New-York tribune., 1881-12-27
IRELAND.
THE DERRY ELECTION - -OUIRAHES AND
THEIR REMEDY

! but the result of this strange uhioH - H''
what any Of them expected. MI y Don,''''' y
turned out had not voice but several Ho cIi'u
aoud IL London that henceforth Conservatives and
Home Rulers had found a bond OF permanent union
in \ common policy Of no rent for the tenant aud
comnonsation for the landlord The tenant was to be
free IL pluuder his landlord and The landlord TO re-
conn himself ont Of the capaciou pocket OF the br.
! isb toypayer. Ii was supposed that Mr. ODohhel
understood his conntT; men, and that any scheme OF
| general rapine would be approved by the League.
The doubtful point was whether the IG.eS, liiSh OF
English were ready for bargain on such te'.:t-'
As to the latter the most that can be SAID Is that
| they never disOwned Mr.. ODonucl. They dld not
| publicly accept his programme. They welcomed
! his assistance in Derry. But Mr.. VDonnell has
| singular talent for irritating his own friends lhe
/ moment he got to Derry he found he had made
mistake in presenting himself as the advocate
! OF compensation. The irish would not listen I" IL
| They hate the landlord too much 20 he Wiling thaI
lie should be Unidentified even at other peopieS eA-
pense Mr.. ODonncll had 70 abandon ms compen-
sation cry. With promptness that testlies TO MS
freedom from small scrupes about principle he re-
| nomced the doctrine he had publicly advocated
| three davs before He stuck 70 the alliance WIN
the Tories for the purposes Of the Derry election,
but nothing moro was heard Of the pretence about
a common policy.
Irrespectivcly of all other questions the Liberal
success in Derry is gratifying as de'eat OF WHAT
can only lie called a corrupt coalition between par
ties which have nothing in common except n desire
to beat somebody else. But there are other grounds
for satisfaction with the election OF Mr. Porter ana
the defeat of Sir Samuel Wilson. ho contest ap-
nears 70 have been fought on two issues wide
apart but perfectly clear in each case. FIRST there
was 4 religious contest The Brddlaugh business
~ tI,o t, ba oG Ire
land Sir Samuel Wilson appeared in the favorite
Conservative attitude of champion Of the Church
and Religion-two things not always the same, but
often coupled for political ends. lie appealed 10 the
religious preiudiccs of the constituency, which are
VIGOROUSLY strong. He found d means of address
ing The same appeal 70 both Catholics and Presby-
tcrians. Don't vote for man who viii vote for let
ting an Atheist into Parliament was the cry.
good many speeches were made about Mr. Brad
laugh. But when IT came 10 voting suspect the
other issue was uppcrnost in he minds OF all but
The most bigotcd.
The land question was the second, and really The
main one of the contest. II was Land Act against
Land League over dgain, and the Act has beaten
the League Whatever other Wow people take OF the
result. they agree that it is blow 10 The
Land League-a crushing blow, SAY the correspond
cuts. but the League does certainly stand a good
deal of crushing. / should prefer to say that this
election taken IN connection with the Tyrone clec-
tion last September, proves that the League IN
Ulster i, not q formidable power In these two
elections il has tried every means to beat the Gov
crnncnt candidates and has failed. Tho people Of
Ulster have given unmistakahlr proof that they put
their faith in the Land Act. II is perfectly true that
SIR Samuel Wilson %, well 60, Ni.foricrappr"V"dt the
Act That only shows tH"t nobody who attacked n
would have had the least chance Of success. But
uel W.on and used every resource the League or
eauIzation gave them IN order 70 strike q blow 10
the authors Of the Land Act. Their corporation 8,
quite sufficient TO marx the character oi ih" ,trug
gle.
And vet this Liberal victory n Ulster D., n must
be conceded, only one CLEAN Of ligAt over land
scapc where all 81 e is gloomy enough. Ncea after
week ou, La, to rcpca, that the general COM
dition OF ireland is getting from had to
worse. Not week pls,c. without fresh
murder admittedly a2Iaran. Other aTnrlan
crimes lesser in degree, but inspired by the same
motives mcrcasa ia number a- tine days shorten and
tbe night, lrngthon As COOL an cyampl" ~ is
needed may be found in the letter of Mr. Iasey
Lord Kcnmarc's agent from which this is an cx
tract:
On Friday. November s last tao tenant, named
Cronn, and one named Ok"riic, holding land from
new OKcoac. the spokesman. 1u old man of
seventy said I'VE have Lord K"nmqrr. rent in
our pockets ana would Ike 10 pay IL. bat We
are AFRAID of being Shot deeply gr.t to say
ilgt [ replied: "Thrrc X no DANCER. Won mu V
pay: aud they did The re- rlt was that on
SUNDAY the 2I;h ult. band of maIrudcrs
accompanied by fife anu drum came 10 thc houses
oi the hree and shot them Iu thr prc-rfcc of
trir fa-qil,rs All the flesh on IN. lower mart of
O'KccHc's leg, was shot away ono Of thc Crpnir,
wa. shot I'm the knees, hUf the other Crnuiu was
shot in the body, and Is not likely lo"co{cr Every
one ~ the locality knows who The would-bc uuI-
dercIs are but are afraid 10 tell, saying, " What
use would there be in ouI telling. a the jury would
aacuit hem, ald We should be- shot! This is mar
tia law ou the Land League side.
Now l suppose there is no so-rallod civilized
country in the world in which such acts a. this
20 brutal. so cowudlg, would not excite horror
and disgust. Ireland alone excepted. In ireland,
as we all know, they excite, among very large
classes of people, no horror and no disgust
They are applauIcd. The wrctchcs who commit
these farocious crimes projected by the
whole force of public opinion in the districts where
they occur. Ii is a sickening thing 10 read that
they are extoed in America also-not by Americans
thank Heayon but By the bas'r sort OF the Irish in
America. Savage crueltes are pcrpetrated in Ire
land one is too often reminded, in order to keep up
the enthusiasm and the supplies of money due 10
this enthusiasm. in America
It is not the enemies of America who say his
One has 10 hear II from al quarters. Lord Rose
berry speaking last night to > 900 Liberals AT Hull
sad ia plain words that many Of the outrages in
Ireland were due to a desire to crafty those who
sent funds from America. Lord ROscbcry is not a
man to make random statements on any subject.
lie is a member Of the Government, and has means
of exact information. He is, among all living Eng
ishmcn. one OF those whose sentiments are most
friendly to ,hc UuiLcl States. But that is what
he feels himself called upon TO affirm this sub
icct We have no right 10 resent it, for it is true |
don't know that the state Of things which permits
the territory of the Union 20 be used asa base Of