The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1867-12-14

loVoldoh VIII naiuly venture TO deny that, IN THIS
instance at all events, it has done men some eectual
good and delivered them from some of the most diabol
cal evils by which long-enduring race have been
cursed Prussia, too-the center and neucleus of the
great German empire of the near future-has had
statesmen sufficiently sagacious and phianthropic to
sweep away thefeuda oppression of the past and to
root the people in their native SOIL by comforting upon
them legal title to that which was already theirs by
Right Divine This far than needeguns or State
craft has made the country what it is powerful and
prosperous and intelligent, the conqueror of Austria
and the rival of France
Turn we now to the blessed British Constitution"
More than twohirds of the soil of England and Wales
is owned by about two hundred and fifty families These
constitute the landocracy who "rule and ruin" the
entire country. AS example, we may mention the
Duke of Sutherland whose territories in the North of
Scotland extend from sea to sea- And taking the whole
proprieors OF the country great and SMALL together,
they do not amount to than thirty thousand per-
sons at the utmost. Subtract these from the entire
population England and Wales-which isabout twenty
Millions and you have left nineteen millions nine ha-
ded and seventy thousand J7aue Brtons" aoho do not
much Of their mative soil as qcoud make them
grace!
AS matter of course the same land system has been
extended to Ireland and has done work there which,
in its murderous wickedness, the most malignant fends
in hell might emulate but which, far as we judge,
it would be difficult for them to surpass.
By numberless wholesale robberes, called confsca-
tions, the old clan-tenure sysem-under which, with
all its evils every human being entitled to protec-
ton and subsistance-was efectually destroyed and
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the Norman conquest universally established. In
addition to this trade of every kind-with solitary
excephon-was efectualy and purposey destroyed by
English legislation The result was, that the people
must live by the land perish But the landlords had
close monopoly of the land and they would only let it
to the people such exorbtant terms took all their
toll and time even to attempt to meet In proportion
they improved their land built houses and offices and
fences the rent was raised in like ratio Everything
became and becomes the property of the landlord With
notice to quit constantly hanging their heads,
their misery complete. Internal ingenuity had per-
fected masterpiece of evil The slavery Of Egypt
Of Alabama was, in many respects, angel Of mercy
compared to this devil of English thradom in Ireland.
Honest and earnest attempts have been made to
remedy the evils of this atrocious systemic
uTaW Vic oloI CeeCh ahu pare Ills cIdWs-Io leeCIdh
the yrant landlord and protect the epess tenant Such
was the object of the Tenant Right agitation But it
proved vain and most of the men who were really in
earnest that occasion are either secretly openly
radical revoutonss to-day. Such is the teaching of
experience and such too is the dictate of wisdom and
righteousness The system of Irish landlordsm cannot
be improved. 1t is all evil It must be swept away
root and branch. Delenda est Carthage.
In looking over late number of the London Pa1
Mall Gazette, found the following significant item,
which we lay before our readers:
THE IRISH LAND QUEsTIoN-Free trade in land does not
be panacea for Irish landlord and tenant troubles
Mr. Hogan retired tradesman has been buying patch
Loud