Daily Republican., 1880-02-23
ThSIrlsh FamiOe.


dence for stating that the famine Il
= Ireland is increasing, and that the mum
ID ber Of destitute there new reaches 500,
= 900. All who understand the cas-
: thoroughly agree in stating that th'
worst is yet to come in the months o
It May, June aud July. Letters from Dub
:. lin to the Herald" state that there il
e sufficient mSney on hand for present
I uses, but there is fear that sontribu
? tions will slacken and fail at tho time
! when there will be the most need foI
. them. 1t ia advised that the " Her
AIDS" American fund be made as large
as possible and be held as reserve
fund to be used when the famine shall
bo at its height and thus again America
will become the savior OF Ireland. 1t
will be seen from this, aid for Ireland
must net be spasmodic but steady and
sure, flowing into the Treasury every
day for the next FIVE months. The
great thing now is TO bridge over the
present famine without allowing the
causes which led to it to effect our
berevolepce, but when that is done we
think the real causes ought to bs made
known and other famiAes guarded
against. II the fault is in the landlord
aud tenant system Of Ireland the COON
ar that system is abolished ths better.
England cannot afford many more repi-
titions Of suffering amongst her sub
jects without subiecting herself to CEN
sure whether deserved or not, and
the very best thing that the government
can do 10 to make thor
ough investigation and convince
tho world at large if it can that these
recurring famines are not the result Of
oppressive laws which protect the land
owners in idleness and luxury and crush
the tenants into the very dregs Of pow
erty and starvation. America is inter
ested in the Irish question for there ara
now probably nearly as large an Irish |
populst ion in the United States as there |
is 10 the whole of Ireland, and VS. have
no doubt that as spring opens up and
the famine increases there will te a
general emigration to the United States
which will no: cease until the greater
part Of the population is brought over,
but while it Is true that there 10 room
for them here and employment, the
causes which led to such wholesale
starvation and want should be fully
known that onr government may guard
against them.
The most sensible suggestion for the
reliet Of Ireland comes from
M. Foster, himself an Irish gentleman, I
living in the north of Ireland. Hs very S
,nsibly says that all assistance in the i
way of fosd or money can only give tenn i
pofary relief. The troubles may be
llieted ami put out Of sight in this {
way, but they will be sure to rs,appear a
1t no distant day. Although Mr. Fos- t.
er is an lribhman he can see nothing a
Objectionable in the emigration Of his b
country men. Hundreds of thousands b
If them have done 30 in the past, aud ii
lsve won fame and fortune in foreign v
ands where broader field was opened p
o their energies and smbitio1s. "Why a,
hould not the Irish emigrate 7" asks ir
ir. Foster. Cnder any circumstances 81
he "dreen Isle" would soon be over. d.
roWded, ard divisions ard re-diy.eions al
land could net so On forever. En- h;
ides this emigration seems 10 be ono 0 : to
20 very laws Of Irish life. Hs says of
1at it is as natural fer young PERSONS Of
} emig1ate from oyer-crowdod coun. %
les az it Is for bees to swarm, and in ID
10 face of ths eeli-eVident truth. all
1s which lcok TO the prJhivi.iOn Of
iah emigration, look understandable, de
lstataemanlike and cruel. Ra
Mr.. Foster is rot only 1lar Of words sol
II Of of0eeas,fId is as ready 70 acs rs lie CO.
20 advise. He comes iorvala will. cit
cfsr Of $lO 10 svary En&n or woman vi
'.Tesn the age8 Q! eis lteen and thirty be-
'e years, who will y,a,srate to tie Uni. Co
d States o. Capsla, from the counties p1
Cms, Donegal, Kerry or Glare, and tn
is offer d 70 hold good 70. au entire hi!
ar, or uutil tEs gam OF ii: G3zati3D COY
aches $4,000. This would sEJrd re- w
4 to 5000 people, and assist in placing Gil
EN- where famin.1 do 10. oJ.ur pef;- ju,
ically AMI regularly every few year. We
lere will be objections to this echsus wi
Mr. Fester's, but in a humanitarian VII
1T hey become frivolous compared Gre
IA the saving Of hundreds Ct tLou. bu
ads OF people from starva.j.n R bs
I've the question over az We vii. h.
is evident that tina Irish caa- Ia
!. I've in Ireland under existing tE'
~ which crush theIn to the earth. Vel
gland has her hand as Irelsrd's i7b
Fc.: sn1 there it probably will re- ha'
sia with indications tha. it will he fra