New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-12-21
THE IRISH AGITATION.
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and women prevented them. Thal there were
some deaths owing to the e,vln nsE visited
the Western part. almost acre by acre, ana ueNc
dreamed OF such squa0r. such inexpleaDe misery 4
nave been IN hundreds Of families where their ltte all
consisted OF Indian meal which You bad sent lhey hau
sold The COW the mig had been 10 Market aud the
eofhrs mad been pawned both of he body and bed
Men. aud children st Cd almost naked IN despair
and apparently face 10 lace Win DEATH
FEEDING THE CHILDREN.
There we're two Glasses thar excitedm pity to large
degree To one class re could afford little relief. Out
OF 900 of people certain proportion must be SICK
and many Of them, In their creumstdnces must Almost
surely die To he sick synonymous with death
We could them meals, but their delicate systems
rejected oOd they wasted aud wasted away
until ut shutdown life went out. was also STIRRED
by tie aspect OF the children. / can see a strong
man in a hungry condition and not be moved
greatly; but when / saw little children totter-
ing from weakness and hunger, my eyes filled with
down dead fault because they had tasted nothing
for twentv-four hours went back TO Dublin ana sa,a
II else, in Gods name let us save
the children" Applause could PICK out among ns
a thrOng, by their wan faces and uWaTI.eu
stature. those who were children IN the famine OF icfS
The comm ttee responded with heartlness, aud 40
friend Archbishop dcCaDe. Roman Catholic, but over
above MS Catholicism, CHRISTIAN aud man. APP
II four weeks your committee was giving breakfasts
over 10000 children daily from North to South ana
WHICH told that the bloom had come back 10 Their
cheeks and the light to their eyes Ii Ireland should oe
smitten again by tnat terrible plague twenty or tlfy
years hence. no man could PICK out rom tne nl9n
ana women ~ tnTG1 h VINO were wilaonf food
without medicine Tor their SICK l. Went 20 me
Duchess of MarbJ ough and long talk she PROM
sed TO en- ist The sympathy OF the Ddke Of EdnDurgS
The next day l received from the superintendent
| oi the Relief Squadron request 10 meet MN
at the disposal the steam vessels
comprising the Relief Squadron TO convey the IOOd OF
the Constellation TO different parts OF Western
coast. He seconded efforts In every wav. and
found hun entirely prac zeal man. earnest and en-,
husasc this particular cause, forgetting the Tide OF
NOBILITY and gong down IN the rudest OF cabins even as
sdle, and gentlemen Ireland is the sick child in the
family of nations. she fcied, not with hypOcnon
Gra. nut VIII deep-seaied functional derangrneh,'
10 peculiarly interesting 10 us Americans TO study tue
causes political disorder IN any nation, and especially
where mat nhtoh Is engaged IA strEg,e tne a.oMe
object of which Is larger liberty ana the Interior
lAppmuse.l And yet | am here 10 utter no special
pea Tor Government, and am not here rs the apo-
Ogst OF Great Britain, but as a. American recailns
the salient eaturcs the history OF THIS afflicted c0ul
try and TO draw predictions IRON the f1eis nave
should become business 10 crtcise you VIA reinem
Der the text, Faithful wounds OF friend, and
the kisses OF an enemy are deeeltfnL'
A GLANCE AT The HISTORY OF IRELAND.
The position Of Ireland Is anomaly unparalleled IN
the history sOrG It's social condition has reflected
no credit itself anybody else. II is WELL however
forget certain facts and. fest tnat ia the early
DAYS Of the era, Ireland became Christian be-
fore the saxOns anu when sue adOptefthe new form OF
belief il was a form filed with religious independence
Romanlsm was not the religion of Ireland UNI 115l,
and then Henry H. compelled her into allegiance
TO the Pope at the point OF the
bayonet or the arrow Since then Ire
land been loyal her adopted creed. Before the
ninth G injury the best schools OF learning Europe
IN and AMI the students from me East crossed
the British Channel SIT at the feet of IRISH professor
In the Incpi"nt sages OF the spread Of Christianity
Scotland and Germany received the first religious im-
pres-lOns from irish missionaries Ahese devoted men,
already enthusiastic IL the new cause, carried the
Gospel 10 mOOrs In Scotland and the forests III
Germany. Ehslanu mas a"aY5 idlotcL unue , ' IA
halucnaron that what was GOOD for England must be
good for eind ana that has sadly nter1ered with the
administration Oh Hh'Hs ~ Ihdt pIce. I.sn cs.Hl9
have been conscated che free exercise Of the ma ona
religion has been nerdlced and a. the Drgnnlng o.
