The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-12-14
THE sIruArIox IN IRELAND.
A Revolutionary Government Estab-
lished-J0hn Hall Oa.ted.


lished-John Hull Oasted.
London, Dec. l3.-The Times says:
1t is hardly correct TO say that anarchy
prevails in Ireland, for there is a dis
tinet and potent government, which is
rapidly superseding the imperial gov
ernment and is obtaining the ascendan-
ey. IL rules with an iron hand and
with a promptitude which enforces in
slant obedience. Its code is clear, its
execution resolute, its machinery conf
plete and its action uniform. There is
government de faeto and govern
ment de jure, the former welding a
power which is felt and feared, and the
latter exhibiting only the pomp and but
little of the reality OF power. The for
mer is terror to well doers; the latter,
no terror TO evil doers. The law of the
land league is becoming the law of the
land, and while the law OF the state is
costly and TO a large extent supended,
the new law is effectively administered,
cheaply and conveniently.
League courts are springing up in
various places, and the people are in
structed to have their disputes decided
by such courts and 60 no more to the
sessions. The local magistrates in the
west OF ireland have lately been sur
prised to find no cases brought before
them except by the police. The people
have been for some time advised TO take
this course, but are now beginning TO
act thereon. As rule the penalties
which the said courts haye the power
to inllict are regarded with more dread
than those which are imposed under the
statutes.
Another function OF the new govern
ment, the levying of taxes, is most ef-
fectively fulfilled. No rate assigned by
the law is half as promptly paid as the
tax which the league imposes. Lii
censes TO sell at fairs and in the mar
kets are required by the new govern
ment, and their production is enforced
by summary methods.
The only element wanting to consti-
tute the new government the body poll
tic OF the country is a standing army,
but the materials for one are at hand
and are being fitted for use when called
upon. The knowledge OF this fact
creates deeper alarm, because with an
armed and disaffcctcd population
around them, the loyal subjects of the
queen in many places believe that the
danger which looms up beneath it is
more formidable than the visible
terror.
This fear is rather confirmed than
allayed by the military preparations of
the government, and the arrival in
Dublin of the first battalion OF the Cold
Stream guards and the orders for two
more regiments of troops indicate that
the authorities are conscious of the inn
pending danger.
London, Dec. 13.-At u great land
meeting ut Cranghwell yesterday, there
was n strong demonstration in favor of
fenianism. The crowd, upon the men,
tion of the fenian movement, cheered
enthusiastically for several minutes.
London, Dec. 13.-The press asso-
citation says 1t learns that arrangements
are making TO send 5000 men to Ire
land If necessary.
Dublin, Dec. ,13.--lt is rumored that
the government is about to arrest the
leaders of the land league and that the
magistrates are about to be armed with
extraordinary powers. The first part
OF the ceremony of striking jury for
the trial Of traversers took place yester-
day; forty-eight names were selected.
Each party will stike of twelve names
from the forty-eight on Thursday.