Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1862-08-30
VOLUME XII, NO. 2O7.
AZFHrian Grimes la Ireland,
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Prom the London Daily News August 3
The recurrence ia para Of Ireland Of acts Of
/ sanguisary violence, arising cut OF q1asrels
ABOUT lad, contrary 70 the hope ssIguiHely
I encouraged by some that the daY Of these calsm-
lto1s events had passed away, naturally saddeus
/ and disturbs the public mind. Tns ordinary
I eXpedIents Of repression seem to be cf no await
/ At the very moment that the scat id Is pre-
/ pared IN nsighbOring county town for he per-
I petrator OF q notorious agraIisu ciims the arm
/ OF InexOrsble vengeance is raised in s-0.Har
sud the life Of a collector OF rents. sea sd vi-h
his friends, within few yards OF a prlc- sta
ton, IN the midst OF pJpulOus town, j. tsken
in broad day. The f-arlsssnsss OF The act and
tue del beratiou with winch i. was commlt--d
sirIks the most uuihinkIng With q c-T AIN se- 50
of awe. Ins hOpelsssnsss Of resisisnss aui -1s
/ unaccOuntsbls absence Of al attempt o. 7. siss
are calculated to impress even n re powerfully
the ims ginarion. The law asser thst the owner
Oi the sUI may evicG bis tenant and put another
IN his syead whenever be chooses tC do 50.
Civil and erimiua. tribunals, removed from al
sympathy Niih the present class, sit daily %
pr0ueuucs its drerees and IS 000 military police,
well acq lsintrd with the country, aud q med %
the TEEN, are msurzinsd FIR their iu'orc- meat
But, UaHGs isges siHs mOribu5 the law tails, not
wIthsaudIHg ail tie costly and crushing ~slg1E
OF lis sTmzfa-ut, % do wuzi IL u t-rt4kas, b
cause there IS power IN the prsTa en- feeling
| and opinion OF tus cOmmuuiIy su-sgoH1s Ic lu
is spirit and which il can u-iE eT b "a nor
pursue There is war Implying and b -ldy
between the written code which PROCESSES 70
regulate the letting and OccupancJ of ths land,
and the unwritten custom which INA mass OF the
| pOpUlauon revere and obey. L icu has is oCca-
siCnal victims The Iich mans EIis Ia ia Hs
her early widOwhOOd, and rhe PEASANTS children
forbidden the miserable priv.s .segs Of kLesiiug
beside their fathers grave. Bus the eJamDl5
teaches not; and ths ghastlirst spec5acis has no
power to warn. No man admits on si-Her -I1e
Of the dreadful controversy that he is Influenced
by the death Of friend or nsighb0r Il IS on
the one side 10 be war Of population against
pTOpsrty-0n the other side Of properly against
population Uudlscerulng resentment ard eX-
aspeTstiOn often wing tie bolt Of death 90 the
heart that has least cherished hard or oppressive
/ thoughts and We cannot be ceItsin, on tie 0tncr
I hand, that th8 administration Of the law is
always une-iag. BuE the general result remains.
A 1sw individuals among the propsr.Iet C ass
I are struck down BY asss57lns, VINO generally
pay with their lives ths forfeit Of Their ciuei
but the terror Of the counter law thus created
literally does It's work, and every peasant
knows IT, Every PropTiet0N who wishes 70 Be
/ thought well Of by his fellows, loudly and
sc0rntully declares that be IS not sfralI 70 ride
home az night, to act as a magistrate, or 20 do as
ne viii with his own bat, uHhspyily, no ons
conviction 10 @ mind Of his pe4sautry ls, jLas
that condition as occuPisrs Of the sol, gen-rzi.y
speaking, witbout any legal security, is 81 sEty
bat certainly Influenced by the terrorism Of
agrsrian violence And this fearful fact, igzorsd
by Parliament, and stupidity deridsd by an igu5-
rant press, IS, in truth, the core Of the whole
evil L is this which explains the ru.s syuDs-
thy and passing aid on which the murderer
knows be can rely Nothing el=e can account
for il, and but for it al else Tould be ulac-
cOuatable.
The hidesus details Of conspiracy, having its
ramifcstious far and nssr, Ers in great part but
dreams Of paragraph-mongers or inventions Of
the detective police. Secret OrgauizadJns there
may be heTe aud there from time 70 time, but
permanent plot Of comprehensive Dimensions,
regulated by uniform rules and governed b7 8
nicely graduated hierarchy Of remorsg less
judges, we believe TO be no better than a ulis-r-
able myth. The thirg IS far worse, inasmnch
as It IS founded in the untaughs instncfs Of
people who have never been taught 20 know the
| law as q protector and a frisdd, ard whose
| physical courage, activity asd skill supply
| spontaneously the terrible means Of wild re-
veuge when some acts Of legal individual ex-
t0rtion or legsLzsd cruelty cause their patience
, to overflow.