, 1869-09-10
TIE LAND QUESTION N ENGLAND.

luences thnn my question that can come
before that people. Tho British nation arc
tenants of Il handful Of landlords. Not ona
man in thousand owns enough land TO
furnish himself with a grare. OF the flvo
millions Of families in Great Britain aud
Ireland not fifty thousand ownthe landthey
real estate Of tho Two islands is pos.
fsssed hr an aristocratic monopoly,
who Anvo Tied up tho titlos by
feulnl 1aws OF cnlai and primo
gcnitnre. These landlord families only
i1tesm6rry with each other, or with wealthy
plcbeians, who are occasionally perm,ttcdso 10
enter tho charmed circle Of the titled nol,ll~
ity on condition Of paying the dcbta Of
some bankrupt hpcnjthrift md redeemlng
his estate.
The soil Of Ireland is held by still
worse proprietorsh;p than the soil Of Eng
land, for the lands there nte claimed by
few score. abscntecs, whose ancestors OBJ
tanned them by military force and conas-
cation The disrstahlishment Of the State
Church lns removed the barrier which
heretofore has kept the Protestant md CItL-
olic farmers Of Ireland from uniting for the
redress Of their mutual wrongs aud suffer
inga growing out OF land monopoly. A
cob,c dcsnn,cb dn,cl Dnhlin 1,ci,,d>
Sent. 4, scads thus;
''slr John Graz. editor Of the freeman. Jaury.a.
natt n1ea N 10 az o1nsop ~ q. gslas = ,s as
movement foF the settlement Of the land
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e"'"u.4'u.o' Nss "o"i" Jota 'ne oa'no'ic7
On Tue 'ana 9nestlon' lne threat was
1naae 70 ae'es LIE 14'oesoAs N sng'aaa i1o'n
supporting LIE measure. ho1 II 1a'ied 10
enecs at8 purpose anu II no" remains 1os
'nen' 10 p"t :" la.o eiecu''on' Ane ee1lof
"a 'n0 '.So'ps SAAno.~ o'sa't ~" "'aAe'
1n u3le'1i 10 'ne aeaa oeA.1e ~ ene o1an1e-
ineu ~ "n,sc l'ie.t en - iof 'ne heteaeioe1'
| o' tne lana qucS'lon' t1no however o1ttee
ana pfeJha'cea the oeanselnen may nave
| heea to"a1os LEG fap1sss' taelf M
'efests hfe mutual on the tenantr1sht and
lAnd.m"nopo's issue.
!hey VIII soon GET over tnelr sulk1ness
| nnd soreness on tne enorcu o1ll' ma tafn
lhels Hsten'''n 10 Soosess1ue tneif o9n H.
te'eA's. "ha' Ha1pe lAnu 1e!o17n Will take IN
l ea.ho-'ha' ls' "nat uenancs Inc fe1of1ners
VIII 1iiahe-"e at' HUI prepared 10 state.
Int 1t VIII certainly go Is far as the scheme
otihnea ~ John bHght TWO !e3rs ago,
which wasiozthe british Government to pur-
chnse the 1ands oi the monopolists outright
| ut 8 valuation 1ssue three per cent Fonds
therefor, md Then resell those lands to tho
neoule OF Ircland in limited ho,nestan.1s-
|
ment tho ;ntercs. m tha honas rira,, fo,
|
The laEds. anu to pay a certain per cent OF
thn ,,+;- c;,,1. aud ,b,,. =, +;.,o !, l>,n,.,,
'"e PAA~lA' 'NA s'' - %AAA'' ~ pceoAAc
tbe owner, in fee, Of the land. A scheme
If this kind will unite the whole Irish poo
ME in one rnrty for its accompIishu ulcut,
a.. 1r;s,, - x,.,;t,, a.. aa..,a.,
anu WAeu the lr1sn nse t,tlted Their detnauu
would he rc.istless. It ia onlv ttroueh Irish
divisions and factions that tue English afis+
'>s,
der them ior 80 long pcfloo. Hat can IN
agitation for Irish land reform be carried or
without producing a corresponding agitation
- E.t,,,ra .,a seo+1,nd2 A1,o,Jr r,ni
| rnt,ue Inns been formed in Ent,1and TIM
bn: o -. ~, ~
sias lar Fooh 10 oecotne iofm'dnble. IN
ss...... "- 49, 49,. -. 80
cleared tho why ior action on TINS moro in
nnll;.hrs thc n,,rranpe of tho nov :. Tan,
Tenure neforn Asuociation. Tho effort,
- t,o o,r,,;o,;u, ,,o tr In ,,;-o,to7 r., ~,
oi 'ne 'sS'ei'''oh "1f ~ oe oilee'e'' 10 LUZ