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

age their Drainage md reclamation. How
sweetly have dear IL, ,nH charms been sung hy
her fRrds, and by none more swsetly than tho
gifted Tom MooTe-
"Fairest. put on awhile,
TheHe pinfons % Tight bring thae
And o'er thine own green Isle.
Newer did Ariel's plume
At golden sunRst hover
Der scenes 20 full OF bloom
AZ ehall watt thee over.
''Flolds where the spring delays
And fearlesaly mests the ardor
O. the warm summer y gaze.
With only her tears to guard her.
Rooks through myrtle houghs
In grace mnjestie frowning.
Like some bold warriors brnWa,
That love hath Just boon growing.
'tslea 40 freshly fair
That never hath bird come nigh them.
But from his course through air
He hath baen won down by thsm
Types. sweet maid. nf thee.
Whose lons. whoae blush inviting.
Never did Love yet SEQ.
From heaven. without allghting.
lakes where tho pearl Hos hid.
And caves whore tbs, gem Is Sleeping.
Bright aa tho tanrg thy I'D
Lets fall In lonely weeping.
Hlens where Ocean comas
'ro 'scape Tho Wild Winds rancor.
And harhora wortliest homes
Where Freedom's fleet can anchor.
Then, II whjle scenes 40 grind.
Ho beautiful shine bafore thea,
Pride for thine own dear lana
Should hHply hs ateaHug o'er thee.
Der pride itself VICTORIOUS
'I'hte king how man hath cursed
What God had made 30 glorious
In my humble judgment the browning beauty
tho h9w sas ssa5 q vice. wBn a'd em the
hearts Of Erin's children rise exnltant. 4. glory
lnve: grief calls u bitter halt: humiliation con-
ausrs pride. aud sorrow triumphs over JOY
Well may the poet say
thinking how man hath cursed
What God had made 80 glorious"
For seven centuries Ireland has been at the
toet OF u moro powerful and cunning neighbor.
What centuries Of bloodshnd hnve these besn,
tered2 Who can compute the wealth Of which
she has been ruthlessly pllaRed2 Scarcely can
generations been heaped upon her. crushing
her to tho very earth.
Ono by ono, md, only OF late. arc these bur
dens being lifted from the people. But too
many. however. still bear heavily upon them.
Let us earnestly trust that the same kind Proy-
relieved our people may complete the etnan-
cipation ut last and i Ireland stand @ forth pros.
means the iehteet. is the ono which is ut this
time being made tho snhJect OF agitation by our
iriends md relatives across the waters, and
n n this his eoenry BEEN o ha e enened IN
political strugges Of such momentonR impor-
tance rs to have had only a distracted attention
to accord TO European affairs. Therefore,, to
many, this ngltn lon may seem 70 be OF sudden
and caprcious development n struggle moro
for some theoretical right than to overcome an
actual and pressing evil.
To such persons 1t will prove startling m,
| nouncement. the declaration that Ireland and
It's ,people are serionsly threatene,d With Wit,
ure has prevented the rlpeninR OF tho cersals.
until it is now almost too late. MS frost ia certain
unripe. Tho potato, crop, the nninstay Of the
peasantry. Is bleaching In the fields. and Sc,
rous fears nrn entertained OF general ana
diaaatrous blight. The 9rai IN they may save
will bring no price, as Its value IS reduced by
compstItlon from America. which has nlso
affected the sale and profits Of cattle and q dairy
products The cry. therefore. which Is now
going up all over Ireland. comes from people
who stand upon, tho verge of starvation Itself.
op orous, s. the cal earnest and emphatc in view
OF such a desperate outlook
Considering the known fertility OF ireland.
the physical strength and the conceded indus,
trial habits OF the people and the cossness and
economy OF their living. 1t Is difficult f9r
Americans to comprehend how famine bhould
follow 80 closely upon only one or two years OF
deficient crops. In other lands, more tortu-
nate, the eurplus Of the good gsars are ample
bad The Bible tells US how in Egypt. during
the time of Joseph, the accumulation Of seven
years OF plenty preserved the people during
even during periods when Ireland doss fullest
justice to her reputation for fertility. The peas
| antry show such little evidence OF general pros
perity. Their clothing is In general OF raean
| quality their huts In large distr lcts are the
| rneresL novels with mud floors end OF roofs
| of thatch inferior to the housing Afforded cattle
/ In America; and their food but little more than
potatoes and Indian meal.
1t Is the same evil to which are to be attributed
both Of these unfavorable conditions on the
status of the Irish peasantry, and that ls, fhe
| character Of the relations between tnemse yes
i and their landlords. In 1S41 there were in lre-
land sol 900 farms exceeding in area one acre.
of which more than half we've less than five.
| land, in fee. was only about $3.50. In odhar
words, tho actual and full prOprietOrs 81 the
rural and urban property OF all ireland dld NOT
| exceed the very small number last u17ntlOned
upon its soil. millions in number. either mad 10
! interest whatever in lis houses and la4ds, or
was a tenant or holdes by limited right OF some
kind
The figures have loubtless changed, but the
4 relative proportion between the laud pF0pTle.
4 tor and the remainder Of the people have not
materially varied, 1t must be borne In mint
that the present title to nine-tenths Of the anC
is based upon spoliations during past genera
tions, the baneAeiartas being men OF ellen. IL
hating and despising them, and being, In 'hetl
J turn. hated and despised. They had at th
time the power to take. and have since ever re
tanned the power to hold Most OF the descend
ants Of these men. while the bitterness Of hos
tility may have worn away: still retain the SEN
timents and feelings of Englishmen. havinI
but little share in the aspirations or sentiment
of the Irish. The legislation OF Great Britain
has largely been under the control OF tni
GLASS, who have framed and maintained 1t.
e to foster the few at the expense OF Ia