, 1881-08-30
Why the Former Is Not as Pros.
porous as the Latter.
And Why Ulster Is More Pros
porous Than the Other
Irish Provinces.
Tho Difference Mntnly Attributable to
Ynrianco In the Systems OF
I.and.Tcnurc.
II The Editor o{ T7,s f'httau1 Tribune.

3tsDA4uA Hill lf1YhEIA All lAAlpAuka Wv
Athous Of tho IIrItish Isles" Ono could hartliy
n,aglnu N grent d[rcronea between nations
,vtn tlistunt from Rntt foreign to each othGr, as
.here In bctweon Scotland and Ireland. tbUiRh
They nso portions OF uns Government md sepR.
rato,l only by u channel less than t~cnty.nve
miles willie. While ireland n Mt n atandatFll or |
business Of att Ktntls parnlyze'l,
EVERY industrial pursuit. pr,strafr or Annlhi'
latc settIat,ti IL hlisttLng with activity. htfn.
tnttx with in,t.lstry. init nrery brunch Of bufl.
ness That contributes to Individual happiness or
,,Ational greatness Ia pushed With skill and MI
HItcl, nrn surprising oven 10 an
American.
] think tho Scotch and Irish ara agreed ofs |
ono p.nt, md thAt H. that ireland Il
NATURALLY THE lsErrEt! couSTtsS,-
50 tint the cause for tho striking difference IN
tho condition Of tho two countries and tho two
peoples Is a subject requiring tho most careful
stllly. and cyerI then tho proper solution tnhy
mot l,e reached. Tho difficulty tnay lay 1oepcr
than tho land lnwH, 'icaEor than religion, o.
deep as the soeta! structure ttsclf.-thu,tgh tho
Land tnws and religion havo nodded tho eoclal
structure. ...
Though It t,ocs not amount to aumity. there
sef1na III bc feeling .. dislike setwcen tho two
peoples or tnuny or thcni Mt least, which hn's
expression 1u tho tnnst sevoro crit'ciani. Tho
IriAh claim That ihoy have nut beon ruled
as portion OF tho UnItel Kingdom,
receiving tho support or Just government
but rs a subject, a dependent country,
whose only rights woro tho caprlclots vii!
Of centralized nnd selfish monarchy.
Many Intelligent md we'll meaning scotch'non
think tho 1rlsi, people hro tho authors Of their
own misery. They say that tho Irish nrc fac.
tIous, dlBcontcnte1, and more Eiycn to rcsolt1-
tIonAry tcs,lencics than to pcaceful pursuits
anu morality. They hold that tho Catholic re-
lglon fs essentially unproTressiFc; anu point 10
Srain, Italy, and other Catholic countries as
standing still, though the xorld bcsl1cs Is ad-
vanctng. They rcfor you to
THE NolvrIt or ltlELANn,
where tt,eru Is q large tlitYuafon of Protestant
scntltucnt rs we'll as Scottish blood. The latter
ray have sumo influence, as tho Scotohman
gocs thorc with all tho aolf-rulinnce nnd sturdy
Independence Inherited from hfs ancestors; and
possibly the former, though that may be
louDtcl.
Whether either ur theso conclusions be cor.
rect ur not, m uuprejudtced stranger 10 likoly
to conclude tat tho Irish people are thrlftless.
tndolont set, With q chronic desrc to nRltdto;
or that tho landlords, or whom hc hcarn ft'ch
persistent and bitter complaint, arc i1tolcral]y
oppressive. Tho cxcursiontst who hnstcis over
tho COUNTRY Is most llkcly to form the u1ost as'-
charitable. 0f the two conclusions. while moro
travel and experience ar0 likely to convince tho
snr,u person TINT Il poverty 10 universal aud n
dlscontcnt 60 prevalent must bc tho out9rowth
Of
A DIEp-sEATEn Evt1.
AT must admit tint tho common people" In
tho three PROVINCES OF Lelnstct, Munster,
and Connaught nro In a Aeplarnhlo .ondt-
tiou: thut tim wcnlth IL most un-
equally aud seemingly unlustly dlvided:
that small class aro the possessors OF fabulous
weaIth, wttlo millions arc In tho tnost np1eat
wEctchetucss anl aoml7staryatlon; und that
f,s a f,o1