Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1866-06-02

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The sesas Isth eaea1 witch aeaaess
he dspopulatio 11eonnd d uetural'y ne
suaiooe e mech 11g4e eisenssioo. ~
III n16obou 8 9Sgtalnbataseo ~ |
thAn Il had 10 49, - ceoocoosnsas
q he Ssvsr TT e1oFop which be- snee
eeeuued such gi46G11QIg PORTIONS. was 49,
cxihed - the tssSiheG 1ne0e 10 l64Js woeco
eIisitsd the sympGloY e Chsigtendom. Bot
Ireland il - loaeuS country where the
population 10 In excess ofths productiseness |
Of ths laa1. uee sfe the wagss Of lsbor too
low tx ~ euppsets Of life. 80
u betA q thsss sspssss IL impsevs@ses
n 1ssland Aas 6ssa unpsscsdsntsd sincs soe
l1aaal W. scoosKsd b. psstilsnee end nam
~ n tSA7. And yss although ~ inpel.
Iine cosse has csassd The emsgFatioa still
eoss On With essssantly insrsasing fapidly.
Tt GEsaA nass Of the Irish smigrants
Who ere flying from their homes, and GOV.
ding every Trans Atlantic steamer, ere not
wretched, povcrty>s'richcn peasants. The
leading London journals admit that they
are, for the most part ''well to do farmers, or
the children Of well to do farmers, whoae
sockets Jingle with 70 ,srsigns." ~0rsas
fasms," they tell N, are IN pr0csss Of abar'
VOUWSUSe uCbOD 0BG CAubUuvssbk VIE US{OosSs ~
ucglsoe, and ireland 10 h many parts sui
fsring - the Southern States now are fos
want Of labor end from redundant lasds.-
Those who remain In Ireland are said. foI
the most part, to remain only until thsil
kinsmea in this country can remit them tn
requidts passage money"
fhs Enelish journals insist upon ignorinl
the tsue cause Of this great and growinl
exodus. They ssssibe u - 1853 gree
various spoehs Of history compelled nation.
and tribes to burst their own boundaries and
ovsrrun other nations. "Somsti0ss," thes'
joutusls complacently remark. sit has beer
the 0suls, sometimes the Huns, sometimei
the Visieoths--now Il 10 the lsish." Thirs
for the Pillake and conquest Of the ricl
countries 10 the south Of Europe, the won
derfd fecundity or the inhabitants Of IL
vast plains and forests Of the north Of Eu
rope, and the prsssuse Of population upoa
the means Of Subsistence readily explain
the basbasic irruptions which oveswhs)nst
aud asnihilated the Roman Empire. Blu
these ere not The causes which are dcpopu-
lstinR ireland. rho soil of the EmerAlt
Isle q productive, the climate Is soft ans
pleasant, and there 10 no land half 20 lovely
10 the Oslt o that FROM which The god st
Patrick expelled I'll dangerous reptiles ex
oept he hated Saxon. The lrishuan Dc
ssfte bic much beloved 'gem Of the sca'
and seeks home in the uuconxenial forest
Of Oanada and our new Western States, b
cause the burden Of English authority ao'
the sxactions Of Church and State are 70
heavy for him to bear. lie leaves bic dec
sea>gist home with heart torn by con
ficting emotions.
To him no country 10 half 90 lovely .
Erin but bic heart 10 full Of fostering d,
toststioa & bis mseciless rulsra The his
smigfant takes with him eternal hatred Z
the 'saccuessd Ss1en." His wakine Thought
and his dreams wnsn be fslls slesp after
day Of toll, arc Of the dcliverance Of Irslan
from the tyranny Of England. The Iris
exodus ID the result Of hatred Of Births
rule. Establish 1 Republic In ireland, F.,
give them the descendant Of one Of ths
own kiags 70 rule over them, and shousans
Of Irish would rsturn 20 tho land fro
which they are now flying in countle,
numbers.