New-York daily tribune., 1858-02-24


point, although csucbed il superfne language. lie
said. eve are desp;sed at hone, our reilgien Is
"insuted abroad, we sre aliens in the LAND OF our
"b;rth," etc etc. al Of which, however excellent,
throws very Etse light on The object OF the meet
ing and its purpose. But little light daWns upon
US when the Chairman, Mr. Jckn Frares Mcguire
makes lis speech. He stated the ca'e Pfett!
plainly "What We want" he said, "is protec-
" titn for the Industry Of the Transportation
" for the property which the honest man creates
"by tie toll Of his hands aud the sweat OF his
brow. We demand that if an humble mau build
" bouse. and surround himself ith the decenclcs
"snd comforts Of life-if BY permanent and SUD
" stautial improvements be increases the let.ihg
value of bis far1n--thst no landlord snail have the
power 10 turn him out Of that house and rom
L" that lard, without giving him compensstoG Tor
" that outlay" Mr. Mcguire went On to cite IN
star ces of great hardship. In the town OF SKID
bereen certain genteHsn had farmer tenant
who had increased the value Of his holding by Vari-
Gus improvements in it's cultivation. He voted
against his landlord, and was suddenly turned out
without compensation
Another case was that of ga tenant named
" Richard Manning, whose landlord was an absen-
"tee. The landlord paid chance visit to his
"estate in Ireland, and walked over it in company
with his bailiff." Manning had erected substan.
tal slated house, Cad his family had lived upon the
farm for four generations The landlord coolly said
TO bis baif "Would Mani ing's farm answer
you 2" The bailif was at first astonshed; but
either not daring or not caring TO refuse the boon,
Mannngw was turned adrift without farthings con.
sderation for his outlay. So in the North OF Ire
land, one Colonel Lewis turned a faithful and in-
dustrious tenant out of his holding because he
"would not send his children to proseytng
L" school" Allusion was made to the condition OF
Affairs upon the estate Of the Marquis of Larsdowne
in tie County of Kerry, where the most noble con.
fdental adviser of the Queen had reduced his
tenantiy, honest and laborious people, to a con-
dtion of absolute serfd0m.
The Rev John Fitzpatrick, P. p, followed, and
made the most sensible, or at least the most salts
factory speech Of the occasion He explained the
relation Of tenant ard landlord. He said: Z" You
are either leasehclders or tenants at will; if
" man has lease, he has some security that he
cannot be turned out as long as he pays his rent
that he will enjoy the produce of his industry,
l." and of the outlay Of bis capital" But, as Mr..
Fitzpatrick went on to show, with tenure 30 ur-
certain as that possessed by the tenant at will,
prudent OF sensible person, instead of expending
his little capital upon bis farm, will hardly do as
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He may have considerate landlord, but that land
lord may die snd be succeeded by bad man, or
while living be may have q bad agent "The
will of any man." said Mr. f., is very insecure
- foundation TO build upon" The annual agri-
cultural product of Ireland is estimated at fifty mil
ion pounds sterling. BY an improved system of
agriculture this might be increased by twelve mil
ions and half But this improvement can never
be secured save by the employment of more labor,
and by the expenditure Of more capital, and these
can never be had unless the law will secure COM
for the outlay. The uhreclaimed lands
in Ireland comprise six millions of acres, and Of
these three millions are reclaim.ble at a cost of
"a l5s. per acre. This work never will, never can
be accomplished by the landlords but there are
hundreds and thousands Of farmers who would
gladly undertake the labor if they were sure of
proper tenure upon reasonable terms, and security
that they would enjoy the produce of their labor
Industry ard capital. Catholic emancipation has
done very little for the Irish farmer What he
wants is security that he shall not, at moments
notice, be deprived of all the benefit of his draining
ditcbiug and building, and that upon the expiration
of his lease he shall receive compensation for his
betteIments and bulldogs.
Upto tLia period the meeting behaved very sensi-
bly, But here the orators, so far from following the
temperate example Of Mr. Fitzpatrick, and sticking
10 the subject, proceeded 10 indulge in the ford
discussion of gre II variety of subjects, including
the want Of Roman Catholic priests in the Army
aud Navy the rascaity of John Sadler, ETC.. etc.
A petition to Parliament was adopted, aud the
leading gentlemen wen! to dinner; after which
speeches were made eulogizing Plus IX and the
memory Of O'COnne. We cannot discover that
anything noteworthy was said about Tenant Right
But, as question invoking the prosperity Of
Ireland we hope TO see it attracting the serious and
sober attention of the British Parliament.
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