The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1866-12-18

dom And in3Dpen1khte.& VN1 thai 1t H8Ght
stast up the freshest IND brightest spot in
Europe.
As we have said, i has the most fruitful
soil Of Western Europe, varied lHith every
degree Of elevstiea that renders + mo6t
favorable for all kinds of Agricultural Pros
duce, with the most INLAND districts traversed
by rivulets and streams, having also the larg
est rlvsns Of the thrsh kinedomay III situated
in mild and uniform climate, where the
dews of Heaven fall gently on all parts, a. if
to make it the peculiar abode. of happiness
and freedom. *#5s
Then the geological structnre Of The cons
try is aEke remarkable for variety Gnd rich
ness, with rocks of slate, quarries Of lime
stone and granite, iron ores, sand beds and
Goals, the most extensive in thoss islands.
The iron ores of Leidster and Connaught are
said to average even above those in England.
Then there are extensive mines Of copper and
rich veins of lead stretching all the way
through Wicklow, Wexford, Cork. Down,
King county and Clhre. ~
Then Ireland possesses unlimited capabilf
ties of water power. The banks Of the Shan
non, the Lee, the LiAey, the Blackwater, the
Boyne, or the Bann, Invite every variety and
extent of machinery; where factories for the
manufacture of fax, cotton or WOOL might
work necessarily in the midst of . GREEDY
market. And what is best Of all, the raw
material might all tie found at home. Wool
especially might be had at their very doors
ii hnfailing supplies. Ireland has over two
millions of acres of the finest pAstursee, at
an elevation of eight hundred feet above the
level of the sea. What q wool growing coun-
try il might beeomel
:. Then al of these natural advantages for
rational independents and wealth, We uust
not forget TO add her fisheries which have
been called "a girdle Of gold encircling the
island
ireland has eighteen maritime counties out
of her thirty-two: and ii Is estimated that at
least 900 heads of families might be
proftably employed in working these inex>
haustible sources of wealth.
But Notwithstanding these exhaustless
treasures with such facilities of transit, the
soil is poorly cultivated, the mines are I'M
worked, the rivers and streams flow IDLY unto
the ocean, and the richest land in the world
is crushed into beggary. England must man
nfacture. and Ireland, with imm sssurable
richer resources, must be her market place.
Hence there was an English Law TO crush
Irish manufactures. There Was penalty
upon industry, and upon the investment of
Irish capital, which stopped at once many
thousands Of spindles. turned many thousand
Irish men and women out of employment, put
a seal on the mines mouth, and still sits by
the water side, like foul witch, frightening
honest industry'trom his path
1t is estimated that Dublin city alone sends
several hundreds Of thousands pounds an
2aaliy - New castle and " hitenaven Tor coal,
while under the soil of Leinster according
to Sir Robert Shane, the total quantity Of
pure solid coal of sixty three millions Of
tons We see here how edeetualiy English
law has broken up Ireland the natural rels-
ton OF tosa and country policy that would
impoverish aud destrof any country On earth,
even were it peopled by men as pure and
faultess in habit a. the angels OF God in
heaven
III ms c-s 40 of coal We see what is true of
nearly every article Of consumption IN Ire
land-of food, clothes and furniture; the cit
les and towns are madd the channels through
which the country IS drained Of AS weaith.
The caty trade is only the robbery of the
country That is just what Engiand gets
from Ireland.
Ireland : iudependenee would re-establish
that natural relation between her town and
country, hv WHICH the tify wants are nade
the coQntry's wealth That alone would save
the country. An Irish Republic would at
once re establish the legitimate trade OF it's
old stronghods. such al Dublin. BalIingsrry,
Kilkenny. Carrick, Lo5ghrea and Limerick,
bv interfering the soil from the effects OF
those English laws that condemned them to
barrenness and uselessaess
The right and the TRUE policy of An Irish
republic undoubsedly Would be TO seize not
only all the produce grdwn annpally en irisE
soil but to seine every foot of land held by
absentee landlords. Ibis land belongs TO
Ireland rood of Il Fas never bought, but
was stolen from the frisfi. Let them enter
again np9n their own itrd. Let republic
divide those immense landed estates into
small parcels. break upfhe parks and snbdae
the waste places for farms 10 be possessed
only hY actual settlers ito be worked again
BIZ the nation 70 whom Bcd gave the soil
and Ireland has The M ans Of beng the rich
eat and hautiest nation in Europe. This
! small culture system albue would make the
! Irish lsnd workers the ilaspies, psassntry IN
| -utene. Even in her present uliserably cul
tivated misegahly governed, English bedsv'
| lied condition she supplies merry England
with abundance OF pudding and beet" L
/ is a fact that should moi be overlo ked, 'ha
/ while-to use the language Of the Chancellor
Of the Exchequer-,he people and working
| classes Col England ate steadily growing
more comfortable, the Irish people ar. taste
| sinking into starvation and death In h,
same ratio that England improves the condi
tion Of her own peasautry she kills that Of Ire
! land
Asnn English farmer artisan or fahprer be
| gan to insist on tea in the morning we'll a
| in the even ng; an Irish farmer, artisan. .
/ laberer. found it necessary 10 live on oui
meal day for every Esglshman who al
ded to his domestic expenditures by sdaadin'
thrice week. an Irishman had to retrencl
/ his to cabbage leaves and turuip tops A. dys
/ pepsis crept into England. dysen.ery ravagsi
| Ireland: and the exact correlatiye 81 n San
| day dinner 10 England was a coroher's in
i quest in Ireland