The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-05-25

present condition. generally they fail in my opinion go
to the bottom of difficulty AS American should
the great CRYING wrong Ireland that the bountu soil
owned by comparatively few several having monopoes
of tens IF thousands of acres Some of their
several hundred by brute force seized county or
from other barbarian and for this 1t decreed his
descendants the end of shall have the exclusive
ship of the land thus possessed republican as to
believe with John Stuart MILL that such monopoes are not
founded in right and that the remedy division OF the land
ed estates The tenants renters oland have no interest
the sohey liable any increased rent
expulsion at the landlords pleasure and therefore, to lose
the benefit of improvements they have made their
farm The question of land in ireland has several
aspects which different from what it presents elsewhere
that the improvements necessary bring the land into
enantabe in England usually made by the land
lords in Ireland they invariably made by the tenant In
England and Scotland comfortable houses and
Offices the land well fenced and probably drained thus he in
other outlay than is needed for farming In Ireland
however, his predecessor gets possession of spot
covered with rocks and brar and without vesge of house
stable improvement whatever In this country there
few manufacturers except that of linen in Belfast and
vicinity that the people driven look upon agriculture
their only means of subsistence They have consequently
been the mercy of rapacou andholders who have dictated
their terms To remedy this great evil of tenants-at will
John Bright has suggested that landlords be compelled to give
all their tenants leases for sixty at moderate rent
Something ought done though there millions of
acres beautiful land of thousands of
lying which might grow timber if not grain.
of Ireands misery and the vast emigration
now going on is the taxation imposed on every
industry she Is literally bleeding to death at every PORE The
Treaty of Union between England and Ireland made in lSo0
provided for the equazng of taxation according the ability
shme this proportion has not been observed until that OF
Ireland has become enormously oppressive Mr. Senior the
Chief Poor Law Commissioner for Ireland, Engshman by
BIRTH after long residence here said, England the most
lightly faced country Europe and Ireland the most heartily taced
But what renders the dspropoon calling that most of
the raised from Ireland spent out OF the country
land the different Fvesixths of all raised is
spent the country and the benefit is not lost to the COM
muniy
"Whe millions lavished the public works of Eng
and says recent authority the only great work in Ire
land executed the public during this century, the
10 five ilas from Duh1n
This of itself volumes in the history of Ireland since her
with England Still another of the great suffering
of Ireland is what known here absenteesm that is the
of vast landed estates in this country spend their i'm
abroad either England the continent
and improving and developing their estates The
money thus wrenched from the hard labor of Ireland is
usually estimated from fifteen to twenty millions of dollars
annually Most of this spent in support of arstocratc pre-
in England abroad Fully onethrd of the best
of Ireland in the possession of absentees
These resided habituay and for of this
country Many have not visited their estates years.
ofohe that they have write their
in what county their lands located Many of these
belong English noblemen, and numbers of them
have known resident proprietor for centuries Since the
Union many Irish noblemen have gone to England and left
their estates in charge of agent Lord Rose in Southern
Ireland who the Lakes of Killarney has annual
of eS5 00O while the Marquis of Donegal owns all the
ground which this city of Belfast population 4O0OO is
built In former years his from ground rents in this
city million and half of dollars. How much now
have able to learn This fact of absenteesm will
plain part the and drearness of many Irish
landscapes There are few residences matched
huts alone greet the eye .=# s-
Thus Ireland has resident yeomanry but absentee
proprietary The land held for the benefit of the Com
monwea of few Ears and Dukes and Marquses whose
bold enough and strong enough seize and
hold it, The of this class of small tracts OF
land is striking both the weakness and dangers
of Ireland Various remedies for this state of affairs are su
gesed is all wretched nkering English legislation
will go the root of this great atcton until there mas
been great revolution destroying the OF that Glass;
THAT mh ram D thro ou h0s sooundrei
On account of dull times and high prdes of wool the Lewis