The New York herald., 1870-04-30

thoroughly disgust oil Irishmen with English leg sla
uon which may be accounted for In ssls way;--The
aive4t OF Gladstone and Bright 10 power was her.
a a d by proluse promises which gave rise to great
expectations MIR. Gladstone, when stumping the
co MT previous TO the late general election, con-
d'mned In the strongest and most eloquent terms
tue biundenng intapa ity Of English ministers
policy IN ruling Ireland was u policy of con-
quest; was unjust ana cruel and justified Fonianisn.
And our country never had more eloquent or ap.
parently more earnest advocate than John Bright.
In short, we were tsld that every possible Irish
grievance was TO be reuressed; that the policy Of
60 e ming by coercion was to be forever abandoned
an 1t was to be succeed ID by q rule which
wouI DO framed IN exact accord with Irish ID eas.
But tie hacyon dream was to be soon dis.
splted Mr. Gladstone assu ned the relns OF Office
with majority moro powerful and more tractable
than for considerable period any Eagllsh Minister
could command. Nevertheless, his rst concession to
Ireand-the disestabli i,hment Id disendowment of
the Protestant Olurch-narr0wly escaped defeat in
the House OF Lords, and 1t had to be so modified to
pass that august assemblage tha. 1t was rendered
comparatively valueless. Still 1t received by The
people earnest of good intentonsnotw with any
particular emotion Of gratitude, for 1t was merely
sentimental grievance. Its removal was regarded
as but the preliminary of far serious conces-
sions. AS for helping Italy, Napoleon took Nice
The English Legislature has app ropriated for rdding
US OF their establishment some E1OO 0OO hitherto an
nuay spent here on Maynooth and the re0,usn
DOMAIN. But what lrst really opened the eyes OF the
people-who still had faith In Englards justice-to
the hollowness Of the promises OF English ministers
was the piddling, huxterng amnesty which was
h.ica prisoners. Taking Mr.. Galstone's own
avowal that the Church establishment went
down before the "intensity of Feni lniim imr and
no hing eise it was urged with unanswerabe 10 nc
thaS 1t was unjust to continue the cruel mprson-
mcnt OF the Fenlan captives. Ths dsmand was
made. twas joined In Dy PEOPLE of all creeds and
IL was urged ha to Itinue Tn, imprison-
ment OF men who nrst tau mt England that Ireland
Was misgoy erned was ,mefully UNJUST M. Clai.
stone, III lat, was Afforded ine opportunity to
wii the alectlons OF The IIsn pe0pe aad 10 para.
lyAe disa Lie had bat to open the PRISON
doors ana he would De nailed in i Q and as anotner
Lloerator. BuC lie missed the OBJ or huity. he
hig sied, he piddeL lie released so.ne thirty OF
the prison Rs, among them some Of the mos promi
neat leaders, and for no Apparent reason fused
liberate the others This, Of cOurss, 0lH exas e.
the huxCering amnesty, more espec ally because OF
the uneXampled hlrsnness OK The lnprlsO The
agitation cOltllued IL Increased IN int,nsity. Tne
dsma ads grow louder. II was s.iared IN by the
people OF ali crccds and ella es PrOtesta IL and
Roman Catholic clergynen, mem Jers OF Pa lament,
nODchei, magistrates, III N sherln5 ald onsr gov
ernnent officials, were 10 be iOLnd working harnlO-
ni0usy together for this object. Mr.. Butt Queens
Counsel, chairman OF lne Ann esty AssOcat on esti-
mates the number OF people attending amnesty
meetings thr0 lghOut the country at a million
ald mali. MOI singie dissonient voice raised
amnesty. AT length, however, MI Gladstone, fright
ened by the h0wl OF the Eagsh press, wrote public
letter finally refusing the sOLghtOr amnesty. Tie
peOpie We're naturally ndi snant. They looked upon
the refusal OF so trinins request as proof tat Ire
land was not to be governed according to Ish ileas
T6ey made one or Two demonstrations OF their dis
Satisfaction which had much Significance. They set
UP and returned to Parliament, III Ce face OF over
wnemng OPP ton, Ole o. those prisoners, O'DonO-
van Rosa, aud dispersed couple or Parlidment-pe-
utonllg tenanJ-rignt meetings.. Tne government be-
came alarmed they foo lei me country with ROOFS
and there Was another nowl from the EnglIsl press
l0r coercion, martial law, and Jhe imprisonment OF
even Parliamentary agitatJr5.
