The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-10-21

The Land League In OperAtIOu-SO Signs Of
RsaetIou-Ts4t Of Archbishop CrOAsS letter.
lie DeaOuurss the Present Methods Of
the Land Lsague-FOrelgn Notes,
LONDON, October 2O.-Mitchell Henry
Home Ruler and Member OF Parliament
tor County Galway, issued a circular to his
tenants pointing out that il they think they
tan get better terms from the Land court
he has neither the power nor wish to pre-
vent them; but he also points to the unc-
quail lowneSs oi the present rents and
other advantages. He says he is willing to
allow u reduction OF from Is 10 20 per cent
on half years rent due in May last, but
hereafter the old rents would be expected.
lie hopes the rents will be cheerfully paid,
and that the tenants will not, ut the bid
ding OF false friends and teachers, reverse
the relations that hitherto existed, but will
maintain their seli.rcspeCt and character us
honest men.
RENTS PAID.
Two hundred tenants, of large estates Of
Neagh county, Tipperary, paid their rents
to-day, The police tear down mo rent"
notices wherever posted. 1t is stated that Il
proclamation suppressing the Land League
is pending. The Thirty-iirst regiment left
Dover for Ireland to-day II was loudly
chGGred.
THE LEAGUE MANIFESTO.
LONDON, October 20.-Archbishop CrokG,
in u letter protesting against the manifesto
of the Land League, says; | have read the
manifesto with utmost pain indeed, with
absolute dismay. Against the COmmttal OF
the people Of ireland, even under the still
more exciting circumstances, to such doe
trincs ! enter my solemn protest. have
been q. .stGadiaSt and unCOmprOmising sup.
porter Of the public policy Of the League,
believing It constitutional and cal |
cuNtcd to effect great national results, |
but us have always uncQuivOCally stated |
that stand out for fair rents us the safe |
fDothOld of agriculturists on the soil, the |
absolute rcpudiNtiOn Of rent would meet |
with no sympathy from me. There is no
more reason now for abandoning the
original platform Of the League than there |
was when D4vitt was sent to Portland and
Dillon was first imprisoned, Its original
policy was righteous, and tested by oxper,
icncc, the results welded the clergy and |
laymen in one loving brotherhood. | be.
lcve the new policy can lead to nothing
but disintcgratOn and defcNt.
II is now stated that the business Of the
League will he transferred to BOuIogne
France, when it is no longer possible to
conduct it in Dublin
THE LAND COURT.
DUBLIN, October 2O.-Thc Land Court
opened to-day with crowded attendance
Lord Justice O'llagan said the Court had
decided on extremely simple rules Of pro.
Ccdurc, free from all tcChniCalties. The
fec for entering the court would be only
II shilling, so nobody could have an excuse
for not having the advantage OF the land
net. There would be similar fec on Civ.
ing notice OF an appeal, Many tenants had
already applied to have their rents fixed,
expiration Of ten days. For the present
commissioners would do their best to make
the act II success The Judges statement
was received with applause.
William Doris, who has been in Chargc
of the Land League Office since the arrest
OF Sexton, was arrested this morning and
conveyed to Dunkalk.
DrmIN, October 20.-Thc pcOpOle who
Of violence on the part Of the
police, on Monday lust are now calling for
Il moro efficient police protection.
Edward +. LittOn and Lord Vernon sit
with Justice q Ollagnn, in the Land Court,
which opens to-day. 1t is stated that
majority Of the litigants belong to the
northern counties.
The Ereaing Mail asks Parncll il he in.
timatcd to tenNntry Of Wicklow county
that they should not pay rents.
The Board OF Guardians Of the North
Dublin Union expressed sympathy with
ParnCll
A meeting ten thousand Land IeNguers
ut CNlly Shannon, County Donegal, ,;yeSter.
day, denounced the government.
LAND LEAGUE PROCLAIMED ILLEGAL.
LONDON, Oct: .::gO;-A dispatch from Dub.
lin says: The Land League has been pro-
claimed mn illegal and criminal organza.
ton. All itsmcetings will be dispesrcd Of
by force.
A DEAru.nIow TO TIE LEAGUE.
NEw IoRE, October 2O.-The text OF the
letter Of the Archbishop Of Cashel upon the
manifesto Of the Land League is thus
Cabled from London:
TnuRLES, October lO.--l have Just read,
with the utmost pain, and, indeed, with
absolute dismay, the manifesto issued by
the leading patriots incarceratGd IN Xii.
mNinlOm Jail, and publicly proclaimed to
the country from the Land League rooms,
SackvllC street, against the COmmittal Of
people OF this country, even under still
more exciting and critical circumstances
than the present, to the doctrine Of nom
payment Of rent ! must and do hereby
enter my solemn protest, At no time All
enrolled member Of the League, | have
been IL steadilst and unCompro-
missing supporter Of its public poll.
Cy, rs u whole, believing the
same to be thoroughly legal, COnstitu.
tionnl and calculated TO lead to great mn.
tOnal results, am precisely Of the same
opinion still, but ! have invariably and
ly stated that stood out for
fair rents and nothing more, for the safe
foot hold OF agricultural claims upon Irish
soil; that they should be whOlesomcly fed,
fairly clothed and suitably lodged, and
that the absolute reputation of rent,
should il ever find public expression in
Ireland, would meet with no sympathy
from me. Such are my views. | regret
that have been obliged to say so muOh. |
hold to the original platform Of the Irish
Land League. There is no more reason
for abandoning It now than there was when
Dillon, with his two hundred companions,
were committed to Kilmalnham Jail. II
was sufficiently elastic in policy. It was n
righteous policy, Tested by experience and
results II was Il successful policy, and II
welded the bishops, priests and laynen
into one living brotherhood Of National
work. 1t pains inc then sorely to think
that any attempt should now be made TO
displaCe old lines, especially by the very
men by whom they were 30 judiciously
laid down. Anyhow, thoroughly be-
licve in the policy Of the past in all It's
substantial branches, and | quite as