The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-31
IRELAND'S WOES.
An Interview with Parnell the Great Agi.
tator Tie Causes and Meaning Of
the Present Agitation,
Iny Cahle Ia he Cincinnati Ennutrer

/ 10y lrhhia w me ilnPlnnHIt BnuHlfhT,l
LONDON, Oct. 20. Pa,noll, the famous aRi-
tatnr, yesterday addressed All immense meet
| ing ut lSnnlscorthy u municipal borough and
| thriving market town III Lenster county,
| Ireland Ennianorihy has since 1928 enjoyed
| the reputation Of an ultra radical city, and in
| the present agitation II remaina true u ts
| history. After the speaking Mr.. Parnell was
| waited upon IVY a representative of the Nh
| qntret, and In the course ~ protrarted con-
| veraation gave free expression to hls views
| upon the causes AMI probable cnnaeluencea
| ul the present extended dissatisfaction Of
| which tile following are the main points
| MIR ParneI said that tho fourth years bad
crop was tho last straw that broke the camal'a
back aud reduced the farmers to the most
dirarul necessities. They had been borrowing
creditors pressing while merchants refused
to longer trust them lot The actual naceasa-
tiea Of life # they We're farcad W my their
rentals every one aIee must ~ unpaid. The
heavy inflow vt grain from tho United States
u revnutianizng the markets of Ireland. and
tho day AZ immense landed estates and
ptincey incomes Is past. The present gen
Grafton must contend with powerful foreign
cnmpetltion, not only III agriculture, but IN
alI branches of trade and business Ireland
must he freed Of dukes, marqusea and earls,
and the Irish land laws must he reformed
altogether. We must also be delivered from
tho incubus Ut Il territorial aristocrary. which
"a pressing thia already down troddan people
EANs'@yH -
their nensa.
Weare not only aaitatlng for reduction II
rentals. Before accomplishing relief In that
way eur operative farmers would be- utterly
ruined. They are now bearing not only the
h,unt Of the present depression and failure 81
crops. but are also discunnting the miseries
Of the future. The adoption of some plan tp
primarily remedy this doplnrable condition nf
affairs ia tho object which undnrIipa the pres
nnt movement, All the peasantry demand
the remission 81 their rents, hut the end Ok
petenees Of 1a47 taught our Intelligent
farmers n lesson They viii never
again make the fatal mistake Of lying
down to die In the midst Of their own
crops while landlords liens absorb The sub
stance which should 10 to the support of
Themselves and families, The government
and the landlords may take homo TO them
selves the assurance that that iiiocy will
never be repeated.
The situation Of affairs III the Western
counties Ia worse than that In tho North,
South and East, but the people of all sec
tions Of Ireland are unanimous IN the deter
mination that they will not perish without Il
desperate struggle against the territorial
cormorants. Ifatl farmers who are opposed
to the payment OF rent will combine In one
vast Anti Ient League the whole question
may soon be satisfactorily settled not by
armed resistance but ~ the moral power of
public opinion. We do not propose abolish
ing landlords entirely. and placing tho tom
antry In possession of the soil We only pro
pose hilaH LHaN GhAll na IhllIy Remuneration
for their toll In Prussia, under the system
of government valuations. and paying their
rents In installments. thereby securing them
against raprcnua evictiuna and tho ,lnrea- /
sonahle raising Of rentals hy the arbitrary
ariatncraCy.
AZ this point tile Enquirer representative
UNEXPECTED remark: why. Mi. Parnol. /
You are yourself n land owner and MI ariRto |
erat, How do YOU reconcile your position
with Your doctrine p Mr.. Parnel re-
apondpd.
"Yes but my aristocracy Is leavened with
American blood. My mother was daughter
Of Admiral Stuart ! have lived long IN
America. and my artatocratie Instincts have
been tempered and toned down by republican
associations. by the way. sail for tho
United States on the twentieth Of December,
to remain two months. Tho English aristo-
cratic press call me violent, but | hope the
Americans Will find the contrary to bo true.
know we have the sympathies of that great
people In our present struggle, and | am
going among them 10 ask material assist |
ance for our distressed people during the
coming winter. which promises to ha unusu- |
ally severe. Later | shall ask their co-opera-
ton hi subscriptions to n fund TO enable tho
tenautry to purchase the redemption Of their
lands. though many Of the landlords are uu
worthy Or y aixpence"
After Il pause, Mr. Parnel added, with n
kindling eve and In an enthusiastic tone :
Yes, Just Heaven has doeroed that the Irish
people shall not perish from the face Of the |
earth, and onr cause will eventually triumph
The agitation Will W on, 1t will never cease.
IA economic laws decree Its existence and
final victory. In the coming session Of Par
lament the war will be opened upon the laws
of primogenltura and entail, and then will |
come the real conflict between the people and
the damnahle feudal system