The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1869-10-31
"Raios Of The Estas..p

courts Of justice .ea ev TRs 1Iis
isolated nor exceptional. The Irish tenant
cannot marry, nor permit anysof his fsnily to
marry-entertain visitor nor harbor d lodRer,
nor admit traveller, nor ON some estates even
receive relativeto live beneath hfs roof, with
out the agents license previously obtained
Proof of this intoierable assumption of de-
spotie power might be multiplied indefinitely,
but single instance only will be cited, which
underwent judicial Investigation, resulting
in condemnation not of the atrociois s authors
of the Rules"-the real culprits, but of par
ties who acted under duFess--a controlling
fear of being themselves cast on the wide
world-not justification, certainly, yet sorns
palliation of an inhuman act, we copy from
the Nation;
The Kerry estate of the Marquis Of Lans-
downe-a hpbleman landed as liberal, just and
kind--was managed by code of Rui5E,9
containing, among others, an order prohibiting
the sheltering of wanderers by bis tenants.
1t happened that there lived on this estate, as
lodgefs with tenant named Casey, d married
ee.tillo a1ned nnnnI.hrr ttex had q f,ft,bBse
named Dcnis Shea, n boy about twelve years
old. His father and Gnother were dead his
grandmother had been turned ont upon the
world for receiving him in her house, and he
was driven to find food as best he could and to
seek out shelter in the hedges One night lle
came to Casey's house, aud sought to be adj
mitted. The driver had given orders that
the child sh0ald not be sheltered, and Casey
took =itis5fodgcrs= OF the ORDER.
The child was crying at the door, when tho
aunt came out and struck him down with n
tpitehfoEIS- Then the uncle came to him with
piece of cord, and tied his arms behind his
back. He crawled away to the house of q
neghboring tenant and girl came out and
called to his uncle to come aud take Kim away.
The uncle came and took him. hut only for the
purpose of beating him, and the boy soon re-
turned, will! his arms still tied, and went
round to all the cabins in the neighboriood,
with the lingering hope of finding shelter
somewhere. But the fear of the agent went
before him. Late at night some neighbors
| brought him back to Casey's house once more,
and when the door was opened scufffe ensued
| between those outside, who struve to push him
| in, aud those inside, whose terror for them
door was closed. The child remained outside
| it, crying. In the morning rigid corpse was
found there, the arms still tied, and when the
| lifeless body was lifted up, the blood of that
poor boy was seen upon the threshold of the
house where dwelt his only relatives.
They were found guilty of mauslanghter.
They would have been tried for murder, bnb it
was said and believed that their act was an
act of self-Preservation, and not an act OF
malice, since, if they had dared to adult the
homeless boy, they would have left themselves
! without a home.
The Chief Baron In sentencing the prfsoners
declared that the orderwhich caased thecTime
was 'notoniy not sanctioned by the law, but
was directly at variance With TT To what
avail is thisf Although the order be at yari-
ance with the law, the law alone pnts IL in
force. II tbeAfaw were only jRst, the landlord
could no longer be inhnmaR; aud till she
power aud the temptation to be sh8inefu3ly iB5.
human are wTcsted from him once for all--are
taken away by the strOEg hand Of tho law
which 50 long has been his guilty. ally--it is
idle TO hope that this outraged ireland can
have within her shores peaceful and. . law
abiding people.
TgtAyE BuILglsG. Garth waite, Lewis -