Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-12-27
THE IRISH QUESTION.

THE IRISH QUESTION.
The Statement Of "True Friend Of ireland"
Critically EDanstned.
To tho Editor of the Globe.
ST. PAUL, Dec. 25-Is it possible that ws
have in thisgood city perscn whostyles him
self "a. True Friend Of Ireland . and yet has
the effrontery to defend the landlords of that
impoverished and misgoverned country
whom John Bright calls Gland pirates."'
This self-styled friend of Ireland and chan-
pion Of land pirates admits there ID great
restitution in Ireland now but charges it to
tho Almighty, who has not suffered oven the
land pirates ''to be without their priva-
tions." When the agent, after processing
and selling everything Of value on the hold
ing OF the tenants, is unable to make the
usual remittanos "to mo noble lawd" travel
ing on the continent or rioting and debauch-
ing in the London clubs, then comes "me
lawds privation." He and his mistress
can't do the London season 20 "beoomingly,
you know" As = charitable ooloring to this
sad picture Of "landlord privation'' Mr..
True-F Friend Ireland says that in late
numbers of the Connaught Telegraph sent
him he saw notices of landlords making
attachments from Is to SO per cent. This is
true, and it is remarkable how charitable the
landlords have become in this same district
where the land agitation first begun and
has been prosecuted nnost vigorously. Some
good friend sends him two copies Of Days
Telegraph, and the only morssl Of comfort
for the Irish people he can pick out of them
is that landlords are offering from rs to 50
per cent. reductions on rents that have been
screwed up 200 per cent. over the govern
ment valuation Of the land. Mr.. DAILY, ed
itor of the paper he has been reading, says
that nthere are three landlords in that eoun-
ty (Mayo) who took over 100000 annually
out Of it, and he had not knswn that they
ever spent shilling in it unless for the
feeding Of few dogs or if they went to
shoot grouse. The people were driven from
the land to make room for pheasants.''
It was only the other day that the cable
told us that one Of these same tsland pirates''
of Mayo caused poor Dempsey, who had Just
risen from fever bed, to be elected on q
en- with the measles, to be carried out and
thrown by the roadside, and the neiehbor-
hood forbidden to shelter them. Humane
landlords, what privations you suffer. Mr..
True of Ireland is proud to remind
US of England's generous gift to Ireland
during the famine years Of 1846-8--a 1.-THE
of the spoils she has annually wrung from
the self same people. But he hasn't told us
how much of it was stolen by the minions of
Dublin castle, who were 80 conscientious in
disbursing the government rations to the
starving people who surrounded their doors,
that ''they called the roll and counted the
herd off every morning, lest ration be given
to any who had died during the night" This
same system of pauperizinR the people ia
about to be started again at Dublin castle by
the lady lieutenant, who appeals to the world
for funds for her pauper bureau, aud the
cable this morning tells as that the good
Queen Victoria has contributed $500. Very
generous, indeed, considering that outside of
her vcry small private fortune she has from
the state only the miserable salary of 1885,
600 year. A few weeks ago all tho bishops
of Ireland united in petition to the govern
ment asking that public works be undertaken,
roads repaired, and waste lands reclaimed, in
order that the poor might have an oppor:u-
nifty to earn bread for their families. They
were told that the funds for that purpose
could not be used, but that the gov
eminent would take care of the
poor. Pate1nal government After
tho people have disposed of everything to
pay the Gland pirates,' and sold even the
bed from under them to buy bread, then the
government will open ''soup Kitchens ior
the pur pose of prolonging the agonies Of the
famished horde.e (. s..- = .-..-. 49,.
Mr.. observation-disclosures clips out OF
some old directory lot of figures relative
to the acreage of Ireland, holding, popula-
ton, etc., and draws no deduction from
them, yet unoonsciously he proves the falsity
of his position in defending the landlord
system of Ireland. He estimates the value
of the lands by the back rent revenue drawn
from them, and says that s'too many inter-
ests are involved to turn around and revolu-
tionize things by taking them from the pres
ent owners, to give to them that owns them
not, and this is what the Irish Land League
proposes to do" Mr.. DAILY, the editor Of the
Irish paper he has just been reading, pro-
posed the following resolution, which was
adopted at land meeting recently held in
Mayo: IL -... s..... o....... .-.-.
THAT the only permanent settlement of the
Irish lar question is to be found in the estab-
ishmont of system which would make the
cultivAtor the owner of the soil, and we there
foro affirm that it is the duty of parliament to
abolish the present system of landlordism, and.
having given the landlords Just compensation.
to create . peasant proprietary, which would
promote the social peace and the prosperity of
our country"
For advocating such proposition DAILY
has been arrested and cast into prison. What
do Americans think of that for stfree speech
and liberty of the press2'' The governments
OF Austria, Germany, Russia, Belgium,
Switzerland, etc., bought out the landlords
and established peasant proprietary, but
England, who wishes to be understood az
possessing the most enlightened government
in the world, cannot think of such q
proposition for Ireland. Must the
Irish people do as the French, rise up in their
manhood and with fire and sword level the
infamous system that has 80 long enslaved
them. II they do then We shall surely hear
of Gland pirates privations.'' Mr.. True.
friend says: "If Mr.. MacCarthy had Witness
ed the distressing scenes of 1916 to 1S48
that did, and saw landlords and their ten
ants 60 down tegether-often to pauper's
grave-he would rejoice to SEQ tho Irish
coming to this country" Well, this is rich
ness! Who ever heard OF landlord going
down to pauper's gravel 1 have heard Of
one with an annual income Of 100000 Who
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