The New York herald., 1867-02-19

tnat Jnere legitimate dlsaueCons
that the dsaected could only be appeased by legsa
tion OF q character which good man could sanction.
Hitherto, doubt legislation had signally failed, but
the failure TO be ascrbed not 10 causes OF disaec
ton being beyond the reach OF Just laws not to the In
capacity OF our legislators not TO accidental mscar
rage OF legislation. but TO tho fact that our legislators
were elected from class with special interests Of their
own (Cheersl In Ireland there were about 60O, 600
persons occupying land as tenants This number in.
cuded only the heads Of families but taking the mod
crate estimate OF Lord Duffsrn that each family
sisted OF hve they would have agricultural population
o. close upon OF the 800 900 heads Of families
about $50 were tenants at will without leases and
could DO dspossessed Of the land the service Of six
months notice to quit there were therefore, $50 600
lind for the Of SS Ssr rm each %
whom Ct the end Of six months might find
himself on the roadside in the poorhouse II he could
ship They might have toiled upon their farms from
morn tiil night and in so doing they might have i'm
the law enables the landlords 10 evict the tenant without
giving MIN scarcely shilling Of compensation. (Hearl
There were millions Of his fellow counrymen living in
rendered them the slaves; and unless they were
dferenty constituted from the men In Manchester in
sns souls they must long for the overthrow Of
nes Then, again. the tenant could not bargain;
hs must keep his farm ON any terms on which il was
self and those dearest 70 him Il was the fashion 10 tak
IN some quarters land in Ireland was to Be had for
had because the landlords fancIed il TO be their interest
70 have - few tenants possible and 70 keep e pops
daon a. bw 6le Some years ago an instance occur
which considerable portion Of the county OF Donegal
was almost depopulaed by Mr. John George Adair Tho
had n py ,Ss % u
for the offence committed by this ono person Il vas
decreed that hundreds should suffer the excrucat
ing agones of mind and body They expostulated cried
and implored for mercy but Mr.. Adair nexorable
and, surrounded by the soldiers Of the Queen his myr
{he ho1sss to the Cries q Ths
brought before the Lord Lieutenant the late
Lord Carlisle He expressed his sorrow but could not
interfere. II brought also before the House or
Commons and the Chief Secretary for Ireland in the
OF the government deplored the act but nothing
could BY S done e., to ns remedy s. II for Mr. Ad.r had
ants Could it, thcn wondered at that the people re-
garded the Law OF Ireland as bad and ntolerabef The
tenant farmers Of Iednd desired % doeu in the land of
their bfrth and they had prcsipipc right 10 do 90
They prepared 10 toll n its cultivation from
till night as no negro slave ever oed before and there
fore he asserted the presence Of that great assembly
OF free and enlightened Englishmen that It the
bounden duty of the State If they valued the allegiance
of the people Of Ireland TO protect the present Of
occupers the possession OF the soil loud cheersl
In conclusion he had word TO say with regard the
Irish Church He considered i one Of the health.
Protestant Englishmen eager for opportunity pass
sentence of condemnation on the Irish Established
Church an unparalleled injustice to ireland Great
cheerng.l He could not understand how It could be
rec0nciled with justice that hundred thousand
Irish Poesants should possess the whole Of the ecces
astical revenues of Ireland, while an equal number Of
Presbyerans and about four and half millions of Ro-
man Catholics derived no benefit at all from them.
(Hear hear II was for this that the disendow-
ment of the Established Church called for and the
application of its purposes of national
utility In debating tho question Of the Irish Church he
paid regard TO the numerous collateral issues which
were sometimes raised. such as (which is the true
Church ~ What were the theological views Of st. Pat
rick ~ Did he ren0unce the spiritual supremacy Of the
Pope and conform to the thirty -nine Articles Y'
(iaugherl bat he The ODonoghue) adhered the sim.
pie argument that no matter how these various
might be decided the fact still remained that the Estab
lisLed Church the Church OF small minority OF the
Ir people, and therefore had title whatever to the
hoped no one would believe that snttpathy OF
the people Of Ireland to the Established Churchn that
country proceeded from hostility 70 the tens>s Of
Prctesautism u Il were not symbol OF ascendancy
Il would be more inierfsrad with than Pcsbytsran-
ism. Indeed II the Roman Catholics were offered the
sheir ownrosion. they would reject che proposal They
believed In the adoquaOy voluntary system and they
were convinced tbatst the only sure liquidation %
which religious equalily and federation OF differences
ooudrest u thess realmA Last thongh not least shey
saw that tho voluntary system Commanded the approval
o. that vast majority Of Englshmen with whom on every
possible the Catholics Of Ireland were ANXIOUS
70 harmonixc Ho certain that the Establish Church
could not long resin lis present position in dodanoe OF
tho progress Of enlightened public opinion As he
had said BEFORE good legislation might many OF
the Of Irish disaeoton, but u could never bo
cloud Cheers In midst OF which the honorable gen-
tieman resumed his SCAT having spoken for nearly
Mr. KsEvRr, Of Dublin, expressed his conviction that
Tnshmen basey badly and treacherously governed
Mr. DARLING, Of Dublin followed. and declared that
the people Of ireland determined under the pres
dcncv or the Chean Of tho Gsn 70 unfur tho banner
REFORM and show their yants that they werc ready
10 unite with the people OF England and Scotland in o.
aining thor rights and defending shem at all hazarda
Mr. wm1woRrH, N. p, moved and Mr.. R0EBUcx ssc-
onded vote Of thanks 70 Mr. Bright which passed
with great euthusiasm.
Mi. BmcHr, in acknowledging the compliment, said
be quite that every who had attended tho
meeting had been amply compensated BY the remarts
which had besn made respecting ireland for The tms
md trouble he had expended (Cheeral he sssoreaan-
I'd the most confident hopes that the result az the meet
would be very beneficial both for 1ogand and lre
after all present wore foreote nc thanked the meet
ng for their Kindness must say that he had never
presided psscr meong called Tor noblef pur
posa Ioud .decrA1
tina r-ccSedpgs then terminated.