After IN IL Was plail that the people were pretty
wei dsiiiu5lonlled Tney were destined u be
more so.
tied. Tne tenant WAS t. be ''roOel In the soil,u
and an agitltlon TO ASSIST ministers in eifecting this
was got up Iii Ireland durag the late Pariia entary
recess. The result was THAT ms landlords, fearing
taat their rgn were ab0 1t 10 be seriously invaded,
IN many cases served non o. OF evcti0l ald raised
ren.5 ,Ol tielf tenalts at will The cons 5queaces
Were, as might have been alticipaLed, an oIloreak
OF agra lal crime. A lew Ian liOrds we. shJt, AMI
threatening letters were sent, bu5 TO far less ex-
telt than might have been expectei. At lelgtl
Pariilment opened aad Mr.. Glads one unioded his
land ssnene. 1t was notsarislacGory. The repre-
sentatives OF the people, the press the clergy and
the tenant farmers CUBS throughout The country
declared thai 1t would prove OF no p.a-tlcal
certain PROVISIONS in the tenants iavor,
bat they Only be availed OF by Il cosly
and Jealous application to courts OF law. 1t puts u
line up n evicuon upon sliding scale VIII Ii gives
The mOsG pay nent TO the smallest holder. me eject
or tnaJ VIII Oe 10 hold Ou6 en- lnlucenenl 70 and
lords to consoi late the eta O. bj the eviction Of
the sna farmers. Tnen 1t proposes to !cgallze what
is called the custom OF Ulster; bur It merely Legal
izes all he landlord usages Uf Ulster which place the
arbitrary increase Of rent in his own hands Insuil
cient as it 49, lt Will he rendered further valueeas
It's passage through Parliament, ii 1t pass at all
Meanwhile tne English papers were eping up q
con tnuous and vOciferOus howl iOr COERCION NOLl-
ing less would salts those gentlemen but tie
suspension OF the habeas corpus act Some even
suggested martial law. They instructed tler COR
respondents IN Ireland to keep them well supplied
w N 6Af nr IN 81 a fnI
The correspondents did 80. Tney showed ther dill
gence 0y invent ne outrages tnat never occur Ell or
faclured. Landlords were dis overed zen uing
threatening letters" 10 themselves. These were
er'sa ess wr.sa spo ana nam merry ne sans 4sh a
OF denanc alton. The correspondent quoted
uou" II was. One eiIOw in the Times actually
ascribed seve. al pa graphs to the Irtshean winch
never appeared In It's pages at all. At length the
English people were led To believe that life and pro-
perry were not sac in Ireland, that open war was
Delng waged against law and order, b. those lying
nent statistics IL appeared that during the year 1869
IN all lrelanl with ITS 1ve ana nalf ml0 0ns OF
people, there were but twelve homcides and only
Ten OF them could b. set down to agrar an eau es.
1t IS true that large number OF threatening etJe
are known to nave been circulate Dut Is childish
10 attach much importance TO them. Any school
boy can wrlie one by way OF q lark and it has been
proved that policemen do sometimes manu- actu.e
hose documents themselves win view 10 the Gre
alton o. business Indeed, landlords were found
swearing, that constaDIes had sent them "threaen-
ing etters,n and The cOustaDles swOre tile landlords
were themselves the authors or them. However,
MIR. Gads one obeyed The English howl and intro
duced Coercion b.l unexamplel in harshness,
1t does not suspend tae ha)eas corpus act: 1t
does lar worse. 1T does not institute martial law
but 1T enacts provisions quite as tyrannica 1t Is,
In truth, complete aOr0gatOn OF the cOnstI tuition.
We are by 1t ali handed to the tender mercies
OF the paid magstracy, the police and the Lord
Lieutenant. Let crime be committed IN any
county-that Is, let threatening letter. police
manufactured or otherwise, he received by . and.
lord-and 1orthw th the district is proc aimed. Then
II is forbidden to any OF the inhabitants To out or
doors after night all or be.0r sunrise, under pain
OF Blk months arbitrary Imprisonment which can
be awarded by stipeDdiary magistrate without the
intervention cl . jury. Our houses can be invaded
a. any hour OF the night or day BY police searching
for arms and "dOcuments." And the magistrates
have the power, where crime has been committed
OF arrestng any party whom he suspects can give
evidence concerning 1t. and In the event OF his not
giving the desired evidence he can he sent to jail
Tor SIX months, although the unfortunate
man may know nOthng Whatever OF the matter.
Then the Lord Lieutenant mas the abs0 ute power