The morning star and Catholic messenger. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1868-1881, 1870-08-14

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LAND.-A fsw day Ago we noticed the cas-.
a % two monsSs sis
With hard Abor, for - eutzocions crime, Of
returning e England sfter having been dc.
years of his life working in the Parish Of 81
Pancras. At last he became chargeable on the
rates. Then IL wss discovered that he was q
native Of Ireland. The Poor Law guardians
% famed st. Pancras pounced upon him, and
sent him acrOee channel to Limerick. The
man knew nobody there, and, a. he was q
paper. few were likely to know him. How
net. But go he did, for he is now expiatinp
his heinous offence by breaking stones on the
4readmil. The union between England and
tocraoy ON the other side Of The Channel. but
they send any unfortunate Irishman or irish
woman guilty Of being poor back to us again
equai, but their equality is very one-sided.
>English overseers may transport Irish paupers
- this country, but we dare not put finger
supported BY our rates, or send him home to
Asis native land. Now, II il curious fact that
English paupers and English madmen too,
the diet, no doubt, sgree With them, and thew
;s1e not dragged fom the shelter of poor
house to be placed on the deck of packet on
We are q hosgitaele people, but still we must
say that these English paupers are q
seeavy charge upon the rates. We have re-
sieyed during. the last year in the workhouse,
Snd In small degree by outdoor relief, no
Newer than III male and female natives of
.Gngisnd. If equal laws conferred equal privi-
1sages on both countries, we could send back
ssaiuent England this pauper regiment, and re-
zsve the rates considerably. We ought to
Sanention too, as the people of Glasgow have
kately been distinguishing themselves by de-
the poor-rate 1913 natives of Scotland. Clever
people in the sister countries have found out q
7very easy way of relieving themselves of the
with maintenance and medical care for life. |
They bring them across the channel-let them
hoose in the streets, and then the poor crea-
tures moan and gibber until some compassion
ste policeman brings them to an Irish work
Eaouse door. The Irish Poor Law Commission
.ers declare in their recent report, that there
are few Lunatic Asylums in Ireland which do
not contain lnnatics born in Great Britain, the
Colonies, or Continental countries, who are
treated until recovery, or permanently main
s,ounty cess" In the Du bin Richmond Asylum
aloae there were thirteen such cases admitted
N the course of last year, nearly all natives of
oains several such inmates who have been
3here for many, in one case for forty years.
Net only are the paupers inhumanly removed
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IN the course of last year the Irish Poor Law l.
Commissioners appealed to the Court of Queens
Bench in England against the removal of a I
married G d. woman and her six children by the
.he husband at the time being alive. The I
court decided in favor of the appeal, and t
against the Liverpool guardians; but g re- /
novals of the same kind, notwithstanding the v
RECESSION, continue to take place." The Eng r
lsn guardians seem to think that if they can p
'nly deluge the Irish Commissioners with ille- c
a innD fhAyy
t'ls q costly thing to carry on an appeal suit II
a England against wealthy parish, and then t,
here is the glorious uncertainty of the law \:
,erhaps if We freighted the Scraps with the tt
% British paupers, and then landed them up h
N the English shores, English friends 81
aight begin to think that it would be more ft
his country. Until some startling and decided T
tep is taken we may in vain appeal for re- h
ress of palpable injustice We do not hope h
o move the heart of an English overseer un- b.
sss we first affect his pocket.-Lrish Tines. G.
HOME RULE FOR IRELAND.-The Mayo Eraa>-l l. l.
Yer has the following truthful and spirited OBJ "
srvations on this subject with her own i T.,
ar!iament, legisiated for by her own sons, ~ i"
'aaaad would need no torture. Ireland's chill. m
rem have passionate thirst just now for ne
sme rule, and in this era it is too much to ex- a.
18th OF thought, new dawn of a better civil i ms
zatien, has at length arrived. The glorious o VI,
aspripging Of nationality is casting its rays no
~ depths they never reached before, and the h ho
lf75 hopes Of our Oldest and best men, and 10 10
Ieir dreams of social condition in which the ~
ws of Irish brotherhood, and morals, and re- IT. IT,
giou, will supersede bad government, inter- ~
Al discord, and the authority of mere force, a.
q about to be realized. Long enough we o.;
I'VE watched the ruin of our country. Often so
Q have heard of the dissensions of our people 50
Rt we have at length discovered our mistake. 40.
staid, stern, manly appeal will shortly be ~.
ldressed to Irishmen and Irish hearts against w
q self-destroyiug madness into which our =.
ferences have hitherto precipitated us. The -
i'd crash of division and discomfort has long BI
zen heard in Ireland. The deuge of poverty ma
.s risen to great height, and there is no ark thu
safety sent to bear up the people. Mild in It
recession was thought, and is now Thought, lat
tile and hopeless; and the people now want ty
Jegislate for themselves. The people wish MI
manage their own country. Love of Ireland the
ID home rule means love of prosperity, the ms
tention OF the Irish people III their native du
nd, cessation of emigration and the disap- far
arance OF poverty. The Irish people every OBJ
here synpathise with humanity and with of
eedom. Disappointed hope, bad laws, and tut
preston have operated too long here, max WI
g hypocrite spies and villains in our midst. COZ
If country ought not to be poor; its soil must. " 1
be bartered by those of other lands, who "b
, the possessors of wealth, no matter how an
tanned. To make Irishmen prosperous in not
Shown land, and to enable them to partici hig
To in the worlds commerce. to obtain for wo
I'm the recognition of the other nations of AM
> earth, she must be the maker of her own got
VS., and the imposer and spepder of her own or
les. cha
The ALLEGED FENIANs IN LoNDoN.-The T'
al of Wilson and Davtt for treason-felony a." 90.
5 commenced on Friday week ut the Central T'
lz0inal Court of London, before the Lord "a;
ief Justice of England. Evidence was - y
ZEN, on the part of the Crown, to show that me,