The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-04-25
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E'vm Re Rouideaoe Journal.
The troubles In Ireland continue. An
other agrArian outrage took place on Mon
day week. One KCirnan, Overscer tOl
Mi. Clark, ut Holy Gross, Craven County
wAs assassinatcd, and, rs usual, no ClIlI
llas been obtained rs 10 tho murderer. II
the meantime, Mr.. Gladstone next day
moved TINT the House of Commons AL
iourn until the 25th instant, and hoped
that on reasscmbling the debate on the
Irish land bill would not be resumed, in
aslnuCll us heretofore II lIad been barren
and improbable. Opposition member
mako amendments TO the bill, and al
though government has large working
majority in tho House, II has made very
little progress In Legislation for ireland
While The bill Is lar from satisfactory Il
England 1t does not COnCiliatc, rs is very
evident the Irish people. To leave mat
tiers US they are Is impossible, and yet Il
Is very fur from certain that, If carried
tho present plan will COnducc TO the peace
ablGncss anil good order Of the sister isle
The truth Is, that there Is no intention Of
meeting the fundamental idea Of Ireland
When The "EnCumbGrcd Estates Act
WIS passed, whereby insOlvent landh0ld'
crs were compelled to sell tho lAnd they
held but would not Improve, il was hoped
tIlat an amrIiOratiOn ut least OF the evils
which have so long distracted that rinhap.
ny country, would be worked, hut little
rood lIas resulted thereIfom.
For time whence the memory oil man
runncth not to tho contrary, the Irish
peasant las held his little patch Of lHnd
by n tenure Mt the will Of the landlord
that is to SOY, liz had no lUalse, md WIS
liable 10 be elected ut the end Of any year
1t is easy t0sce that he would make nOim'
provements, and US the policy Of the pro
prietOrS lias been, us Il whole, 10 dG
nothing or 10 consolidate farms, there was
ALWAYS the uncertainty Of continuance Ol
place, which Is ono Of lle!greatcst i'm
pcdilncnts to any proper cultivation. But
there Is another item IN the calculation, q
factor In tic problem, which It is difficult
for rs IN this country to appreciate. Thu
Irish tenant, however small lis holding
might be, III his heart believed himself en-
titled to hold sOlOng rs he paid lis ront
lie rested his claim not 80 much upon thu
mercantile relationship between hlmscl
and llis landlord, us upon his inherent
right us an lrishmAn 10 live upon the sol
OF Ireland. lie would hardly be able Il
make clear argument upon tcudAl prtn
ciplcS, but his feelings are those OF ont
elm or tribe, the chicfmin Of which claim
ing obedience in most matters, yet held
the land for the benefit Of the Clan, every
one Of which WIS entitled 10 u living or
and from It. Without taking this flct into
consideration, we cannot at all understand
how it Is TINT the murder Of owner and
agent Is SO common even To- this day
And tic universally Of the feeling Is mp
parcnt from the lhct that although thost
who commit these crimes must he known
To the common people, they arc never be
trnyed.
fine Fcnian cry "Irclanl for the Irish"
il bascd upon the same idea rs the assas,
sinaIiOn Of the prOprietOr-tlNt no legal
title can transfer the soil from the natives
SupplcmCnting this crude theory, il the
Unborn hate Of tho Irish for the English
which one must think Is almost rs Just IL
it is unlying. Seven hundred years o.
tyranny and misrllle have implanted in the
bosom of tho Celt a spirit of vCngcncC
toward the English which burns ~ wildly
to-llay rs when Emmett sacrificed his lite
for his country. OF course all this is no
excuse for the murder Of men who only
claim what Is lawfully their own, and wllC
personally have never injured, and have
no disposition to wrong any one. 'iii
anger never reasons, and the Irish think
they have Just Cause tn DO angry. The
discstahlisllmcnt Of the Irish Church has
caused little II any. favorable result II
was surely u great boon when Catholics
wore relieved from supporting Il Protes.
tant clergy, in whose doctrines they did
not believe, and whose mlnislntions they
would not listen TO; hut il did not reach
tho heart Of the disease. The. cucumber.
cd land Bill' will passed ireland will
be held under control, hut IL will be tot
many u long day yet, source Of ingLIic'
l,lle, expense and shNmctO England. The
latter is paying in part tic penalty for her
nnuly mistiecds in this behalf. v :