The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-11-11

History repeats itself more exactly in Ire.
land than anywhere else In the world. The
existence Of wrong relations, socially or in
Hustrlaily becomes once in ten years or at
irregular intervals, intolerable To the neas-
antry. They starve, they beg, they Sgitate
society declines to the point where crime
increases and is actually resorted IT, as a
rude redress of grievances. Pat-t,.s like
OConnell, Stevens and Parnel ..arsnrue
anu organize the people into clubs, leagues.
Fenlan brotherhoods and Irish rep,lbles
oi portentous magnitude. Funds pour in
from the New World, there are boasts
oil prodiglous reserves IN America fortu-
nately empty, and the island seems ready
TO burst out In full armed ana equipped re-
belllon irom end to end. Meanwhile the
torpid conscience OF Encl md SLOWLY
evolves constitutional alleva ons these she
oilers with one hand, while she throttlcs in
ciplent rebellion with the other-and the
collapse oi revolution sinevitable. Several
times since the century came in has this
Irish farce been played before the world.
These performances have not been in vain:
perhaps every one has had some result. Ii
Is simply the method of effecting reform
between England and Ireland. the English
man being what he is and the Irishman
what he is.
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jail and his land league a bnrsted balloon.
We see Irish tenants flecking to the courts
OF the land commission literally by thou
sands and Irish landlords trembling at the
sweep OF Judicial power under which they
ind themselves by the terms of MIR. Glad
stones land act and by the spirit in which
the new court seems disposed to administer
1t. Even tenants already evicted are given
standing in court by Justice 0'Hogan, and
the Dublin solicitors say he Is harder on
the landlords than Parnell was. The crier
who. opened the court of the land league"
as IT was supposed by sa lip Of the
true prophecy, for the Dublin impression Is
that "a landlords agent might as well ap-
pear before branch of the league us before
the ub-commssioners.n "The land net -
continues Mr., Jennings in his dispatch TO
the New York World lis the most reyolu-
tonary measure ever passed in the British
parliament and II Is being administered on
! 'he principle that the g. s,lps ~ tho }oocI,
| pier are superior TO th, rcfindnroftho
rights of the owner. Many Irish landlords
are preparing to sell out and leave
the country, and estates which ten years
ago money could not have bought, are now
being sacrificed for ten years purchase of
the rent--that is half the usual figure
The obligations OF Gladstone and Parnell
are at least natural If Parnell had not
'rung fire-bell in night" the British minis
try never would have turned out OF bed with
the machine" and ruin up the fire-escape for
peoplo who were in sore need of relief On
the other hand, Mr.. Parnell may thank his
stars that his arrest came Just as il did. He
was agitating defiance to new system of
land Jurisprudence, conscientiously framed
in justice and mercy. He had got to point
whore to 90 forward was treason, to turn
back cowardice and infamy. Mr.. Gladstone
kindly solved his problem by clapping him
In Jail, denouncing his league, demonstrate
ing its hollowness and relieving the people
of the nightmare Of its irresponsible des-
potism. The twnine had better balance
accounts even and cry quits, If they cannot
Join hands to govern.-Ispringfeld Repub-
lican.