Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1881-03-18

! Can't. 4. II. St. Al ,aH of the F;rnvitlt
Mercury, hss returned from somewhat pro,
If .cled visit 10 + gland, duSi2g waioh be spen
| much time 10 lrgIaad, spd greatly TO bis sur
| orIse, fUunn thl"g5 Ia nluch batter cJudlllun
! than be tX,I, cieu. He says:
For upw srts If tYao!y years We have fre.
qleutS vISIted Leland aud we have never be.
| r,fc seen the ma>ses So vel of as low. In the
| most remote DIS rlcts 1e saw acne or the gfind.
| 10. poverty eh,cn prevails in Lyudon AID New
! urk every wlOitr,
"ihe cjuunyis perfectly quiet. We drove %
| ,dcrcd The wsrst pait Of Ireland. and neooay
mulcaed us. Those Who ought te b. bes TO-
formed assert that the "agfRrian nuttage5" have
u0t been Tho w0rk of resident lrlshmen, but,
We ara sorry to say. OF Am.Iic4ls. Tue gene
RAJ bclIhf seems 70 be that Lord Mountmorres
Was murdered by american a>sasIius.
The people IT l.e!snd uDdQub,eGly desire
ianG reforms, but 80 d SO do the peopls Jt Evg
iaLd. The nhlJiIty 0l lrl;hmer are however
oethCr anx@us to Separate from Elslaod nor
SyUpsilZ: Wlth rtv0Iu 100. The clergy ss o
class, tho shOpkeepe:s sni maDulac utrrs,
aud OF cGu;s. che gentry, are oil opposed
10 Fcnlabl.m. Moreover the Ggricuitural
!nb3ruis are by no LGGaGS 10 be cyuoIed
UEh the petty FARMERS as Pardelhtes
Par example the laboreIs OF LORD keu-
mere aud The McGlIlcuddy of the R.rks
10 the Ucuoy kcuy nave s.old by .belr em
ploy, Rs egaIust he nsud LIE que. rhs Amer-
icau Fep'als W 10 @cut 10 Iceland to stir up q
revolt ave discovered that they are not waotr
cd. A tr=nd f urS who Gas uut iu IS bu
who, itks 7. j. Sny,h. NJ. T., Is not q LAud
Laagucr, kGv4 US 30 amusing ACC uut of how be
hac tclped soVe5sl 'deaa broke' Fsuians 10 get
back 70 the NOR c,agaulal sDl OF America.
"F.r Iine tnG Land League Was permitted
by the Gaycrnment 10 tx ,rclSe sort Of reign
OF terror, bu that is over and nobody is more
r 1loed than thousands Of pretended L@agus re-
VINO never had suy heart IN The movement, out
vino TCra ooGtcHd uto is support. The recent
proceedings uf ParuoIi Il Cu. have shoWo that
the whole aff4r Was shcaWd monty nskcg
speculation. When he League collapsed. the
6st care of It's officers wss 10 carry off The
sway to sa!e ass, and IN Ctf1st trat otj CT
Vi ssEs p r3e, H9aIy, O'k!IlY, AID other NJ,
7 s actually dcser,eG their pares 10 Toe House
Of Clmmoas OF the very time, when if al ell,
their rvlccs Tor Iceland w're oeeded.
We mingled slncng Al classes in Ireland and
W. found general az .eeneut that Mr. 4 lad,
stones government means we'll tO the country
A good land act is certain 10 be passed and it
msy De es1siy predicted thSt Inc bad land
lords" will 10 longer be allowed 10 work mis-
chiet. WeConie:s our own sympathy with both
English snd lrlsa Kefurmers who desire to
sweep away the Isst relics of Feu1aism The
bitterness Ui Parnell Z Co. arises from the fact
that when abuses are abolished agitation will
cease
Our observation of the condition of the
peasant pr lpretsry' WAS not encouraging. An
Inspector Of ulta1ces IS baly needed among
this class We ns.onirhed some small fam us'
BY teilug them lhat IN the Uuited Status Lney
would not find public seniineht which would
!oerste cesspuols Oh the door .lep, rigs on the
hesrthstone and ruosterc ptrchrd slnft above the
family circle. 4 New England lrishmsn who
went to Ireland full Of the posry and romance
Of the 'Uutd sod tod us with indiscrioable sad.
ness th at these people were the fthlesL set IN
the world Ala. That thla snUuo be true The
greatest OF all reforms III Ire ald would DC the
adot tion of that 'coaniiness' which John Wes.
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