New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-08-09
SIX DAYS IN IRELAND.
CnGCIIlSION.

= bonded on the south by the lofty rsnle OF noun
,ains which erccle the whole south oot OF be coun
try and behind wbicn are hidden The pretty sites OF
K,umare Bartry and the mery other deep no. II III
6ertinp that coast. From Msllow, through h?Per4ry
end farther on this plain, the great central pan Of
Southern ireland expands still more, and shows 'er
tile pasture land with LUMINOUS and healthy oOH'
ing population OF cattle while the plosed land sp
pears 10 De more or lss coui led TO the immedi.'e
n.e Lbc hood of the towns or 10 the hst slopes oil
the dstsnt mountains. The towns al along this route
a. every where in Ireland look extremely pretty 10 toe
nio.t Of the rich verdu,e and pafE.hke plastators
which surround them on al, sid-s II 2 modern runs
ter. have almost entirely dsappe ued and BY ia' the
gre acr eI,,nt OF land appears De in the hands )f
arle farmers anc grszi.rs OF country sqGres who
sttI Ia this ghboshOod, actus 70 Look sf,er the
cultivation Of their es:s,es. There were plenty OF
them Lettering about the stations, generally very
big tine mep with huge mu-taches, 81 With ,er- Nn
sse airs Of Captains leave o absence, or o. C)oDe
on ali psy Plenty of militia officers too, were
there, With imitation Crmesn boards and fotsg'ns
caps Of FreIchfed GU; in Tpperary Courty every
little town a. fari.oped by whole regiment a. least
sud distinguished by large barrack AID PRISON 70
match. Within Tory miles OF DuoIin, the ooustry re-
ga.us that Angliciz, aspect which we noti,ed on
starring from the capita.
The SIX days tour had aiken over more than FIVE
lurdr.d mes Of ground, over neary all me southern
half Of tie Island The general impression, a. far g.
the country welt was double ore on one hsnd, the
aston iii Dg capabilities .: the sy, as SHOWN "a the
pXuri-nce OF vegetation, even utder the mosc IN
favorable circumssnces the other, he utter run
brought upon the country and people bS the sever
hurCred years OF war, of cong lest, snd d.naion-
alzaiion.
We have more than once mentioned the heaps OF
runs dating from all centuries, when Gle tho Chief
Characteristic CT the country. They show bow o:en
Il Ish in ent IF calm have arted etIesh their
endeavoIs to improve their social state, acc how,
eveIy time the sword OF the conquer)r hss -xng1shed
all their .iEoit. The castle, OF the IRISH chiefs tel,
and were replaced By he stronghocs OF the Eoglish
BaIOrs; the walls Of the towns, and, s,er on, Zoe
clnrces wee sld q rune; ths land wss made oyer
| TO the colquerDg Barcns nd the towns, az !sr Is
practicable received English pep ;aii IN. and tbs
process wes repested over aud over agsn duing tee
! siMeenh seventeenth and eighte-niS ceutnres, s.
of.n b. the ruling classes imported originally ire n
/ England had become Irish themselves, srd - each
rtpres med Irsh interests .nisgon5Ic - EOgl5h
| Interests. 80 iog has tha contes. been camel on
that Il t population cOns's's nn,psy Of 10 Ssd
Anglo Celtic rlce, with infinitely numerous shades
! of sdnixture. and that the pure Gene element
has BEEN thrust back narrow strip the Atlantic
coast from Sligo TO Cork from which the etf-e,s
! If the famine al d co1Du,d emigration rsodly
! dslcdgiIg il. The majority Of the I'ish nov hsns
are 10 more pure CHS than tbe Cumberland men are
/ the welsh speaking Cymli Of The seventh sOd egh +
| ctItuns.
| The effects OF this constantly repeated pro e. %
crushing strongly impIsssed oon,he l1se nAtion4'
character. The lm habit OF defcat, The al bur -er-
taniy Of seeing eycJy attempt a. national reVNh'
ree.std a. by sheer force hes b-Jksn .0e spirit
o. resist nee. Not Il a. the lisa No; personally
brave and h gh-,pirted-on the cor.rary butthe5 're
ia;.on which dare NJ longer to hope IN :o'ure.
they ale what the Poles would b. we're hey 70 lcse
fl N their naoI al resurrection Tue h3e ln-li.o
tusl c,pablt Of the I1sh well as ID II oor4s-f
c,rf1ace have 5een cropped "a ,he'r S1lder AID
lofcr shoctf lkc zee wh.se ,ro hes zen "a. of
Whist il,th branches may sprug from the stem vii
always hut b. q week indication Of viva. has ceen
nipr.d 10 ihe bud
The hisb ne e lad proof Of bow r., centnr.s CT
MIST time can d,mo-shze patton. Every slcce.d-
r fort at national resistaic against Engl sh
OoGchuept became weaker ard weaker, until ul.i-
natcy they became completely ui.crcus. The insur
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it, apparent violence, would he altogether ridiculous
affair it for the infamous cruelty by which
the Fl gli-b leprersed L: Bat how grand is zoe com
pared 10 lsis AID the b. :le o. The ,abb.ge gar
den The whole q Council sgt stion, spite Of oil
is erandioqreAce, its monster gatherings, its han
deos of thousand of pounds collected, fsshed OFT
WHIT Of smoke, with no ether result: thsn leaving
the English Wigs in Office for considerable tune,
aid biirgirg Ireland defnitvely 1DdeI the dom hon
OF tie Lsh lawyer; and what thst means, let the
htory ofJOhn Sadelr tell. A. pfes.n', all attempts
at an especially lrlsh resistance spDea- 10 have
ceased; the famine, By breaking up .he snsl pess-
an'Ty, des ed the d.InOcr attic element n Irsh na
tonality; and by Bringing the Sqares into re Encan.
htred Es,stes Court it demolished It's srls.ocra.ic
element, aso. The Members f Parliament who
keep up the old ely Of Ireland for tie lrsd,'
do not represtn, TIE actual want CT he
country, they merely tie historical rad, on for
private purposes. The Irish people begin 10
sign themselves 10 their fate. Some, ard
those the majority Of the arm'rs AID re orkpeople
in the tOwps do with despair but tee middle clas-
bosln to The dawn OF Lev day Of material f7os-
petty, and submit willingly . re as,endet,y Of the
Ii clsb. Ire0Hd far The s. xon that is tie phase
Of hi-h history entered upon during 10 Las, es,.
ter aTsi ard wherever you -raye il the cultivated
portions Of the counuy you find :he germs Of The
epoch taking rot and rapiily growing Eagl1h-hul.
Ri. 6ys English Peat Companies English AMI Scotch
large farmers in TIE country, English nsnmot1
stores in the towns, eveD whore s Engsh capital ard
,upeio' skin taking he lssd, snabbics TIE paor IT.
ssinatlve but ars-esdy hi-h La i've, aud lsiGg bin
rriey uo.t su1ordiu.te toll IRISH s.p,rate
history closes with 1850, AL Ireland s now c-
sepersby lifted 10 the psr.y.svnggles the port. -