The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-01-11
THE AND ROBBERS CT IRELAND AND
ENGLAND.

THE LAND ROBBERS CT IRELAND Anu
ENGLAND.
It has been. and is, imputed TO US tnat
we despise. hate. war against the En-
clish people. Nothing can DC more
Untrue For the peoples Of all conntries
we feel love and sympathy when IS
the natural outflow of every humane ana
Christian heart-to these, our pro1neis
and sisters, who are born, and llve' anu
die in thraldo ON and servitude. HOW
could it be otherwise? We see TINS 1alr
earth Astounding in everything that our
nature demands. Not only the useful
Int the beautiful and the sublime. we
see in the greenness and symetrv OF ev.
ery tree. in the petals and perfume OF
every flower: in the returnlngbseasons'
hrin ONO to the hand of our industry
every sustainment of life; in the mines
stored away for our Use, as $500; ia.no 81
wou,d store all that the necessltles o.
his family might require; IN inc 1sn'
we see, in the warmth we ehJoy' ~
the very air we breathe, IN the "atel'
our great servant; in the capaclties WIN
which we are clothed-capacltles That
make every one Of US immature crealol
Of the miniature things that sustain ana
adorn life: the atmosphere, one cathe>
dral of music, holding within 1t SOUNDS
more exquisite than ever Carolan,
Handel. or MOI art called forth IN the
humane voice, itself an instrument thet
transcends all constructed instruments OF
nusic in the blocks Of marble, every one
of which contains more exquisite s1al-
10 than ever human Phideas, or an IN
human Praxiteles, yet gave birth to In
all theselt things every thing we see
the providence, the bounty, the love, OF
the All-Wise Creator TO us ana 10 All Ills
children Can we feel dislike, antag-
onism. enmity, to the unhappy children
for whom all those things were created
and from whom all right in those things
has been taken away. NO. surely no.
We cannot withhold our sympathy from
those wronged ones, no matter VINO they
are. or where rhei + country-ln ireland,
England, France, anywhere IN tnls
world. But in proportion to TINS SYM
pathy for our disinherited ana lmpoVef'
ished brothers, we mustcensure,co nuenin
and make war upon the system ana the
men who wrong and enslave them. IL
il true. we are taught to ''forgive our en-
emies.n and it is Christian duty to 90 SO
when the injury is personal ana 10
ourselves alone but what authority nave
we to pronounce our forgiveness OF grea'
nublic crimes, ofcrimes that are leveleo
at the whole human race? HOW can we!
For was there ever lord, or duke,
or q ..roya!ty" so stupid as to beheVf
that this world is
plantation created only tor them
and that all the peoples who 1--we on
were created merely to furnish them VIII
! slaves to work that plantation? No; w
! can credit them good deal on the scor
: oficnorance, but we cannot go quite s.
= far as that. Still, it is possible that the,
= do not see their crime in all its enormlty
: We hope they do not, we trus
: thew do not but we trust they will see
. by and by and repent oft. Ii they 40
and when they do, we stand ready t
pray that they may be forgiven an
), and their sins remembered no more.
- Furthermore-for still they are men
! and as men our human feelings 60 tort
- to acknowledgements, we Will vol
- every man of them a tair-slzed farn
and help them to construct good-slze
. house. Whatever skill we havet to hol
: the plough we will not begrudge to teac
them. We will help them to plant q
= orchard, and won't add penny to the
rent when it begins to bear fruit. W
/ will reside in their neighborhood, ar
- make our influence and encouragement
felt bv misunderstanding their ignoran'
and teaching thera, at least. the first rud
mcnts of Christianity. Once we p
= them in possession of this Homestea
= we will never ask to take it from the
n never leave them out on the highw'
af with their wives and little ones. v
y will in short, do all forj them that TIL
- will not do for us, and never would
~ for us. Yet. so cross>grained are tn
so perverted by hereditary faint a
10 long training shat we have grave don't
:, that all this kindness on our part
-. be met by due thankfulness
~ theirs-that they will still have the q
~ Nv position to go up to their adjoinl
neighbor and ask him quietly to VIC
their land for them. Nay, that tn
would be willing to take his land tn
a him into the bargain, and then clvllly
mand that he should cultivate that, I
;, - tor their use and benefit. Past and pr
.s9 emit history indicates that the pres
-. landlord. in his new role, would be ros
ice enough to ask all this. But we &c
+ha know, we can't be sure, how the spirit
~ repentance NAV work within him. w
40 give him the farm and
-n,, chance, by and by, and we think a
oc that. with little watchiul care, he '
W conduct himself properly. In that he
let US leave him for the present.
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