The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-11-19
CheqntelIigetrrer.
Letter from Mr.. John E. Wilson.
Some Explanations of hts Views
rs Compared with "Mac's."

Editors IntCllIgcncCr:
AS my name stands prominently at thu
head oil an editorial In your paper OF 1911
instant, 1t may be assumed that the pic,
ture in oil It's shades is mine, yet yo,
know ! never saw it till published
Language used ever 80 correctly, 10 nj
certain conveyancer OF scenes OF impres
siOns, and in q one columned report O
my impressions Of q great country likl
Ireland, q satisfactory presentation cal
scarcely be expected. Yeti clam II a
mine 10 It's main features. ...
Let me talk 10 you again or send yor
"Murray's Guide Book" describing thu
beautiful and sublime and contem
plating whatever Is noble and good
The ivy mantled Monasteries, the crumh
ling abbeys, the old ieudal castles, thu
ruins ol the gothic churches, and above
all the ancient gray round towers lount
no where but in that country, the brigh
waters and romantic scenery OF Klllar-
ney's lakes, beauties Of Dublin bay, &C.
and you may adOrn and embellish We
can scarcely magnify the scenes. Mature
has dealt bOuntiIully with the Green
lsle, and her people are the most generous
good hearted and hospitable In the world
It was the social and political disadyan-
tagcS under which her people labor and
against which they have long struggled
and are struggling that was prominent
10 my mind in my talk with you.
|, is ambition that
"-moeks theIr useful toll,
Their homelyl oys aud destiny obseuve,"
And grandeur tna hears with disdaInlui smile
I he short and simple annals OF the poor"
tia! "vsit Ireland on jauntDg cars" and
sec notsuCh pictures Us you pennGd or as
O'COnnel drew Of peasant lie in Ireland
They see only Klllsrney's beauties, ivy
nanIled castles, &c, 81;
m9intsin that the condition Of the la
boring classes, especially agricultural, Is
such as they cannot by common wages
received for labor maintain their families
aal lay by any sufficient sum for old age
or sickness, so they are as you say
prompted 10 emigrste whenever by any
good fortune they can secure the necessary
means"
ltWithin days ride from our own city,
hUuireds Of families grow up and pass
away in condition Of want and wretch.
eincss not exceeded by the darkest place
IN Ireland, It Is from totally different
cAg3C, Irelsrd's "lsboring class" male
and female, are industrious and economi-
cal, yet it is o notorious fact that large
proportion Of our emigrants come over
with money earned by friends here. II
you will enquire into the cause Of the
want and wretChGdness in these, a days
ride from our city, you will tiud it results
from idleIcss and other vices they might
control, Lsboripg classes in this country
whether agricultural, mechanical or man
Ui4c!uripg, can and do, by exercising the
aame industry and economy as in foreign
countries, acquire competency Tor old
ago or sickness, as q certain result oil
their labor, unknown in Ireland, where
the reverse is true in the main. Here he
enjoys the advantages Of his labor and in
dusIry, there he is Kindred and burden
Cd by conditions about him for which be
"a in no wise responsible, The actual
propriators Of tho soil in England, Scot
land md Ireland number but Il few
thousands These are the LORDS" OF The
land, with Lordly incomes, and have
loEdly influence with sovereign and peo-
pie. These are loyal" 10 the
throne above all others, arc II
fact tho base OF the who'll
political fabric. This limited ownership
OF the soil, Of itself binders both "tcnsnt
and laborer from surrounding himsel
with such common comforts as in dit.
terent condition OF things he might enjoy
Why? Because tho land or improve
ments he may put on belong to another
and If he is dispossessed at any time BY
his landlord, the act Of Parliament 30 Ions
Contendcd for Is but dead sea apples, Civ
ing him uncertain and inadequate COM
pensatiOn. II the general condition o
Ireland is SO lovely as "Mac" describes Ii
his sllusion to Jonathan and John, why
in the decade ending 1861, did 2S,SOC
cut OF l14.9G0 persons emigrate from ON
of the richest counties, agriculturally, il
Ulster, and Il 1913 come away In the de
csdo ending 1871. The foreign papers
which Tor political reasons dislike emigra
ton, magnify our troubles and MAKE
much Of the return Of cmigrants. Yet tn
TACT Is, thousands avail themselves of tn
extremely low passage rates 10 visit thei
homes, with no idea Of staying away
Why do not the people Of France &c
West" il that be the explanation Of Ire
lands emigration It is because the PEG
pic who work the soil OF France also Owl
the soil, and have toothold, making then
prosperous and contented. A month az
thousands Of tenants were put oil Certai
estates in Scotland 10 enable the owne
10 extend his deer stalks, and the sam
condition exists in Ireland. From hi
near by where l spent this summer
could ace half dozen domains" oil thes
prOprietors, enclosing many Thousands G
acres, all withheld from cultivation
pleasing beyond anything we have to tn
eye Of q tourist; but 1t is rank treason
say this should be used for tho commo
good.
These general facts may account TO an
reflective mind why the lsborers Of Ire
land are poor and discontinued. Englan
has the wealth Of the world, stands at th
head OF nations in commerce, literatuE
Snd all national prosperity, yet what
deplorable picture Of poverty and wal
was presented 10 US q lew months ago b
one OF their own number, Mr.. Arch, wh
had emerged" from this lower station,
As to details Of which MAC" speak
he likely Is as reliable as to his Observe
tons as am |, yet the comfortable col
tsges" arc usually in rows comprisin
three or six, one or two rooms and lol
The garden Is small patch, and not
good sized garden" Where can he kee
the Cow and q couple OF hogs" The
cannot run at large. It Is likely Il
small tenants" Of under five acres tn
Mac" has in view.
"Tenants" who Town" farm of thirl
to ono hundred acres, accumulate none
and live with an ease and independent
unknown 10 US, while tradesmen, mar
ulacturers and professional men have iii