New-York daily tribune., 1858-11-26
czRDJyAL WYSEMbN UPON IRELAND AND
TIE IRiSH.

lie began hs address which lasted upwafd Of two
hours by saying that lie bad been requested 70 { IL
body ciose the impressions made q" iis mind by
q recent iu Ireland. Giancng Tor ie~ moments
At the dficuie- which b. said ebvirJued tue subject
ie ssld he wouli oriuil MS has at ODce promising
that during his ojOuro IA various paris E" Ireland
was bat Latural for bn t. tIace out ann inne tno
cbjects having tue great IT interest 10 himself. lie
Ss,,uid -ay al once tnst he w"ut T. siholc. aud
hooked at everything ne saw WITH the eye o Cdtho-
hc. lCheersI 1t was not u Journey OF observation;
he dui not Js he a !. nc iOrannunC OIL TDat no cav
or bs,tr1; and s observations were coohuei 10 wha;
passed before him lac went from iac, to place. KS
ducibg to siuglc polct tue convefSiDs Impressions
made his nilid, hc wVuld Gay thdt the though
winch he had brOugb back win hun was that Lee
land at tins moment repre- elte1 CREST nationality
raising itself from state of depression into ~ucn 1t
hao been sunk ioI many years. lCaeere.I - 'iins'
trate impression lac dd pot think necessary To
dw, on the esils Of the past, or to say word beyond
anidiDg to the knowledge ~ his audience 81 cerIan
notorious facts. There was hardly more iuLerestns
period the history OF any country tao that In "hch
thete Transition, anI Que made on great scae,
fom an unhappy and az upprosper"us stae u one OF
success and promise. In OleD times TRIALS vi de-
pressing KIND were long and affcctlng Seventy years
cspacity for trial considered sufficient ior chosen
people, but when they THE au1leDcej caae To look
back to period of so years, how many generations
do that absorb 10 sorr0w Those among trem wno
with hIms. II bad passea tae ddle stage of his could
Remember IrelaId q was cvInpt, Ia the hands
Of party Of men, who sought ent rely t. dePress
tie otLcf. HAT Mas tie condition 10 wblcl IL was
the population we've starving IN the midst OF plenty
aoo laoiig away d climate th,t seemed capable o
bestowpg ust staiwart strength, the great body
OF them still cuug I" thing, aud tGat @as hope.
What religion but hope brought back to the poor
ana afflicted They were r,dicued because taey
dxet III mud cabins la the bog, but often wDcD tue
lset spark had ,i,d cut IN the turf ON the cabin
Aoor when the storm beating arouud 1t, and tho
rain penetratiDg every chink aod granny there was
brighter ht IL that miserable hut To cncer the desc
late inmates than could have been communicated 1y
1he dazzling spieDGoTs of palace. That had been
the coLdton of IrelsnJ for many years, uut recent
es the greatest Oi rla5 was the consideration
that that winch formed tue Religion 0 the mass of the
people was 30 far Luulan power could effect such
40 object swept away. AT ouo tine hot church was
left not place to assenble for the worship Of God;
not college, nor scnoci mol an Institution by wn,cn
religion could be supported or t1e functions pt thc
Church performed IL could tavc been by little less
than a ufacle that their religion, under cTcum-
stances adverse was Kept burning IN inc nealts OF
the entire population. Cheers For huuireis OF
years they subject 10 every form OF oppression
ard w,ckedness then there came a still worse ana
more diticult ui than all. After so long struggle
with the power ot man. II apprUed as II tao power oi
SiVu had brought sIdcAly u Dear against tnen
Famine and fever grown amost to the diienSlons of
pesticnce, invaded the greater portion oi tue c'u-
try ana those part suffered most IN winch There were
iss means v RESISTANCE or ~ remedy. ine Dare al
ostaNt mouutaln Regions on winch The poor peasantry
Cwct and small towns AID bhliets In whlch oti.-
Srs vi theu coDgreg itcd, those were te sceUes
pud the subjects oi that dreadful vioitatiou anu they
who bad SO long suffered the inJu-ce Ot man wera
seep To bear a series Of calamites With patience o
which be doubted there was AL example IN tue hstsy
OF naiions That, however. Was the turning poiut Ia
the III tory oi tho county, aud Eohi that lsie tncy
had 10 date for II the commencement VI DTSht ri,
ture. Taree changes might bo sald TO nave occurtei
ns that period. One WAS the euiratioh ~nich ha'u-
rally took It's origin III the desuatlun aud poverty h
which the great bulk ,f the population was pdnsou;
another as the change 10 the syseih ~ aHiiculuioi
and the third tue iong iOoss of property 10 pass
into the hands vi those who according to Tue la~s ot
al eAft
H. lChser-l WHAT had been called the Exodus oe-
ran and continued until II created alarm w tue hhadS
of these intlust.d with tho government OF tho coua
try; bat under the guidance OF Providence IL iodh1
CERTAIN level by when the condition VI those VINO hai
gene as we'll OF taose wio remained al houe was
ineuifesy aud permanently Improved mat emsrs
tiou had not been the rusl vi desperate men -
seek better fortune distant lands nor h1d severed
any OF the links that ought to Dnd together members
Of the ssue family; ami IN that latter circumstance
was seen the genuOe eouudness oi the iris' heaf'.
