The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1866-04-04

guage in the other House, that the
deep feeling of animosity against
Russia which prevails in Poland is
conclusive proof If Russia's misgo-
vernment of tina unhappy country.
May not similar conclusion be
drawn against us from the state of
Ireland, while she continues as she
is? I have shown you that disaffec-
ton in Ireland has not diminished,
but has kept increasing. dnring the
last thirty years. While this state of
things exists, every advance which
Ireland may make in other respects
only increases her peril. IF she in
creases in wealth and population, and
still remains disafected, her position
will become far more perilous than it
is now. We are, therefore, in this
condition-that, until we succeed in
gaining the affections of the Irish
people, every measure we pass for the
benefit of Ireland only increases the
evils of which we complain. The
necessity for applying to Parliament
for the suspension of the hdbeds
corpus was clear evidence as to the
state of Ireland; but I think it was
the duty of the Government not
merely to repress the outward symp-
toms of disaffection in that county,
but to ascertain the true source of the
danger, so that the danger itself
might be removed.
Lord Duferin, Under Secretary of
State, agreed that, after adopting a
severe but necessary measure of re-
preston, it was right and fitting to
examine into the causes of Irish dis
content; but he could not assent to
the motion, which was Objectionable
in point of form, andwas based upon
an erroneous supposition that the
diaffection which undeniably prevail
ed in Ireland was traceable to the ex-
istence of the Irish Church establish
ment. That establishment had its
anomalies, which he did not defend;
but it was not the object of attack on
the part of the leaders in the Fe-
nian movement. Neither was the alb
sence of tenant right the cause of dis
affection. The Fenian leaders pro-
posed to deal with the land question
in a very different manner from the
mere enforcement of leases. Nor was
he more disposed to attribute the ex-
isting disaffection to the excessive
emigration of the last twenty years.
That emigration must be attributed,
not to legislation, but to the much
greater number of persons who, be-
fore lS41, were engaged in agricul-
ture in Ireland than were so engaged
in England with its four-fold pro-
ducton. The emigration, however,
had, in its results, been beneficial to
those who had left Ireland, as well as
to those who stayed at home, and the
country still remained one Of the
most densely populated IN the world.
When complaints wers made that the
resources Of Ireland were not ade-
quately developed, he expressed his
earnest desire that everything should
be done towards that end; but the
most certain means of thwarting it
was the continuance of state of in
security, which prevented the intro
duction of capital into the country.
The Fenian movement had done Ire
land serious injury, although he
maintained that the country was now
in a prosperous condition.
Earl Russell said: It is one of the
inconveniences attached to the time
at which this motion is brought for
ward, that the temporary question of
Fenianism has been connected
throughout this discussion with the
permanent questions affecting the
welfare of Ireland. With regard to
Fenianism, I believe my noble friend,
the Under Secretary of State, said
what was perfectly just when he said
it was one of those movements that
came from foreign countries; that as
the movement of 1898 was in con-
nection with French Republicanism,
the movement of May, 1848, with the
revolutionary movements on the con-
tinent, SO this movement was con-
nected with the American civil war.
There is, however, this great differ
ence, that some of those men who
were connected with the insurrection
of 1898 were men of the noblest as
pirations. They certainly did aim at
something which they considered was
for the good of the country, though
what they pursued was q mere iqnis
fatuus. Those connected with the
insurrection of 1848 were an inferior
set of men, though they may have
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