, 1866-10-28
n Hell.n Their defendants Of the 10Th

or Hell.nt Their descendants Of the 18th
century allow than the alternative Of " the
last penny or cxpntrtation." Can any one
be surprised at the wide spread dlsaftcctton
Of people who are 80 treated a. least
dozcn bills hare been introduced into Pazlia-
mert for the purpose Of applying remedy
70 the ern. Wh1gs, Tories, and Radicals havc
iu- turn tried their hand at 1t but all have
failed, because they morn Or less tntF1nged on
what We call the sacred Eigath Of property;
difficult question was admirably summed up
in single sentence BY The late Lord Palmer
ston when be said that "tcnant right was
landlord wrong The radical siew Of 1t has
been long age Eyen y ey Shas:gea'e we
md En- by lax,'' aud the middle or
moderate FieW has been set forth In sen
fence which has become famous In Ireland,
Property has Its duties a. well as It's
rights" The tenant Fighters, as they are
called. are slHays met in argument BY the
upholdcrr Of the strict lights Of property,
who say that there l. not single argument
which Is made use OF for u charge In the
svstcu Of Land tenure In Ireland which
on1d not % aPR to 1as aud aaG ID
the force of the argument Is SO great
that do not expect to see q proprietary
Parliament ever coHccding any satisfactory
measure on the subject. 1t must not be sup.
posed that the rental Of ireland Is excessiEe.
The poor law valuation amounts to only
Gle, 60 000, nnd the effective rental may DO
some e3.09o ,ooQ 10 excess Of this. The
| rental OF a1l Ireland, therefore, does not ap-
| preach the rental Of the two Eugltsh
counties Of Yorkshire and Lancashire. There
| can be no doub. that the rental Of the coun-
try Is cnrablc Of great expansion. and there
are hrge amounts In the savings and otheE
banks which might be protitably invested
iu the land, but tho want Of security
oas1ay u Is tps dIeetSa ess5 aga q ups! 81
tunats'y this + the only direction In which
Investments ofmoney to any extent cau be
ndynntageously made.
An attempt has been recently made to
initiate Belfast ay establishing ! linen manu'
factory In Cork. Mr.. Magulre, who is now
In America, has been one Of the principal
promoters Of this movement. At their first
meeting the shareholders divided SIX pei
cent, but the Undertaking is too young to
be able 10 speak sanguluely ofi,s success. l
shall sum un my optnton Of Ireland y, few
general feeling Of depression; want Of self
reliance, arisiuC ftom Causes outside and
beyond Inc natural disposition oi tho people
L general and, profound discomfort; At
anxiety 10 overthrow the Government Of ths
country q Willingness TO accept ald from an.
quarter for this purpose breaks In tue socia
link Of greater length than in most othc
, countries the North and tho South, West ant
East arc mote like two hastilo uatlo1s that
. provinces Of the game Island religious dtl
icrencee sim widening the gulf Of separation
: social distinctions, altogether apart from
differences Of race or religion, carried out +
degree that Is perfectly ludicrons; n
general care or sympathy between the highe
ety, which, In my opinion, can neyer be wc.dc
into an even aud solid mass, except by sotn
: "thorough godly reformation" or revolu
! tion. But Ireland must wait for the occai