, 1869-05-21

THE LAND QUESTION IN IRELAND.
The effect Of the disestahlfshmGat af tbs
Anglican Church IN Ireland -hRs beeu salu.
ta.y. hut il vas never claimed by its
most Jealous advocates that this measure
alone wns sufficient for Irelands Eegenerx-
ticn How different, despite the local dis
tur9s.nccs that continue to arise, are the
Importance Of agitation for hish independ-
c1cr ..nl the proportions, of the Fenian or
s1aizatiun to-day compared with what they
were when English statesmen first had the
courage to admit that the Irish question
was the chief one in British politics. and
Irish reform the first duty Of ths British
Gs.vernment Then an 11sh Republic was
organized in America, with President,
Congress. Head Centre, CommAndes-in-
CHEF. mad hunlreds ut least Of subnrdinata
e.ics,s and thousands Of membazs sworn
to obey the orders Of their supetioa in
every &C. Of hostility 10 England Scores
II reniaa ennissarics were lifting between
America End Ireland, in various dlsguises,
aal either CHEATING their employers OF
fomeniing rebellion The effect .vas
felt in raid on Canada, which
required oil the Canadian militia to
check, and which, il not more powerfully
held back BY our OWE government, would
Lave amounted to formidable ~ar against
that province. Far mora painful efecta
~rre the scores, perhaps hundreds, Of
assasfdnatiu1s, under the most diverse cir
cttlstances, Of Iishmen and Englishmen
who sustained British rule in Ireland. Ire
land was in chronic state Of rebellion,
and made her cause felt not 80 much IS
source Of wenknesa as Of disgTaca to Great
Britain.
II Nnlicates both the statesananAhip Of
he Reform party Of England and the good
sense Ct the Irish people that no sooner
has an attempt at 1rish reform seemed like
y 10 be made than the power Of Feaianism
melted away, the secret assassinations be-
css1nc more ra.s and have nearly ceased,
.rtl. though bat little that reall ly reaches
tie evil Las yet BEEN done by the govern
,..nt tie mere proof that it desires to do
s'smr.hing induces the inpulsiTe Irish to
wait for The fuldlinent OF its promises.
1;st ,4o.hing is mure certain than that the
T.,::an ng,tatlon VIII break out again with
,.r.urd power if the Liberals Of England
>.,J, OF parse, as some of them propose,
uAL ,Le Church question. There Is moth.
~ sEate,tr in the settlement Of the Church
s;;cs.iun that sln,1d satisfy Eeland, except
~ an earnest IT greater things to come.
Nest u the prseat generation Of lrishmen
will he in their s1hres before any nateria
ssI nI,sri,1.al effects u the settlement Of the
tLarcL Iststiua will reach the Irish people.
lie Anglican clergy retain their state rere-
Lies for the rest Of their lives, md whether
thes. %te paid in the form Of tithiug,. a
rLArse upon rent, or out Of the interest on
lie mortgages received for The sales os
tLureh property, in either case The clergy Of
tie Anglican Church are charge on the
Irish people, and are to bo supported out Of
n4ei1 labor fe1 The rest of their lives.
Tie influence this measure has already
eae1ted to quiet the Irish people has been
good. Int it is now nea1ly spent The ne1t
question in order is the land question.
Our specih correspondent at London gives
al interesting pi:tnre Of the elements at
work to solye thi4, question. The nass OF
s'olid, bcef-eating, bees-drining Britons
Wit loyalty deny that there is such thing
a> land question: or ever Will be ths
absentee propne:oIs, like the Earl Of Derby
the Marquis Of Lansdowna and tne Marqui,
Il Bath, who are too much occupied will
the clsasies, the fashions, OF the races, Il
s. study the 1dsh question; the Fenians VIII
lately murdered, by mistake, humau
Irish proprietor, and who "fully believ
they can fsighten Parliament into La,
giving the Land to the present tenents,
they can Only shoot the proper number Q
landlords" finally, Mr.. Bright, in the Cat
met. and Mr.. John Stuart Htill, are th
oulv statesmen who hava any rem
cdy to propose, and they, propose i
substance the sane: That Par1iame1
.Ary Commission f1 tho present actu
valuo Of the rentl OF Ill lands and pro-
cry nov being rented in Ireland, az
establish this ns perpetual ground ren
allowing tho tenant the foil value Of Q
improvements he may hereafter put {
them, or the privilege Of buying them
fec simple On payment Of the principal
which thus annual ground rent is the inte
est. Tlis- with the abolition OF the law
rrimugepiture, would soon divide up Il
IaEd nuong small prpprietors, and subs
tic for the class Of shiftless panper tenau
who now degrade Ireland, race Of ind
pls1snt farmers. This reform assum
anNAe rights Of the many who till the .
.l'e eerior to those Of the few who cole
Us for il, This iB o nex dootlr
n'u .. plt1a-aggrariian to al Englishme
f. 'n. a' '4 is truth in it as applied to L
.h .,.h ~ friends Of Ireland will wat
VIZ, w. interest to See whether \
nsls ,,. ~ continue his progressl
@ wL.ths1 - m IN with the land question,
ratisrp. md vibFase back to icons cons
achieve more ,s:nnt some ,ee,t new 1s.a't ss.a
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