Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1863-12-19
The Key Note.

Practical people know that any change
of Government in Ireland. which leaves
the land owners with full power as now
to make the tiElers of the soil and the IN
habitants thereof pay whatever avaricc'
prodigality, or inhumanity may demand
for the privilege Of residing there, cannot
benefit that people. 1t is the system that
must be altcred-the system of entail and
primogeniture-the system which allows
few thousand men to possess the soil
upon which millions have to live, and
from which they must subsist. Give the
land of Ireland to the people of Ireland,
let the cultivator be the owner of the soil,
abolish hnd1ordisrn, and Ireland and all
her people will be rich, prosperous and
happy. And yet out of the thousands
who in this country and elsewhere, write
and speak; of Ireland's wrongs; scarcely
one ever mentions this huge evil Of land
ownership, upon which all other wrongs
are based: Aside from the good Father
Lavelle-who only seeks reform III land.
lordism, howefer-that Is, cheaper rents
but one public writer on Irish affairs, and
he but lately, has dared to introduce the
real, and, in fact, sole subject of her woes.
Thomas Mooney, in letter to Father La
velle-which is published in the Irish
Nees of Saturday, has this to say:
"There is not landlord within the lim-
its of Ireland, who will join your new ag-.
itation if you avow the determination of
distributing the land of Ireland amongst
that portion of the people who live upon
and till the land. Not even William Smith
OBrien, nor his patriotic son Edward will
ioin anv agitation having this object. OF
course not: and without this be fully
avowed you will have no revolution: And
you will have to clear out or die out year
otter year. The land of Ireland for the
cultivators,' is the watchword of the Irish
abroad. For that they are prepared to
abadon homestcads, mines, stores, spend
money, and peril life. But if it's to be
only return of the 'kings lords, and
commons of Ireland that's mcant-that
great old sham we all thought was buried
forever by the side of O'Connell in Glass
nevin-then all we Irish cxilcs have to say
is we wish Mr.: Dill and Mr.: Martin all the
success they desire in the new national
agitation for the repeal of union,' which
the poor bcfooled Irish people may rest
well assured will give the Government Of
England precious little trouble of mind.
Let the people be bodily told that they are
now to fight with the beasts of the field
for the land of their fathers that if they
succeed and triumph over the beasts and
their beastly owners the land shall be theirs
forever and eycrmore-as much to each
man as is necessary to support his family
ncne to rent none to SELL This is what
the great French revolution did for the
French people, and the Belgium rcyolu-
ton for the now happy people Of Bel
GUM. Tell them this my reverend friend
from tn, hill SIDE and you have not long
to wait for the long looked for opportu-
nity.' The people themselves will rushto
your Misunderstanding up the first
weapofis at hand, and they will be assisted
by half of Europe and America"
There is in this solid basis for reYo-
luton in Misunderstanding worth fight
ing for: Let Irishmen stand upon itand
they will win-but for hess than this l.
would be folly for the Irish pcesafltry 70
attempt a revolution. For less than this
America could scarcely extend her SYM
pa,hy. Irish landlordism is worse than
chattel slavery, and must be abolished be-
fore the people cun befree.-Sac. Bee: