Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1879-11-25
~iRELASD's


Amid the great preparations for the
annual day OF thanksgiving throughout
prosperous America comes an increased
cry OF distress and agitation from old
Ireland. 1t is . vail Of hunger. poverty
and desperation. comminsled with loud.
sniug tones Of rsmous,rance against
calling oppression. The wired light
nInss beneath the broad blue ocean are
FISHING in advance Of the whispering
brsezes from the Emerald Tale intelli.
esncs OF u~prisings Of her downtroddsn,
suffering people. When starvation and
distress combines with oppression
hearts will throb aercely for relief. and
men will speak and act. They ave
spoken and the paw Of the lion has
araspsd their threats and cast them into
prison. Desperation and ~irrsprsssiois
lonsipgs for relief and freedom ans
the people to show signs Of rebellion.
and armed troops are marching to queii
shsm into subsection. But there 10
something unusually ominous and de-
,srmlusd in the present rebsllious indi.
cations. and unless promptly and effect
lively checked Il will end in . more
sansuinsry. desperate and costly strus'
pie than England has encountered with
the Afshans and Zulus.
There 10 . dsep.seated cause Tor oil
this. and Il does not come from abort
crops and famine altogether. There II
. time when suffering and continued
oppression and wrong become past hu.
man endurance. and people stand forth
dsasntly and reckless a to results. TO
read Of Ireland as . prosperous and
hsppy country would be an anomaly.
On the contrary. her history Of today 10
ths. Of . suffering yet ambitious people
struggling for relief from bondage and
distress. The poor Irish peasant bat
ding year after year with an unssnsrous
soil for the mere neeessariss Of life IL
driven to dispute the right Of any m to
claim . portion Of his hard earned pit.
lance, and hs feels that In paying tribute
from bis scanty store to the officially
recognized owner Of that soil hs IL
vronsiully taking bread and clothes from
his little opsJ. Aud as bis risins man
hood asserts itself he questions Why be
should b compelled to pay tribute to
one whose only title to the soil 10 that Of
inhsritsnes; whose only right to 1t 10
that Of might. supported BY Government
rule and armed authority. There should
Be way to solve this problem and some
way will DO found. The condition Of
Irsl,nd today e1citss great and real
unsssinss.. and the telegraph brings
the intelligence that many Of the
land owners are leaving the country
under threats OF assassination. Insur-
s~sctionary placards are posted 10 vari.
Gus parts OF the country. calling upon
ths Irisb people to arise 10 armed rebel.
Hon. Monster public meetings are held.
and despite all police regulations and
government authority. sedition II a.
cunning q formidable attitude throughout
the land. Il 10 natural enough that the
jewellers. workers and producers Of the
soil should consider that they have .
better right TO that soil than those who
have NO interest In II beyond the tribute
they derive from 1t In the shape Of rents
and psrquisitss. Some equitable ar.
Management must sooner or later DO Ar
rived ct wherein the title to the soil Of
Ireland shall bs invested in the people
Of Ireland. or blood will aow. and the
problem will DO solved on the battle
Geld. The titled owners Of those broad
estates should wisely anticipate and pre-.
pare for the inevitable.
General GARFIELD has discovered Q