Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1856-09-10
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~hen these words we're uttered with mixture Of inns.
uenee disgust, and ignaton Tho-e wer, d.y. wb.,
e Engsh public to paw for the .uecour
OF IRISH desutoon, and to be repaid by the scurlv Of
sn professional patriotism when the Saxon vas sxpee.
'ed 70 relieve by his aims the misery which Celtic inn
providence had earned and receive for hi, thank
bsaggsrt menace Of Celtic pixies bayonets and .n;,.
hooks when the potato blight was ascribed To IN. le;
i've Union and the hunger Of skibbereen to tho erpc
,-n oi the Irish Parliament
Bot those days gone by hope never TO return
Here no evii without IN good The curse of the
iHsh famine has eft blessing behind The f.mip. and
'ne peSence that dealt death every side also
'ne seeds OF healthy he. We still read and rene.,
Ireland aga:n'' but no longer with .h,ms 49,.
or disgust Our ger d,nued bv IN.
OF IRISH poorhouses or appalled, by the fatal re-
cora oil Iish poortaies Our hearts are no longer voun
"eu os tne hideons details of casmity iron, which N
evoted but those ~ho traded in procIsimirg them o.
ears are no ongor stunned by the uendicant op,cLa,
neh presented Tor the hrst aladies 10 other reIney
than the employneLt Of the most impudcpt o,.cL Al,
hi- Is changed Ireland still figures prompd, M o, =
ports; but faDished dcsponding and r,befio,s II.s
s "o 'onser rs her eHuoeranee not her povsrty-het
eutsipnse, not her despa-her rivalry not her rb.io
.at nov engages our attention and our symn,,bv H.
place OF the tmeworn defamation or the stretched g.
oon tnat her orators 90 long proaby dealt in we turn
sta-cs oil plg poultry. cattle, sheep corn not.tos
poorates, and tar and under all these ,hs
are most encouraging '''-''''
The recent occasion of vcerega visit to the rea,
oal agricultural show at Athlone might have furnished
a less accomplished rhe,orician than Lord C,,l.s ;,h
subjects suggestive OF congratulaton Naturally II v..
improved by Lord Lieutenant TO whose wen STORED
brou rht hack 90 manv h;s,o;i y, 'ne central city
an Ordinary meeting in old garrison town e,res mo-
uohg impressions OF CONTRAST supplies no scope for
patson, and any smplhcation OF such nate,i.is oi -
pear strained and unnatural But in Ireland the cas-.
~idey different There, events ~hich in other
o'iong to early or medieval history have colour.d ,b
mn. feHeu nj anRa
hose scenes OF turbulent dscord hich are 20 f,, ,
ehc progress, are within the recollection of eyerv adult
ana the actual conflicts oi civil not removed 10
very distant epoch Of tradition CITY which ,bs Fh
'ed against the Irish the won from The Pa
pisI-a city which not long ago touched the e,tr.m
verge o lnsh ei'iEauon-suggests ample theme of
heuitAuon when selected the theatre of ae,icnpr.
competition, In which Saxon and Celtic candidates are 10
receVe from Saxon Veeroy prizes for specimens of so
cultural s OF agricultural produce introduced or n.r
It'd bv the Ceit OF Scotland the Celtic saxon o Ene,.nd
snu reiano'
As such a meeting il would be imnoss;bl. - s; -.
comparing the difference that eight year re-. -
the moral and material conditions OF Ireland R, ,h
which Is felt the deepest is often the les n ne,c,I o.
openly expressed. The Lord lieutenant nrss5 ., s
largely upon the material progress and ,oL @ "
ingly on the moral Improvement which IL imnsJ h;n
doubtless fully convinced that his audience rond IL
their own inerences aud make their own rrsec,;ons 49,
O two seperate he chose that which was ,be mo-,
mote from contemporary memory though NOT les sae
gesive in itself He pointed TO tbat "ns;ss,ic sLs,
which, dividing Connaught from IN. res, ~ I1J -
left il alternative destination for ocaI,x
| Durable MENTION though hardly les desr.hia = -, 80 ~
which now svels with the importance ~ s. eso ou'
le, ana ~ash-s shores that t.r,n viii tb tsi "ai %
ceasing wealth And though it would b.vs ' nna o, IN
tc ia Lord Liuenant whisper th, fnp,a., b;,, y
Government grant, those who heard him co,II ~, 81 =
9SSeSI Tst DTi;is guilt had done Insn transit anu
Inn, conceds that ,b.ra - 81 eS0o'"Is' eoIiu uo'
works NAV rean n ss,;ns -e, -; - go. @ anu Puohc
merce and ipdusrv of nsonIs n ,o;a eAeuSea cotn
,ntrv once divided ~ ,h ;;pi pJ'N1u :" % 'nA' PeAs
- q, fIr - . e 'Nls'o'e Out lnvheoie
| nm - n;c.hi - Nh, sno crowded before
air could he well forgs, ,b ;S".s Sos on scene 80
wb;.b :, - hn, ~ eSPteAu prosperity oi
| n Arbtc,s rrssan,aJ ,ha en-. .",! inueauoh'-
sgic.I,noi an,o; 9! T speetaeIe ~ oi pastoral ana
',,nties had en,,I,ad l., ,b o,,, -se que o' TWO
I-aI,nd -. s,oroa,;. -. a 80 oeeause AZ
,.r1Iv ,.,,,Id ,b r - =, = ~o Anu no happier
nnsrd tbsn Iori CIT n. a. 80 i mae a. .ne iesu'e
irish sgricnltura RETURNS H. I'LL ~. a IspnAlOh OF she
yb.t Re- b.nnonsJ oh - t te nis bearers tna
,b., viii jp o,L c,i 80 ~s uaPPeneu IN Ireland
production has di;n;bd % Ia. increased and
and Isbsra enisr.ioD r. ;ti , s'suonsry, IN Ire
the population by 100000 the under cultivation
nave been increased by 100000. He could remind
hem that the increase in the cultivation Of fax amounts
TO more than 900 acres OF wheat TO So acres and
he could also tell them-what perhaps they did not so
ven khow-that while this production of corn and cattle
as been SO largely augmented the number paupers has
been largely diminished, and that there fewer
PauPeTs IN Toe lsh "orkhouses by 1900 than there
were is une Ast year ms to US will not appear
very remarkable coincidence, but il will probably start
| those lnsh political economists who used to deelaim
against any Improvements IN hus6andry, which, they
ao tended 20 increase iood only for expectation to other
Souhes ana did not add to the stock for consumption
nOne.
retrospect such as Lord Carlsles speech contains in
duocecimo' ana such as the Poor Law Emigration, and
Agneuturai reports give at greater length affords the
most pleasing anj the most satisfactory comment on the
capabilities OF Ireland and her people nation which
ie" years ago was the most impractical and neerdo-
~eei III the Eod-oi which ignorance idleness and
'nrt seemed the essential and interchangeable attributes
Il
s0ugh OF mudd! politics and social debasement-is
aY nov hot only competitor but successful compeii-
Tor win England IN the race OF industry II this pro-
mise eohuhueS 70 De borne out-ii ireland to the genial
| eenndy oi her soil adds those qualities Of people
~ncn can eduee ierity from the most rugged and
ea'.n-tnen IN the course OF eight Or ten years
longer we NAV expect TO see verified those aspirations
gSes nave never oeen absent from the hearts OF her
III % p pAo ul1 we hoD'es, conception OF philosophers :
'u suseSne" VIII DC reah<ed-that OF country raised