The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-03-19

massacres Of Cro@j It Drogheda.
1bwram and Wa1 the: smoother
1polcy Of milder mshs Tie efforts OF Pitt
i. .the Legislative. Union, the blandish.
pts Of George ~, che varioua eman-
basion and reform Acts and other con.
liiatory measures OF Earls Grey and
Russell. and Peel's non. .secterian Quaen's
Colleges, and this effort Of the Gladstone
Ministry, which goes as fer in the dirsc-
xion. Of satisfying Irslshd'a demands as it
was possible to do and. live--all and
everything that has, been attempted, has
aooner or later resulted ih failure What
ever the advancement OF Ireland may
be, the spirit OF her people.remains per-
=manently dissatisfied. rtIfs as has been
said, the Irishman ie never at peace, ex-
cept when aghting, he enjoys the peace
OF frequent disturbances, aud Whatever
satisfaction, o. .atate OF ,pEaEpetqal discon-
tent may bring him. There, seems. alb:
solutely, to:be no pepspthe for thewoes.
ao cure tot, the ;nalAdi1saa 81 itrahad.,,
We hate seen whsN rtSgress' Mr.
Froude, !the:emiuept historian, made in
this country, towards q solution OF the
problem ;ot lEpglgnags shanagapent OF
Ireland'soass. 1The bameS eSintricacies, the
same ineradicable:' difficulties, environ
the subieothsFe ;thHt entRngle it irEng.
iandss.WessRduia Fare }hpushtsfs ad;
vance 81 its distasfe feiiinsss. as shown by
its, defeat. that Mr.: e Gladstones nntyersi-
ty measure would hays been Iaceeptabls
and. Welcome. :,iIt'is tile iasto of q series
intended to.Work great and wholesome
changes in 'Ireland-the arst being the
disestablishment OF the English. Church,
and the second the regulation of the
Irish land tenures. The design was to
seeularize university education,, without
giving umbrage to the Catholics. It's
basis was university embracing several
existing colleges IN Ireland, Catholic and
Protestant, wherein the university feonl-
ty proper should teach nothing which
has the remotest bearing on ecclesiasti-
cal questions, but leaving the separate
colleges to follow freely their Protestant
or Catholic bias. Every advantage was
to be put equally within the power Of
the adherents Of each faith. Intended
to please two sides, it secured the ap-
proval of neither. As q concession, it
went too far for the church at home and
Tor the bulk of the English people, who
feared tho precedent it would make. and
Jet !! fell far short of tho demands of
the Catholics, both in England and Ire
land. Even the Liberal Irish members
voted against it. What was excogitated
with the greatest care, and framed with
apparently conscientious convictions of
its Justice, its generous concessions and
bene6oent tendency. has fallen between
two extremes Of opinion, and caused the
defeat of the Ministry, which stnked its
official existence upon it. Gladstone is
justly disheartened. and Derby and Dis
raeli, the leaders Of the Conservative
party, decline tho responsibility. of un.
dertaking to form new Cabinet. The
old riddle is unanswered; the old pro-
blem still asks for solution.
Will this beautiful, fertile and roman
tic island of brave men and fair women,
and virtuous as fair, the nome of piety
and enthusiasm, of genius and courage,
OF eloquence and poetry-the land which
produced Burke, Goldsmith, Sheridan,
Curfhn, Moore and the ''oonfederates"
OF l795>-shall 1t ever have internal
peace, and a government WHICH will
bring to itH tender and brave hearted
people the happiness for which they
long, and to which they are entitled? !?
Countries. like men, live fast in these
days. Great changes are abroad. The
discrepancy between England and Ire
land is deep, radical and interchangeable,
while their present relations continue.
The best efforts of English statesmen
can never devise measures which will be
unobjeotionabie to Ireland. The union
between The two countries rests on force.
and is hateful to Irishmeu. There lies