Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-09-21

LONDON, Eng, September 6, 1881.
With the past week closed one Of thes
most difficult and exacting sessions mem
|hers of parliament have ever had to en-
counter. The land bill is an accomplishment
fact, and it now only remains to be seen
how the Irish tenantry will acc .pt it. I
Twill they see the advantage it undoubted
lily gives them over all other tenant farmers
lof the empire, or will they still keep upE
old cry of " Injustice to Irelandp' Surely
there must be some even amongst theS
5most inveterate foes of the "Saxon whos
Twill admit that English Legislators have
stretched a pont-aye, a good many points
in their favor; and have studied most
earnestly how to smooth away the diff |
3cuties existing between landlord and
tenant. The proof that Irish tenants will
be placed henceforth upon easier terms!
Ethan elsewhere is shown in the fact thatE
agitation is already commencing in En-I
/ gland on the subject of the land. OurI
email farmers, struggling with bad har-
vests, foreign competition, and high rents,
5are threatening to league together to obtain
better terms from their landlords than of
sold, and there is every prospect of their
ultimate success.
Though the European power enjoy AMI
external peace their internal aft tirs are
generally disturbed. The decline in trade
! and in the land industry in England al
READY sends voters to the polls favoring al
2change of government The conservatives
aof late have been carrying things much as
] they pleased in the elections that have
happened. To call this conservative
reaction would be premature, but certain
aly the liberals have lost several seats
(which the people, unless disturbed at the
future and disheartened with the present |
would have given them. France is also
arestless and preparing for a much longer
campaign in Africa than men at first
contemplated. Russia continues its changes
list press is out again in strength. As the
9electons approach the strong sectionalism
I that Bsmark most fears in the German
empire breaks out with renewed bitterness :.
I 1t is plain enough that over all Europe,
] however popular the monarchs may be,
the masses are disseminated with their lot :.
The law of libel will, happily, be soon
gplaced upon better footing as regards
newspaper criticism in this country. One
I difficult point-that of accurate " critic
Sism-has been settled by Lord Denman :.
1 who proposed to use instead the words
Il" substantially true" which is far better.
Z The plan of the bill is good. That is, i'll
Fprovides that when substantially cor.
! rect " report of any public meeting, per-
5formance, or, in fact, any public event orI
thing coming within the scope of criticism
2appears, the proprietor of such Journal
: shall not be open to an action for libel. InE
sother words, if the simple truth be spoken
about any public event of any kind news
I paper proprietors or writer's shall be held
ito be doing n public duty in the interests
sof their readers and the public generally.
4 but, according to the new law they are
sbound, in case of error or mis- statement
Ito publish the complaints of the parties
Iaggrieved. This is right and fair, and is,
lin fact, what is done at present by ALI
respectable proprietors and editors. The
new law will be Il benefit to all honest
Iand straightforward persons, and will bel
Il. gain to the cause of morality; for how