The Irish republic. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1867-18??, 1868-03-07
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE.
Irish Correspondence.
DUBLIN, February 8, 1868.

Lord Stanley son of the English premier delivered
speech at Bristol last week. Ireland present and future
a speech which, though necessarily English, coming from
such source and consequently in way acceptable this
end of the channel nevertheless contains element of
liberalism wholly and unprecedented coming it does
from one closely connected with the head of the Tory
party In of Thackerays novels there is British Con-
servave lord whose son. while at Cambridge outand
out reyoutonsalks of nothing but the equality of man,
the destruction hereditary arsocracy popular sovereignty
and on his father says of him. that that sort of thing is
graceful ebuon of YOUTH and that during his minority it
can do harm himself the system to which he is to
belong he will occupy the opposite pole to this just then
but extremes will 1t is not bad politique to have
two strings his bowfor the head of party have
son who goes in to represent another Louis Napoleon is
despot while his cousin, Prince Napoleon follower,
apparently of Mazzn Should the first perish before the
prince imperial has arrived regnng years. the latter
whose repucanism has been strongly marked haye
been absolutely obruve will enlist the services of the ned
wing of the national eagle to sustain the dynasy-at least
until the army For regnant parties generally
capital plan to much surface possible for the
greater contains less and comprehend opposite prn
cpes the expedients applicable crisis That Lord
Stanley of the most enlightened statesmen of the day
generally admitted; and the comparative liberalism on
which he has taken his stand may yet enable him. when
PREMIER neualize the Wings and retain his party in
power After stating that the union with Ireland nalty
and Land questions The too serious to be settled by
an expiring pariament-ndeed, judging by the time the
question has been agated its arrangement will possibly be
cotemporaneous with the extinction of the constitution He
passes the other and says that what the Irish farmer wants
compensation for improvements but absolute possession
of the land and if such revolution occurred you would
have proprietary whom subdivision of land would render
poorer than the present. and who would consequently rack
rent their still This fine argument may be
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B. into and becomes rich, making and
his sons whom he retains sailors board do the heavy
work and his frequently protest that they the
rghul posessors of the Erin and send in their claims to
be renstaed in their rights. however, to b Suppose
the given back you what would be the state of
the crew everyone would demand his paceone would lay
claim the cabin another to the mass another to the sails
and having capital carry business would become
extremely hard creditors, each to the other How much
better is it present. when owner command the ship
prevent all those disagreeabe difference pay your
wages with toerable regularity and you of all the
onerous duties of possession.
Under the present SYSTEM affairs in Ireland placed
inclined plane along which they descend to perdition
occasionally there may appear to be soppage, but the
impetus is uninterrupted Since l845 to the current year,
the decrease the annual of agricultural produce has
been sixteen millions So much for the large farm system
under which the capital of England and Ireland only
leened by the above amount but similar is trans
ferred foreign markets. Even from British point Of
view this in no way be regarded improvement
its results being make her trade with other nations who
become the recipients of her capital instead of with the
country which all her politicians declare is of more import
to her than the greatest of her other conquess
colonies One of the surface ideas of the present time is
that commercial intercourse is exnguishng the sentiment
of nationality that patriotism is subsding under the COM
fortproducing elements of the Market that the country
which sells cheapest will always command the friendship OF
others whose national manufacturing infer
ior Very likely Cobdens view is correct at least with
respect to India and China long they remain five
es under the horizon of civilization in whose heat and
ob England manfests her present development But her
destiny to elohe the East and supply it with hardware has