The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1880-01-12
THE IRISH QUESTION

TIES the Editor ~ the Democrat:
Thu III MnrRAr has NJ to this time. treated
Rho .iyiah ~ oblamH at leaet fairly and with evil
dent degire 10 favor that solution most favor
ahle ~ tho I'll h penple. 1 am therefore
greatly pnrpriaei and disappointed ut the arti
tis In sundays DEMOCRAT on THE snhieWs IN
vhleh tho methods and plans OF the IFish Lhhd
N,aaaue, 1T which Mr.. q y. rarnoll Ia chairman
and leader are upinstly eritloi7 q. ,,,.
he CRIT p Me- bhe sp'my AMI u ,he com
ditiun Of afl ,trs In ireland Il not Intended bx
hiut III portray the present cpnlitlnh Only ut
that Tan ridden and rack tented country, hnl
mow Nv Nv eauaaa heynnt their nnnrol-nnme-
~ q partial iatlute the iaHi crop. especial
oftha ii tat q crop and American "pmppttiipn
In the brhieh markets greatly reducing the
prteaa az produce ut on which the Irish tenant
sarmer depands for the payment 81 hs rent.
Ii ia an unpardouah'e mistake TO aaeume that
Ireland ~ over nbpnln'ea. or ever hAa been: ~
that II doeR not actually produce food enough
for. Ito. population. During 'he famine Years
IRELAND produced mnre than IN Ice food ennn1h
Cor ita own pei tie, amounting to about 10 600.
600. nearly double the present. nonula't w ani
about three timea Tho value Of cur antii cotton
Nrnp not dollar Of which ever comes
hack 70 the country IN amy shane what
ever hnt In consumed abroad by an nh
eaptee government aud lie garrison, the
Jfish tAndlnr,ia During ~ certain week
asst month the eSror'a % i've ssonk nlnna
v
people With three tnena dav during that
week and theae rxperia were unuaunlly smeli
sven then. owing 70 the low prin. 2 ohtainsh,a
iando rhH. and they number onty ahnut i've
Thousand . vet these ilee thousand. living moat.
lY abroad require 81 most the ntire proceeda
Ut tha lAhnru f ak hundred thousand tenant
farmera and thy inaist upen ha, Ing Y. toe,
though theae teuan farmers should die OF
hanSaF. 1t In very naay matter to create A
famine upder these circumstances. aud. In.
aeeA, as Nlr, paruell Gays the country ie IL q
, state nf phr ME famine.
Ena Iiiah landlord inaiatE npon having n
rani that averasna three times the government
visitation for taxing purposes. aud q rent that
sahea amnpt everything ~ prosperous yaara.
potato crop. aud what there waa to export
brought NJ uaual ~ low rricea IN e.onTeyanne ef
American competition. SO The Irieh farmer
who now pave hia rent. or even "onsidaraha
part Of Il haa 20 hose between dying Of hun.
.sTpr IN hla hoye or the work houae. or een. with
hsa wrntnhed family. begging hia bread from
Shnae who are Int little better Cif than hiuself
The lreh Land Leagua. Of which Mr.. Tarnell
ae preetdept end authorized Representative IN
shin cuaintry hHR resolved that the inhanf term
aga nha all u ba reduced to this hopeless alter
native. and II IL proceeding tn oruan1, the peo-
plc of Irelnnt Ia order te secure the following
i. A reduction of rent e. tho government val.
Mnaon.
4. A radical change az the lriah land ayatcm
and ~ substitution therefor Of n peasant pro-
artstery 10 rapidly % poesiele.
The lriah Lind League propaHea ta bring
this question into the coming general election.
IA now rrgani ing the people for THE purpose
and NE, Parneli is here mainly 70 obtain aid IN
thts diter Ion,
Meanwhile, to avart the impending famine IA
far az 20. aihle tho Land League adviaes the
trish peRa ,nts tn nay no rrntn for land Ia eS-
oees Of what ia fair aud reasonable. and to nay
M rpnta at all where there "a not enouEh vt
wt@re than enough on hand ~ provide food MI
the maturity ot the next crop.
The Land League IA aleo tRk Ing afaps 10 pro
vide fer thoaa who are already suffering the
pangs ot huhEar and cold. AMI have DISPATCHED
traety men to the dntrieta whore tha diatres,
Mr.. narnpl nhnnuncas hia Willingness 10 IT,
seiva ppeelal donations for. thia, purpose from
thnsg Whn chonsn H. give. but he doea not SO.
Holt thi la aid. but insists that the government.
that hy Ia maladminisratien produced this dis.
trees, shall ut onGa nraeaad e. ~ rnliat anh
truly aseerta To- he government only eau deal
adequately with auch conditions.
AMI although nj fret tho government took no
notice 81 what III termed the ravtnss' ct the
Land LeaanerR. 80 ell Aent. has that body
proved. even In its infau~y, that the govern.
rnent hea already appropriated st.?ha 600, and
tho dispatches Inform us the sum will he made
cen titnas IA great In n short time.
In thia connection narmit me 10 refer ta tho
dispatch OF Duhlins I ,rd Mayor 70 the Mayor
and TO t4matiz ~ Il IA II deserves IA q vert at
sanpt undae the gnse Of charity to defeat the
Irish Land Laagua 10 tts eilartR to uermnnently
destroy the cause ot tn. "a periodical famtnes.
thrust our worthy Mayor will carefully In
veatigate thiA eerioua matter before he calls
apan any ono for n dollar II Ia we'll known
among lrIshmen who are even reasonably we'll
Informed about thase atrHtra that II ia the
Avowad purpose If he official class In Ireland
to refuse any atd TO suffering lrishmen who
show the leo tDollua'inn tu reaiat the claims
of th q iandl ,rd The Countess of Ma borough
openly announced this purpose IL her circu
4 Rrs, and MIR rne In his Madison Square
speech declared that every dollar to that class
was 40 much mora In the landlords pocket,
No man should send u cent to ireland tor
sharitaae purpns except to tho Irish Land
League the only body of mon that represents
aha rfish people and we should be especially
sareful that no Iriah landlord. lay or clerical,
should receive dollar If our money 80 spend
lpon thair f.i htul henchmen, -
Respectfully AN FRESHMAN.