Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-01-07
[ARYLAND. FRIDAY MORNING. JANUARY 7, 1881.
ed by land, and the people are more homo


ed by land, and the people are more homo
geneous."
"But Ireland would not desire to become
separated from England, you sayp"
81 think not. In case of fair union Ire
land has very great interest in the Empire,
and if she gets fair show would probably
rather keep that interest than lose It, For
instance, she is closely identified with the
colonies. She would be rash to give her in
terest in the official life of the Empire and the
colonial appointments, which would be a
very great advantage to her."
"rhere is an idea prevalent, Mr.. O'Reily,
that the leaders in the agitation are gener-
ally Catholics" said the Post. as this SO p'
ut is Il mistake. The Protestests and
Catholics have never divided in the strug-
gle against England, nor have the former
ever looked cold upon the latter in the fight
From the actual passing of the reformed re-
ligion as a statute, the men leading Irish agi-
tations have been Professionals. In '99 tho
leaders of the United Irishmen, Robert En-
nett, Lord Edward Fitzgerald, Wolfe Tone,
Theibalt Tone, and the brothers Shearers,
who all suffered death, were Protestants.
Then came the '48 moment, In which the
most beloved leader was John Mitchell, a
Protestant and John Martin, Presbyterian.
The originator of the Home Rule movement
was Prof Galbraith, of Trinity College, a
Protestant and the leader of the present ag-
itation is Charles Stewart Parnell, Protest
ant, while large majority of members of
Parliament who support him are Protest
ants"
GLOW, then does it happen that the i'm
preston speak of has ariseng"
"The fact is that the Professionals are con-
founded with the Orangemen by persons UNI
acquainted with Irish history. The Orange
men are simply a class of men like those
formerly known in the Southern States of
this country AS "carpet-baggcrs. They were
originally Englishmen sent into Ireland and
given the land Of banished men, after an in
effective revolution. They were either spies,
soldiers, or agents of the government who
were paid for their work. They settled in
Ireland with an express relation and under
standing between themselves and the gov
eminent. They were allowed TO carry arms
when lrishmen were not. They were pet
ted and preserved by the government, and
have become truculent, disorderly set.
They have never been identified with the
Irish people, but are now, just as they were
when they first settled there, and are detest-
ed alike by Protestants and Catholics who
have an interest in the rights of their coun-
try. This turbulence has been used by the
government as proof that the Irish could
not agree among themselves"
do you think the present Land League
movement will finally TRIUMPH
From the present outlook, / assuredly
believe it will be success, Even the pass
age of the Coercion Act will not have the
effect of destroying this agitation, which al
ready has made 1t impossible for landlord
TO exact rack rent and live in the country.
Even the weakest and most patient people
will, in the defense Of their Just claims, be-
come desperate. But believe that>without
resort TO violence England will, sooner or
later, accede to the Irish demand as right and
Just. The main thing that keeps England
from concedipg 10 ireland now what ahe
asks is, that she would have TO do the same
for the English tenants, ireland. in q polit-
ical sense, Is ahead of England. She has
struck terrible blow, not only at the land
system of England but all Europe. In
France, through the revolution and the de- |
struction Of the aristocrats by the gullotine
and Punishment, the land passed into the
hands of the people. There are 100000 of
landholders in France and only 100000 in |
England. The English land tiller and labor
er Ia an unconscious serf lie Ia not, how
ever, so completely pauper as his brother
in Ireland, because the landlord spends his |
money in the same country with him, and
he gets part of IT,"
"poyou think the cause of Ireland Is gain
ing strength in England ~
81 do. There are millions of people of
Irish blood in England, and believe that
the people Of the two nations may come
closer together in the Irish, which Is the
popular cause, and that this has become very
materially more popular In England within |
tho last twenty-five years Yet Ireland has
always suffered, whether the commonwealth
or the king reigned. This arises from the |
fact that the English people, in former times,
had very little 10 gay In tholr government
ireland really suffers because of position.
She Is better placed than England. She has
the commercial soaboard of the Atlantic.
The commerce which by the right of com
mon sense, would land on her shores, now
goes TO Southampton, Bristol and Liverpool, |
up the English channel, which has been for
centuries the most fatal and dangerous in
the world. This commerce, going 10 the !
towns and cities on the west coast of Eng |
land, makes II vital b the selfish interest of
that section TO disarrange and destroy every
movement toward Irish development In |
accordance with this selfish interest every
Irish industry was deliberately destroyed by
act Of Parliament, in the last century, as |
Leckey shows in his History of the
Eighteenth Century" hut injustice comes
home 10 roost The very destruction Of
these manufacturers was the cause Of the
present extraordinary uprising Of the Irish
farmers and peasants. An Irish farmer has
no recourse against exorbltant rents lie |
cannot refuse 10 pay he cannot find work I
for hmsef end his children except on the /
land. Therefore he agrees 10 pay a rent |
which keeps him in chronic poverty, which ia |
reduced 10 absolute starvation when the crops
fail. The Irish farmers hayo beop the frat /
To stnka ut Iho goot Of seignorial land tyr. 4
amy by demanding hattie landlord should |
bear his part Of the burden for failure Of
crops For the year Of such failure he
should gel no rent The farmer loses not
only his hope Of reward, but hls labor toward
scouting IT, lie demands, aud with obvious