Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1881-07-29

qulre into the title by which English
landlords hold the land in Ireland?
Have they improved the land? and
do they hold it by virtue of their
work as a miner holds his claims? a
settler Of government lands holds
his? They hold it by the old rob-
ber's title
Fer Why because The good old rule
Suliceth them-the simple plan
That they should take Who have the power.
And they should Keep, WHO cam
That is all there is of it. But
there are innocent purchasers. Ger
tainly, but there are innocent pur-
chasers of q stolen horse. | believe
that they must surrender the horse.
The tools to them who can use
them" said Napoleon; the land to
those who have redeemed it. The
idea Of 4 title from a dead robber
being used now to Cypress and des-
troy people? What have the dead
to do with the living anyway? They
lived, and now have gone Let the
dead hand turn TO dust. | do not
believe III the presence or power Of
the ghost Of Cromwell's soldiers.
lie has quit the earth. He has
nothing now to say about land. |
have heard Of the divine right Of
kings. 1t has gone out. The divine
right Of landlords is going after.
There was some sense in the relation
Of the old barons to the country
they must be ready with 10000 men,
armed and prepared to be used when
necessary. But the modern baron
has slipped out Of that. Charles
Kingsley told him long ago that
there was "blood on his pointers
feet"
Light has come into the world,
and that light las spread. The old
doctrine was that man was for the
sake Of land and state; that he was
for The sake ct institutions flood
for powder. The modern doctrine
is that all things are for man. Ac-
cording to Abraham Lincoln, the
great, government IS for the people;
all institutions me for man, to serve
him. Anything that is burden to
him must be laid down. Every
thing that hirders him must be
taken away.
In comparing the evictions Of the
past two years in Ireland, and the
distress Of the famine, with the
evictions and distress of the great
famine Of 1911, | find less evictions,
less distress. The potato crop failed
IN DoIh "ases. The landlords have
peeh as cruo now rs then. Thero
has been new factor come into the
calculation. 1t did not exist III 1871
it does i'll 1SSl-tha Land League.
The papers tel Of Irish women
working Is houra day carrying turf
for Is cents is the request of the
Prince Of Wahs that 100000 be
added 10 his yearly stipend. He
has only e70,W0; if he can get
100000 more lie thinks he can get
along. Who hasforgotten the Father
OF the words; The foxes have
holes and the birds Of the air have
nests, but the son of Man hath not
where to lay Els head" See the
modern illustratpn-foxes cared fcr,
partridges protected, but Irish chill
dren trespassersin Ireland. 1t is a
good time in which to live; thccom-
mon people are asking questions;
they want to know why and where
fore. The day tawns. Grattan said
Of liberty in LELAND; 4 stood by
her cradle. | followed yer bier" We
here tonight bdieve iii the resurrec-
ton. For so god, SO fine a thing as
liberty never des. | have been in
Irish houses ana Irish huts; | have
come to conclusions by the sight Of
my eyes and thehcaring of my ears.
We may not domuch for the life of
the old people il is too late, perhaps,
but we may hop for this: that they
may at least will dying eyes see the
sunburst.