The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1862-04-11

army of the United States advances down
| South will more and more rekindle the
love Of our cousins beyond the water
daughter and applau,e.) Becsuse,-les
nobody mistake the ch aracter Of the great
| organ Of civilization "a bracgart and a
coward, is the London Tin,es. ever strong
upon the stronger side. 1t never yet stood
hy principle, it never ye, fought an up
hill fight, never We, :ook up failing cause.
never ye. stretched ou, helping hand to
single oppressed individual, unless he
happened to have seemed picturesque in
the eyes of the sentimental sympathy OF
the world therefore, as soon as we win
victories, the London Times will take its
American cousins back into favor, and re
turn with recreAtsd venom to its old habit
of traducing the sistsr island (great cheer
ing In this connection, while am on
tue subject of misrepresentation and cal
umnv, | will allude to an incident which
took place AT the inaugural dinner given
To the Lord Nay or, a few days since in my
native city of Dublin. The Lord Lieuien-
ant was present. and he made, Of course.
the usual Official speech, congratulating
the audience Oh the prosperity Of Ire
land" There has never been a speech
made by Lord Lieutenant, sinre the in
sutn'iou of thar absurd and mischievious
Office, which has not announced the exist
enrs OF this same ''prosperity of Ireland :"
and il is a remarkable fact that the Lord
Lieutenant IL never without an item 10 il
iustra,e this prosperity. II this particular
Instance he based his remarks on the fact
that the streets Of Dublin are not tins wear
qui,e .,s II hy IS IN preceding wears Gangh
.-r.) " ith all due respect 20 his honor.
The Mayer. | must SAY, think the pros
peFlty of Dublin, IN this particular ut least,
exceeds the prosperity OF New ork(augh
ter and cal' of Hacks kiey," "Hsckev")
Gsntleruen, don't lei US be personal. Well
the Lord Lieutenant WAS followed by the
Recorder of Dublin. and he made an OBJ
serval;on which, think. this is as tit a
time as any TO notice and refu,e. He said
he felt called upon to give the Irish view
Of the American question J" and this L.
the view he gave: he said The feelings
Of Ireland and Of Canada have been equal
ly m,scalcnlared or misrepresented be
pend upon it, that in neither country wo'd
ans apprecisbI- section OF any class or
reed accepr 'he Lynch law and mob tyr
anur, bv courtesy called American govern
'nent, in exchange for the equal laws, tn.
security for life and property, the rational
freedom. 4 d the mild SWAY of British in 4.
stitutIon." (hisses and proposal for three
groaus.) M, no. gentlemen. no groans
for anybody on TINS night. No nnkind
ness t" any one s.. Patrck's Day The
gentleman VIII made this observation is
= nsmber Of that profession to which |
WAS once proud 10 belong. the Irish Bar
aud if prove, as mean to do, that lie Is
mistaken, | d. it. tho"gr ne is far away.
H. respectfully ~ If he were here Now
lei u- see What mas been the prosperity of
The people under the mild sway Of British
Institutions Iu the last twenty wears,
from l-41 10 1861 sos 799 souls. have
made this exchange which the learned Re
corder SAYS Is entirely impossible That
number have emigrared from the United
Kingdom to the United States. Now see
what mI>fortunes these elnlyra1ts have
suffered from our Lynch law. mob law
and otmsr American barbarities In ten
yeas these emigranrs have sent back TO
their friends in the United Kingdom the
sum "f f9 494 075 Of these emigrants,
more than two millions have been irish.
Now. as to the mild sway Of British in
sttutions :" what has tha' done for the
people Of Ireland! This is the re.nlt,
within twenty years. from le4l to 1861
the .npnia,on of Ireland has diminish
ed By 2.4l0.5Sl souls In the same time.
the number Of inhabited houses in Ireland
has decreased by 235 596 That number
Of hssrths lei, cold for ever. where even
poverty had always some hospitality TO
bestow. Within ten of those twenty year.
from Al to 81, the number Of human be
ings tha, have died of sheer starvation in
Ir.lsnt has been 2l,770. Graciou, God
how could any man dare TO stand up aud
call this prosperit, (cries Of "no," mo, y
"no"0 Now, little farther; let me ssy
hat have collected these statistics from
The government census report Of 1861
and when men talk Of the prosperity of
ireland, and compare institutions there
with our institutions in America, the
whole truth ought 20 be to& The de-
crease in the area of arabic lands in Ire
land, from 81 to '6l WAS 1873 584 acres,
that is. TO say. TO that extent, cultivated
ani has been turned into prairie-to that
ex,en, sorietv has made q step backward
IN civiIizstion, recAdlng from The agr cll>
turaI 10 he pastoral state AMI now, what
CONES Of the pastoral condition OF Ireland!
Between 1859 and 1861. the value Of hor
sss and cattle of All kinds there has de-
creased by tue amount OF e. 644 55l -
Now. wherein lies, even the fais.est SEM
. b'snce OF the prosperity nf Ireland. It l.
I'M, With decreasing population and de
crersing produce. the revelds of Ireland
(the amount paid by lrrlsnd 10 the En-
= i-n EIrh"g t"r. has increased, being 10
1851 hy e 9e92li sterling better than
II Was ia 1851 There is what the officets
ol The crown understand by the PROSPERITY
of Ireland. and that is their test of the
comparative advantages Of The TWO coun-
Tries tgreat cheering Now. air, ali these
. twenty Years what has America been do
iuyf HIRE prairie. haya hoo, ,,r,aJ o.,