Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1869-06-15
THE AeaARIAN TROUBLES IN
IRELAND.

was seen. Her ueiuS anu totes's "
worn the green, and been so fruitful and
in their srowths, only for her
glory, aud, rs it were, TO embellish her
poetry, aud not for her peoples wealth
and prosperity. English l~and-holders
aud middle-men, overseers, u the
like, have, from time immemoiial, ao-
sorbei all but the traditional! potatoe
and pottage. They left the Irish just
enough from their green sod to sustain
life, aud no more. It was not well
doae, no, not even wisely, as revoi. fol-
lowed revolt, rebellion after rebellion,
starvation often; murders of land
holders, too frequently, and dissatistac-
ton all the time have very clearly
proved. These were the natural and
inevitable sequences of the iron heel OF
England pressing the life out of the
Green Isle. Out of them grew the
frightful figures of murdered land-hold-
ers in 1887 out of them grew all the
misery, poverty and ruin that to-day
coufrouts the English Parliament, AS it
looks toward Ireland, and witnesses
the panic among the landlords out of
them grew the Feuian movement, that,
as an armed insurrection, was a
miserable, disgracetul failure, but
which had a moral success, seen now in
| the disesiablishment OF the Church OF
| Ireland. Parliament, which in this
case means John Bright, is struggling
hard to bring quiet to Ireland, but the
! old aristocratic element in that body,
supported By the Church and the i'm
meuse landed interests of England, are
trying to impede the tide of justice and
expediency. They may succeed to-day,
but they cannot triumph for my great
length of time. Il is not often in the
history of a country that policy and
justice go hand in hand rs they
have done in Ireland's many troubles.
Reforms never 60 backward, any
more than revolutions they may be
impeded for q period, but there is n
power above that Of governments, and
though England to-day has the most
b~ayoaets, Ireland has the greater
wrongs. These mus, be redressed, or
the race Of English landlords, officials
and bishops will become ex,inc, in Ire
land. When the cry went GU, against
them, in 1887, England smothered it,
but that was only u clearing away of
the smoke, rs by Il wind, leaving under
meath the soaring deadly FIRE of hatred.
And now that the cry has broken out
again, Bright and the Liberals of Parlia-
men, are trying, By u new method, not
only to smother the cry, but the fire be-
meath. They ar: cndeavoriug to secure
for ireland those rights which no coun-
try should be without; they seek to re-
move the load of oppression and wrong
| tuuI UCaES iACAAuu wv u a ""NNuN
they mean it or not, the effect Of their
success would be in the interest OF the
landholders rs well as for the good of
the tenants. The other side cannot see
this they look again to the strong arm
Of the English army to crush ont the
! spirit Of murder, rebellion and dissatis-
faction. I, was done always before,
they argue, aud it may be done again.
All that is required, they say, is = larger
force of military, stronger measures, tho
crushing iron heel continued, only
crushing harder aud longer. All this
may work the results hoped for, but We
doub, it. The Fenians disseminated
throughout Ireland the widest ideas Of
freedom they are still doing it. The
Irish have learned u knowledge Of the
power of cohesion they are a nation
who have no stake in their w coun-
,ry; the lands belong 10 others, and
those others are foreigners and opppress-
ors there ARE no small homcsteads
owned By them; they are servants
unto aliens, and by the sweat OF their
brows they enrich their hard task
masters, who 10 not even dwell among
them. They are, themselves, poor and
weak they see their oppressors rich
and powerful they have nj! to gain
by in,urrectiou, nothing to lose By it /;
the consequence ia, that Ireland is more
in a condition Of revolution to day than
i, has ever been before. The Intes;
developments Of this active spirit Of
contest between the Irish tenant and
the English landlord is found in the
refusal Of the tenrntry on the immense
estates Of the Earl OF Derby to pay rent
any logger, aud in return the Earl has
proposed to eject the people OF = whole
district should II murderer not be
detected and given up in the area of his
possessions. The abSeuce Of any large
number Of native proper,y-holders in
ireland is, together with the established
Church, the most fruitful cause Of the
present dissatisfaction in that country.
Parlirmen, may even succeed in the dis
establishment of the Church, but unless
the land question is settled rs salts
Gactor.ly, the Irish troubles ure quite rs
distant from any chance of settlement
"a ever. But The number of English
Statesmen who see this is small. The
wealth of most of them lies there, and
se~lf.iaterest blinds them, rs il has
ALWAYS tended 10 blind all men. Glad
stone is n Liberal only in name he
has no heart in reform Ms Bright has.
He rode into power by its aid, and
should the land issue arise immediately
after the settlement OF that Of the
Church, no one believes he would
espouse the side of the poor tenautry
of ireland. Yet, after all, the real
hope for Ireland lies in that direction.
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