, 1866-08-30

lAEEcz4 assz12zse
li.h t,ayoncts. and the cottIcrsystcm Of farm
Ing, arc tho two grand curacs Of ireland.
The Establishment feeds, or the Irish /
veathntry, hungry set Of sons Of country
gentlemen, who preach 10 empty walls, OK. |
trnctfnE from reluctant pockets tho astol,lsl,.
Ing sun, Of stx hundred thousand puuuds
sterling cscry year, 10 make Princes Of
foreign bishops, md TO support religion
deemed f,eret1cal by ionr.nfllIs Of those vim
pay tie bills. Aflcr noting Tic wrctcled.
ic.s caused by Church cktortaon. II Is tillll-
cult 10 believe that The ono 9roat causo Of
1fc1nnd's degradation Is The tenant systclll.
Yet such ts Inc fbcl.
II IL n system, as Mr.. Mill declared In q
recent s5ccclt III Parliament, whlcll prevails
III nu utl,rr country In tho world. IL conaf.
nct,tnl Euturc Tho land IL either owned by
tl,c fhtuert wf'o cultivate II, Or Ia titled on
shares. In either casc, the calttyatus has II
prospect III ilfa-soino.l1np u sl,nr his a,i.
b,Irn or cxrlie hts cupldtly. II t,o takcs 4
t1ccr of int,ti 0t tho mettdutr syssrtD. hs II ID
cnttrd, a,.c.tatf al least If tho l.rt,tny.s uf
'ts !h1listry and thu rrslliis Of lts ocu,oiny
~ 10 ens!ch ,imapff, willlo is tls Is i pens.
nnt tsopriblnr. Tho wll0lc II liz owt,. But
under sl4u cntsrr systrtn uf lruia.,A, md tho
cxccsaiye c0nlpt!lp,l Of httl1ur4 ti,r
thu same land, all that TIM
I'eaeant ra,, carn over ami above flls own lty.
ing, which Il not 10 Mucls living NJ postum
Ing asnryallol,. goes to tho landlord under
]wNalty of ev!ct!aN and 1lstralat as rest.
Az improvements put upon tho premises 40
10 the landlord. The bill recently pending
In Parliament was designed to glvo tho tol-
nnt the yalno Of oil improvements maac by
himself. and to bestow upon him posscs-
sorry right In the laud--a homeopathic ra.
form, but, nevertheless, something. Given.
an increasing population and q fixed amount
of land, and system Of tenure where the
peasant can never hope TO get ahead In the
world more than one meal of potatoes, where
there Is absolutely no place to make u be.
ginning Of thrift, and we havc-lrcland, Fc~
n1anism, periodical rebellion and universal
misery. Let us see how II works.
Competftionfs is strong. The tenant bidding
for home must get possession. lie bids
much more than the land sworth, more than
he can hope ever to pay. Mr. Hurry, q w.t.
| ness in lord Dcyon's Commission, testified
| that lie had sccn farm worth fifty pounds
knocked down to tenant at four hundred
and fifty pounds year. The landlord does
not expect such sums will be paid but the
higher the bid the more Is the legal power
| ovcr the tenant aud all his goods. In such
condition what can q tenant gain by any
amount Of Industry or prudenccs What he
cats up the landlord cannot take, but ali the
| fruits Of increased industry or prudence must
| 30 to 1iquidate the burdensome and eyer
increasing arrear Of rent. What inluccmcnt
mas thc 1arincr 10 economy. what ne wastes
ING lnndto5as, not hls and the latter Is
aifaia 10 eicct his tenant because tie neigh
Dofhood ~ naturally tuli Of asraEian house
nufhcfs. Aaz'hess ana intempefance arc al
premium. the tenant nave twenty
childfeh 10 partakc OIL 1his misery II is all
clear gam 10 llis hotschold, iorit only makes
Inc payments 70 the ianasosa 1858. INC poor
man IN possession oi tllc SOIL WIZ nave enough
potatoes 10 Keep nus iamliy aifSe. Inc land
lota aare NOT press us fasht 10 tue extreme
cise Tue tenant wonio slarVe ana become des'
pe1ate' StafValiohls Tue Terror ot Inc tenant
ana i1ocs'sm ana Mintcoo5tsm arc the tef
TOT " 'he san"l'n'- MtWccn then
"lat e'sc .''n .neIe W w. misery ln'
iEasa"' eol''et > novel eons1sts .! nlua occ
nv 1', NC tuaEe ss y" At'eua a"e-h'!4' "''A
noie uposl ~ iu'sG ~ as .na. ~ La'oohu - nu
eiA"1 into H. lpsiac ~ cofuct 1u4i
s.1an' pls s1se, fuue 1apie anu 1es
saooR. LUG 1usn'tu1e cannot &c improved
| lug e'as mlS"ai" ls oea.eF lo 1ooh poverty
s'tcAen, lof !. may eScftc p'ty III the iano
'olo. 1nus hltn anu rags ano hungry ch'to
zen are ocs'taoie. a premium is SCI u9o
oa'cu''s". tne system u ose"n.@eo Fettt
gscsslon. II IS slavery unaef anothcf naif'e
AnS oeau.hu. oul desn.possesseu ,slana
Mo.e lettac lnaa ats or'.1sn so'' tl''s s'ae
lno'a. anu III every sense ouI 1nissose9hnen
ana ChuFch oppression, Is one OF the hncs
counlr'es ~ tAc "os4o' or1ttsnrui arc II
spops'otc !oI h'tcen seiiefatlons u staeSnt
pees'ns la.''ol's u Asash'''sn'
pat1iai remedy was 1oana III runn'h!
away from me dihicultS' In three year
neAl pe1ofe 1ool, minoh ol 1f,shncn cam
~ AHacl1ca' 1hfs may pe thought happ.
end 10 the lrlsh question by all those Wis
men "ho THINK that the iaha OF countr,
exists ior the benefit Of fow thousan
landowners, and tAat as long as rents 81
paid, society anu government have fuldllc
the'f junction. 1hc lana o. country "
longs 10 thc people OF that country. All IN
) rights "hsch Aandowness IN Ireland ca
, Justly maintain. even admitting their tFc'
, nooter titles to oe good, are tic fatr rents
n their shlablc value. Ihc tact that the u
r haoitants Of Ireland quit 1t en- "0sse becau
, their Government Will not make 1t q pla'
9 III for them to isTe In, Is n record Of Unfair
!. to brltlsh statesmen. The only su
remedy TO the Misrulc OF three hu
= dfcd years IS to make the tcna'
# farmcr, who has been 60 long In possesslo
= and who Is not without eonic color of It'll
. the real owner Of the land lie cultivate