blruns, who followed the Sutherland az.
an Pile. bat which would take nc too long tins "
detail. Long since have prayed that the day
raigh oyeriske England when she would be
value iban dEnb bgst anirn.ls. Tha. day las
TOW sfriyed. VIII Englard repent Roi re'race
Der unufse md urgodly short sighted policy. ]
kDou Ne grievances a ireland, ys; oannJt 20 30
sf 9Th q The Irish ps,riOts Va The Tstsrnacle, by
lonirg IN hfce cheers fof H1sa, kn1~iag Thai
Nsn Dismau's lard u heAycn In csmpsrtsoa % ~
beris, wbsrr 10 parole o. honor u grsotei, and
where toe kroui . aou;ly applied u the applicant
bat woUld DIN 10 crusade, add in "a 'ce. yea 10
thousand cheers. for TIE dosnfAli u Every Gro 30
cd tyrAni under hsAren. The Queen u EngiaAd
n in resd ~ s1cietn let her agpiy H. her Nlsige~
q the ROBES, and 70 her fayDrn HigkA1d Dukes
and t6bs,, fouEf very truly,