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enactment. and hence the attempt to make So
much capital out of the killing OF BOYD IN
Kilkenny and the seizure Of arms 10y ule
"disloyal " young nell Of Cork.
Now for the facts, and We will present
them as they are given in the English news
napers lust to hand. we find In the London
Times Of July 20 the charge Of Judge Law
san. in Cork, near which the recent arms
robbery took place. lie says, addressing 1no
Grand Jury: .n,
+hot thnrc ia absolutely no business for you OF
criminal nature TO transact as uoe PAo7~"'
asstzes.
And this Is 4 city Of $1,000 inhabitants
where no session Of the Criminal Court mas
been held since the early part of March. we
also find in the London Times OF July o.
that the Chief Secretary for Ireland, Mr.
Forster, said in the House Of Commons the
night before, in reply to question oy al
Irish member, that Judge Fitzgerald, Ill au-
dressing the Grand Jury Of Wicklow County,
had used the following language:
There is but one bill to go before YOU nnd Inat
bill docs not properly belong to tne presu,,I a,,
nssizcs The fact nj the bill EnaMg pe.ooe ,at ~
rlnves. It Is not aIone tint the otIenses are SO
sunIi in number and SO peculiarly laset 10 c1nr
acter but in adond e me viii tabular state
,n"nr shnp;imr that even thut low number is the
! result of gradual din'lnuuon'
hfr. Forster added on his own account the
following statements.
Tho condition of the County Of Wicklow s ts
hut reflex OF the condition ct {ne Comnty ,a ~
City and COUNTY Of Kilkenny, and the County of
| ,Tjppcrary Tho latter, hc observed dppeareG "
nodel co,ty as i %as Tree ~ aso ,,s fntv
or calculated TO create public alarm; ,+ins anu no
could unhcstatingly sty that the tivc conntlGS F5
and two cities to which he at
! compare with any tive couhtics nHo t"o cA~4ca -
| nnv part Of the United Kingdom
It should be borne in mind that these state
ments were made by an Englishman, JUST
nine days before the shooting Of Alr. Boyd
and his sons in one Of the counties referred
| to, The fact is, that the landlords OF Ireland
are almost wholly responsible for whatever
crimes are committed there. Under the
| cover Of nefarions and vicious land code'
they have plundcrea the poor peasantry by
| rack-rentlng; and when they can squeeze no
more out Of them; when the peasantryr act
! iue on the advice Of their wisest leader,
AIr. ,Parnell, protest against the confls.
cation Of. that which Is the fruit OF
their toll; when they resist determination
and extortion,-tho landlord organs cry out
for All addition to the Coercire Code. Dir.
Doyd. the victim of the Kilkenny shooting,
had served twenty-one ejectment notices.
and was mediiating their enforcement 1us'
at tue season when the promise Of abundant
crops held out to the poor farmers the hope
that they might, in time, meet his extortionate
claims. What wonder is it that, nladdened
by the idea that they were to be robbed Of
that which is tie result Of their toll, which
they "watered by their sweat" they were
driven to desperate measures? Whatwondel
if, having their hopes of remedial Legislation
blasted by the autocrats OF the House o1
Lords, they determined to take the law int
their own hands, to enter terrible protes
agalnst the contiscation Of their only sup
port? 49,.
The talk of a." rising" in the island is con
fined to lunatics like O'Donoyan-Rossa, ant
he is too busy now airing his grievances ant
denouncing his fellows in the New York bar
rooms to engage in any such enterprise
/, even il lie had the intention or the courage
Fenianism as an organization scarcely exist
in Ireland. The Feuian fiasco Of US is tot
fresh in the minds Of the people, and th'
! complete failure Of the American branch
!. the organization to fulfill its promises TOT
well remembered to attempt another rebel
lion, or to>place much trust oil the O'Dono
yan-Rossas and braggarts Of that kind il
this country. >.