The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-03-07


arising from conquestrace religion, etcthat England
fears develop this country until the Celtic population has
been far essened by emigration to open for
English manufacturing colonies and English capitaor
couple of Belas in the south and west policy such
this founded and fosered by established commercial
interests and powerful press has been the of the
unparalleled miseres which Ireland has experienced and
produce nothing but negative results the determination
of the Cet under the favorable conditions 84 having
failed. If the other hand England advanced not
very large for giving the people the technical education
which would render the introduction of capital and
features profitable fourishng of things would
ensue for while employment thus rendered permanent
of the difficulties of the Land question would be abo
shed with labor market always supplied long leases would
be given and renewed the population concerned in the
country would increase and the spread of prosperity
neutralzed the anagonsm of the past real union would
be appropriated which would render Great Britain oeraby
in the face of the contingencies which lie in
the way her future Instead however, of adopting
such years ago, England has done all in her
power encourage emigration the consequence of which
that there double the number of Irish in America that
here and that army of million Celts who might
if nationally treated have fought her battles and preserved
her empire will be ready the first opportunity separate
Ireland from her and adopt tending to her imperial
ruin Those ten millions, which within generation will
be nearly treble that number, belong and will belong to
America, and will powerfully influence the policy of the
latter amid during which Great Britain will naturally
look the great Republic gigantic offspring of her people,
and identified with her in language for support At
very distant date America and Russia each with their hun
bred millions will hold the balance of mundane affairs be-
tween them and Russia longer content to be shut in
territory with which, it exists she can have
great commerce. will undoubtedly advance on Europe while
open her people her first object will be the
destruction of that of England All this has been for
time obvous yet with such possibilities in prospect Eng
land has rendered the Irish race home and in the States
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day deprive her of Canada
Lord Stanley would leave the Irish Church question
rest for awhile but would deal vigorously with the Land
question: enforce compensation for improvements long leases
and endeavor realize conditional xity of tenure In
his speech at Birmingham Mr. Bright declared in favor of
realization of the union by means of sounder and more
enlarged policy than any yet attempted Until statesman
ship dead he would consent to separation. The
Irish Church he would totally dconnect from the State and
while preserving life interests would apporon its revenue
according to population, among Professionals Presbyerians
and Catholics Passing to the Land question: he believed
that the establishment of the ballot by annihilatng the
political control exercised by the landlord the tenant
would result in the former granting rather deusive
supposion especially its action would favor the influence
priesthood proposed that the question should be
settled by legislative and other analogous to those
adopted in Prussia All this is very well III the way of
practical speculation but it likely that English
parliament will have to be douby and treby reformed before
majority be obtained carry out either of those pro-
ects Brghts Birmingham speech is spoken of avoraby
by of the London journals and from such indications it
would at first sight appear that the Irish Land question
fair way of coming to some satisfactory solution during
the next session. Such unanmity however, merely teses
that vested interests will not be placed in any danger of
revolutionary nature from any projected legislation.
We have had very gales in this latitude for
time Last Saturday. the force of the wind greater than
for several years but important shipping disasters have
been chroncled AS yet have not had any Indeed
during the last twenty years there has been marked atera
ton in the winter temperature of Ireland there not having
been during time any fall of of such continuance
as in the previous periods Meeoologists and
tell that the slight and gradual change which
taking place in the position of the earhs axis regards
the pole star caused rise of degree of temperature
in the century, and that this increase will be continuous
Mild winters in groups of five years interval; but
steady increase in hberna warmth if referred to the slight
axia change is less reerabe periodic solar phenomena
than slight extension of the gulf stream whose pro-
pulson said reach its limit in September but whose
return may the above cause be somewhat retarded
There is no Fenian this week. In London on We'd
nesday, named Bird, who it appears had given evil
dence against Allen Desmond and English during the
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