New-York tribune., 1881-09-11

repudiating as they all do with scorn every Oblga-
tion of gratitude for the Act to Mr. Gladstone the
Liberal partv From the passing of it, he continued
the country enters upon new era. "The landlords
the lords of the soil yesterday. but to-day they
no longer lords of the soil" One would think
anybody but an Irshman would think-that people
which has been demanding relief from the tyranny
of the landlords as the one thing needful to their
salvation, would be content with an Act which. by
their own account of it, puts end to that tyranny
Not so Mr. Sexton and those for whom he speaks
The Act has done ali this, but they are no more
content than before. They not ready to approve
the means of their liberation. They are not
even ready to consider its merits Before Mr.. Sex
ton will consent that the Act shall even receive
tue calm consideration of the Irish people," these
conditions must be fulhled First, all the evicted
tenants must he restored how, by whom, by what
process OF law or violence, MIR. Sexton omts to
say. Second, the Government must restrain their
officials from acts of violence, and refuse to lend
their armed forces to assist the landlord In other
words, the Government is to abdicate in favor of
the League. Third, Davtt and the other Leaguers
now III prison are to be set free. They are wanted
to reestablish the authority of the League in dis
tricts where the Irish people ungra u as to
dlSobey It's edicts and refuse TO recognize the bene
cence of its despotism.
That is the recent and most authoritative
statement we have of the attitude of the Land
League toward the Land Bill. 1t squares perfectly
with previous declarations of MIR. Parnell and his
satellites, and with the tone of Mr.. Don's speech
the day before. That is their response TO Mr. Glad
stones message OF peace.' 1t is well understood,
independently of these declarations, that the
League means to carry on the Its leaders have
| tasted power, and like it we'll They have received
great sums, and continue to receive them; and they
are under vague but very weighty obligations to
the donors of the League funds to their American
,trii,,
pect value Tor their money in some form very
different from a Land Bill Those who know the
League and its leaders best say that it wall never
dissolve long as its treasury is full 1t will carry
ON ag citation in some form and for some end more
or less openly aVowed. so much clear What
remains to be known Is whether the League can
secure fresh hold of the Irish people whether the
will not prefer the enjoyment of what they gam
under the Land Bill to the chances OF further mis-
chief; whether. if they do Mr. Parnell will trans
form his "velled Feniansm" into open warfare
and how far he can carry the people with hun on
such crusade as that. If one were to judge of
the Irish people hy of those whom they send
TO represent them in Parliament or by those to
whose leadership they submit at home. there would
be slight hope of cOntentment in Ireland from this
of peace" principle. If they are not truly repre-
sented by such men, they never had 80 good an
opportunity now to disown the Parnells and
Biggars ana HcalyS who claim to speak for them.
and who oiscredit them with the world q. W. 5.