The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1879-01-17
WHY THE IRISH ODJECT TO ENG.
LlSH RULE.


10 destroy the pcasantry Of Ireland by
means of roofing them out from time
to time. To further this end England
has elAployed hirelings in different
capacities, aud has recourse to low nni
vile intriguing Of every sort, notwith-
standing her boasted principles Of JUS
tice. Unfortunately this diaboiicat
system Is but too we'll succeeding, for
the land is fast assuming the appear
ance OF desert. And though the
population Is decreasing-nor are tho
unfs,vorable reports from foreign quar-
ters checking the tide of emigration SO
much as might be imagined-stiII,t tho
country is not growing richer, but
poorer, as Is apparent to any person
who travels through it, or sees tho car
goes of cattle shipped Off every week
from North Wall, Dublin, to England.
Tho number of cattle exported during
the past year from Ireland to England
amounted to some hundreds of thou
sands over million heads. Can
any country be prosperous that ships
of its products while its own people
suffer? or the enormous sum of money
which goes to pay for this vast supply
of meat, there Is little or none OK pended
in Ireland, as the aristocrnts to whom
this source of wealth belongs almost i'm
,ariably reside in England or on tho
Continent. Take, for Instance, tho
province of Connaught, which il no
exception to the other provinces, and
it will he seen that the best and most
fertile portion of tho lands Is turned
into extensive cattle tracks, while tho
majority of the people to whom 1t
should belong are driven from their
country or compelled to delve out an
existence in tho mountains, where they
Ia IN
Tho consequence is that most of these
poor people are under tho necessity of
going to England during tho harvest
season for tho purpose of earning money
to pay those rents, which is in many
cases futile.
The towns and villages throughout
Ireland fare no better. There is no nd
vancement or progress of any kind.
No induccment held out for manuf,c-
turing or industry though possessing
many natural resources and facilities
which now lie dormant. Besides, those
towns receive little benefit from the
rich and fertile land by which they. are
surrounded. AS ono of this class may
be ranked Castlcbar, the county town
of Mayo. 1t presents in n most strik-
ing manner tho devastations committed
by the robber landlord, backed and en-
couraged by tho British Government.
The only buildings in it worthy OF
notice arc two or three public institu-
tions and some military barracks. 1t
has all the appearance Of Il dilapidatc,l
village, though in its Immediate neigh
borhood, extending in either direction,
is beautiful and fertile land naturally
adapted for cultivation. This land has
been owned by an English land robber
named Lord Lucan, who nj one time,
it is said, declared he would not rest
satisfied till he saw grass growing on
the streets of that town.
From either side of tho town the sur
rounding country is visible to long dis
tance, but not Il human hnbitation is to
be seen but m occasional hertlslnan,s,
except, perhaps, tho residence OF tho
notorious Nelll Brown, who gavc Or
dcrs to shoot Peter O'Ncill Crowley in
the Fenian rising in '67. All this rich
land, which would DO sufficient to
hundreds OF families, and did
at one time, Is now turned into pastur-
age for tho purpose Of fattening cattle
for the English market. The greater
portion of the best produce of tho soil
is taken to England nor has Ireland
any large storehouses in her seaport
Belfast, or Cork, in
which is preserved grain and other
provisions for any cxigency that may
arise, for England needs 1t all ana
must have it. This is how England Is
in extirpating the people OF
Ireland slowly but surely, and making
an otherwise fruitful land Il kitchen
garden for the especial use of English
men. In every part of Ireland, but
in the large towns, crowds
OF detectives are employed whom Eng
land rewards literally from tho pockets
OF tho working classes who themselves
have to struggle but in Il moro spc-
cial manner those dependent on agri
cultural labor-in opposition to the
adverse circumstances of fortune, such
perhaps as few other people in tho
world have to endure.
One cannot walk through the streets
of Dublin without being closely watched
by detectives. This is one of tho
modes adopted by England to stitlc the
national feelings of ireland.
or all the days OF the week, which is
/" the Sabbath or Lords day." The
against Il cigar dealer OF
Conn, charged that the Of
fcnsc was committed, not on Sunday,
but on "thc Sabbath or Lords Day.
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