, 1873-10-26
$40, 900 oaon. Vorly, thoy enjoy comfortable

$4,000 ocon. vorlly, thoy enjoy comfortable
income.
rho total tsres paid by tho poople Of tho
ernl Government, and all tin State, County, and
Municipal Governments, including interest and
Binking.tun oa all .tholr debts, are loss than
to t!.eir hereditary landlords. And, nfter pay
Ing these ronts toy still hayo 10 rals0 tho money
for Tho support Of t1lotr own Goterat and Local
0oyorl,nlonts, which is'not muoh, Il my, losH
than that paid by tho people Of tho United
Station.
This a.nazing state Of things haa hoon going
On for
... EIGHT CENTURIES.
Aft0r William tho Conlmeror and liiB Norman ban
1itBovorthrew tho Lritona In battlo, tloyprocood-
ea to conAseaso tho land aud parcel 1t out among
themselves, At loast tho groator part Of it,
and to establish themselves upon tho island as
it's landlords Gradually tho unuonflHcatoti land
hns boon ncqasroa. by marriage, ,parehase, and
last the whole British people arc diapossoHEcd
of thofr tonrrns. Two oonturios ago, thoro woro
stisl considerable number OF sn,all frocholas
In tho ponseasion Of tho untitled clasaoa; but
they lnvo all beon absorbed III one way or ALL
other, until tho DaronB
NOW OWN "A1b ENGLAND"
Not unfrequontly somo plobcian becomes cnor-
nously rich by trado aud co1nrnproo, manufac-
LHtluKt BAuRlilbJ Ut bIlDCuNLIOu III BL01HHs nnU
purolnsoa M incumbeied estate, and Bottles down
on 1t as Que Of tho parvonu goutry. Tho hoigltt
Of Ills ambition then Is to unite Ills family by
marriage with some acion or Bprfg OF nobility !;
and those Of the nobility crippled by gambling
md horse-rnctng, or othor Bpendthrlft and dis
Holuto practicos, are always on tho lookout for
just such chances to roploniBll their exhausted
coffors. 60, in n short time, the estate Of tho
rich ploboian is sabsorbed, with son or daughter
back into tile common monopoly Of lanalordism
and primogenituro.
That such monopoly Of tho soil is tolerated
Ia the moro remarkable from tho fact that thero
A PASSIONATE roHpNEss
among tho British poople for occupancy and pos
groen carth. Tho Englishman longs for land !;
Ills wife and chil1ren loyo q little patch
to cultivate and adorn. Wllorevor it is possible
to haVo rod or m acro OF ground attached to
any cottage, in city Or village, you may. DO euro
No matter how poor tho family, or higll tlo rent,
tho lttlo spot will DO found tiiloa with flowers
aud shrubs, vegetables md fruits, mud tho walls
Of the cottage and garden covered with Ivy or
other climbing vino.
II tho lnw OF prl1uogenituro and entail wore
abolished and forbidden, tens Of thousands Of
now landleRs Euglisllmon would own land In d
short time. Why iB 1t not douo3 There seems
to exist everywhere
MYsrERroUs DREAD
itv. Thoy ara looked m to Or aornothno hattnr
than lun1au.-as d spocfoB Of domi-rot]. nos
Bonsing puror blood Md greater rights than tho
"frco-born Briton" Il appears to bo
rornrlod as 4 kind of snnrtloro to onaH,
ton tho superiority Of tho Norman nobIo
whose nroaonifor ato1a thoir j,nI 'Tho !. nao froo
nrcsan ~ {his ialani} gryascs nrnttv Tnuch ovnrv
gubioct except the wror,1r md onorosaior n inn,
monopoly. Tho public speakers who arc oandi-
pon1,1or rriofa tn bo aas,iofod md hnrdcns ~ ho
remoye1 int noyor lsn n rnrt, .Hn;nat tfn risnt T
owl Of tho nation. T6ora in mneb an;a in fnvnr
of froo trade and froo hranlffaat. tiki, rati',c.
lion Of moor rates M and oboition Of tha Incomo- ]
tnx. and kin}rc;1 anhiocts. hat MI u nvi1aho "
hol,alf of frno tra1c in land frao fer,na Sraa ~
nTnerahin Of tbn sni1 Wa i,nnr ~ g Ifo,,a.
Tuln in Iro!and: Observation-Disclosures ~ t,,s Stntn
Ghnrches NJ Enajand md arot1and Is n,;i11r nro,
tho ahot;on of nI,sssiandnr1;snn ~ n.Gaosoa
a,v srlemo for Observation-Disclosures # tf,a fnnd- -4no1
nnnoIiHta. and seonrinc to fhn naonia of Graat
7,rs,nin son1n rrn,,n1 In 1,',;ch tSev mn ~ nissn
tloir foot or fay their hosils. and chi # % ther
nwn Tha sonco ia not heoa,,so T tha thourt ut ,aa
nsyer ocn,1,rod to them' f1m lin cnnlrory '''
'SA ~ ~ Sryrn .nars,. oAA'''
from thoir mfnas buk m o,,o has Tim conroro
to montion it loud enough for Tia Tia 1Eormafs9 !"
lions nnyor ceana tIinkinr of Frondan' pla. and
often tn]kof It nyar in teir cah,ua IN tIo ,a,l,-
mas nf nirhE whcn Tia maafara oo"5 nj ~ na;thnr III
aoo mr. 1,onr fnom D,,t l,arnu1 thfa thov rnra1v
yent,ired. So the Tnclishnnr,' tho scofchnan
tho Irislmnn. tic Wc1shman IN III tbo n,ivanu ~
tin fam1ijv.cirelo. and in cnnfiden,c ta fric,'ds
may gnoal, in haitinr tarms of tn onnrosaion,
thoy enlmro from tl,o svstarn nf lnn1 .manonntv
Thov vii onorraticnltv pr,,,nbla an1 Hnnd Il *:
Inst increase Of ront. end in ireland. not unfro.
nuontiv a1,oot +i,c ngant ~ tho n,,oorIno in,,S
lord when ho oonoa tn eojlact Il son,a.
timee farmers will meat and na.a roao.ntiona
nrainst a nronnsea aivance' A. nso sign - man,o,
RAJ to tle Lord. Lumbly sunpiea,ine him
to ho ioninnt and not snuee1c tx fast dron a't ~
L1ood ont ~ +1,n, M 49, ,,a,.on 4"se u,up ~
bnl.1]v, in c;iIar Kinoo,3 do,,o,,nc1 ,o,i. tsnI
monano1v assart tho r;oht ~ tho cu1tiyo,ora ~
iho sni T. own il non56mn " nr;n,o@o,,imrn ,,a -
conaaat;o ri aaia nv n,'on w,b ,ha;r nsH tn y W. H.
natrmnv ~ ia nr;tiai, 1,aaa - w ~
Thoy hayo not tho % courage % 10 %talk X onenly a or