New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1873-10-07
THE IRISH QUESTION.
Contirued from Fir.t Page.

quit encouragement to him for his conceptions Of
- not going back long time, when IN Lsburn
the people were fa%ne HorttoG they sent sent
hundreds thousands Spanish railways, hundreds
French securities not exaggeratng. because the
Inventory been taken OF them since he died. But
S Ss SceS @nS S rent %c ao%e88 TO-
and would have starved If American citizen had not
sent a shpload Of food to relieve them.
And urge that you want something more than this
land measure OF Mr. GsdStOne's, with which propose
60 deal But permit me before deal wihit-for want
eau TO do fair justice 70 mn-permt me 70 say one
thing. which say no haterv to the irish here Tor
said II and printed it ~ years ago-to those
who urco that the Irish are discontented and
it is not So say that if there is thing which is
shown the Irish character than another so far
have rad fair oppOt nifty to judge tit dispos
tion under fair conditions 10 do the best for tho
land OF thor birth that il possible TO do You ask me
what evidence 1 have OF III have a witness witness
the Dublin PostOce and the officers OF that Postolce
VIII tell you that away from the western country away
Mountains out OF your busy streets OF NeSYOrk. men
who have gone away from Ireland wreched and miseT
hatred in their head for the Government that had OPP
pressed them, have not forgotten those they
,,stered letters OF their earnings here to re
famine. or TO bring them to tins land Of promise.
THE LAND GRIEVANCE NOT CURED
II said the land grievance has cured that Mr..
Gladsiones bill has cured it. Now L deny that Mr..
GladstOnes bill has done anything OF the kind 1 do
say that it not grand step; do not say that it
was not q courageous march IN advance believe 1t
was DO not deny the might Of Mr. Gadstones heroism
in proposing such measure as this; but what is
the difficulty thoroughly than to have made compro
mise which neutralzed the effect OF the bill
ne bringing. propose 10 show you what l think
Mr. Gladstone should have done, what L think may be
done yet. and what think If done, would do some
thing TO remedy existing evils. We have heard great
deal in country OF landed rights, but OF all people
Irish Landlords ought 70 tax the least about thGn IoG
there IL hardly family that has heid land Tor more
than five or six generauons but got u either by direct
theft indirect theft; by direct lying or indirect
lying sometimes accompanied by perjury, anu SOME
tlmes-OoCasOuauy- with murder 1hese nave
been the most Legitimate ways IN which large estates
have been secured Now for these people TO tax OF the
rights Of land is about as mild thing IN phll0s0-
s GS as Examine 00T the rights Of land
urge that In every country the rights OF Isnd
the rights OF land conflict with the rights OF e landed
t6 swoy motion Of dissent by some one in The
audienoo.l can understand that gentleman who
heard OF flesh and blood rights and who may have
Iuany parchment deeds may think that tins Is nor
rble doctrine am AFRAID that sucn Sentic,neh MD
thor hearts IN parchment and forget the outside hes
and blood: But am open TO ogecqoni an open 20
mistaken the matter that am dealing with. urge |
that every county, care not wherehere as Wen as
any where else holding OF land must be subordinate
20 tho welfare OF the nation IN which II Is heid'
There be freehold right which conflicts with The
welfare of the nation. There can be no m6u who by
force OF arms OF VIII OF pCGI % @ e ~ i"Id
hod IT," will say that here the welfare OF the state
becomes stronger than freehold right ana ireehold
It in your Legislation. You do not permit
etes IAPpaaseI You say we wont permit you to
etore powder between TWO houses that may blow the
3SV fpeeSod viii do as viii with it, Tie rights Of
society the right of humanity those you come IN con
tact with have claims upon you, and your power and
your freehold light must give way 10 the public VIII.
DEFECTS oF MR.. GLADsToNE's BILL.
Now Mr.. Gladsone's Land bill failed in this that it
did grapple enough with the question Of rights OF
land. Mr. Gladstone did alleviate the condition of the
T1,o bod haap vii sort
OF claim for compensation all, and he gave him
right TO claim compensation He had been eyicted under
most unjust circumstances without any remedy He
him some right to claim a remedy. But Mr.. Glad |
might have gone step further. de might |
have introduced either the Stein law or some mOdifca
ton of it, by which peasant prOpcetOrship in Ireland
might have been creaied by grant 70 him, the OppOr
tunity of owning LAM II he chose. That would have
land to this country where hatred is made by misery
under which they let their Own land IL wond be far
better than expressing them True would destroy the
night Of property admit ont tney have desroyedt IN
PRUSSIA; in Russia they nave destroyed IL, anu gwen
the serfs cottage and enough OF land 10 grow yege-
tables. Have your Irish landlords done this
Iregrot II these examples have increased the dsp0s
GieD of my friend who disaees with me to shake his
vantage that both OF us have learned the history
but we have read it different pages He has read his
the margin, and taken Government notes IN lieu OF
the real facts II that in the land blu OF Mr.
adstOne itself you will ind 46-whieh pro-
r1etor of land Mr. Gad therefore thought there
was a need for the peasant becoming proprietor Of
che land OF he would have made sucn legislation.
The only thing Mr. Gladstone did not provide was the
means OF compelling the landlord 10 sell out.
land and ne Will not sell 1t tBen II may go out OF cui
tyatoD as land has done in ireland IN the last 20 years
There Ia ess corn grown Ireland now than 20 years
ago less 70, les nc Rrifsh Islands than in Ire
ind WHY IA in Because Irish land has only been
sne ne Ife-blood, giving nothing back for
g. a. Teturn fIere vigorous shaking Of the head Of
gentleman body OF the nan was observer ny the
speakeTl our friend again disagrees with me- and say
ybe responsibility OF expressing his disagreement Is
grave responsibility That resIs upon nun, anu ona
1enge him come on the piauoI "uu Say III oH0 "OiU
urge that the British system recognize the rght OF
fhe tler the soil to some part IN tne crop ne plo
dced trge that the law OF Baron stein. which gave
the man t9 h l eeononicaI he should have him
Elf some of tue land he tedI say tnat TINS Is no WHO
1aea t o he land let them feel that that which they
tread on is theirs DO not let them iee ta that Whch
cpes stretched around to you OF America II may seem
nothing; but there are men here before me WHOSE
Clare perhaps IN Tpperary perhaps IN CORK perhaps
in the North, perhaps IN the and from which
chez have been driven away, and II mas Deen tIelr
srowning ambition hope that they shonld get back
% gr tbemseiyes say land bill might do this,
and real land bill weuld have done H. and nOthlhg
short Of real land bill will meet any Oh the dieueS
~''0 TIE QUESTION OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM.
Bafore finish this land question, permit me to deal
with the bearing OF the religious question on It, too 1t
IS perfectly that religious grievances IN Ireland had
have annihated in words but they have hardly been so
completely apnhiated in fact and certainly the wrong
already existing has not been remeded Take the very
passing OF the Roman Catholic Disabilities aGt t was
assed onlv ON Tho pressure OF the Duke OF Wellington,
on the pressure The Conservatives were nolee
by no sense of Justice George, when ne was heBeht
George when he was King had Knocked the irish some
times with fine words, and, as he changed
his mattresses, lie changed ms poncy tO"ru tuen
George went 70 Ireland once, but dld be in any hort Vi
fashion think that any measure OF justice was uue 70
themi Read the inner records Of his e not the stories
they print children read IN our schools eao Ihe
Duke Of Buekinehams letters read Lord Castereaghs
correspondence read the letters of the Duke OF Memg