Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1881-10-27
Ireland and Ifer Troubles.

Mr.. Gladstonc's Land Inv ant: Mr.. Par
ncll's Laud League are fa,ly a, issue. All,
Gladstone undoubtedly went iar out of The
atmosphere o.: long established law Of land, !,
ed proprlctorship when he subjected tho
title deeds Of lawful proprietor to be ad.
nlnlstered MS public trust to the end of
relieving from rack rent the tcnaat of
mere rental, or, in other words, submitted
the rights of the proprietor, in his csia,c,
70 the claims of the tenant who held un.
der those proprietary rights and who only
became tenant or could become 50 by his
voluntary consent and agreement so to hold
aud so 10 enjoy. Mr.. Glads!unes Land
Law claims the right Of the British Gov.
ernment TO enter the estate under tho su.
premc and everything right of eminent CO.
etor qo q be bs h9 "a 5 tso of the prop
DO administered for the public good;
and that 90 one eau hold an estate against
the public good to which title deeds, as
well as all other lights aud interests the
Individual subject takes, or can take, is
submitted rs on everything necessity OF
State which no form of law can dissipa'c,
10 established usage confront. AS al ab,
stract proposition this may b, 50, bit it
nevertheless looks like a long stride to
communisio theory which becomes The
foundation stoue, not only of land tenure,
but of every Other right and interest which
established usage had appointed and con-
lirmcd between man and man andsove,nment
The British land owner and the British
freeman is now reduced III his proprietary
and all other rights to what British nar.
lament may declare necessary TO ':the
greatest good of the greatest number" He
interest with the landlord ia The soil, SO
that lie may not be pushed ont Of possession
by rent rate he cannot pay. TO effect
this lIr. Gladslone's law creates a tribunal
10 administer the property trust now set up
between the proprietor and the tenant hold
ing under him 70 prevent the proprietor
ousting the tenant according 10 law Mr..
Glodsio ones law summa,iy Gusts every
landed proprietor in Ireland and invests
him instead With rights in a trust estate.
to be administered Tor his benefit and hi,
tenants benefit by trustee in the nature
Of certain tribunal the new lan6 law
raises and appoints, to administer The cs-
tate for the benefit Of the c"s;uiq qne hhsiS
Mr.. Gladstone appoints as chairman Of this
new tribunal Mr.. Sergeant OUagan, the
legal adviser OF the Catholic hierarchy aud
himself Catholic in full sympathy with
the Catholic tcnantry. The sub-comr,s- .
sioners apponted to execute the
oct in the various districts are all
avowed tenant rgtcrs. The whole machi-
merry Of the commission is favorable to the
most liberal in!e, probation Of the aci.
One would suppose that if tins tribunal
so constituted in eood faith, meant anything
Of hardship to anybody. it meant it to ,he
l'ish landlords thus stripped of their pro-
! prictary rights and delivered iuto the hands
If this tribunal as sheep to the shcarcr
Not so, however. Whilst the landlords ac-
The situation nolcns Uoleus the Land
Leaguers denounco tho great ministerial law
as trap and cheat which may begin toa
day with an eye to the tenants rights and
interests, aud may end tomorrow on tho
the other tack What one set of tribunal
lists or trustees may appoint, new set may
shape to novel conclusions, which shall
take tho wool Of the tenants as of yoro,
tempered to tho voracious appcttcs Of the
wolves in tho palaces, under whom the
tenants will continue to hold with nothing
but the thin partition of a tribunal between
them and their greedy oppressors. This
is tho way it is put whilst the old cry of
the Trojans, "7imco Danaos ct dona .fe-
rentcs," is shouted by tho Parnells and
billions and Quinns, the Sections, O'Bricn's
and O'Kclseys at Mr.. Gladstone's new Jaw,
aud tho United Ireland denounces the
British Premier US "seized with tho devil
and bent on driving the people into rebel"
lion"
Parnell and Dillon and the Leading Land
iIeaguers arc looked up for reasonable ut
tcranccs and incting the people TO acts Of in
tmidation against rent paying under tho
Act.