Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-07-14
WON'T PAY RENT.
Causes Of Irish Disconte nt---Respon-
sibility Of the Land League.
Dub no Cor. LONDON telegraph

Dublin Cor. London Telegraph.
SO long as you allow the "foinest
pisanthry" 10 live on the land without
paying for II, never ask them for rent,
never talk Of evictions-they are as
peacable as the police can almost desire.
They may clip of an ear or two from a
neighbor with whom they have dis
pute, OF may let their native mirthful-
ness have play in the direction of
houghing landlords cattle. They may
even 20 TO the length Of killing land
lord OF squireen, and ii will not disturb
the public peace. But supposing that
n landlord having a heavily mortgaged
estate, upon which not only he and his
family, but his sisters and cousins
and his aunts" must all live too, and
the income from which, at the best Of
times, never quite suillced for his wants,
ventures 10 talk of making the tenants
pay. and goes 10 the length of threaten
ing TO evict those who could pay but
will not do so, then the government
may count on having to deal with an
uproar. II may occur in any village
ut any time; for unless the government
be prepared 10 say, ave will not assist
the landowner in obtaining his lawful
rights in lawful way" il must sup
port the server of processes with po-
licemen, protect those policemen with
s0ldiery. and prepare for a fight which
Is fully sure to come of. This is the
state Of affairs i'm n nutshell. The
land league has encouraged the non
payment of rent. The tenants have
jumped mt the idea, and have resolved
TO pay none. Many Of them could pay
with ease IL Trey would. ard TIE land.
lord knowing this, decide To evict them
III they do not pay A riot is the con-
sequence, there is u fight, some people
are injured, and wild exaggeration does
the rest.
You hear of lawful massacres," of
the soldiers charging the mob, of "many
wounded" aud great excitement" and
the natural inference is that the cOun-
try Is In n state Of rebellion. 10 is no
such thing. The people are in n bad
state Of mind. thanks 10 the agitatOrs
who have gone amongst them counsel
ing them 10 pay TO rert, and declaring
that the lind longs TO the people and
shall EcoI be in the hands Of the ten
ants only. and being in this bad state
81 mind they are ready for any folly.
But did 10 appear cUnclusively proved
tothem tomorrow that they would have
TO pay the rent, no matter how much
they resisted. there would he an end Of
all the trouble mt once. Meanwhile,
however. the land league, which
Affects 90 deplOie these "terrible
scenes" only encourages the disturb
ance Take the meeting held i'm Dub.
lin yesterday. After n. violent speech
by Catholic priest, which wound UP
with speech against the government.
should II suppress the land league,
and the announcement that nearly
1l,50O had been received by the league
IN the shape Of subscriptions during
the week, chiefly from America, the
secretary proceeded % read out list
OF cases of evicted persons To be aided
by money grants. Note what form the
recommendations took. The people
who had continued after eviction u
prevent anyone else from taking the
farms they had left, thus causing the
ground 10 lie waste, were announced 10
be particularly deserving of support
and. like those whose names were read
TO the Pickwickian Temperance society
such persons were received with tire
mendOus applause. Thus Michael
O'Brieu. evicted i'm September, 1877
who was stated 10 have carefully
watched his farm and had kept IL still
waste, gained regular ovation and
fl0 reward. his method of "watch
ing" not being inquired into, Of
course; while Nicholas NOOnan. turned
away by Lord Ardilaun in 1879 under
circumstances which any reasonable
man would approve, received 81
for having kept grip on the
land" ever since. These are but two
cases out of many; the list was of 6
piece all the way through, and som,
thirty or forty of these poor farmer:
go. $3.50 or so divided among them
What was done with the rest of The
money do not knOw-possibly thai
goes us reward to whoever "keeps {
grip" on IL. For keeping a grip" OF
anything is great virtue in Ireland
just now. Still, this is all very deplor
able, for the land league might put {
stop to the agitation tomorrow if il 81
pleased. Were II once TO advise thos,
tenants who can pay over the rent Il
the landlords, the evictions would
speedily cease. for the landlords ar,
quite aware that II is not to theil
interest to press unduly the really i'm
pecunious.