The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1880-02-13
Poor Lreland-Rich England.
800, 600 STAINING PEOPLE or IRELAND Al
PEAL FOR HIP.

Mr. Phelps, Il Connecticut, hasin,roduced
q bill into Congress to appropriate $1G9 oOo
for the relief Of Ireland. Whilst the motion
may be commended, the sum is inadequate
to Efford relief for more than tweuty-fOur
hours, while the principle itself IS wong.
The practical source OF relief must come
through private bencvolance Congress-
could protest against the iuiq uitous system
OF land laws which disgrace England, and
the rapacity Of landlords in reducing their
tenants to a condition Of starvation, which
would be more effective than subscribing
500, 600, whiCh sum has been given by a
single American citizen Moral intervention
iS always in order, and it is becoming the
greatest country on the face OF the earth to
lead the way in behalf Of life, liberty and
happiness. The Chicago TrijJJ1s states the
case eloquently in this wise:
The reports are appalling, and they como
from various sources We have reason % dis
eredi: them. There ara fully SJo,01U people IN
that AFT icted island he verge OF starvation.
Snd the number is constantly iBcreas ing, for fam
inc travels fast. The outlook is horrible, foI
these people have been squeezed dry. Unless
help come 70 them promptly they must stsrve.
It is said tha. Of them are living "a enc meal
Of turnips day. ana thousands consuming
their last potai0sy. Prom almost every part or
ireland the ssoniz!ng eTy goes ~ ior 6e!p, and
British landlords look cClGlS on and take steps
to relieve it. while believe that the people Of
tks eouutry VIII he quick to spripg the relief OF
Ireland, Gs they lAye done in times past. they
should not loso sight OF the czEss that has pro-
aurad this h1rrfhf. fest{tutiou II may ne ssIru-
med 70 ia the Ftatsnent hat the British land lords
have sqUeszec the irish tenants dry. aud tAst tho
liter. rather than risk eviction. have given vp
everything they possess TO satisfy the greed Of
their task masters. They have been cJntrbut Ing
10 pay these lsus lords. who hold their titles ly
coDnGcaticu, million and q quarter 0i dollars
worth per week OF cattle. Eogs, sheep, calves,
potatoes, e2gs, butter, linen, ana fax. about ali
that their country viii produce, and nearly all Of
which is food, without which food they arc nov
stary INK and dying. l. takes This large amount,
and even this j. not enough, to pay rent 10 ten
thousand T.nRiish families who hold them the
grip OF q wise. This {. tho DeNIIFish that mas
Erasped them with its powerful arms and is
squeezing out their very lIlchloOd. fiye millions
OF miserable people living In their own country,
upon lands which they their ancestors ever
Voluntarily gave mp. absolutely living by the
suffsrancs Of thousand families or EnsIRud
who have the whole military, police, ana ccnstnb-
ulsry power of that country their back with
which TO collect their rents. and when the cntirs
produce Of tenant is insufficient 10 pay that
they have the assurance TO lean on the people of
the United States Tor the remainder. That is
the pun ishment England has been inhicting on
Ireland tor 200 years for aghtiaS against her not
to declare Ter inde2 2endcncS or separate from the
Unfteo X kiugdom, but simply espOusing the cause
OF one X ing gsnst another. Is u not time for
the English Government to pat end 70 the
scarda l0us spectacle of thousands OF its people
starving 70 death sud, even in the s'est o. times
living in iseTv and squslor and piteously calling
20 their friends In this country every year for
help? II thiE drain Of food from Ircinud pay
eIorbitant rents were stopped. the tenants would
have enough to 1--we and the Irish people Of
thfs country would not have to cOntributs sly0 upo
= week 70 help them pay these rents