, 1881-11-06

nients. to tho value DT E}5GO,tU sterling 49,
o3oouv); have been absorbed BY landlord cupi!ii~
! ": asad III my OWN County Of Donegal, III tha
same time. tho pnor peasants improvements
have besn eon!lseated by landlord Irresponsible
And whit, the asks ruser scrmonica!ly.- For he is
I NJ Protestant clersv1napI-who Is curicitated to
| Suffering. una wnilins thu. III all these years
| ttuns:
| The first effect. therefore, Of this alecision
Is To iGI,t.i=C Acsc cfn iSc.tt{uns, nllu to rec
n@nlxe tiie lalaIiord's right ID taX..:ts rent.
The improvements made by the tenant.
| This Is
! r. y SWEEPING ACT OF coSrlscATr6S-
,.ot It ..s!sccpina reduction" of rental..
But It + also ait a',rogatiot!-;t j1ttliEat re-
would have made the act blessin. to 1ie
| Irish tenant. rhAt cias.sc is known as the
HALEY ciausc from the fact that it WIS intro
duced BY Mr.. Haley. It reads:
amy proceedings under this art II. res1ect u iu~
Jlt,rcmets made hu the tenant or his predecessors
i' ettte, aud for which, i'll the. opininu OF the
curt. the tenant or his predecessors; III ti.le
Shall NOT have been paid or otherwise cun},en-
sltcd by tho landlord Or tis predecessors III title
The proceedings III this ease have twoother
features that only those who have studied
Irish la,iihrdism OIL the scenes Of its crimes
important decision WIS, that botl. parties
shalt pay their own costs, which procedure"
says tile KGiula's correspondent, will
doubtless be followed in all commissioner
The other feature wills. the ANNOUNCEMENT
that tile landlord will appeal to the chief
commission.
The meaning OF these facts is, that the land
lords
CAN DEFEAT THIS LAND nILL.
rs they completely defeated the Land bill Of
lS7O. By the decisions of a partisan judiciary
allI by appeals Which Involve expensive liti-
cation, beyond tile nleans OF all tenants ex.
cepting only the Well-to-do large farmers OF
the east and north Of Ireland, who are as
comfortable as q class us the farmers of Eli
gland, and who also rs class treat their Ia
borers as b:tiiy rs the great landlords Of the
west Of Ireland treat their PEA santry.
Tile landlords can afford tn pay the ex-
penses of litigation, because: most Of them are
rich, ami because their orSanlxations-thei
Land Leagues, the Emergency Committee"
and tile - Property Defense Association =
have not been suppressed, but. ell the con-
landlords assessed themselves to support
these leagues, bur the London Times has
issued an appeal Oh their behalf u the landed
interests Of England 1t is only the poor
could Iave secured justice i'll the Land
Courts to the pcas:ntry b. engaging able
counsel-tllat has been forbidden to come to
their assistance.
reduction by the court OF this mans rental
to thu Government valuation is Il serious
defeat to the ia1ldiords.' it is not a defeat;
II Is Il TRIUMPH;
because, Land act or no l4a,A act, it las be-
conse i'npossiblc to pay the present rents III
any of tile British Islands, The rents ot Ire
land must ls: reduced ut least One-llllf before
there is even all approximation to justice
done to the tenants, Or before they can sue
cessfnllv meet our American competition in
the. English markets.
| have given very faint pictures Of the
poverty Of the peasantry Of Ireland. l have
hesitaled to tell ut all the misery ilaye seen.
BECAUSE uo not think that / would have
briieiesl, Oh .ny human testimony, that such
11lis*ry and such tyranny could exist i'll
land protesting Il, be I. civilized country:
10 one representative OF tue len3llt'S IN.
tarest has been appointed TO a place Oh the
bench. Every commissioner Is a landlord or
q partisan of the landlords. And now, while
III the courts with ample means, 1t IS made
criminal otfense for q representative Or the
Land League to appear i'll their behalf! ! for,
as all enemy Of MI. rarne}i. Mr.. O'Donneli,
should take a single brief for the very poorest
ami lnost miserable tenant i'll all Ireland
would be cast into klinialnham Jall within
twcuty-fQur hours, to contribute to and ell
llance the majestic spectacle OF ministerial
vlgnr.s .....
Afo,iahan, BY the way, is not regarded as a
rack-rented county. At the time Of the trials
OF the trayersers there was not Land
League lit the county, and not Il single case
ot eviction was reported to their counsel.
The case reported By the Herald instead OF
being ''case of typical hardship as us
correspondent asserts, is one Of the least dis
tressf,l1 cases ever heard Ut III Ireland.
Let me give d single illustration or
GREATER HARDSHIP
frou, this same county. My authority is the
Rev. Thomas CuMu,ins, Catholic cnrate Of
Scotstuw1l. The la1tdlt,rd IS liattifitUl1, or
IIornacass;. The tenant Is Pat McCardlc, OF
Tonystackel1, near Scotst0Wn.
The land OF this estate IS wretelledlH' poor.
Prof. Baldwin and DR.. ilepwortll visited it,
and said that it was s. little short of the worst
des1ituton OF the west This estate col!-
priscs the l0Wlands OF Hantitopy and Tony
stacker.
About four years ago (writes Fathcrcumminsl
liz. following transaction took plafc between |
Nr Hamiit,n nnd MS tenants: II
The farms were let as Il whole-that IS, each |
occupier tool. bog and arabic BY the bulk ut SO
the bo:r to himself, nnd let it ut so I'M acre. anu
upwards, to strangers frotn other estates: hho
1,,unttc /; re,lt of Is I'll ncrc fur the spent bO
The people refused 10 pay il. us they consldetea
1t useless an having y" s,ar.ntGs: ri IN ,ns} ;na a
trer refused tt take it. Hut BY process OF nsF
they were compelled to take it, uuc in me strng-
gse 10 keep it, falling to pay tue rent. they were
% 70 be more ore specific writes Father cumruinssl
let ME staff: the case Of one Of the tepanes fat
III the yearly rentn Of IS s.. 1t WIS c0mprsse1
If ur;,i,ie land nnd boz, both of WHICH he uScd
TO bis n,lyuntagc. The landlord said to htM::
"Give rue up seven acres af that boz; or VIII
send you All cjectucnt process ihe tennne
would not give 1t up, md the landlord sent nin
nn ejectment process
The case was brought into court; the iaWyer
made a l,lrre slam defense of his clle1lt-as
has been the case for generations, anu Will
atwavs be the case in Ireland as long as az
the bower of pcrfer'nent is in the hands OF
tie landlord class The result was. that the
court of landlords
JUSTIFIED THE ROBBERY
practiced BY one OF their class and. that the
tenant was deprived Of his seven acres u
bog. .. /
The landlord {writes Father Cummings! maze
4:.5 sterling per nnuulE by the trlnsuct1on- tSut
he was not content with this victory re FdtssG
tic rent " tue tenant {"r hs reduced lGrm. ma
also forbntlc him to 1se live ucres OF DOG tnnt
still remained IL his possession.
These is very mild specimen OF landlord
greed and tyranny in Ireland.
: JAMES -KEDrATn.
SPACE AND SPIRIT.