The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-02-05
IRELAND,


Tho tolegraphlo news from Ireland this
morning Is Of tho most hoaltTondIng nature
II Is plllabo indeed to contemplate tho fact
that three hundred thousand people, strong
men, gentle women and little children Nre
starving TO death, And they nro people Of
our kind, Not Gully aro there tons Of lhol-
sands Of tho citizens Of FREQ America
who wore born In Ireland, but there are
hundreds Of thousands ofetIaens, natives of
tho country, In whose veins course the rich,
gonerous blood Of Ireland, Tho lies irm aro
upon this people, Failure of crops Inns left
them moalloss, breadlaia, md tho moans Of
near half u million hearts make tho days aAd
and III up tho nighta with n measure
Of horror, Al over tho stricken
land graves aro yawning 10 awal-
low up those who sucoumb TO hunger
and prIyalon, Do II sad 10 tho honor Oyo,
TO tho glory Of tho American people, they
have not leon appealed TO In vain, In every
city and town md hamlet, md oven on tho
highways and byways Of tho Northern and
Southern States, where first tho news Of the
Irish ponury mud want WA mado known, coli
lections have been and Oro still
being mado 10 relieve tho dis
tross and already collections, in the
aggregate amounting to perhaps u quarter
Of II million dollars, or nj least approximate
Ing that amount have been made. This
money, MS fast rs II IA taken M, 10 sent for
ward TO buy food for The hungry, The move
has already about reached tho West, and Is
coming Southwark, We wo glad to SEQ II
coming, Tho South Ia little able To give
much, but she, in the spirit that the widow
gavG her mite, will contribute what She can.
Sho has boon IN the nshes OF woe
aud dcsoation herself Sho has seen her
folds hid barA her granlrIcs and barns
and homes and churches laid low with tho
torch, and hoard her children cry fur bread,
and seen thom shycr with cold, and in her
heart of hearts sho can feel for the distress
of others, Sho has arisen somewhat from
dcsolation now; tho flowers are blooming
on, tho graves of her loved
and lost gorhnds, somewhat sonbro
though they be, have udion the place OF the
cypress that dropped in her homes, aud her
fields aro smiling where once they were bar
rem, and of her store tho South has something
to give and olors il with analectonatc hand,
with n tender grace, with loving cordially.
Tho memory Of Pat Cloburnc, of the hundreds
aud hundreds Of other brave lrishmen
who fought and blcl and died for
"thc land we love" lives in the hearts Of true
Southrons, and Ireland, the land of their
nativity, shall share with the South while she
has Il crust of bread to divide, Tho New
York Herald n fow days ago was very string
cnt in its consures Of Mr.. Parnell-not the
cause he represented but the gentlemen him-
self and his manner Of proceeding, and we
were somewhat disposed to feel incensed at
tho Herald because Of ii, but since its
royal donation of 100000 for the hungry,
who aro living on one acanty meal a day
of turnips, or meal, or potatoes, we are
certain its heart Is in the right place, and
that whatever it has to say Of Mr.. Charles
Stewart PNrncll is intended for that gento-
man himself and not for suffering Ireland.
When we think of how the landlords of
Ireland grind their tenants into
tho carthage, into their very graves,
is it not enough to make u
mans blood boil? Can we blame the tenant
ry when they rise sometimes in their desper
alton and Stay cruel landlord or his heartless
steward? But they want to get rid Of their
tenants, it Is said, and make parks of their
estates for tho red deer, that they may enjoy
the sports of the chase. Tfcy have other
estates that bring them rich revenues, and
their Irish preserves they desire simply for
game preserves, with hunting boxes scattered
over them that they may have royal sport in
the proper season. What matters it to them
if in tho sheelings ttat stand on the hill
sides, fathers and mothers have been born
for generations and generations back, and
that the dead of their tenants lie buried in
the grave yards near by, and that to give up
these humble bones and all the happy, hal
lowed associations that cluster
around them IS like tearing out the
heart-strings? "Let them starvo if they
will not emigratc," say the landlords, "for
we want our lands for deer, not for people"
Galveston aud Houston are moving in the
matter of raising aid for Ireland, and will
Dallas give nothing? Who will start the
ball in motion?
THE DALLAS, CLBBURNE&R RIO GRANDR R,R
1t will be remembered or has it been for
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