The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1867-07-20

flrH ~ feHlnmsHi ard Tie tfflera
whleh rom ilnr 10 lime have urged
their propagation, We hope n pro.
dnce The e0nvi.tin that patriotism
!. iheIf foundatoni that oppression Il
their aaltalot
Hnfpaiion y a wrong In IiseIf, and,
unless \ be productive If good must
over remain a wrong That England
dethroncd The tncieni kings and sub
verted the government Of ireland, is
m historical fact That IN place Of
these instituted and maintained an
oppressive government Il proved by
the experiences and concurrent tcsti-
mony Of ages. II any one, deceived
by the spccloisncs Of the British
Constitution, links this assertion
graiultous, we ask him only TO be-
hold Us living confirmation In the
inversion Of The most legitimate de-
ductlons Of political economy. y .
The increase OF her fixed capital
bears no comparable ratio 10 that of
her populations hence, the scraps
from the table Of taxation are INSULT
cient to fecl the multitude. Sir
VIM. Temple In his work on the
United Provinces, asks why Holland,
with the few,st and worst ports and
commodities, should abound in trade,
and ireland, with the best of both,
have no trade at all9 Ali had he
looked at the stock jobbing, the Nav
igation Act the Corn and Wool
Laws, the exclusive system, he need
not have asked the question. y =
Nature holds forth overnowing boun-
ties; famished Ireland eagerly snatches
at them, but England, iron-hearted
England, strikes down the skeleton
hand: "Starve, or pay your revenue
English rule has always been inju-
! rious to Iroland-more injurious
even than anarchy. The wandering
savage roams a king in his natiyt
wilds; the eountrymen of Goldsmith
Moore, Grattan, Burke, slave in
the proud land Of bis ancestors. Tn,
genius Of bis intellect serves but t.
reveal the depth of the degradation
to which he is reduced. Then, III,
usurpation has not been productiv,
Of good; but, since il has been tn,
cause Of untold evil, who can esti
mate the injuries of It's victims? Op
pressed by the Plantagencts ant
Tudors, deceived by the Stuarts
mocked by the House of Hanover
twenty-eight kings have, like $,
many Cyclops, amused themselve
I by forging her chains; Elizabeth
Anne, and Victoria, Sphinx-likc
with faces Of beauty but taions 0
beasts, have acted well the blood,
part Of the three furies. "Delend,
est Carthage" is the motto, and ever,
means are tried to accomplish Il
y y y II is a principle @
ethics that every moral being is in
terested in the prevalence of justic
: everywhere, and an inchoate princi
pie Of international law, that tn
State should assist in maintainin
+. justice even outside of It's own terri
tory, provided this aid may be s
9 renderedas as TO violate no higher rul,
Now, when every day we see mon
} archies assisting each other in th
maintenance Of despotism, it is ou
duty as republicans to lend hand
those struggling for freedom. Eve
not calculating the benefits whic
q would accrue from her open port
= our interest is that Ireland be fire.
The tyrants that crush her, and 7,
land, and Hungary, and Crete woul
gladly manacle America. Your dut
Il your interest, your principle, ca
: you to help her. Give no heed
i this cry Of modern reform. +,
eight hundred years she has been Il
dupe of this word reform" Pr
L tensions have seemed fair; promis
have sounded natural, but both ha'
: proved deceptive. The voice h
,f been Jacobs voice, but the han
q have been the hands Of Esau. y
Il And now again, with lying tongu
Is these fends cry rciorm,g viii
.. their hands are red with guiltlc
y blood, while the smoke Of dcsolatio
y Of unarmed old age and youth al
a infancy ascend TO heaven again
,, them; while shines the sun Of w
r terford on showers Of gore from th,
a up flashing steel; while ghastly raj
= bows anopy the land and usurpati
p clogs is bcak with clotted blood, !
le hear the cry Of "reform." y
d though our soul sickcnsat The sigl
Of we should not forget. the ruins;
Of even the tmid ivy, while shunni
y the stately mansion, clings me
ot closely to the fallen tower. Thou
k the Shamrock lies poisoned by
Of noxious air, kindly let us scatter