The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1867-07-07
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The New York z tines, sundef the
caption, stSha1i We Have q Southern
Ireland?' presents somestrong views,
and gives some sound advice drawn
from the lessons that that the union
of Ireland with England teaches, and
to which We trust the Republican
party of the country will give heed.
The Times says that the same hostile
legislation which made Ireland per-
petual brothel of disafection is now
urged with great yehemence by the
extreme members of it's party. The
conquest by Cromwell was followeG
by just such confseation and parti-
tions of land as are now invoked
against the South; and thenceforward
the English statute book was crammed
full, over and over again. yee. (. tier
year, for three centuries, with Peal
ties, prescriptions, disabilities, and
of every form of arbitrary distinc-
tion against the Irish, varied only to
meet the humor of the dominant
party in Parliament the prevailing
idea being, not that Ireland must be
raised up. but that she must be kept
down.
The Times says, very truly, that
the primal curse. of Ireland was th g
spoliation of its landed property.
The right of property is of para
mount Importance in every civil sys-
tenn. It is hardly too much to say,
as many have said, that the great end
of government is to shieldland secure
that right. Certain it is, thnt, to the
institution and security Of property,
mankind is indebted, for not only the
origin, but the progress Of oiviiza-
tion. The people cannot be named,
who did not begin to grow weak, and
go backward, from the day of the
first blow upon their property rights.
The Tines notices another feature of
the misrule of Ireland by England,
and that is the exclusion of large
classes Of the Irish from all high
Offices. The effect of this is, to drive
all proper ambition from its lsgiti-
mate course into faction and conspi-
racy, as the history of unhappy Ire
land, from her earliest rebellion,
abundantly proves; for from this
cause, she has, for a long series of
years, been the theatre of constant
agitation.
England dealt differently with
Scotchmen. They were admitted to
every benefit of the common law, to
every official trust, and every privi-
lege that was open to Englishmen.
In short, Scotland, instead of being
treated as Ireland was, like q subiu-
gated province, and instead of being
held as a mere dependency, was
fairly incorporated on equal terms
into the United Kingdom. Under
this just and generous policy, the
Scotch hatred of England gradually
melted away, and at last became
transformed into loyalty more de-
voted than that OF any other part of
the realm.
These are the chief points from
which our New York cotemporary
would draw suggestive and impress
sive lesson for the guidance of the
Republican party. and certainly the
history of the British Union, from
the day that union was perfected,
teaches on every page that 'concilia-
tion, moderation, justice and equal
rights, beget the purest and most
enduring loyalty to the Government
which confers these blessings.
But ttheapprehensions of the Times,
we think, are not justified, so far, by
the action of those who control the
Government, and it is certain that we
can never have a Southern Ireland,
for the very reason that those who
legislate for us are of the same race,
country, kith and kin. In Ireland,
it was different. Here we have
popular Government, and those in