, 1866-10-28

" plaiu to all who arc not utterly Infatuated |
lat m invasion If this kind, aided by M
would have no chance of sne-
:rss against the upfetterea power Of Eng
and. However sacred and righteous cause
nay be, no man is tnsti1cd In calling upon
,thers to support It in arms, against all
human probabilities Of success. Ii ercr this
contest Is to arise--and that It viii arise one
icy no one who IL Intimate with the disposi-
lcn prevailing amongst the people of Ire
and can, think, dnubt-it should take
place under quite different circumstances
likely to exist, at least any time during
tho present year. Euslapd Is At present |
NJ peace, and could direct all her
forces towards Ireland, and the pro-
prietnry class and the Roman Catholic |
hies arcby arc hostile to the principles of the |
Fenians, whilst the pcasant1y, amongst |
whom those principles naturally find acce pit !
ance, ase uEatmcd and uno..nnszea. To |
launch, therefore, an Irish expedition from
America on the shores Of ireland would be \
rs unwlse proceeding as ever WIS uudcs-
taken; ard credulous Us lrishmcn are reprc-
sense enough to perceive how hope1ess1y
Qulxotlc It would be. The time cannot be
remote when England will be engaged In
var. In the present state OF Europe peace
csRDot exit for many years; and the smallest
amount OF Judgment should dictate to the
4IsA HAtH"ua4 pAtts tuAt e4e4T Nts%, A1uGEt
their only hope OF achieving their aims Is
when England Il occupied ID wur with some
Of the other Powers uf the world. England
ind Ireland lase been connected ever since
1ta3, ana SO lar arc the two countries from
having amalgamatcd that they are only held
town Of between 3,0oo and 1000 Inhabitants,
there is at this mumcut aa infantry
and \ cavalry as we'll as
police force, aud the people look upon this
force Us q s. n,bo1 Of their subsection and SER
vitude. The feeling OF disailection and the
aspiration for distinct nationality Is, as far
as can make out, stronger to-day than it
was twenty years ago, when knew Irel.nd,
nor do think that any measures which the
British Parliament will or can enact will
ever extirpate this deep-rooted sentiment.
The feeling that prevsils in England Is one
Of superiority to Ireland. Engltahmeu re-
gard 1rishmen ns IN inferior and degraded
race. speak not Of the feeling that exists
. between Individual md individual, but of the
feeling which exists betWe cen nation and na-
ton, which Is q wholly different thing. They
sometimes indeed condesccnd to an exhibi-
Pie, but as TO placing them Oh the sn1ne plat
form with themselves, 1t Is not 10 bo thought
Of Fur moment. On their side the Irish re-
turn this feeling in intense hatred. The anti.
English passion that Is manifested In America
BY the Irish population there, where they arc
of this assertion. II Is tho misfortune Of Ire
land that Eher own population is divided
Into two sections, who entertain even more
bitter and hostile feelings towards each other
than d. English and Irish. The hfsto.y OF
the world can scarcely present such an ex.
ample Of profound hatrc1 Us that which AMI
muies the Oraneenen Of the North towards
The Roman Cath ollc portion Of their fellow
countrymen. doubt il a deeper sentiment
Of antipathy exists In he ninds Of the
Southern planters towards their emancIpat-
ed slares. Although there are 1900 more
Catholics than Protestants In Ulster, that
province does not send single Catholic
member to Parliament. Monaghan, Cayan,
Donegal and Tyrone, in which the Catholic
population prepouderatcs in the ratio oi
three TO one. nre represented By Professionals
and Tor1es- All the proprietorial, and, there,
fore, all the political tK'wcr of Ulster, Is con
ccntrAted In the hands OF a Protestant
| oligarchy, and In the case OF an insu1cction
aEy movement In the rest of Ireland. itt
hcrc, st enemies would be tho Orangcmen O
the North. In material prosperity the
| Northern Province is uudoubtedTy beyond tht
ne an argument to provc the closer ronnec
tion between Pro.estanttstn and progress, thar
| Catho1lcy and progress. 1t Il q curious hct
that the capital of the three Joint stock
banking establishments In Ulster Is almost
exclusively held hy lr,shmen, whereas, Ii
to large extent, held By Eng!lshmen, ans
| the bead offices Of two Of tho principa
I amongst them-thc Provincial and Natioua
are In Broad street, London. But thou.
this Is the case, Il should always be kept !,
view that ore Of tho fonr provinces Of Ire
land Is thoroughly anti.1rIsh 90 far as It's po
litieal power can exert Itself. Asit hiss beer
said Of sone Of the English settlers In tn,
other parts OF ireland. that they were MGR
Irish than the Irish themselves; so 1t may b.
said Of the Province Of Ulster, that Ii !
more mere EDglsh than England Itself; Pollti
greatest grievance under which Ireland La
bors.
