The New Orleans daily Democrat., 1880-03-01

Will you kindly give me space In your journal
to appeal for relief for my people. the most des-
titute Of any In the West. and whose distress
has hitherto been almost unknown to the pub
N.Y. That until a t.
to the charitable at home or abroad. lest ra my
assist In exhibiting the Irish nation mendi-
cant sitting or the wayside Of nations. exhibit
Ing her M sores to the Sord With bsggars pet
and their cries for aid so we'll founded that del.
would be guilty Of crime were / any longer yer to
remain silent. II by breaking silence can pro-
The oondition Of my parish is. briefly stated
thus: There are In 1t 400 families living on
small farms, measuring each from one rood to
~ y they gu
produce OF their holdings, chiefly potatoes. and
b. the earnings N % q .hs male portion Of them In
failed them last year. Their lands barely
the most favorable Instances. and the English
and scotch labor market was last year generally
q failure. Not one OF those 4O0 families has 4
COW or q calf. How oan they liver They have
no 81 Who% my saGe
have been kind and indulgent, cannot any
Longer ass, affGTd I'd credit taeif own calls are 90
my ismishlns peoDle9 Headers q your 70 uoHS paper
ought to an,wer.
Oertalnl9 emigration ls required Tor these
suggest. is an emigration not to Zuluiand or
any other foreign land. but to Meath and Ros-
grazing farms. from which the people were
evicteu. owing to the combined greed OF Rra-
remembered distinctly. aided the landlords
With its whole power to eviet wholesale. It
evioted tenants the land. from WHICH h they y had 1
been evlcted. and failing this. to divide and
thrifty farmers and laborers OF Sligo. Mayo and
But outside the numbers Of small farmers I
have mentioned the present distress is felt. and
perhaps more than amongst those whose cries
for aid are loudest. Some short time ago was
to man named aaIoey. residing in the town.
land Of M AuShriee. H. held Term s1 of'land. gov:
hltant rent IL very exceptional circumstances.
Hs was struck e down ey psraygis g soMe Gig ht
He was san and Is perfect CRIPPLE. ri He had lad then
family. the eldest Of whom was only 10 or Il
years OF age. Ills wife struggled on and paid
he snd or ths s ss se
family. saw aatlaeS's land. and some
tss s,, s, Sysa$ess: @ ma may o1saia. %sasiea that
three rivers and six lakes. the overaowine s s of
which last year rendered unat Tor food the pro:
duce OF some thousands Of acres Of land. and
Mhen No
ney. Mrs, Geflnez showed me document she
had rscssed % on 9n1 a Eye
one COW and es but he pays sos the sa rent s1a q
bis family and cannot bold his land his land. and
lord is g, poor man for his position. and sup.
pose will exact bis pound Of flesh. as In the
Last week ]. gave relief. chiefly out Of the
money supplied me by my patriotic and elo-
% 80 families o
. promise. the representative Of over 200 fami.
Of these sent away without food struck me
could 1do? What can Do IL s6e near future s
Land League and the Mansion House Fund. is
meter 90 dcqlt and complicated as to be
Hitherto the funds coming to Ireland have for
the most part gone astray. They have gone to
none Of those funds have as yet reached the
Achonry. Kilalla. Galway and Elphin. The best
diocese through lie bishop. or better still for
each ,aos, parish ,s through its parish priest and
ssa hs
the matter. has objected to two principles al
most universally acted on By the Duchess OF
MarlbOrOueh's relief committee. and In less
degree by the Mansion House Committee.
!. Wherever the cry Of distress was loud
est there. without inquiry 1t was assumed
distress was most Urgent and consequently
parishes In my Immediate vicinity received
large amount of aid. when little was forthoOm-
Ing to other parishes where aid was much more
needed.
2. Wherever committee was composed OF
resident influential landlords money was sent
In large sums. whereas In districts wnere no
such names were on the committees small
sums were only sent. Now, to ordinary minds,
It would appear that where there are large resi-
dent landowners the people must no be so
badly OF. and where the landlords are alb.
sentees the people must be the poorer thereby.
But this obvious principle never seems to have
for some guarantee for the expenditure Of the
money sent BY Them. but surely the presence Of
cerxymen and others Of different relistous1
persuasions on committee ls suncient
pledge Of honesty. and humble people have as
much honesty and honor. and as much brains.
also. as persons OF the higher class.
trust my humble appeal to the Ameri-
can people will not be In vain. and that the
Irish. Americans especially will send ne sub
| stanttal aid for my starving people. Tue gov
ern ment has proved itself not Incompetent but
unwilling to deal with the present crisis, and
| has furnished the strongest argument In favor
OF Home Rule since the famine years. First. 1t
ignored the existence OF distress and the
danger OF an impending famine With the fullest