New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-14
THE AGITATION IN IRELAND.
rNGI1sn v1EMs oF IRIsH TROrBLES.


IRON TnE REGULAR CoRl.sPoNDEN. OF THE TRIBUNE
LONDON Dec. oG-1ke Times, which has of late
taken more definite line in favor of strong inca
surcs for keeping order III Ireland. has "A remark
this week which deserves the attention of Ame!i-
can enthusiasts in behalf Of the oppressed tenant
We have ceased says that journal to look for scn-
satiOna incidents. for fresh accounts daily OF
outrage and violence against lndl vlduas. 1t means
that there is no longer need OF them. They were
nccdful, in the opinion OF those who set such age-
cics in motion. to spread abroad conviction of the
irresistible power of the Land League. Their object
was to enforce obedience to the DEGREES of that
body by inspiring terror. So long rs there were
symptoms OF opposition. so long as landlords tired
to insist on their rent being paid, or so long as
tenants were pcryorsc enough to wish to pay the
money they owed. victims were from ti;Ee to time
sought and offered M. But the work has been
done the desired impression created. Terror rclgnS
in Ireland rs order reigncd in Warsaw; and by
much the same means though the result has been
obtained with a less lavish expenditure OF force
It is not 10 the Chief Secretary OF Ireland, Mr..
James Lowther. that one goes most eagerly foI wlNo
views of Irish affairs. But it is open TO question
whether Mr. James LOwthor did not come near the
truth in his recent speech when lie observed th'l
his real successor in Office was Mr. Parncll.
This view of The Times is striking. Ii it does not
accord quite strictly with the facts, it Is not that
the reign of terror less stringent than 1t IS repre-
scented. but because il is not easy to TIC up the
huunds when they have once been let loose IL Is
easy to say to an excited and often distressed
tcnantry: Arise Keep firm GIp on the land pre-
vent eyictiOns; allow no tenant TO occupy iarln
from which another has been turned out pay no
rent above Grfith5 valuation. and make war on
whoever refuses carry ont these orders or to obey
them 1t j., easy to str up angry feelings by great
! in nd bu mas
easv TO control the agencies thus set III motion, or
TO allay the storm that has been raised. An Irish
man with rifle and grievance Is likely to keep
the one loaded after 'he other has been disposed
of. And a loaded rifle. as everybody knows. VIII
sometimes oil in an unaccOuntahlc manner ~
Il murder Or two Goes occur, though not much -
now to he gained by bringing that form OF pcrsua-
sion to bear on landlords not much except the
qualification of private vengeance and the lndul-
ccncc of natural ferOcty Of character.
The oppressed tenant and his numerous organs IN
tho press point to the of MIR Brncc-JoncS as
proof that landlord Tyranny issiil potent ami plti-
less MI Brucc-JOne, Is . man of cNcepti"nal
fImness OF character AID STRENGTH of body: good
shot moreover and h:,, u possessing the SAME
despotic qualities Mr. Bcucc-Jonc~s nclGhh"is
and lahorcrs are. on the othrr hand vi softer stun
than those among whom Captain Boyco' S lot was
cast The attempt to Boycott Mr.. Bcncc-JoucS
broke down temporarily. WhGcupon the organs
cry out against him toI refusing 70 hr Boyeottrl
peacefully. They cry out with equal NiGof I"
English hearers that Boycoitiug cannot after all.
be such terrible business since ono i'dh as h'rh
forud able to stand M against it. know Of
| nothing more extraordinary than some o the com
mcnts to which this case has given rise. When Mi
Brncc Ionc, first stated ln, case II rcaw@krncd tho
! judirnatiou stirred To- the ,oNatdly var ca Gar.
| tain Boycott himself. Sympathy with Mr. Hc'. O.
! Jones was general. and Vas very strongly rN-
| pressed. Eut indignation and sympathy .HC's
| Ahnnld have supposed, from a sense OF the treat
| mcnt to wiuch ho had been Subjected, his c"ur's"
! in defending himself. AMI from "a consideration o.
the ultimate ios,c- ~ well a. the inv edi lr danger
| and anuoyauor To which lac was cNr">ci. b"l
presently appears loticr giving further par;lcu-
lar, ahout Mr. Bcncc-Joucs. and rep atiue some oi
the country side gossip shhou Inn. W. J. Lot we
now hear at al ,vuptthcti" sort % person. IT, 10
! aorupt in manner; ne oIcuds Ia, equals and ~
! fcrlors alike: he has the pr amp '"n to h'F'
| opiuions Of Ia, own and TO cNpfc.S ihrm; hc has
hr.n known to diGer from hi, brother n'nslsirHjr'
| on the hcu,n. and hc ia hG.tu1lN rW0N col am
offence more Ecinou, than all these. t'tN oi n"iE
tie imperative mood ia communicative Tile o 'r =
to hi, own servant. and lahorcr~. the journal
which p1Ili-,r- TIN, hlack cita 0guc Of Mt - nee
Homes, crimes add, the oourrrt that They mnN
| considerably diminish the interest tIkcu hT the
puhijc in IN, c,,r Ii IS not often that the Journal
in cur,tion make 40 foolish rciI frk. 1I brn'r'
| Homes doubtless hI. q, mot ol Il, ia thl~ ""ih
| have. what our French uUFhb"I5 call the defects
of his qualities. When BuisWnc sent home ms
| account q. Saratoga, thr elegance ana grace {" us
narrative were much admired. Hut II WAS r
marked by a brutal critic that lac bad better haE"
m,sspcllcd every word Of his dispatch and beaten
| the enemy. II Mr.. BrnccJ"rc' had hai al t'
! Accomplishments OF Il dancing master ne "'-h
,,ohohlv have put NJ with hi, Bovcottup mc"tly,
ana escaped the censuIcs OF Ihr Hid"d"d. Others
will think that in such circumstances rs ms. fault
Of manner ar, compensated by the rc-outc COURAGE
which enabled him to defy muitItud"o Of angry
! foe. and TO be- BE even the elahOrU: conspiracy "l
the Land League lie beats l'uypoyne tTlrc over
for lac has beaten his enemies and not nI'>lcit MS
| dispatch.
There was an earlier case than Mr.. BcnccJoncs',
| which never attracted the attention 1t deserved
| TIN, was NJ. StacpOoc's described some weeks
| since by the special commissioner or me D0"|
| ,c.s 10 whom the public is indebted for series
of worry readable and instructive letters Mr..
| Stacpoolo is an Irish gentleman OF good family.
His ancestors for many years back were III POSSES
| sion of the modtIate estate which Is now ms II
! his if can still he called He was known ~ kind
of liberal landlord. popular among his tcnaltry
and neghbOrs guilty it appears OF few ol lho'e
| iniquities now charged upon poor MI Bch'cJ jones'
| His ronts were low. his tenants were prosperous
| CnIuckily three Of them had farms 3" moon
yonicntly distributed that they had TO CiosS c"'h
| others field, and disputes arose between th'hi'
When the leases fell ill., Mr.. Stacp"oc had the FARMS
| resurvcyed and the boundaries moro conveniently
| adjusted. Two OF the tenants were SATISFIED; ono
| was dissatisfied and left perhaps was cVlrtcn
| Let us suppose the No other accusation was
| A., Ia Inn Ia.
| OF this tenant whether voluntary or involuntary
| But war was thcrcupun declared Nj. Stacpoole