The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-10-27

hia colleagues appeal To the irish In America
and elsewhere. which the Herald has already
an M m n rfsal hy cable

and elsewhere. which the Herald has already
summarized ~ cable
rHE IRISH NATIONAL LAND NORTHUMBERLAND
10 THE irish RAoE FOR I1s susrAINMEFT.
The land and rent ryitatiun which has oriei-
mated In tha West Of ireland. and IL rapidly
spreading throughoutth the country has now rs.
sumad such national proportions that u becomes
question ai first Importance 70 all who sym
pathize with tt legitimate objects how best to
guide the popular movement tn the attainment
Of those ENDS. Tent orary ahatnmenta Of OK
ceHeivp rents are heing and may continue to BIZ
obtained through the various agencies "
armpathetIn but unorganised Advocacy which
the esi, ting widespread aud alarming diRtrees
elicit. from the press and bodies nf the eo'nmn~
nifty: but. without The creation Of some eonsti-
II not the eple cause OF the existing poverty ct
,he pslsnara 9aasss viii ret 20 rsmoved
the vaet free lands Of America and nther e.
yored countries must have ~ composition with
fhe produce created under, rent,t,ed and
I'll the evils under which her people. sui
for are raferahle to land system Rlnrtngy
anaEonsc t. TIE e. 81 nses s e I'd
greatest number above the privileged graif-
cation III the few Landlordlsm founded as an
itself but too true to The spirit Of it, origin BY
reducing all who are dependent on, but unpro-
tected byownerHhip ofthe aoll to degraded. go.
mi.mendteant existence and In addition Induces
the loss of TINT independent character which
ariees from an Independence of position. The
return Wdn o thoas eTs II Wbo ay
nised certain arbitrary rights have been IT,
noped by lIish landlordsm ~ IT, relations tothe
soil and those dependent upOn the fruits 81 ita
cultivation thus addinR to the other ndiot.
menta againat the syatem q on-tuInllment of
essential obsAtllons Apy land system t NV Wh'oh
enable cultivation TO meet the exlganeifa of
thoee dependent, upon ita produce stands self
condemned ~ bnrbaroua Unjust aud repre-
hensible
NOT BORN TO sTARvE.
t.l,. Iot{,
the. millions Of on raoe who ,pefiahed in or
fed from land In which God Intended they
sh s not air BY h sY p raE
who yet cling to their native soil. and the pc
riodie clmaSation Of the ImpoverishinR infin-
social life Or ireland demand at last. III lace Ut |
yet another impending national calamity, the
applcaton Of . reemedy, which can - longer be
denied the salvation OF a people. In contrast
TO the social wratehedness to which harbaroua
land system has reduced our country s tho
at whose demand Or for whose benefit such
system hna been swept away and the oulivator
prie,,or. The surplus produce Of lands, thus
freed. with agricultural industry thus relieved
from its rent taxation, 10 now placed BY
with what Is produced under conditions of lana
tenure the most unfavorabe and incentives to
toll the least encouraging that ever. regulated
When to ths IL added the adverse Influence II
successive bad aaaaons. on the point of ouimt-
mating ~ what threatens 70 be the worst "a,
fruits Of his enterprise and labor assumea an
transient ii accidental would ba d criminal dis-
regard of The vltlu existence OF q people. I'm
pel,ed by thu desperate circumstances OF their
cerned have proclaimed their grievances in
public meetings and BY the press. demanding
tue remsaies which atone can redress them.
consensus OF opinion, apart from I'm
mediate iDtetes ndnsEs, has declared
that The remedy put forward by
reason apd ..Sredienry md that ta appiea.
tion. is absolutely essential 10 meet the evils
complaiued Of: aud insure the prosperity nnd
mand for ownership Of the sotl by the pneupi
era In substitution for that of the landlords.
ask for the .conaaeation Of those proprietorial
rights which. existing laws inlet necessarily
recognize aud protect, but that for the transfer
81. those rights to ali industrial ownership i
fair COMPENSATION may be given to thnse who
shall ha called upon TO agree TO such transfer
for the settlement Of the agrarian strife IT the
country auH the supreme UFt If \. pt>tttts TIE
carry out project ~ vast as that which We con
template muat require means III proportion to
undertaking Tenants defense associations
must be organized In every county. aud assist
ance be rendered to farmers who may be called
upon ~ defend themselves against ri unjust or
caprieious exercise Of landlord power. This
wealth vi Ireland II almost entirely In the
possession of TIA soil. and Il ID ID, natural to
expect TINT strong aud influential opposition
TO surrender thu privileges they have 10 Ion. !
enlpyed-even - virtue Of compensation and
sx sgsa th Io meet The erposition end
land OF Ireland, assistance of tw kinds must :
be forthcoming; the one. and most essential .
kind. is an organized development OF earnest 8
ncss and a resolute. attitude on The
part OF tho 100000 landless farmers OF :
ireland. as well az those whose daily bread I
IrlnN w{f .,F
and In demanding their Just rights as guaran-
ped 10 the set cement we propose, The second
wanting when the national spirit of our coun-
~ and the patriotism ef her eSied sons have
Been appealed to In patriotic cause. and we
srn eontldant they will not b. withhold now t
when the very soil Of Ireland ia tho oh,act Wa
ieeire to free. and the land slavery Of our peo- .
pie shs thi N We ara rrsoyeh sh he
Or experience 81 the wrongs OF landlordI4n as
hose who have been oompelled &c seek abroad 7
vho are resolved to retain y lrm grip Of their
irish hnmaetanhs than the nSilea who we're I
orced by inuuitious laws To leave thsn.
ESr1Ep FROM HOME
In the great Shelter Land az rnpples III 0no nan n
II the Irish race have found homo Tho avs
EN- we aspire 10 abolish HIS haniahad them n
rom Ireland. Benefting Nv laws which afford
'tizens Of the great Republic Of America they
nm apnr aeiaa the efforts which aim NJ afford
lin fIHAl lHGNHhlNeS 10 nT1ErnSS ~ their
rushed and rersacutad Kindred hero Not
done to our fellow .cnonntrYman ID America 4,
,ut to MI whom evil laws have scattered tho =
world over. ~ well t. al other nAionnltties W
Who sympathEe With Il wrongeI ana imuover- y
shed people who at last arc resolved uupn n y
emedy for The eviis affecting thnn. 10 W. cali u
or an advocacy nf our cause and suppoi, III !.
'ur efforts y, achieve SUCCESS. In aene't 4
nting ourselves committee for The -
purpose or carrying nmt ths work Y
70 are animated With but ono 2
nd the tonant farmers and thc so de-
ending Il on tbe sol 81 Ireland IL I'M ihom q
ell 90 from the misery and aocinl degradation !.
n which they are plunged into position whore 81
he notice to Quit and the rack rent will not ope
ate against their industry. security and con-
We are influenced by no party spirit
0 making this appeal. ner ~ we In any way a
urpose to place this committee in antugnntsm
With existing bodies or organizations employ
q ~ other departments Of national labor rs
rec the land Cf ireland from the unwsn ana q
Unjust reetfjatinns which initiate against Its y
roper eul, tvalton and prevent tho DEVELOPMENT IL
i its fun resources should ba a Labor above he II
customary Influences Of party a. sectional 4,
trire. aud h. gui}nti alone by motives Of hisin ~