The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-10-07
IRELAND,s IRE.

Irishmen In ireland are moving in
the matter of shifting their land bur-
dens in a that presages success.
Grasping landlords, more oppressive
than feudal masters, IL possible, have
the farmers and all who rent lands, by
the throat. They will not sell nor viii
they reduce rents to n living figure.
Hence the tillers Of that marvelously
fertile soil are kept continually in debt
for rent, and receive no recompense
whatsoever for their labor. Such a
state of things cannot long be endured,
for it is slavery. The tenant is a slave
to the land which holds him in u e
bondage Of debt. For many years have
the renters of Ireland borne their bur-
den, though not without complaint.
But the grievance is becoming greater.
As the competition ofthe United States
10 the English market is growing
stronger year by year. the Irish people
suffer in a corresponding degree. True,
Ireland raises little wheat, but her
crops of oats are usually immense.
And when they have to be sold at fig
ures lowered by American competition,
the farmers find their incomes reduced.
Hence IL is that within the past year
the land troubles have been brought
out more prominently before the world.
The landlords will not reduce their
rates in order to conform to the new
condition of things. The demand is
made therefore that they be compelled
to sell, and the words Of Mr.. Shaw, NJ.
p, spoken at Cork, as reported OH our
telegraph page, viz: ''Those who work
the'soil should own It," promise to be-
come the motto of the struggling
Irish.
1t Is interesting to note the popular
feeling as to the remedy. Mr.. Shaw
favors an act OF parliament compelling
landlords to sell on time and ''be fairly
bought out" MI. Parnell, NJ. p, who
appears to have stepped into the shoes
OF the late DIR. Isaac Butt, M. p, as to
the home rule leadership, advocates a
passive physical resistance to unjust
demands" To appreciate the force OF
this bold suggestion, made openly at a
public meeting, 1t should be remember
ed that Mr.. Parnell is the more popular
Of all home rule members Of parliament
And whyr Simply because Of these
same daring expressions. They touch
q sympathetic chord in the heaving
breasts Of Ireland's wronged citizens.
1t matters not, us a usual thing, what
any man says on any subject, IL his SEN
timents be not endorsed by a strong
following. Parnell's words, backed
by Parnell only, are of small moment.
But when his utterances are caught
fresh from the lips Of the speaker and
handed around as 10 many morsels
among applauding thousands, then they
become important and authoritative. As
such they must be regarded by the
world, and us such will they be meas
ured by the British government.
1t is plain that the agitation will be
kept up until parliament passes the
necessary laws to relieve the Irish ten
ants. They are held down by laws and
customs of feudal origin. The ghosts
of the past seem sufficiently materially
ed to mercllessly trample upon their
Threats, and it is to remove such ghast-
ly wrongs that the Irish people are
bravely striving. America appreciates
the situation and bids them God speed
In their noble mission.