The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1881-05-07
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Meantime while parliament is dlly.dalying
over the land BILL the farmers OF Ireland are
lying on their oars awaiting the result. The
spring work, which ought by this time to be
almost completed, has not yet been commenc
ed throughout vast tracts of country This is
especially tho case in the southwest, where the
greatest uncertainty and confusion prevail
The attention of the people Is absorbed in the
shcrlT's sales and evictlons, to which they
gather in thousands from distance, in many
cases of twenty or thirty miles, Consequently
the work on the farms being neglected, the
ploughs are lying idle, and the horses that
ought TO be yoked to them are carrying their
masters day after day to those vast gatherings
which Mr. Dillon delights to call ~ protest in
force against the action Of the landlords, back
cd by the police and military"
Thus the tenants who are at present in ar
rear will be in a still worse condition when
they come to gather in their deficient crops
All the land bills the government could pass
in tw0nty years would not make up for this
neglect. The days are long, bright and warm
and yet the feeling Of indifference caused by
the uncertainty Of their fate has paralyzed the
worn out energies of the small farmers
Meantime evlctions are of daily occurrence
and in most cases under circumstances of Sig
nal brutality. A single case will illustrate:
April Goth Dennis Leary, his wife, six chill.
dren and aged mother were evicted at Dun.
manway, county Cork. Leary held a farm on
the estate belonging to Mr. Thomas Gillenan,
iof Clonakilty. The rent was $50 and the
valuation exactly halt that sum. 1t seems
that q determined resistance was offered by
the two women to the action OF the bailifts,
who had TO be assisted by the police. The
head constable aimed his rifle at Leary's wife
to intimidate her, but she resisted desperately,
and when the whole affair was over she was
lying on the roadside IN such an exhausted
condition that the police deemed it advisable
to send priest and doctor to attend her after
the eviction was effected. Leary, who was
evicted for the non-payment of one years rent,
entered on his farm some years ago with a
capital OF $500, which he amassed IN America
He now leaves the rack rented holding pen
niless man.
Sometimes the baIlitls are come up with"
and fare worse than the tenants, as IN the fol
loving instance, occurring April 30th:
At Chfden, county Galway, bailff named
King engaged IN the work of eviction, was
seized by party OF disguised men and roasted
over fire. His skin was blistered and his
hair was all singed off, Before he was releas.
ed he was obliged to swear that he would re.
sign his office. He now lies IN very danger.
Gus condition
Happily from all the incurable Ills Of the
land, whether made so or not by the logged
unwisdom of parliament, there 10 one relief
and to that the people seem to turn as their
last hope. They can emigrate to America, and
thither they are flocking by thousands. AT
least thousand day are leaving the princi
pal seaports. They seem to argue that where
everybody Is going they must have prospect
ty and plenty, and they favor the United States
as the main refuge from the evils of rackrent
and eviction. The enormous receipts Of the
Land League Executive Committee from
America stimulate this feeling. At the meet
ing on Saturday 1t was announced that the I'M
precedented sum of 5000 was received dur
ing tho week previous from America, compsr
ed to which the home contributions were insig
niicant.