The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-02-24

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the sentiments OF Mr.. Parnell, the notel
Irish agitator. coincide with your cor
respondent in the belief that not one cen
OF the funds Mr.. Parnell is now collectin,
for our suffering countrymen will ever IL
devoted to this purpose. To such men a
Parnell are to be attributed the destitutior
now prevailing in tho West OF Ireland. L
tho peasantry OF Connaught had been
taught industry, self.relianCe and q due
regard for the rights OF other men, there
would have been no famine. It is a poor
way to promote the prosperity Of Ireland
10 jpstill into the minds OF the ignorant
masses feelings Of deadly hostility to an
other class Of their fellow subjects. Why
Is 1t there is neither famine nor destiti-
ton in the North OF Ireland, or in the
Province Of Leinster2 Simply because the
people Ia those places cultivate the soil,
attend TO their daily labor and do not
waste their time in talking and lamenting
over their imaginary political grievances.
Your correspondent refers to the fact
that Ireland was annexed to England by
the Pope. This is perfectly true. In 1925,
Henry H., King OF England, obtained a
bull from Pope Adrain w., granting him
the possession OF Ireland, and he, the
King, as vassal Of the Pope. took the
title oil Lord OF Ireland. But when Henry
VIII renounCed allegiance to the Roman
pontiGf, the Irish Parliament conferred on
him the title oil King OF Ireland. There
is one important subject, however, to
which your correspondent does not allude,
and which was the direct and sole cause
OF so much OF the lands OF Ireland being
owned by absentee English landlords. I
refer to the Irish massacre OF 164l.
This horrible event, which had for its
object the destruction OF the whole Pro.
testant population Of Ireland, commenced
on the 23d OF October, 1911. On that day
the Romanists all over the country, at the
instigation OF their priests, rose in body,
and either murdered in cold blood or
drove from their dwellings the Protestant
colonists. Thousands were either butcher
ed at once, or, in consequence OF being
forced out almost naked into The open
fields in most Indictment season, died Of
starvation. The fact OF the massacre can
be established by the Clearest evidence,
and yet Romanists now venture TO deny
it. Oliver Cromwell was living at the
time, and was well acquainted With all the
public proceedings OF the period. About
eight years afterwards no went over 10
Ireland, and in q published document
which still remains, and which is IN
answer TO certain declarations and Acts
framed by the Irish Roman Catholic
bishops and clergy in meeting at Clan.
nacnoise, lie charges them roundly with
the guilt OF the massacre. English.
men, said he, ''had good in
heritanCes, which many OF them
purchased with their money-they and
their ancestors, from you and your an
cestors. They had good leases from Irish
men, for long times to come, great stocks
thereupon, houses and plantations erected
at their own cost and charge. They lived
peaceably and honestly amongst you. You
had generally equal benefit Of the protec-
ton OF England with them, and equal jus.
tice from the laws-saving what was nee
essary for the State 10 put upon some few
people, apt to rebel upon the instigation
Of such as you. You broke this union.
You unprovoked, put the English to the
most unheard OF and most barbarous mas
sacre, without respect to age or sex, that
ever the sun beheld, and at time when
Ireland was in perfect peace"
Oliver Cromwell addressed these words
TO Romish bishops and priests only eight
years after the preparation OF these deeds
OF blood. These bishops and priests had
not then the hardihood to deny the massa'
Gre, for the facts were too notorious. Oil
yer considered himself as the eXecutioner
OF the Lords vengeance against the guilty
and the retribution was no less sanguinary
than the crime It avenged.
The leaders OF this massacre were either
slain or banished, and their estates for
feited to the crown OF England. These
estates were afterwards bestowed to Eng
lishmen as rewards for civil and military
services. Then the Protestant plantation O.
Ulster commenced, and loyal population
in the north OF Ireland supplanted one
that had'been most turbulent.
Mr., Parnell regards the laws governing
the landlord and tenant in Ireland as
most oppressive to the latter class. Blu
what have we to do with that? We dom
make laws for Ireland. That is question
for the people OF Ireland to settle; it Il
not our business. But what are those op
pressiye laws spoken Of? High rents
Rents are not regulated by law, and d.
4 not result from any statute. II the rent
OF farms are too high in Ireland, the ten
ants who agree to pay such rents are a
much responsible for their exorbitance a
1.-The landlords who receive them. II tn
tenants would refuse TO pay the landlord
price, the latter would DO compelled 4
lower his terms. Thus the remedy is Il
the hands OF the tenants themselves, it !
very simple and very peaceable. There |
no law 10 compel tenant TO agree TO
rent with which he is dissatisfied.
After all, the laws governing landlor'
and tenant in Ireland are more iavorabl
to the latter class than in any State in thi
Union. In Ireland, II atenant yoluntaril
leaves his farm, or is eviCted therelrou
The landlord is compelled by law to pa
The retiring tenant the full value Of all tn
improvements, buildings, drains, fence
roads and manure expended by the tel
ant during his occupancy. is there an
/, such law in the United States? N
tenant can be evicted in ireland exceI
by due process OF law, and then onl
y alter year or six months notice. 1t Is
: general rule or custom in that countr
3 that, so long rs a tenant at will compile
with the conditions OF his tenancy, u
= peaceable possession Of his farm, by hin
q self and his heirs, will never be disturbe
! by the landlord. In Ulster, tenants at wi
arc permitted to transfer theft tenancy
|, others; and the premiums given for sue
transfer are frequently very high: TIL
: premium is simply the price for the tel
\, = ants good ,rill in Ireland it is called Il
: Tenant Right. During the last flveye
+ the tenant right sales OF farms in the mort
!. Of Ireland have been at prices sufficiel
y 10 purchase in fee simple some Of Il
IT choicest farms, Of the same extent, in th
county or in the adjoining counties
Brooke, Washington or Belmont.
: The general cry Of these Home Ruler
Fenians and MalContepts Is, Down wi
=, the landlords" Nothing will satisfy the
i. but to take the lands Of Ireland from Il
70 nTesent owners and distribute the
Of FS..,. 4I,n naonla This Ia cnmn,unia,