The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1879-09-23

LIZ NI'N 'l'N"N''t' -
to be the upI"rnost in the island for a
long time TO come. The people have
awakened to the necessity of united ac-
ton and with one voice they cry out
for a better condition Of things. At
Tipperary on Sunday last a meeting was
held at which 5000 persons were pres
ent. Resolutions were passed ''calling
for the abatement of rents and the es-
Establishment. of the peasant proprietary
system"
To our mind there seems to be moth
ing that can avert a rebellion in ireland
but the establishment Of that system.
The people are held down by law and
landlords with chains almost as CALLING
as the shackles that cleave the flesh Of
the meanest slaves in Africa. Educa-
tfon and a growing feeling Of indie
dence in Ireland are moving the people
to protest en- masse against the wrongs
which cry to heaven for vengeance. The
patriotic blood Of Ireland is stirred to
a sense of its most grievous wrongs.
Patriots are arising on all sides, and
they will soon accomplish, whether by
speech or force and arms, the abolition
of their grievances and the substitu-
ton of wholesome regulations which
shall first of all recognize the Irish as a
~people-a nation of civilized beings, Il
you please. A people endowed with
thought and spirit, susceptible Of the
loftiest sentiments and purest aims that
over dare animate the souls of their OPP
pressors, who are oppressors simply be-
cause they command the greatest num-
Der Of soldiery. They do not Cypress
by any right divine or Of
superiority of intellect. England well
knows that many Of the brightest minds
that have ever illumined parliament,
graced the pages of literature In prose
and song, or stirred to their profound
est depths the hearts Of all people by
soul burning oratory, were Irishmen.
The heroes of many a hard fought bat
tie field that closed with brightest glory
for British arms were Jrishmen. On the
grandest pages of English history there
is inscribed the name and deeds of the
couqueror of the worlds greatest
military prodigy, Napoleon. That
name is Arthur Wellesley, duke
of Wellington. We cite but n
more name, and one that has added
luster to the fame of British arms in
this generation: The hero Of the
Ashantee campaign, present chief COM
mander of the British in south Africa,
and next general in chief Of the British
In India-Garnet Wolseley. We have
here q name from the last generation,
and one from the present. Were others
needed we could fill columns of the
LEADER. We submit If by all the
gauges of civilization and progress, if
Ireland is not entitled to as much self
government as is obtained in Canada or
Australia, or other British DEEPEN
denotes.
But, one will say, if Ireland is to
have a home parliament, why not
Scotland and Wales? We reply that If
ever these two countries are burdened
and Disseminated against as ireland
has been they will demand and com
mand home parliaments. But the truth
is they are favored at the expense of
Ireland. Iron mills, ship yards, iron
manufactures of all kinds and various
other industries are allowed to flourish
and are even protected in Scotland and
Wales. What of ireland? History
tells us that when her were
being utilized for the demands Of com
merce, English legislators imposed a
tariff on Irish productions and SO stitled
industry, making the Irish dependent
solely on the soil. But few
branches of industry survived the
throttling process. Ireland was
made dependent upon the larger island
and has remained SO until this day.
What wonder then, that the people
of Ireland are moving for II recognition
of their rights What people that
breathe the air of enlightenment and
feel tho thrill of intelligence through
their beings wouldn't ? None but base
menials would submit IN silence to
growing evils that groan to heaven.
The Irish deserve our sympathy. As
Americans, loving and enjoying free
dom, the richest and purest of all on
the globe, we should extend sympathy
and encouragement tothe people who are
as appreciative of liberty rs ourselves,
but who under the unequal and UNI
righteous distribution of power lack
the strength to throw off the yoke by
force. Public sentiment in the civil
lied world will work wonders for Ireland.
1t will compel England to acknowledge
her wrong and make haste to repair the
waste places. The LEADER hopes that
the press of America at least will take
up the question and leave it only when
the people of Ireland are recognized as
civilized and intelligent beings capable
of self government and susceptible of
all the rational enjoyments that per-
tain to the highest state of freedom
and manhood.