Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1862-12-04

uo huIiNSo Uup S0ihou oiO"o' 'fiS u'sSiAV
impossible for poor child to ever rise to
any degree of eminence. Money, here, is
what makes the man. If he is born rich
it makes no difference how big a id
fool he is, he must be approached with hat
off, on bended knees. with the word "Mas-
ter" or Ny lord" upon the end Of their
tongue. have had the poor creatures,
hundreds of times, approach me on the
street with the words F" Master. please
tell me the o'clock" The Irishman is
the only paper in Ireland except the Gal
aoay american, that Is true to the Irish
interest. 1t is the organ of the Nation
ais, or more properly speaking the Ma
tioual Brotherhood Of st. Patrick. The
object of this society is the freedom of
ireland from the oppression of England
and to that end they are laboring; conse-
quently every move of theirs is watched
with vigilant eye. They have l2l
branches in England and in all of the
large towns of Ireland, and some in the
United States. Let England withdraw
her troops from Ireland, and she would
not remain under the British Crown 81
hours. England keeps a standing army
in Ireland of 10000 men not a man of
them is Irish. They have $4,000 men
in this city, Soldiers are thicker upon
the street than / have ever seen them in
Washington since the war commenced. |
wish that you could see the castle, which
is situated in the very heart of the city.
1t is good sized city by itself. Ireland
lost, and England looses her right hand.
She is the main support of England.
They draw large portion of their sup
plies from Ireland. They do not allow
the Irish to manufacture, thereby compel
ling them to draw their supplies of man
nfactured goods from England. The laws
in force between landlords and tenants
are very oppressive Rents are so very
high that it is impossible for man to rent
land, and make living; the landlords
thinking there is more profit in raising
cattle and sheep for the English market
many of the tenants have been driven out
of their mud cabins to seek shelter in no
place short of the grave. 1t is fact that
there are many dying every day in this
city, of starvation. The day | came to
the city | made hasty visit to the place
called the home of the stranger poor"
And let me describe to you the scenes |
saw. 1t was about half past five in the
evening, Git is dark here at 4 o'clock
when first went into the apartment set
apart for the males. THE hall was about
40 feet in length, by 20 broad Two gass
lights we're dimly burning at each end of
hall. Although the night was very cold
and stormy, there was not spark of fire,
nor any place to build one. Within this
hall were l4O men, of all ages up to 81.
They had all come in since o'clock some
of them perhaps, through their own fol-
lies, and some by the oppression of others.
There was one that sat upon the floor With
his back, supported by the sealing whose
appearance interested mevery much. He
was barefoot had no coat but what he
had was very clean. | kindly asked him
to give ME history of his life. and fami-
ly connections. He looked up at me and
hesitated moment, and said that did
you know the past incidents of my un-
fortunate life, you would not | know,
wish to recall the painful incidents again
to my memory" He seemed to be very
intelligent man, and wanted to know if |
was not an American. ! told him was !;
and friend to the suffering poor OF Eu-
rope. He got up with tears in his eyes,
and told me to go to the other end Of the
room with him. and be would relate to me
his history. He commenced by stating
that he had been tenant upon Lord
Durbey's estate, in Kildare County, about
GO miles from Dublin. The rain had
spoilt his crops; he could not, therefore,
get money to pay his rent for the coming
year in advance. (all tenants have to pay
their rent in advance.
He was therefore forced to leave his
mud-cabin in which he had spent ID yrs.
W.. 4 = ...s. 4...xoI o,,t ho Had M; IA