The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-08-22
IRELAND'S WRONGS.
The Volunteer Bill Killed in the
House of Lords.
PANIC AMONG IRISH LANDLORDS.
The Government Refuses to Acknowledge
Any Misrust

DUBLIN. August 0. 1879.
Exactly in the middle of June last year depu-
tation Of Irish gentlemen waited on Mr.. James
Lowther. lately made Chief Secretary to request
the government support for a measure allowing
the formation of volunteer corps in Ireland. But
the government would do nothing of the kind. In
tone half joking and wholly in earnest, Mr.
Lowther informed the deputation that if allowed
to form volunteer corps the Irish would be sure to
fall upon another. aud. besides. the government
could really be of the loyalty of the
volunteers. Two noblemen who had served the
office OF Viceroy in Ireland, besides Lord Monck.
who had been Viceroy in Canada. combated those
prejudces. but in vain. The perennial aront to the
Irish people, under which they denied the right
to bear arms in their land. not to be taken
away. EARLY this year the Chevaier Reyes O'Clery.
once Papal zouave, member of Parliament for
Wexford county. brought i'll bill authorizing the
formation in Ireland OF volunteer corps the same
footing and subject to the same conditions the
corresponding corps in England. At first the gov
eminent expressed dissatisfaction with the bill.
but O'Clery offered to accept any provisions which
should be considered expedient desirable in the
special circumstance of Ireland. Many English
members. without distinction of political party
gave generous support to the bill, protesting that
it was monstrous the Irish people should be made
to stand footing of such grievous inequality in
this matter of bearing arms 1t is melancholy
evidence OF the position OF inferiority which Ire
land occupies in this matter-in matter which
most intimately concerns tho assertion Of her
tional manhood that the highest praises were
corded in the Irish newspapers to the English men,
bers OF Parliament who performed the elementary
duty of putting end to gross injustice. But it is
only specimen of the political relations which
exist between the two countries.
DISCUSSIONS IN PARLIAMENT.
At length the bill passed through the House of
Commons. And in the midst OF all the coliding in
terests which have made the later months of the
sion OF constant turmoil it not an easy
task to accomplish this. Some OF tho members from
the North of Ireland were opposed to it. Possibly
they apprehended that if volunteering were to be-
come popular their Orange friends would no longer
have the advantage in those annual scrimmages
which the disgrace of Ulster. But they shrank
from filing so unpopular part as to move the re-
lection OF the measure. One man. indeed, declared
his intention "obstruct" its passage. but at the
final stage he absent from the sitting. perhaps
purposely. and the bill passed through. Every
congratulated every body that national disgrace
had been wiped out, another Irish disability re-
moved. All the precautions the government wished
had been introduced and no one therefore antic-
pated any difficulty for the passage through the
House or Lords. But the old adage which tells Of
"many q slip 'twixt cup and lip" was never more
fully verified The bill came up before the Lords on
Thursday night for "second reading" Lord Monck
moved the second reading But On Irishman having
large properly in Antrm-Lord waveny. formerly
known Sir Robert Ada:r-movcd "the previous
quesrion"-an indirect way of getting rid of the
bill. He supported by Lord Longford. who
has estates in the centre of Ireland; by
Lord Inchiquin. degenerate nephew of Smith
O'Bren. who has estates in Limerick. Clare and Gal
way; by Lord Donoughmorc. . Tipperary land.
holder by Earl Fortescue. who. although an English
noblenan, has large estates In Waterford aud Tip
perary counties. All these eminently repre-.
scented the interests and feelings of the great Irish
landlord class As the London Times says they came
down to the House with ''the strong conviction Of
panic and mastering in force We're able "to vote
down the Ministerial leaders. well as Lord Spen
Ger. Lord Monck and other liberal advocates of this
reasonable measure. The government never antic
pated this vigorous opposition on the part OF the
that anti-rent crusade is imminent, and that
II put into the hands OF
tine ord nry sss "dsr 40 Is
War; and told his brother peers that while the
government was in no way responsible for the bil
still 1t could not take upon its shoulders the still
grave responsibility of declaring that the Irish
naticn unit to DO trusted with arms" Lord
Spencer, vino had been Lord Lieutenant here tor
five years. affirmed his conviction that the Irish
people il once armed would never their weapons
Tor party strife and tho surest way to wipe
cation to it, strongly supported Lord Bury. But in
vain. The Irish fear sintten peers induced a suf-
cient number to side with them and the bill
jected by 80 votes to IT,
THE WEAKENED IRISH PEERS.
What confession is the panic or those peers to
the relations between England and Ireland Alter
seven centuries OF English rule III which nearly all
the land Of the country has passed into the hands OF
English adventurers the descendants of these 'un-
dertakers." the present Ango-Irish landlords pro-
test against rifle being put into Irish hands lest
lrisLuen should use 1t against their hereditary OPP
pressors. Men OF all parties. of all crceds Ireland
had joined in supporting the measure. The elected
members Of the House of Commons had shown by
their that they felt the 6possibility retain
ing any longer what Is really brand OF servitude
but the hereditary Legislators. who not RESPONSE
bio for their votes to popular criticism have decided
that the Irish people shall yet bear this badge. that
alone among the nations OF Europe they cannot be
intrusi ed with arms. Why? Well, the speeches OF
those Irish landlords indicated fear that IL the
peasantry OF Ireland were armed the coming winter
might an Irish Jacqueric And are they such
fools to imagine tina, they Will disarm the Irish
peasants heart and will by disarmng his hands,
that they win his confidence. at least. insure
his patient submission by telling him that he Is not
tit to share the freemans hrst privilege The Irish
people neither slow-witted nor towards. They
will assnrcdly ut once measure their landlords esti
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