Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1881-06-06

lu0 VI " MANU-
League and the Priests.
New Yoax. June Ga World London
special says: The government is very
rsticent about affairs In Ireland, and
nothing Trustworthy 10 to Be gathered
from the Irish press on the subject, the
Home Rule papers ~coucedIns, and anti.
Home Rule papers sxsssersting the 40
tual situation. Moreover. the local cor.
respondents Of the central press refrain.
from motives Of prudence. from giving
the details Of the collisions occurring
almost daily in the disturbed districts.
Throughout Munster several correspond
snts in the small towns and villages
have been boycotted. and one was
roughly handled BY . mob at Killsuuck;
but II the evidence Of persons who are
In Q position to obtain fairly accurate
information goes for anything. tbs ooun-
try 10 on the brink Of . civil war. You
will recolleot that when the Land bill
was first submitted, the tenants denied
that Hanging gates" should 30 for.
feited by the landlords; In other words.
that q clause should be inserted In the
bill prohibiting landlords from evioting
for the unpaid rents Of the past eighteen
months. Mr.. Gladstone is prepared to
70 q long way In satisfying the Irish ten
ants, but acts OF this kind would have
been connscation pure and simple, and
he refused to insert 1t. Then. again.
the agricultural laborers were dissatis.
fed. because the bill made no provision
for them, and to make the matter worse.
many farmers. fearing that the bill will
be amended in committee 80 o. TO compel
them to provide in some way for the
laborsrs on their farms, ct once began
to evict the lsborers from thar bog
patches. while the landlords set TO work
to eviot the non-paying tenants.
The situation ct ono began to be very
serious. Even II the League leaders
had honestly tried to hold the people
back ! do not think they would have
succeeded. A 1t was. they added fuel
to the fame BY urging the tenant to
resist the landlord and the peasant to
resist the tenant. The disturbances are
OF q decidedly mixed character. Al
Psllas, for instance, the tenantry on
Colonel Harris estate are resisting the
process OF eviction at the instance OF
his agent, Sanders. while at Clonme
the psssantry are "~boycottins'' tenants
Who lately stood high in the League for
the election Of lsborers. 1t 10 Q muddls
that dsHss remedial measures, and moth.
ing remains for the government but to
crush the disorder by sheer dint OF bay.
onets.
Gladstone declined to tell the House
what new powers the government in.
tended to assume; bat there 10 reason to
believe that the Jury laws will be tenn
porarily suspended. The suspension OF
trial by Jury 10 an invasion OF Magma
Charts, and Il 10 needless 10 say that tho
Radicals are greatly alarmed 1t this part
OF tbs programme. From the beginning
the more advanced Radicals. headed by
Joseph Cowen. have opposed coercion.
They told their constituents at the gen.
srsl election that under . Liberal regime
Ireland would be governed according to
Irish ideas. and that under the benign
rule OF Gladstone the old Tory instru.
ments Of coercion, arms. proolamations
and 30 forth. would be bundled into the
political lumber.room; but Ireland 10
incomparably worse Oh today than she
ever was under Tory rule within living
memory. The government has assumed
powers more autosratic and u%nconstitu.
tional than any found In the Tory ar.
mory since the beginning OF this cen-
tury. But. after all. matters have come
to such Q pass that the suspension Of the
Jury laws and the establishment Of spe.
cial tribunals for the trial Of prisoners
are absolutely necessary II law and order
are to prevail against anarchy.
Some days ego the Inspector General
Of C~onstabulsry issued . circular 10 the
force Gliding them for not bringing the
perpetrators Of outrages to justice. The
almost unanimous answer OF the County
Inspectors was: "And suppose We do
arrest persons whose guilt We not only
suspect but can establish. what then 2
Juries never convict" At the last As.
sizes q hundred prisoners. against whom
the Crown brought overwhelming proofs.
we're acquitted. the Jurors either symps.
thiziug with the accused or being ter
rorizsd BY threats OF murder and "boy-
cotting" from rendering o true verdict.
In short, q trial BY jury In Ireland at
the present time 10 . farce. No panel
can be struck at any Assizss town. The
exclusion OF Leaguers and the right OF
challenge 10 rapidly exercised BY the
prisoners counsel, for he knows that
non-Lesguers dare not contend In . jury
room for . verdict OF guilty except at
the peril Of their lives the moment the
trial 10 over.
The judges. I understand. are unsni.
mously Of the opinion that special COM
missions, assembling oourt-martial. In
some degree should be substituted for
the Jury system until the intense excite
msnt that now prevails dies out. Il 10
useless for the Crown officers to try
change OF venue. The League 10 every.
where, and conviction can no moro bs
secured under the walls Of Derry than
on the north wall ct Cork. Another
moat disgusting circumstance 10 the
~espoussl OF the League movement BY
many Of the priests In the south and
west. The hierarchy. with the single
exception OF Dr.. Croks Of Cashsl and
priests who received their education on
the continent, are hostile to 1t, but
probably twenty per cent. OF the May.
nooth priests, who sprung from the
ranks Of the ~psasantry, have embraced
the psassnts' cause
The Fortune Bag Penalty - Cana.
dian L0bsters.