The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-11-21
IRELAND As IT is.
yerrIish Conclusions ms TO the Situation
Whut tho Island Requires.


(trom the London SpectatoEl
4 traveller who has made Ireland a study for
many years, who has had unusual opportunities of
consulting her public men, sends us the following
.conciusions,n or opinions which, whcrher they
nccept them or not, VIII, believe, interest our
readers
EWst-The valne ofIreland rs mere possession Is
underrated In England Nothing could compensate
the empire Tor her loss Had she been INHABITED Dy
race OF the special genius adapted to her climate
ana geographic race OF Morse extracton-she
would have become great naval POWER. AS 1t is,
the race least adapted 10 maritime life occupies
81 the best potential centres OF maritime power.
docks.
second-The great landlords OF Ireland, that is,
Landlords with s5,0 900 year and upward, are as
agricultural enterprise, keep up the standard OF Gull
uvatlon and BY certain maGnincence OF life add
unendurably eaden. For the last reason alone they
are popular, are never shot, and II habitnay resi-
uent anu tolerant or religious difference, Wonlo
completely govern people which at heart ~ incu.
Tably arlStocrntlc.
1nnd-0utside Down and Antrim the small nal land
lords OF Ireland are the worst element IN the popu-
lation They form a caste rather IMAM an orucr-
take everything from the land, give PACK nothng-
readily, and by habitua and astounding lnsolence OF
demeanor provoke the hatred N which they are
vents jacQue,1e. The relations between this class
and It's serfs is the agrarlan" difficulty or Ireland.
The Land bill has ameliorated that relation but has
not made II good One A wen 10 do peasant will
sun go In rags 70 avoid the small landlords splteiul
greed.
E0urth--If the priests were educated men their
influence IN Ireland would Dc uL nxediy good AS
II IS, wanting education, wrecnedy paid in shilling
fees and discrcdably treated BY society," their one
enjoyment II the possession OF power This power
Is well used in maintaining high standard Of
morals. badly used in supporting obscurantism
against the wishes oil the people, who hunger and
thirst for education.
Flnh--Ihe irish are obedent to a certain kind OF
government to an unusual degree. They need, and
Ike indian go,ernment-that - government by a
trained and centralized bureaucracy, inexorahly
just but lenent, kindly ana most ayerSc 10 social
interference. They are sDgularly qualified to adj
minister such a government, though little too
stern.
Si1ih--The present administration Is an absurd
lotchpotch, power being divided between the IRISH
Secretary, the castle and the utterly bad Institution
called the County Grand Jury. This last. which con-
tros all county government, is nominated In prac-
tlce by the CLERK OF the Peace usually an ola aitor
ney appointed III Orange days. who elects the Jurors
nrst, 10 MAINTAIN a5cendancy: secondly, to job
i TO- ms friends. In Cork, a violently Catho.
Jurors are Protestants, ana Catholic has no moro
chance OF an appointment. or OF influence III the d.
rectlon OF road, or Of q fair trial than Christian
would have IN Mecca. The remedy is to appoint a
great Cabinet Minister 10 the Castle TO give him tho
hlIed by competition. County parliaments would be
premature, as they would be nominated on religious
grounds. Inc counter proposal q abolshing the
Castle would have the evl RESULT that no great
cAi ON the spot would fight for the Interests OF Ire
land n the regular constitutional way.
Sepe'uh-The Irish police il admirable, but needs
the addifl0n OF about hly detectives per county.
revolt Of this force under certain circumstances Is
conceivable, Dut the disaster wend he social only
No conceivable movement in Ireland unsupported by
foreign artillery could prevent a corps 4 arm or
10000 men OF ali arms Iayelsing IL from from eud
toend. N
E,ohth-The Irish have every virtue connected
WIFI property. They are not undeveoped socialists
Iner very traditions AS To the rights OF the oi,du
families ana their htgoasness are proofs OF the
strength, not the weaknes of their rcyerS nee for
property. The apparent exception to this rule The
long agraran SIT uggie, is the result OF a collision
not between honesty and dishonesty but between
TWO DellciS AS TO the just limit OF nefsn IN the
son. me eyicted peasant thinks himself robbed.
NO man mas ever been punished or threatened for
prosecuting thief OF his spoons.
N1H-lreind needs compulsory education real
compusion and wishes Tor IT, THIS granted de-
nominationallsin or secularism woud be minor
questions Inc IDEAL education for the South would
be strongly Catholic system exclusively In Law
hahds, but This IS unaltanab!e. There is chasIn
between priesthood and laiy on the subject cspe-
cially with reference TO the extent to education
1enLh-Ihe effect Of Catholicism In Ireland IS to
E Sa.e an IDEAL 81 NE differing radically from the
"a Hbiiuna and includes IN getting on respectable
position in the next world The irlshnan desires
happy LIE, having as a main element In its happi.
ness certain distinction. The peasant talks OF his
Cabin as my lfItle place, and has long family his
tories TO tell. This distinction the English persls-
tently refuse holding all IRISH of all creeds and
positions slightly lower than English Of the same
sumping all Irish feais together such as the history
OF the Connaught Rangers, among English history.
Consequently the national mind falls back with ex-
aggerated arection on It's separate military history
that Is, the feats OF It's srebels in Ireland or on the
continent.
Elefenu-1he Irish are brave TO excess If led, but
inderently selfdistrustful, filter for the grtnde
yuc77e IN which they have done great things,
than for partisan warfare In which they have done
nothing.
T1eVth-No people on earth would benefit so
greatly by military training or feel SO deep pride
In their military history. Organization OH the Swiss
system would .clvlllZe' Ireland ten years, and
would, IN all human probability, end rebellion, by
revealing TO the people the limits OF their strength
and removing their suspicousness. There would
he an intense leeiing in Ireland against breach
T1.,,tee,th--The special moral beauty OF IrIshmen
Is their capacity for gratitude. This is absolutely
exceptional, Affects their whole history ana even In
huences their religion. Much OF the authority OF the
priests Is due to the deep gratitude OF tho people for
their fidelity TO them, for their Kindness and for
their assistance, as the people think on the way to
heaven.
Fou1eentI--The special intellectual fault Of Irish.
men Is their exaggerated idealism. They live in
fairy land. seeing men as trees walking They will
rage at telegraph clerks because the kilograms
uisagreeabe. This Is the root OF their apparent
mendacity, which IS not greater than that oil some
continental peoples.
Eltfeenth-Tle most marked external Intellectual
feature OF Ireland is the pantycness Of her people,
They are not melancholy, or given to despair, but
they have tendency, as strong as passion, to pity
which has distinctly anectcd even the tone or their
voices SO utterly unlike those or all other Celts.
The metallic ring the hard note in the voice, Is Gu
tirely wanting.
Sirteenth-The wave OF scepticism has struck
Ireland AZ last ana among considerable sections OF
the people the authority OF the Church diminish
American emigration, something to the STOW decay
OF the belief IN he'll, and q little to the extremely
clumsy and Objectionable finance OF the Catholic
Church, which seems in some counties to maintain
Its priesthood by selling The Offices OF the Church.
no people which believe such Offices essential VIII
ever regard this practice without deep annoyance.
COTTON IN INDIA.