, 1881-12-22

An Open Letter In Reply to 11lshor
, a1cQMAld AtsAck npun tho Land

/, t1cQMAld'a Atsack upon tho Land
. Len tIto.
CHICAGO. Dco. 2l.-Tho Rs,-gtp. Or. lfcQuatd,
Htsi,Up nf lsoclestcr. ". Y.-Nr.-KEv. Sir; I
read III tuday's TRIBUNE a sermon Or political
address WHICH you delivered In St. Panl's Eathe-
drat Rochester, N. r., Id which yon lay down
cortntn general principles That arp trua In thon1-
Aelycs. but you snIugta With than other prnposi.
tiuus which arr untenablc. Yo,t orrnnHously ap.
ply those princinlus to Justify you In condemn.
Ing LAud Leaguc. both In Ireland and Amertca,
on tbs ground that /: ia a eeorat s0otety. when 10
reality tho Irish National Land League the world
ovor Ia MI opon society. us Is tho Irish question
III open question. You should remember that
the Lutli- Leag1le organization, which bus already
accomplished 80 much goud fur tho irish people,
did not originate With Tho bishops lad prlesta Of
ireland, and 1t was not necessary that 1t shuuld.
,NuI&hcr thn origin NOR direction ot poltio-
.ul power directly cmanutes from ccesIas-
:ttcAi authority. Tho Land League movement
WINS the spontaneous. uprta.ng Of M oppresscd.
plundarcd. and Impoverished peopa against q
foroIgu landlord Bystem which tho enlightened
opinion Of tnunkft1d condemns As tho most rapa-
cious most cruel, nnd mcrclless ever devised TO
rob, dcNraac, and destroy people. You mRy
nrrogntc to Yourself the power 10 condcmn the
Land League: you may donounce those, whssher
priests or laymeu, who Raro their means, thelr
labor, and their talents to remedy tho evils Of
foreign iandlordlsm In ireland, bur tho will md
tie Judgment ut the Irish raco and tho wishes
OF mRnkind nre nRAlnst you, and approve Of tho
Laud League, Its methods. and the men who I'D
vocato It's principals. II you studied tho his
tory Of ireland aud took note Of tho terrible
struggle which lasted frout tho Invasion OF
Strongbow 10 the close Vt tho Williamite war,
cuvcring a,period of 200 years, you would know
and understand how tho Irish people, after ho-
rolu resistance aRatnaE pyerPowering force.
IT.
Cot6 a by tho Divino o. nd nd 'natursi lsw. DO YOU
| mean 20 say that people WIN were deprived 1f
ae2 @ ; X ssos ss u % P" Give
uonaI msans In thois poser, II yna say 80.
/ principles upon which humnn suolety Ia founded.
1 You ought to kno" Tint Ia every community
ne aes M and aa sboa oas noa M ~
Ut pcaco ~ long as the in1ustics exists. unless
'tho colnInunlty = doad TO svcry hotiso OF moral
vitality superior to their ,nisfortunes which
renters tham sensitive 10 thetr condition. and ip
ct 9n5 vay e. hsy M saes hs M
tho foreigner aAd tho stranger. The greatest
insult yoa Gsn offer the at'm6lsst IrishE.a., y to
nnw sud forever submit 10 tne moral and pollt-
tca! Degradation ot English rule tn ireland:
ats raco y% Ssaos
deKenofate rs to lose tho t1orat co!lrago and
polittcat Integrity which proceed frun their
perusod one Of muro Of your lectures, and ho
iroey Admits thu! yol know % HE, he aft Or reason
philosupn;tal hiil practpIes. Nuw hs inys this down
IS . principle: that ihe Irish zsSe arc d,sttae5,
toms, manners. snd traditions. md apvn
1 i s% 'ssr ~f's
have tho iuhlIeuahe right, II accprtaDco with
tho ,lntnre ct things, to goystnMent ena 90! M.