Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-09-18

The people Of this Country as well
- Of England and Of Europe, have SO
long been accustomed TO look upon
Ireland - inhabited by paupers, given
70 feuds, quarrels, crimes and rebellion
and a impossible Of reclaiming, that
they, have entirely overlooked the vast
strides made by the Irish people, in the
path Of substantial Progress. Up to
the year ls4V, the Irish were deemed
. race Of wild men, beyond the reach
Of progressive civilization, and bound
in the shsckles Of bigotry superstition,
ignorance and crime. All conceded
that the genius of the Irish mind, when
allowed fair opportunities for develop
ment was the subject of universal ad-
miration. The Irish man with all his
faults, has q warm aud generous heart,
squick and vivid imagination, tact aud
skill in logic, and when thoroughly
educated, the lrishman is the peer of
the proudest in the world. Burke,
England's greatest statesman was an
Irishman. Andrew Jackson, President
Of the United States and Hero Of New
Orleans was born Of Irish parents
Canning, Phillips, Curran, Emmett,
O'Connell, and many others, earned
regulations Of eloquence, unsurpassed
by the orators Of any age or any coun-
try. The distress of Ireland was not
because Of the character of her people.
1t commenced way back IN bygone
centuries, when the various Kings of
England, including Cromwell the Die
txtor, and James the II, and William
and Mary, overran Ireland, apportioned
it off, and divided it up among the
English, who became proprietors OF
the soil against the right Of the natives
and reduced almost the whole Irish
nation to a condition Of scrfdom, in
which they became mere tenents
instead Of proprictors of the soil.
Vagracy set in, millions lived by bcgg-
ing, and when seasons Of scarcity came,
starvation and crime was the consc-
quence. The difference in English and
Irish religion created bitter anamosi-
ties bitter wrongs and great crimes.
At last English proprietors as well as
Irish proprietors lived out OF Ireland
upon the Continent or in London, and
received and expended farm rents away
from home. This greatly increased
the poverty Of the nation. Farms
became incumbered, tenants emigratcd
by Thousands to the United States
and Ireland seemed given over to utter
humiliation. But in lS47 relief came
In . new form. Courts were establish
cd for the sale Of Incumbered Estates
in Ireland, - that all Estates under
mortgage, could be Immediately sold
BY the mortgage, and a perfect and
complete title secured under the sale.
This ct first worked great hsrdships
70 landed propneton. The remedy
was 70 speedy, the sale 20 absolute,
that many Estates sold for = nominal
value. But tho operation resulted like
= charm. In seven years these Courts
he'd cold geo, O0O, 900 worth of real
estate, which was mostly bought by
native Irahmsn, 10 small farms, by
which . very largo class Of the people
became landed proprietor, farmers
with farms of their own and no rents
70 pay, and 4 once harvests multiplied
paupsEiam ceased, Emigration to the
Unitsd statss ell Of because Of abuu-
dant employment at home, and At
good wages; the raising Of fax created
commerce. and caused the establish
ment ofuanuiactories in which over
100000 spindles are in operation en-
ploying over $4,000 operatives AZ
soon - the Irish could become propri-
tom Of the coil, 10 small farms, every
form Of industry began to develope
itssE Public schools were established.
Public education became . subject Of
earnest solicitude and sympathy. Re-
lgious bigotsy melted, 20 that Catholics
and PROTESTANT could unite in the new
labor movement and reforms, without
jealousy or the fear Of conflict. The
tonnage increased until Ireland now
he's quite . respectable commerce.
The spbsdid hsms Of ireland, 70 long
ssgisetsd sacss the old landlord and
stssss~s sys1sn, ere reclaimed, and |
~ stssAaass Famine il no more |
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