New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-09-14
A FORTNIGHT IN KERRY.
LANDLORDS. PRIESTS AND PEASANTS.

,vpou THE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
DUBLIN. Aug 6.-The Marquis Of Lansdowne
spoke in the House of Lords OF the Irish landlords
as a class who had spent fortunes lives and
energies in endeayorRg 10 amehorate the condition
of their country and set example of order ana
industry within it, His brOther-n-law. III the
Housc of Commons spoke of the Marquis as a
model landlord. Lansdownc spends the summer
months on his estates at Dureen-or one or two
months. at least. every year Last season lie was
in the midst of the distressed people, whose cries
were heard in America and Australia. lie gave only
600 TO relieve them When tenants went To him anu
showed how impossible il to pay the rents ne
told them that they must give up their lahds'
then" Last Christmas a tenant named Dehhs
Downing got the Marquis to visit his nckety
cabin. and pointed to his naked children and
hecre1 for m reg. "Wth q cold unmanly sncer"
! 10 use the published words of local writer, the
noble MARQUIS told the starving peasant that ne
was not responsible for his large family, and refused
TO have pty on him. This tenant lived IN FORA
more IN the parish of Touist. The poor man al last
got permission to sell his interest in his little farm.
A correspondent OF Tie Il cry Sentinel. writing
from Kenmarc under date OF June p, thus truth
| fully depicts the present condition OF Lord Lans-
downe's tenants rs my own eyes saw them few
weeks later:
write to-day from one OF the poorest parts o Kerry,
~ well rs one o. the most oppressed Win Houc- IoF
last MAY rent staring one III cverV COZ DOE,
pillar ana corner the town male ont 10y the Marquis
OF Lnnsdownc. Who need hardly say owns nearly III"
entire OF the three large surrounding parishes We
mas neither shown mercy-no nor -ynoath'
-'or his teuantry; who has not analed one
who has uh'eSsiv eyictel families thar re fed by
HE Relief Committees for months. II j. simply lmpo,-
sble 10 give anything ike ru" ida ol me conhi1n
OF the people. Ne depict. no tongue could Dc
scribe the suicct wrctcnecn"ss OF tne PEG
pie MISUNDERSTANDING NJ the aSse rtl0us Oh l e. az
Wcabie tools VINO nave e1rheu IeT H'c"noou ~ 'No
poverty OF tae pe pie. 10 me contrary
THE UNENYIABLE PAKT TIE MBQuIss AGENT
PLAYED.
This uukind description refers to the agent OF the
MARQUIS of Lausdowne who repeatedly denied the
! existence Of distress in the district until he
wanted some of the money, contributed by foreign
bounty TO feed the people. 20 cXpend III sending
eyiced tenants INFO exie-in o-der TO avoid prose-
cutions by the Land League and also TO lei their
! farms TO n CHER bidders Mr. Trench even refused
TO serve on the relief committee after II had Leen
organized by the Nun of Kenmare. Trench told
the same story that he had told 10 journalists and
to the Protestant Canon Blgot of the Mansion
! House Committee; but that gentleman inquired oi
his friend the Protestant rector. who declined 10
reply but quetlT drove him To the cabins OF large
numbers of Lord LansdoNnes tenants. Canon
Bagot was shocked at the misery lac saw. He pub
lcly gave the he to the agents statements. and
said that IL many cases the people were so
wretched and naked that they were ashamed TO
| omen their doors 10 him. These were Lord Lans-
| dOwne'S tenants.
! The Kerry writer continues:
itmay certainly surprise the pnbic T. know hat Lord
whom Is or AZ last vas expected m1cn 7noAd pres,
mus h1rSnLi on L1 i1np Lea g." ~ M
crjel t.res - r1se his rental wren he rorrovs AT
per cent under ihe ptclen.e o. o,Ieu1lr- i' nv;
na. de - p" ne cbarre. h. -enanf~ nom
to per cent IN H. and puj- mar mod'l-
are 80 on l,e ranf-when The nu6c rea-
IL that fac iLcy U form an idca y the way ing. 20
D Dn ~ Kern NAV De f0Dnd somebody of position
somebod, OF nieP"naeno' so.nrDor' po' t,, o
fa iv-9plv " Zen win event Ialiy MAKE ireland
desert. Ne sn.i, soon AfVc none quo tleo - iDe
| ,tteDe, Wv rI,g 10 witness Tie scenes ,sat
OF daily occurrence here al the denarinF o." tnf
lover OF oar -, MI o i,otI,e IS f- ~ H.
Tnoy eyct. rack-ren ana p rs-cutc auo t2 wore
chou ,t H. Fy4lt u9I trad 70 speak save VII
/ Whi.ucrns ulnhrlesa ard b.lcI breath. ttlr
Landlords g., i 81 5 S'. ~ ,'' ~ .-' i, f bn r
The rirs of property No- word about Tie rights a.
| existence
THE Esf .D' or HNi''''F
do no' quote tH'' P"''"@' iD' ''' '''' w..
! staltAien' -'"' VIM mas '
lheIodiona IHo.u'H- d. '''"' 49,
tradicted by Nr lrehcH' "H' j. suO''Ilo'I u" 'H'
journal IN winch II appeared MI I''l'h I' I'll" "'
! prompt at coA'iaHIcu"1 a"'" ''"''H'' i''' "'-.''
local tcstimony-the eye anu ear Know r"s % very
one IL his nelghborh0od -Wouiu not promptly
! refutc his assertions.
quote the passage, also to note one SAD enect "I
! the unchecked dcspotism exercised over the peas
antry by the great lrish landlords by vlr'ue-or 10y
! the vIces-oi the laws "hich IH'I own class nave
passed from time mmemoral Nowhere il Mayo
or Roscommon, OF Yves, Meath last "iHter' even
when eyer' peasant stared famine III 'Ie Ioo' III e
/ windy seer rs ID ht'Iy 'Nc ueil'i'''i|- III
huence Of landlord power on ihe yer ol INC
peasantry Here they are actually AFRAID 10 Tell
! the story Of their wrong; and the men and the
noble nuns. who gave ne numerous examples OF
! the agraran outrageS done by the Kerry landlords.