Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1865-11-29
WRONGS IN IRELAND.


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Every trader has to take out . license,
which, for the first time. is fixed al a figure
extortiona,e. Indeed it is a common say
ing in some parts Of Ireland, that q man
needs W. pence to start a shop and ten
shillings for his license. If the license is
o'errun a day, the delinquent is liable to
have his authority TO sell taken from him
absolutely, without any privilege of re-
newal. If this is the decision of the mu-
nicipal or other local authority. sitting in
Justice in the premises,-thas the license
be revoked without privilege of renewal at
any ~price-there is no appeal from the
petty judge. So.nos onlyl the peasant
farmer, but the small trader or shop
keeper is at the mercy Of the cruel la1 Of
England and its heartless administrator.
For when a well-to-do merchant desires,
he oftentimes buys up an inscriptions
Magistrate to aid him with process against
his less prosperous rivals in business.
Long and unayailing complaint in regard
to this has been made. The effect this
has in establishing high prices i n the inte-
rior for goods, is readily apparent. An
entire village of Irish peasantry again and
again vainly appeal for the removal Of a
Magistrate who had rendered himself OBJ
noxious by actions of the character indi-
Gated.
In connection with this is TO be stated
the general character for ~venality of the
Magistrates chosen for rule in the smaller
districts of Ireland. The corrupt conduct
Of these men is a constant subject Of COM
ment and complaint in all the Island.
Mrs. Russell, in her volume of travels,
mentions this with marked emphasis; and
statcs-an English-born woman. She
that the Government is to blame for this
lamentable condition Of affairs connected
with the administration Of "petty justice"
Suppose that in this country the Justices
Of the Peace were in the notorious habit
Of selling their decisions; and suppose
they were appointed by the President ;
and we vainly applied for their removal
on sworn evidence of their abuse ofpower :
Would we not conclude that they were
kept in place for a specious, Administrative
object: Suppose, for a closer parallel.
the Administration kept a known thief
and public discommoder in the Gold Hill
or Virginia pos, Office, against the petition
and protest of the mass Of the people ?
But we can Dust even q President-that's
the regular thing every four years-if we
don't like him. And a President who
systematically permitted, or did, or neg
lected in such manner as indicated, in one
whole State, for one year, would be i'm
peached and ousted before his elected time
expired. What we can readily obtain for
reform or redress, Ireland has found it i'm
possible to obtain after centuries of plead
ing. - .r- .,
These are of the domestic but not small
matters Of detail in Irish life. They are
significant, they are literally illustrative Of
her sutferings in a thousand instances.
What kind Of a place is it for a white man
to live in, under the circumstance noted :
What kind OF Government is it that toler-
a,es and insists upon such extortions and
tyrranical practices in the name and under
the cloak of Law A little concern is it
Didn't our f%orefathers throw over the tea
in Boston harbor, and raise u revolution,
for a trifing matter Of tax: Our folks
knew what this character Of imposition
lead to what it would settle as a system
unless resisted to the death at the start.
Ireland proposes to submit to these impo-
sitions no longer. Shall we not help her
to throw off the yoke of bondage that
bows her people down at every step: