The New York herald., 1870-04-15
IRELAND.

The English s'Reign Of Terror''-What is Said
of the New Coercion Policy-Public Indis-
nation and Alarm-ssCan a Kingdom BE
Enslaved'' in Europes
WEXFORD, March 90 1870.
It would be impossible for ne to convey an ade.
quate idea OF the feelings Of Indignation with which
the new Coercion bill of the government IS regarded
by all classes here. Not since 1846, when the late
Sir Robert Peel introduced and carried another coer
con bill, and when the state Of the country differed
very little from what it is now were the feelings Of
the Irish people SO outraged and nsuted oy English
tyranny and Intolerance as they are at
present. From the determination shown dur
ing last session by the present Cabinet to
do justice to the Irish people, were all led to be-
lieve that the days Of persecution, like Edmund
Burke's "age Of chivalry," were gone but unfortu.
nately, the conduct Of the government during the
past week has proved not only how greatly we were
mistaken, but how absurd 1t Is for 1rishmen to ex-
pect justice from the English nation. They are,
regret to say, very bitterly disappointed, partlcu-
larly SO as they were led to believe by the highest
authority In the country Mr. Gladstone that Ireland
was henceforth to be governed In accordance with
Irish Ideas. However anxious ne may be to rid him.
self of the responsibility attaching to this expires.
sion, Mr.. Gladstone cannot make the Irish people
believe that he did not make use OF 1t. II we eX-
cept the dsestablishment Of the Church, which was
no doubt o work perfectly In accordance with the
wishes Of the Irish people. the government have, up
to the present. done nothing to ulnl the promise OF
the First Minister Of the Crown.
THE LATEST AGITATION.
No sooner was the Church disestab.ished than
the Irish people began to agltate for an uncondi-
tlonal amnesty for the political prisoners. Public
meetings were held all over the country to express
the opinions OF the people with regard to the I'm.
prisonment OF these men. They were attended by
persons of every class III society and OF every shape
Of religious and political opinion. Even those who
were opposed to Fenianism joined in urging upon
the government the necessity, or, at all events the
expediency Of opening the prison doors. With the
exception or the extreme Section OF the
tory party, the whole nation took part IN this
work OF mercy. What was the resulta After
OF the nation was clearly and unmistakably ex-
pressed, the same Minister who had promised to
rule ireland In accordance with irish ideas; who
call hyp0crItcal tears, over the Neapolitan
prisoners, refused to listen, to- the cry of
mercy In favor of those confined in Brl-
people discover that they were betrayed Indignant,
however, as they were. at what they considered,
and consider still an unjustihable breach OF faitn,
they tried TO disguise tneir feelings in the hope that
most OF all, namely, good land Dill But here again
they were disappointed.
Flxty OF tenure became the watchword Of the
Irish nation. Tne right OF the Irish people to live
upon the irish soil was proclaimed at hundreds of
meetings held all the country In the interest OF
the tenant farmer The principle OF fixity OF tenure
Of the most representative assemblies ever held in
Ireland. Mr.. Gladstone and his colleagues we'll
knew the wishes and feelings OF the IRISH people
with regard TO the Irish land; they knew that