, 1866-11-18

eS~rts thr n.:ern,-t Ecr3y sill give no ex-
tension OF abAtcnent, will ALLOW nothing for
improvement, and II the rent Is not pa
promptly, cvicta theuuiortunate tenant. AL !
this he Of course does, ~ he says. in ot,vdl- !
cnce TO orders. The tenants recognize the
cScnt as tho cruel aud uuprinc1p}cd rcrro-
sentative Of equally unprincipled Ia:a.
lords; while the agent Is necessarily
c7mlellt d (eIther in explanation of tho fact,
Or to cover up his own pilierinss, and fire.
Guently both) to allegc tho turbulence, dis
contsnt, and bitter feeling uf the tenants is
q reason; Why the. remittsnesa occasionally
I'LL OF. In this way the a1tagonism be-
tSccn the tenants and uw. CTS tecomes mora
fierce every year, until the latter, consulting
Just prudence, abstain from even visiting
1heir possessions, aud The former come to -
gard The landlord ~ thoroughly brutal.
These arc The facts rs theycrist. Mr.. Bsieh hts
remedy Is that The Briteh G government pur.
chase these lsnds Of the nonresident oHnera,
md lease them to actual settlers at rent
nj OF six per cent upon their cash valuation
that the Government apply three and u half
Of the SIX rer cent as at interest, and credit
the lessee with the other two and a ha7f upon
the valuation Of the firm. The Lessee,
being IN fact the prospective
owncr of the farm, would feel
secure in improving It in every way, and
wonld have every possible incentive to indus
try and thrift. This plan would cnsarc the
thorough cultivation Of the lind the pro.
drclions would he proportionately increased,
and there would grow up a community now
almost unknown in ireland, Of Independent
farmers, eaeh owning the land and having
| fixed interest in the welfare Of the country.
Wetltnk there is much practical wisdom In
these suggestions Of Mr. Bright. They ad-
1 dress themselves forcibly to the reason of all
men. There is nothing 80 destructive Of
| popular attachment to the country as to
| deprive the people not only of nil property
interest In the soil, but Of all possibility OF
ever acquiring It. The abolition Of primo
gcnIturc will not have the immediate eIeci
If breaking up the concentration Of
land In 3 few hards, because
in country where that principle Is recog.
nlzed and fixed us It Is in Great Britain, the
same result wonld be attained by leaving the
property BY will to The eldest son. So long,
too, As rank Is hereditary It Is perhaps but
natural that the wealth should follow the ii.
tie. Mr. Bright proposes only to deal with
the cases Of absentee, or nonresident land
owners. He proposes that the Government
shall purchase their estates, giving them
prices ten per cent higher than they
could obtain in any market. This
arrangement would rid ireland Of one o
the most obnoxious classes known there,
and that Is the agents or " middle men" o.
these absentces. In the abolition OF tn
Irish Church Establishment, the whole coun
try would be nd Of tithes aud this 1.-THE proc
tors, and the whole machinery by which ths
church rcrcnuc Is now collected. With ths
removal OF the cnusc of discomfort, the dis
content Itself would soou disappear.
These social, political. and economical re
; forms are, how ever, dependent upon prcvi
GUS reform, the battle for which has yet Il
, , bc tonight. That battle Is for these points
l. Representation according to- numerical
constituencies. +
9. The extension Of the suffrage.
s. The ballot.
:. With these, John Bright thinks, there ca
be no qucs1}, n that ireland, as we'll as al
, parts of the United Kingdom, will be place
upon mn equal footing Of freedom, content
ment, security, protection, and peace.