, 1880-02-07
THE IRISH CASE.

pcl@er foah5' CHA1tLES IL. tOitCE.
THE IRISH CASE.
4 Tissue OF Misrepresentation Briefly
At1Awcrctl.
The PresbNcrh,n Dunncr, published Mt
Plttsbnrg, having recently copied md In
torscd ule statements of the New York
Herald sleprecatlnE tho nEitation Of the land
question In lrclnlNt, the Rev. John lluilL-
erford, Of Lanoconngt Nd. who Is repre-.
ae,llcd by the BaNncr rs m nbl1 anil accom-
p'lstcd Presbyterian Clergyman, publishes
In the nanncr tho following forcible rrtl-
cfsm Of tile Tory opposition to land reform
III 1rc1and. 11e thus writes:
As do not wish to see your valuable
journal matlG the vehicle Of gross in1srenrc-
scntntion concerning the agitntion fl Ireland,
aid wlllclt Inns heen partially transferred to
tlils country, permit me- n word for the gut,-
ance of your renders. The article you quote
from tho New York Hcralt,is simply tissue
Of Misrepresentation. Take tic following
specimens:
!. "'rlat tho 1r!sl,man Is as free from No.
lit!cal and religious disabilities in Dublin,
Galway, or DeIfnst az he is IN New York,
during tho relgi Of tic Dourit1ls. Tho cS.
listing Press lMw invests The Lord Lieutenant
Of Ireland. after a first and secund warning
the powUr to seizo ind destroy the eentlrs
press IT, leaving the hapless proprietor to
seek !lis remedy wherever he can find It. In
Ses sesa aa afs prso n s %o S2%ts es ay Ssq ar
Ilancu Of tr!ul, my one whom !lv pleases, and
uetnin him I'll custody during IFS pleasure.
Again ny May quarter any number Of police
n o II Hy \ lste5 aimu,1 au 1ofSe to spless eo
please to retloy9 thenl: Is t!!ls tie liberty Of
the citizen In New York, Boston, or San
eis yiI5Ss f. e f9,t 1as # ts2a ds'9 .! + gsv
u, you simply state the fnct when you say:
IN Ulster (tne North),, which lias hitherto
been remarkably free from those not able to
fact; tho statement Of tho 1Icruld's c0rre-
spondent fabrication. have the proof under
;. i. That tile superab,,l,dant rainfall in the
cause Of the misery III TINT part tof The island"
But In such small isurtt tllu rain clouds to
not single out south and west for the out
pouring OF their ycngenncc. The Inhabitants
k1M 4 wS sss R15y 4an Don S a tbs st rt and Sf
Z. "I!nt tho island Is too srnall for It's pop
!llntiono; l!cilce M tho misery, In 1876 1t eola-
t tS1ct ;nI,oitsH gio; noT # contains 'only 5eo9-
o00 900 Ut people, the patient shows no signof
collvncsceltcc.
Tie only remedy suggested by the Hcra1ds
corresp9}Il.lcnt e. is e,ulEration, Now llaa 10
l9l,l, he might llnvo been credited With a
statesmuniike conception. 10 empty It Of
its entire population might profit tile country
to which they might come, but certatnly not
tho country they abandoned.
a word Of explanation as to the real cause
Of tho suffering utld slghing of that unf0rtu-
nate land. ln tho reign Of Queen Elizabeth
md soiuc Of her immediate successors nearly
rebellion was eonilseatetl to tho Grown: The
English Goygrnment, instead OF allowing
occupants Of The soil thereafter to hold wilal
oael! ona .' Mas cMlllvatln'g. II fes. parcclcd
under, the fcutlal i,lea that Tho puopiy could
not take euro Of themselves without landlords
TO supervise, guide, n1ld protect thenl. These
landlords. lloweyerr, instead Of residing III
iocaiing ten % teir esates it "s IN the s asvsiop n
dored whatever they could extract out Of the
peopleM M u n,o shape Of rents M IN England or
on to taat G raqs yo of ETG b es Meantime asns
fenced, drained, md fertiltzed their farms,
constructed tho finest lnacatlnntizcd ronls,
and built tho most solE stnhe bridges; NIL Mt
tholr own expense The law, however, af-
1nent of their capital which Is ordinn-
rlly fully equal to the amount tho landlortllas
Invested III the fec si,nplu Of tho soil. Titus
landlord and teIlnnt stan1 IN the position Ut
joint partners in firm; the lAnd0r.l owning
tle raw material Of the original soil, mid Tic
tenant all tho slnerndttel value. -.
Tho landlord has all along BEEN rAf8{ng tho
rent rs the tenant Inns Invested his money.
But now tho tenant calls a halt, and demands
. law which VIII obllgc the landlord. clthor
share II Tie farm Without lrvncLing at his
pleasure, Us le cn1l do at present, upon tho
te,,nnt's .sharo In It, or that tho partnership
shall be dissolved, tho landlord compensated,
n,'d atarted 10 push Ills fortune elsewhere.
s sf' tasy te p.fist I'll u S a'S aio s tnss osyss s
ut tllo buck Of the landlord With un army Of
police and soldiers, enabling hlm
either to ,oy1et tho tenant mud plumber
hin. Wholesale, or to raise tho rent
%pSm % h,s 50 Us t9 swcep nYy the emtre
tho naked fuets Of tho case, ID It any wonder
people so pluldcret!, oppressed, nEld Impoy-
erlshea would wrlthe lii fury agaElist their
plnndorers ainl oppressors? }ut 1t tlay be
asked what business have they to ,.'Isnatei.
lie opinion, OF assistance III their behalf?
What business had we to send nMti-slayery
lecturers Into GFent Britain anil Ireland tn
arol,s9 1nbsic opinion aEainst negro slnyery
Or what business had we to send lecturers
Southern Suites III order to enlist public
opinion there Il, belln!f Of tbs Union callso?
The enlightened public Ollninn OF civilized
nlNl Christian nations is'n mighty factor for
the overthrow Of the WRONGS OF tho oppressed
JOHN RurnERronp.