The new North-west. [volume] (Deer Lodge, Mont.) 1869-1897, 1881-10-28
THE TROUBLES IN IRELAND.

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tial law and the proclamation Of the Queen
Is q preliminary to military coercion. Ire
land is to all intents and purposes in con.
dition Of revolt, and 1t Is q supreme mo-
ment In the destinies of the United Kingdom.
Either the Parnell-Dillon League must 60
down or there will be internal war, with the
whole force Of England concentrated, Il
necessary, to crush out the sedition.
The history Of events leading up to this
situation Is interesting. That the Irish ten
antry have long endured hardships from the
grinding avarice Of the landholders Is known
to the world. The system has driven many
thousands of the people Of Ireland from their
homes and kept more In pitiful restitution.
Aside from the thirst of Ireland for indie
pendence, bad treatment has embittered the
people and Goldsmlth's sombre picture,
drawn for another land, Is nearly realized In
the condition of Ireland:
"Sunk are thy bowers In shapeless ruin all
And the long grass o'ertops the Wondering
And, trembling, shrinking, from the spoilers
hand,
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| Ill fares the land, to fastening ills q prey,
| Where wealth accumulates, and men decay
| Princes or Lords may flourish or may fade,
A breath can make them, as breath has
made,
But bold peasantry, their countrys pride,
| When once destroyed, can never be sup
| Piled"
II was the destitu:ion brought about by
the evil land system of Ireland that melted
| the ablest and best men Of that country 10
seek redress of grievances for their native
land. They had the sympathy of the civil.
lied world. England felt the moral effect of
this sympathy, and Gladstone, on his Access
sion, seizing the opportunity, sought for Par
liamentary alleyiation Of the wrong. He in
| vited and was aided by the purest and best
thought of Ireland In framing relief meas
ure. He carried II through the British Com
mons against the combined opposition of
the Wings, the Tories, the Lords, and the
Church, and was entitled to the gratitude of
every patriotic Irishman as q benefactor of
their land and their people. He clearly dis
armed the Irish agitators and offered the peo-
pie q measure which, If it had been accepted
In the spirit 1t was offered, would have been
salvation. Archbishop Croke, than whom
Ireland has no abler or better friend, and who
faced the power and authority of Rome In
behalf of his people, advised the acceptance
| of the measure, and with him stood others
who will, on occasion, prove as true patriots
to Ireland as Psrnell, Dillon, O'Connor, or
those who opposed.
These influences were having their weight.
Parnell felt his ground going from under
him and other leaders of the League. They
began the agitation of the Independence Of
Ireland" theme always sufficient to arouse
the enthusiasm Of Irishmen the world over,
coupled with hostility to the Land Bill and
encouraging tenants topay "No Rent" Then
| the British Government made its mistake In
the arrest Of Parnell, Dillon, O'Kellsy,
| O'Brien, and others. As "the blood Of the
martyrs is the seed of the church" 50 the ar
rest of these agitators kindled sympathy for
them, and the embers Of dying dissent
were speedily famed to vigorous fame Of
national hostility. The Gladstone admins
tration, In the right and doing for the inter-
ests of Ireland, incensed and indignant at
the ingratitude of few hot heads, I" few of
the handle" and resorted to the measures
their enemies invited and desired. The ar
rested parties became |" martyrs" and where
they had q score Of sympathizers before they
soon had thousand. In Hyde Park, Lon
don, an indignation meeting was held on last
Sunday where $1,000 people listened to the
epiihets Of "Judas Gladstone and Quaker
Bright" and an enormous procession
marched through the principal streets Of the
city. These things have been repeated on a
smaller scale everywhere. The "msrtyrs
managed to get card circulated throughout
all Ireland melting tenants to pay "No
Rent" The Government determined 10 act.
English troops and English ships Of war are
quartered In or lying off Irish cities; the
Queen has proclaimed the Land League a
reasonable organization and warned her
subjects to dlsconnect themselves with 1t I'M
der penalty Of military dispersion. The
Land League Office suddenly collapsed In q
panic, and It's victims are ordered to recant
or be put down by the military and police.
This is the history, as we understand 1t,
leading to the present situation. 1t looks Is
though the English government was master
of the situation and 1t may be no blood will
be split, but this will be owing more to ex-
isting circumstances than the spirit Of the
people. Ireland is keen for revolt and enough
Irishmen In other countries are ready to join
In the fray II seas and distance did not de-
bar. But England has the position and forces
to sweep the land by storm before foreign
anchor could drop In Irish waters. 1t may
be the action Of the clergy aud civil author
tiles will exert an influence thst will result
In quieting the elements and taking the
Gladstone Act on trial. II 80 the Irish peo
pie have not TO thank Parnell for their 20
cape from the peril. II the country shall b.
overrun by soldiery and ravaged by . war fol
which Ireland Is not prepared, its people car
attribute their disaster to too ready acquies
cence In the schemes Of unsafe men. The
Gladstone Bill was designed As . beneacen
measure for Ireland and was entitled to |
fair trial.
POSTMASTER PEARSON, Of New York, ha
officially announced to his employees that po
litical assessments will not BE- enforced OF
the postofice subordinstes. Refusal to pa.
will not affect tenure Of Office. Collects
Robertson holds the same views but has no
notified the Custom House officials, for which
the Times condemns him. The question o
giving is to be wholly determined by tn
person assessed. There has been good dea