The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1880-12-22
IRELAND.

II.
have suffered at the hands of eIsctins land
lords. This "gem Of the SEA-" is invested
with an interest that attaches, perhaps, to no
other country in Europe. Its history for
weary generations, has been one of suffering
and oppression, and the genius and the PROV
ess of it's sons have shed lustre upon the life
of every country in tho civilized world.
England herself could moi claim the glory OF
Waterloo had it not been for the herois1
and the skill OF an Irishman, md among her
statesmen and great legal luminariss, and
sweet poets, none have attined higher rank
than Burke, and O'Connell and Philips and
Curran, and Moore, whilo there Is
not battlefield on the plains of Europe, or
Asia, or Africa, where English arms have
been engaged, that the blood of lrishmen has
not Snsanguined it in defense of the Cross OF
St. George. Here in America, too, the
brave, generous, brilliant children of that
island, which lives in story and in song, have
taken q prominent part in achieving the des-
TIMES of our country. Ireland gave us
military hero and statesman in the person
of President Andrew jackson, and in later
days Francis Meagher, General James
Shields and in the south the lamented Pat
Cleburne. with host Of others, have wrought
with the brayest, the wsest, and the best in
the vineyard of the home of their adoption,
while all over the land there are thousands
now telling forests, building cities, con
structing railroads and tlling the soil, while
they enjoy the blessings Of liberty in our free
land and sigh for the sorrows Of their people
in tho old home beyond the sea. 1t has been
but few months sinca the purse strings of
the people of this country were opened at the
cry of dis,reas That the Atlantic brCez6s
waited us from ireland, and countless
thousands, in money and provisions, wsre
shipped to supply the wants Of impoverished
aud starving men, women snd children
There was not sheeliug in all that land,
then, that did not know suffering and Ihal
did not iuclcse aching hearts; and so 1t IS
now, and I'LL because of the Tapaciiy OF lAnd
owners, who exact the last farthing, that
even the most persistent and untlring labor
can earn. And when the government oil Treat
Britain is implored for relief, bayonets, IN the
hands of armed soldiers, are sent by wa y
OF reply. The grievance Of the Irish people
in nutshell is, that the owners of the land
who parcel it out to them in small
tracts ask rental that the products
of the soil will not bring. The consequences
is that tenant in arresrges for his lessO is
evicted, no matter what the ciroumstsnct'
may be- that have prevented his ability to
pay, and men with their wives and children
are thrown out on the commons to freeze and
stsrve. The New York Herald published a
few days ago an account of the eviction OF an
old man who had been bcd-ridden for two
years from the houre where his
children had been born and his wife had died,
and as he was being removed By force he died
in the arms of the steward Of the property
and the bailiG, and his body laid beside the
highway and left there with only his weeping
granddaughter to watch beside it. 10 it any
wonder that the Irish people kill their ops
pressors? Will it DO any wonder if they rise
in arms and massacre the landowners and
the troops and police sent by
the great British government to
protect them? Mr.. Glsdstone's
government has informed the Irish people
that if they have not ceased their ssitations
By the 9TH of January, then force will be re
sorted TO and coercion used. 10 other words,
an army of soldiers will be sent to Ireland
and brigade of police, spies and informeFs
turned loose, the writ Of hsbess corpus sus'
pended, all arms in private houses will be
seized, no public meetings or gatherings o!
any kind will be allowed, and their jsils will
be packed with suspected and accused parties
The British government might Ns well cay
to Vesuviusin eruption, that It's lava torrents
must cease in half an hour else steam fire
engine would tqKn its hose upon 1t. When
ever the British government att npts CO.
ercon, then we believe the most fearful cut
break of modern times viii occur. The
Irish people are wrought TO desperation and
they have arms and the munitions of war
and as they us but simple justice, We be-
1.-Two teat they will meet force with force
and procipih.e the bloodisat strife while
1t may last that has ever shocked Christsn
dom. We cannot believe that the ERglisl
people will permit the Irish people to b,
driven 10 humiliation, and we cannot thial
that Mr.. Gladstone will stain his good nam
and his proud escutcheon with so terrible
wrong. England permits home rule in tn
Canadss and other of her provinces. ant
why cannot she permit II in Ireland? Or
that be impolitic and impractical, why can
, not she at least exact laws that will let tn
Irish people live and. prosper? The Iris
Land / esgue, we believe, will ultimstel
substantially triumph, and because of tn
sober sense and innate love of justice Of tn
English people.
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