The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1864-01-27

Tas EnisRA1ioh raj 0aaAr BanAss 70 Tns
UAfTRo 81 ArsS The Loadon kssss, In ekplana-
tiOa of the .dissust with the "oaid counthry ,
which seems 70 have seized on tho Irfsh popula-
sfioR, says
= A successe06 Of bad seasons have reduced the
fasuaefs capital 10 the amount of many millions,
the fortunes ut the landowners being reduced in
coasequeser land let out Of culivation, and etoe
reeeeed. With this year the decline h helieved
"a have stopped, and the growth of capiialto have
begun ngaia. The anxious question is, whether
The capital deposiied In bapks used In speccia-
,on win e. ss apped 70 The land as SOON q ss
dillon y weather. This i the main question in
Lastly of the labor. The prodisioas en-
ensire removal of the aid evil Of ruinous compe
tla0n Of iabOrers. The fear takea the opposite
dtsectl". now. There s a oanss and not asuper-
naiiy, OF hands. Bat the fact IL not owing wholly
af nahy 10 the inability Of the iaborers 10 fve.-
wages are now nearly double what they wee
twenty years ago, while the price Of provisions H.
rate, and The quaptity Of food Is much varied
and Improved. The want Of employment Is very
oosers 70 tmtgrate OH the contrary; the reduc-
uon e sasfir numbers has given them, generally
speakinc, the upper hand of the small farmers
iRe eject OF the had seasons has been more dis-
astf0ns to the farmers than the iaborers, and the
faier class might stay at home with good prospect
e' comtuft u they were as wise In the D,anasr-
have prevented them from being. Under their cir
ctmstances they wise TO 60 elsewhere.
Looking at the whole case, the true ground uf
bainentatiOn seems To be, not that they going,
bnt that there should be sufficient inducements
at home TO counteTvail the very strong temptation
to remove. The emigration was determined by
circumstances before the ptesent generation of
Enslishmen was born; recent events have per-
haps enlarged and precptaled it: but no wisdom
or power OF our time could have prevented II, or
can how stop ii at will.
1t I. argued further, that unless speedy improve
ments be made In the SYSTEM of tenantry, and n
growth Of middle class encouraged-a class of
manufacturers and Understanding some proper
ton to tho agricultural population, such as is IA
vored just now by the increased culture of fsx,
-tten Ireland will be more and more emptied of ihe
Irish, and the only remaining question will be-
how long before 1t shall be occupied by immigrants
from other lands. The London Times speaks Of
the condition and prospects follows:
Neither the drain which followed the great fam
fne nor the improvements introduced by recent
legislation have suf1iced TO prevent new exodus
Ii might have heen thought that the reduction Of
the population ftom eight millions to .combin-
ed with some development of the resources Of the
country, would have rendered Ireland sufficiently
productive for those who remained behind; bur
such has not been the case. Owing partly to the
increased demand for men In America, partly to
the facilities of communication, aud part y to
sisance provided by earlier emigranis, the flood is
now setting across the Atlantic in a larger volume
than ever. Nor can there be any doubt about tha
natural Character of the movement. 1t Is purely
a, equalization Of demand and supply, and an
lrishman leaves his own country simply because
he expects TO better himself elsewhere. In order
10 tetard emigration the condition of lrishnen
shoH3 be improved at home, and that conclusion,
we need hardly say, has been very willingly drawn
Gil the othcr@de OF st. Georges Channel