Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1880-01-28
Irish Relief.

In conversation with reporter Of the
New York Irt5uoc some time ago, Mr..
Parnell observed that while he asked aid
from the Irish in America for the purpose
Of the Land League, he expected no money I.
from Americans except for the relief Of !
actual physical distress. There can 10 !
longer be any doubt that tho destitutiOn II
Ireland, already appalling, Is increasing At
u terrible rate; as the Dublln Mansion
House Committee state, IN the appeal telo
graphed to the American press, and pub
llshed yesterday. " 1t IS now admitted
that the distress IS OF AN acute and eX-
ceptional character, certain 10 involve
actual starvation ii eXtraneOus aid be not
promptly ana Literally Forthcoming = < =
This distress daily increases in area and in
It's intensity; SO much SO that it seems
almost impossible to arrest, until next
harvest, an absolute taEIine in very many
places.
The London Tablet, which mas treated
the famine reports with so much care
and moderation that the more mpulsive
Irish papers call it "inhuman and anti
Celtic reaches the conclusion that in
more than One.third Of the Poor Law
UnlOns--chieily those OF the South and
est-"exceptlOna distress already eX.
lists, land will probably increase; and that
in these Unions at least 2JO,OOO people
whom the Poor Laws cannot I1lIeye VIII ba
thrown upO" the charity OF the pubic. y
very large proportion OF the sufferers arr
small farmers, c~ttlers, agricultural lahorerS,
etc, etc, occupying holdings OF quarter
of an acre or more, whom the Poor Law
Guardians are forbidden by statute to aid
in any manner, within or out Of the work
house" We must remember how geneI.
ally the lish peasant occupies a. cabin
with a little potato patch around it, II We
would understand the terrible significance
of this restriction.
The American peaple have never been
slow to syinpathize with suffering like tins,
and wa are confident that their contribution
viii be prompt and liberal. They would al.
ready nave transmitted very large sums to
/ Ireland if they had been sure OF the hes,
| channels through which to send IL In.
| fortunately there are many committees,
and there is disagreement among them.
! Mr.. Parpell begs US not to give anything
to the Duchess Of Marlborough's Fund
! because it will be used for political pur
poses, and perhaps to buy prosolytes. The
/ Mansion House Committee discouragcs al
VI SdtllAdtlOll9 CENSS ~ us ONH anu buN L al
nell party believe that charity can be mos
efficiently discussed through the Lane
League. Now, whom Mr.. ParRa,l assured
his auditors at one o. the recent meeting!
that they might feel satisfied that NJ
money gwen to him for the relief Of Irisl
distress would ever reach the pockets o
Irish landlords, he conveyed pretty plair
hint that the Land League would know
how to combine charity with politics a
well as the Duchess Of Marlborough TIN
distraction he promises to observe there
fore between his relief fund and his agita
ton fund is more apparent than real
That this is the view of the case enter
tanned by the people of the CRlted State
is clear from the accounts furnished us 70
publication recently. The Parnell Com
mittee in New York had sent to Dublin u
to that time $3.50 for the Land Leagu,
and only $7G0 for the famine fuad.
The Irish Relief Committee in this city
Of which Chief Justice DAILY is Presiden
and Mr.. II. l.. IIOguet Treasurer, seems I
be the best agency for the remittance {
, contributions intended for the relief {
the destitute without regard to polite;
movements 1t is working in cOnnectio
with the Mansion House Committe of Du
lin, and the Mansion House Committee is
purely unsectaran and non.poitical o
e ganization in which all parties ought
S have confidence. 1t embraces the Lor
q Mayor of Dublin, the Protestant and Cat
= olic Archbishops, the Moderator Of I'll
! Presbyterian General Assembly, Membe
4 OF Parliament, and other persons Of rep
t taton, and it acts through local committe
: on which it expresses desire to assoca
c 1.-The clergymen Of all denominations
T. the district" There can 10 little questc
: that such an organization will have amp
:, opportunities of knowing Why're aid
J most needed, aud Of giving it most in
> partially. The New York Committee h
e already deposited with the Irish Emigral
e Society, for transmission to the Mansic
r House Fund, about $S,000-N y. 1rib,u