The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1867-01-11
+ TIE ANTI-FENIAN VIEW.

that the advocate possesses all the moral
and intellectual qualifications to give fair and
lucid exposition Of the case. Lord DuFFER1N has
written q letter to the London Times Of which we
propose to give synopsis; but before doing 80
would state that man living is more COM
petent or better entitled to give an authori-
tatiye opinion on this subject than his lordship.
OF an old and highly respected and inauen-
tial Irish family, of fine natural endowments,
both Of o speculative and practical character;
always residing on his estates, and, as far as
possible, giving his personal attention, both to the
Of the same,t and also caring for tho
welfare Of his tenants he should be dispassionate
ly heard In this first letter he confines himself to
showing the falsity Of the theory OF Mr.. BR1aHr,
MIR. MAaU1RE, and others that the emigration
from Ireland has been a curse to that country.
and that this emigration has been occasioned by
the edicton OF the rural population by their land
lords. Mr. BR1aHr says: 'eThe Irish landlord is a
creature Of conquest; Ireland is land Of edic..
tions." &i.
Lord DuFFERr holds that this exodus, SC far
from being curse, has proved a blessing to those
who emgrated, and no less SO to those who re-
NAMED in the country. Ho says:
There is one single fact which win probably be
accepted as safe Indication Of the effects Of emi-
it. To their immortal honor, within Is years after
their departure they had sent back to.lreland up
wards Of s2 600, 900 Of money. chiefly for the pur
ample Now, unless they had prospcred these
savings could not have been Accumulated unless.
their new existence had been full Of promise they
would not have tempted their brethren to ioinS
them But what if, instead OF setting forth to rear
the golden harvests of the West, these forloru mn
valleys, would the existing population, those that
have chung TO the old country in spite of every-
thing, would they be now the better or the worsa2
wages would have Been lower, rents higher S I than
they are now, while very large proportion Of the
peasantry would be occupying farms half the size
wages and high rents may be advantageous in
certain sense to the manufacturer to the landlord
and to the recruiting sergeant; but how do they
the mechanic When was in the West Of Ire
wages varied fom hall za.crown to S. Week Ever
South and West Of ireland from los. to 12s., or
even las. week while in the North the laboror
is almost absolutely master Of the market, and
can dictate what terms he pleases. .g---
Had no emigration taken place from Ireland, and
had the population continued to multiply at It's
numbers would bv this time have amounted to
three millions OF souls, and there is no reason,
to suppose that such o circumstance would have
operations Of the country the larger proportion q
these three millions would have had to depend
upon the land for Their support. Now, it appears
authority Of Archbishop Whateiy Archbishop
Murray, and Mr.. Moore 0Farren, that in 1916 ave
Persons were employed in the cultivation Of the
came quantity of land in Great Britain, while the
agricultural produce Of Great Britain was four
times the Agricultural produce Of Ireland. IS a
concerned the addition to the agricultural produce
OF Ireland has not been proportionate to The ex-
cess OF the agricultural population. a:ss:3
If we apply this proportion to the 15831e92
acres of land under cattle and crops in Ireland we
shall see that sbout tOO, 600 persons would be able
TO cultivate 3 the entire area. But by the Census
returns Of 1851 the number Of those engaged in
agricultural pursnits in that country amounts to
Upwards Of 800 900 persons that is to say, to &c.,
@ee THAN are 81 sSs so to the most
:. The increase Of every nation, he says, must be
limited BY the extent and capabilities Of the area
1t occupies, and the amount Of capital possesses
This law is Of universal application, though one
race, from its more sordid habits, ,or lower civil
cation, may be more compressihle than another.
Bit, the appointed limits once reached, either the
they have done hn France, or the surplus popula-
hon will emigrate, as has been the case in Ger
many m Ireland, and to 9 lesser :desree Il Eng
. Up to the year 1916 the soil OF Ireland retained
the capacity Of producing, to an almost unlimited
necessary for the support Of human lie. The ex-
pansion Of the pcpu1aton was proportionate to the
asoilities & it enjoyed for Obtaining sustenanee.
duct Of the soil efisted to take its pace; corn crops
neither supplied the Same amount OF nutriment
nor could Ihey grown in successive years on the
/: When, therefore, M. Bright speaks Of Ireland
as being the only county from which an extensive
which. ought; to Be within his knowledge. The
erage.of enigration from Ireland has amounted
to less than 100, 900 yeat during the last ten
hom North Germany, -as many as $50, go persons
1851 and 1851 tie emigi iasion from Great Britain
eorbss bsSsse xSS eas
,ng s!assess as standing alone IN their opinion
opinion i ,%hloh, according to him is inspired BY
has been no calamity to Ireland he states what is
both ungenerous. and untrue. Plans for the ex-
press purposss0f emigration have been
men a. Mr. Smith OBrien, NJ. Wyse. @ snd M.
sharman Crawford; while, did your space permit. j
might furnish dozens cf quotations to chow how
common such a. conviction 1s to every school OF
Toattrbute It's 3existenoe to our stupidity, and
seihshness Ia even more grAtuitous. When did q
customers, er raEmanufactuer or tho easinesa al
the labor market .Bnt what is the owner Of al
estate other than q trader In Land I? His tenants
peti0ny the higher his rents and the densef their
number tho more keenly viii they: conpete: prni-
grafton has tendency 70 dinininh rather than 70
increase his rental, and il 1t hiss not done 60 al.
ready y y because il has not continued long
yeSy frequently The landlord Is . large employer
Of labor. Within The last fifteen years I myseI
hsve pad away upwards o. ESQ OG0 in waaes afona
During TIE skhalf q thst period; Ia consequences
OF the Else IN wages, / have got much less for nv
money than I did during the first hall, and mn
conseqrent loss, comparing one period With anoth.
er would amount TO several Thousand pound ds and
.Non. But, though adealer IN land, and q rayer 81
wages, am, above all things, an .Irishman, and
as an !rishman rejoice at any circumstance
which tends to efr6rpthen tho yn1a,an,3oy,Coe ~