From the religious point OF view bclicy
| ireland Is suffering from an erll that has +.
parallel in ths civilized world; namely, th
Episcopal Established Church in Ireland
amounted In lsGl-the date OF th
last ecnsus-to &C. 600. and the annual rcrt
nue. Of the clergy, paid mainly by q Cathoti
population, Is nearly half million (e4a7
Gnl pes - snnT,p; nSn T., The Roman Catholic pop.
own bishaps and clergy, bnt the bishops an
clergy Of q religion whose teness they rcp1
diate. l. L absurd TO ~ sai. Il % suh.sa,
:,.l grieyanee' ss ,as 5he r:sS3,,s, t:ss9nss :.
sss aesifssxx aeiisx rom III he psapsssy
the country which ID mainly, In prosestat
hands bccauee, even admitting this to
true, grievance Is not the lcss real thong
1t be vhat ID called sentimental one.
sosi.,l! coss!ae!ed, Y. the "a rant Of lust !. L
, and tenant is the master evil Of the countr
The tenant Is hcpelessay At the mercy Of u
. landlord. The following case was relased
: nc yesterday by the Roman Catholic prize
Of this toTn; ;a,t,osd aF' ,|.1 . mag 7ggl
ss sss1 ypiae of IS b. .. yesf aqh he % 9ais
the rent on the four tenants In p<
session until it amounted to eE
aud he has them now under ejectmcnt unls
they consent to further rise of :F10 OF 81:
o people from such = system except emis7
lions To the priest who told me Of Il
( case, which Is but one Of many, and Hhict
|, have since bad confirmed from smother gu
i ter, / replied: "WhAt~ would ron haz
> Land, i 6 said, Is = commodity to Be boug
n aud sold, and 30 is human labor. II -, v
9sce III taRo be eou1d Tene for Ii - asf,eIe Tug Bat
raising the rent Of the land he Is xbsofbi
= the labor and Industry Of the tenant" "Tt
= Why does tee tenant continue to hold
d. source but the land" Just 50 the contr'
se between the parties Is made under conditit
in which one has al the advantages on
te side, and the other must submit OF leaTe
ID country. Hence 1t Is that whilst the po
k1lAA VI Lie lCAk VI tAE = l&A&A AkAEAQ4&
mote than doubled since 1906 the ropulat
~ Of ireland ia only U0, ,0oo more than 1t ,
Be In that year, and ~ long as the e1
y lne Legal conditions eontinus, the .
ng tow OF population vii 70 on I
y, the peasansEy whc remain will have bu
Al bare subsistence This Is melancholy st
Of things, but 1t Is nevertheless true. b
an gone good deal into the country dlstn
I'd Gf the country, where the tootstep OF
b< ordinary traveller Is seldom seen, and I h
% spoken to the teuantzy. The universal Ct
AZ plaint amongst them Is that they hare
,< security for Improvements effected by Il
go1r OWE labor asked tenant who holds /
oes under an English proprietor, and who ii
reason 10 believe 10 be \ good man, whe,
o. he held his land under lease NJ, sir
Se. the 4nswcr "Did yon apply for one p II
's.. your honor "N'hy n5t:'' "Wisha,
- gor, sts, don't know; may be Il waul
- - Wsrse for me-" Another pointing to ,
'o 'o siderable lergth Of drainage effected by
'od sba7, says, ''By gor, sir, 1t Is quare
=. that 1uI't cive maD Nhat he makes
ID. seIi.' Then Why did you tmproy
the "Nby, Sit, saw 1t WAS necessay the
required it, but my landlord, Lord B.
may take 1t ali from me when he pleas
ees And unfortunately It too frequently hap
nm that It docs please thc landlord to take
lion l session. .-.
,as The Cronwe1llars allowed The Irish o