the century Catholic could Will property 10 bis own
neir II that Catholic. Catholic could not
enter House OF Peers. His religion was bar 60
al pefermenl ireland mas never yet.Deeh 'uuIousny
conquered. lApplause.l / want you 10 accept these
other side ~ the audience may clap too. Laughter and
applaute.l 4 is weL-knOwn fact thar Ireland has
never been conquered, ana has never been an trgra
part the Empire. scotland co qucred. ana IN
good has yielded aud made the bes OF the stua
Hece an t Iir pf i Ezcf ~ the Tesenf dav has
never accepted the [Applause There been
sers OF ssul revolutions. and to-day there ~
existing between Iusnmrn and EnglsLmeu The same
bitterness of feeling existed IN country be-
tween he Norm aud me South. Ia voice Hear
hearth Equipped with these iacs We are ready 10 APP
preach me robem OF Ireland's present ana future.
Let me remarE. first, thai had not been IN Ireland
many weeks before discovered hai IIsLMeI arc Iol
from choice, but necessity an agricultural peope.
There is kind OF industry IN the western mali OF me
island, and ali kinds Of talent must display
themselves in this direction. Their no manuiactur
great. There, Queenstown, CORR, DuOhn ana Belfast
make ready maIket for the products OF the country
Tor miles around But IN The West there are only CAL
way ana rev insignificant towns IIert 10 no VppoI-
tunty OF diversity Of talent az home.
NO Iaser M nst irmer or eav the country is
one OF ne sreaIest niserle7 or inc p+1s me pun
they not the slightest conception o agricultural
science An Irshman Is loyal to his potato. and you
cannot by persuasion bribery change ms allegiance
Laughter He believes III the potato gooq OF DAT
iReDewed laugnterl Wheat-helds are few. Cornfelds
are seldom 10 be met with. But potatOpatche5 are
seen everywhere. l. ughter.l
The IRISH have no agricultural implements. and all
modern improvements TINS direction unknown %
them Indeed there il saying Lat iliuck follows the
ilsnman never follows it. Furthermore, he ma, IN
terest IN the land he cultvates What an anomaly IL
no interest in its soil Further the irish agncul
turist has tile financial condition Of his
country nor IN It's Government lie ~ US Much
serf as the peasants OF The ieudal ages.
From year TO year he finds himself on the edge u a
double famine. II the potato crop ials ne must silYe,
and in August he knows That he hae nothing
forward To for the winter The ghost OF saIvA
non Expresses every night and he stands constant
fear OF the morrow. There is consequently not nunent
III life when he is not ripe for revolution He has
everything 10 gain by II and he has nothing TO lose
lLaugnter Icannot conceive OF your Laughing at tns
thought Ii is the saddest my mind can conceive Of.
DIR Ormis,On- True, but 1t Is 50 Quantity put Re
Dewed laughterl
An AGGRAvATIoN OF MISERY.
Then TO continue. Ireland suffers from absenteism.
We In America know very little about this feature. but
L Ireland the cities and villages are drained Of their
men-tha Is Of their rich and OF their Of aDi!
IT, and a immunity devoid OF both It's brains ald ia
money-must be in very sad condition i'll
deed The large estates are administered by
agents and by what have seen OF
agents. can say they not angels Hear, hear
No. If the large land proprietor remained At home his
income would be spent produced. Ii Is one
of the principal aws OF sound political economy that
where money Is made IL should be spent II he re-
manned at home he would establish sort of petty court
the would give tone to the whole neighborhood;
his estate would kept up, and IT would give employ
meut hundreds and thousands. The money his ten
o him would 10 them for their labor.
But IL &c lives Paris he spends money there and
tries 10 get money out OF his tenants posi-
BILE; ana failing to get money. lie serves them
with processes OF election. This one OF The
reasons freshman hates the landlords. Hisses.I
Please don't mss tell you the facts [
them still am is inevitable under the present