The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1880-02-06
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RICHMOND, VA, Febrl

OF ours the Great Supreme bedecked 1t with
many beautiful island, but with none more
beautiful than the island OF Tierne. land
most fair and fertile, and where all the out
lines Of creation seemed formed for power
and happiness. But alas for many long
century a deep and blighting gloom has
covered that land, and now 1t is in an agony
again. for the hand Of the tOrturer Is upon
il. and against that tOrturer the lawful OWL
ers Of the SOIL driven TO despair, are rising
i'm revolution, OF which | say, with my
whole beart, God-speed it.
a famine blasphemOusly called the work
of the providence OF God instead OF being
called by its right name-thc work OF the
hcllish providence OF the British Govern
ment and Irish landlords-in 1Si7 be-
strewed the island with corpseS and filled
| the emiglant ships with thousands flying
| from tyranny and death. Then 1t was that
Mitchell and his cOpatriotS endeavored to
arouse those who remained to action and TO
fght for their liberties. their lives. and the
possession OF tie land which gave them
! birth: and | cannot more effectively ue-
scribe what then occurred, and is now oc-
curing. than by quoting the following
words OF Robert Holmes "a light sh0ne
across that gloom. Bright and glorious was
that light, but short and transient, serving
but to show the darkness which had gone
| before. Yes, light Oyershonc across that
gloom. That light was eXtinguished by the
| ioule,t means that ever fraud or injustice
practccd; and it seems that every attempt
! TO rekindle that light Is TO be crushed rs Sc
dition. and the sentence of dependence and
degradation pronounced against Ireland Is
to be confirmed and made perpetual"
| 'Twere long to tell and sad to trace The
| theories through which Ireland has passed
! in her efforts to be free. 1t is ga historical
exaggeration" TO believe that the creed OF
the Irish was at the root Of all their rebellions,
| for, TO use the words Of an eminent author,
:" The struggle between The two races had
ragged for centuries, when their religion was
! the same. 1t was question Of nationality,
and of race, and afterwards OF the posses
sion Of land much more than OF creed. The
reformation came, and il undoubtedly fur-
nShed some new preeXts, aggfayations,
and alliances; but it did not produce-for
some wears it hardly influenced-the quar-
rel. With Elizabeth, however, matters be-
| gan TO change. She resolved to thrust upon
| the people the new faith, and it was inevl-
table that the religious feeling OF the coun-
try should be driven into re6elllon," ana,
as Mr.. Froude (who is bitter enemy OF the
Irish) SAYS, 1.-The Irish were not to lie
! DlalneU ii IHtN iDDhtu 10 tue j Oiit, w rl''''s
TO France, TO any friend in earth or heaven,
10 deliver them from a power which dis
charged no single duty that rulers owe 10
subjects"
'Twere long to tell and sad TO trace the
terrible ,uticringS endured by the Irish I'M
der the Penal C0de-a code which Burke
described as "well digested and well dis
posed in all its parts-a machine OF wise
and elaborate cOntrVance, and as well htted
for the oppression, impoverishmeDt, and
! DEGRADATION Of a people, and the deOase-
ment in them OF human nature itself, as
ever proceeded from the perverted inge-
nuity Of man."
,Twere long to tell and sad TO trace the
masSacres the burnngs, and confscatonS,
and the efforts made to eXtelminate the
people. Speaking Of their suflerin8s from
starvation at one period, an eloquent writer
saws: Year after year the harvesis were
deliberately burned--eyerythin that could
furnish sustenance for man was destroyed"
"The Irish" said Spe0Ser. " looked like
anaiomes Of death, and spoke Ike ghosts
| CRYING out of the grave; they iiocked to
! DlOt of water-creSses a. to feast, ana ate
dead carrioD, happy when they could lind
it.O But no language that can command
is ADEQUATE TO describe the sufprings OF the
Irish, and the space at your command
would be insufficient for full narrative
thereof.
In 1S4S. as | have said, Mitchell and his
conatriots endeayored to arouse the people
TO action, but they had two forces arrayed
against tbem-to wit. the British Govern
ment and the doctrine OF moral force, as
preached By O'Connell; for they were de-
Inounced and even assaulted by some OF tue
very men whose condition they stroye 10
ameliorate, but they were true men OF Gods
creation. and their subsequent late proved
it. And here let me give one instance oil
MUchcPs sincerity and devotion. a few
days before he was put on trial three young
men visited him in his prison and told him
they had come TO Dublin to assist in his res
enc. which they understood was c0ntem-
Mated. Mitchell was deeply moved, and ad-
dressing himself % one Of them, said in sub
stance. IL have moi advised the rescue nor
have endeavored TO dissuade them from ii.
know that il the attempt be made VIII
be the first man shot, and within these
walls, but il it be the beginning OF a reVolu-
ton 90 on"
Lei ireland not despair; fer hour OF re-
demptiOn is coming. Cities die as wei as
men, and empires die as well as cities; ana
the British Empire is on the waDe, lot
power is now waging war upon IT against
| which nef lJOD-cliuS anu HcA Hu"N''"|'""
ouns are Of as little avail as ii they were YES
spls OF sheet-tin armed with pop crackers,
and her roysl horse-guards as poweriess as
II they were 80 many wax dolls; and that
mower is the competition OF American man.
uiactures and American produce. quite re-
Gently the London Times said that thou-
sands OF English farmers were giving up
their holdings. 'Tis not many months since
a member OF the British Cabinet advised
deputation that waited on him to tell ihose
on whose part they consulted nm thas
he knew no relief for them but to emlgrate.
w hoso reads the reports made to the STATE
Dfpartment at Washington by The Amerl-
can consus in England must see how Eng
lish industries are declining; and whoso
reads the London Times must have seen 10
comparatively recent issue the fo!iowlne
+ paragraph: "Many farmers are going Gil te
;he colonies, and even 10 the United Staies,
where they hope to invest their capitai II
their own land, and where they would no.
have TO meet quarter-day, whether tbe,
made profit or suffered loss. III ou
farmers 90 our laborers will go, TOO. an'
we have not many OF them-tbat Is, OF IN
good ones"
Issid ut the outset that the struggle be
tween England and Ireland was question
LOT nationality and Of race, aud Afterwards