After passing expression oI regret i,r what ne caod
the rad uDvtony OF iooi ~ the cultivation oil whcn
the people loog cobhned tner eneigieS, anu "oi9
obliged for the most part 10 llVe, hiS hhence s"'u
that duriog his recent visit he oao n"'cea IN any
marta n regular rotation ot crops, and ha1 seen hcds
OF vaIi.us kincs of agricultural produce iar hi9ro Oh
fectually titled, anu iu more PROMISING ."uuo"
thsn he had se,u IN En land heiUie he went cr sllcc
L had retnc.,l tuoug II gnt be without that MI
ish which Obtain oil IN tits country Les auy one 'e
con,ipueo 90 to Ireland now woo hsd bec tnere De-
foye and notice the cattle. and lie would hn' that IL
ss,.t only greatly improved but ife whole system
ON which il wa. treo aud managed toi.1y chdhSc9 io
the hetter. II well known that 10. ages tae iaha
Of Ireland was comparatively III the hahas VI aie";
th, the landlords held large tracts oi country ad
thai IL they .pdca vor.i try did IN many eases, 10
eAtcrt unreasonable prc.s Tor It's occhPai'n l'on '
starving poor II was altogether 30 uIcn from ava
rice as from necessity that they dd 40. ihere were
50 many .utgvugs irom tue iand, tnat ife4ueuy tho
owners OF lordy doma,ns themselves hitc better
fban paupers. Gradually in many they sank
into pelury ald that led TO much lald being tarOwn
,L.t ftuuu H.. ca
smaller boidcrs. Hear hear 1t was not .thc hrst
purchasers under tiie new system where many boSat
from mere motives al speculation, woo In mo eud
would become the aCtua! holders. tnder system oi
subtiy sior by means Ui sale, persoos wiki conpart-
tiyely small capital wonld become purcnasers OF land
tradten. III towns w1u invest taeir savings IL reai
property; and 81, III the course vi aie" yeas' ao"
and respectable race o landoSners wouh spiihS up
Ireland IN fact from the touch oi tina, tatheT!y Han,
severe as t HAD appeared Lad ssarted oa hasHn-
cent OF development ~nic! pfVused iiCio sI
thnn npy one would venture 10 prcsaSe tCheersI
Tho neople as he low saw them were heslny III APP
pearance AS body, ana substantially cioshsd, "ie
NO feeling akin t. AFFECTION, tue result vi past uv7
ton fingered among thein. Wherever he went nc
saw in the grea, bulk Of the people warmth ard an
e,psn.ion Of heart totally different iroa what was
found in other couo,Iies. lChversI iheio wa, a
slon'aneily oi expressi1u-s iecily oi sNihe u.'ei
atco Ia their thoughts and briihancy ahd poetry
wieh perSaded the who. of the peassri:y ihe
smie on Their coanterarcc wss bright and ciesfhg,
the hight oi the eye net only brilliant but most
-N'As i,'s s'sy he hau VIZ" - . 'I
10 observe among large congregations Q. the people
that KIND oi natural genteness Of bearing which was
tsngth 10 show the prvdonnnan. ff..inrs which the
great dtveopuent in the material coaai,iou Vi the
Irish people had piocueed iu their minds. R.dculng
the ution he occnsi nsiy foun expressed in ncwspa
pers aud reviews that the Catholic portion of the poo
Die Of ireland had become less susceptible 10 the
teac1iig Of their priests SIS their material condition
had imtroy cSthat they were gradually cuancip stns
themselves from the ipfuspce q esraiu great city
in Italy alaugh, aud likely in the end To become