Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-01-15
TROUBLED IRELAND.

What Has Happened Since tsBOy.
cOsaine'' Vas lnvented-The Ua
fortunate Position Of Mr.. Beac:
| JOnes-The OxyScr OF q Thousand
Acres Without Help.
| ICor. Boston Herald
| DUBLIN, IRE, Dec 90, 1SSo.-From the mo
| ment that the people OF Mayo invented tn
| practice OF "Boycottlng," certain landlords ant
land agents have been generally. II not IN,
| versally, pointed to as probable victims; but
| II any one OF either OF those classes has, more
Mr. Of hs COUNTY cors a
| now. sure enough, as we say In Ireland Mr.
| Jones divides with Capt. Boycott himself The
attention of those who feel In any way IN
| bic punishment OF social eXcommuhicltior
! nc the hands OF their neighborS. Capt. Boy
colt was the first to make known his
| wlote palmetto letter. TO the London Tim.
| describing In vivid colofs the system of isola
| ton to which he was subjected. The fact Of
! Mr. Bence Jones' Isolation on the other hand
came out first In the reports OF the c0rreSpoa-
dents OF the local newspapers HIS laborers
| suddenly struck. aud the news was at once tel
| egrapbed all over the three Kingdoms; and soon
| afterHard 1t became known In the same way
| that Mr. Jones could not procure the neceSsa.
| res OF life from the shopkeepers TO whom he
had given his custom. and some OF whom Were
his own tenants. But, II this gentleman was
not the first to tell the outer world the interest
ing story OF which he Is the hero. he has nDie
up for the lateness OF his appearance In the
which he has delivered in bis own defence.
since he did begin TO appeal to public opinion
through the newspapers In the course OF the
last seven days be has had no fewer than four
letters 10 the leading English journal. setting
forth all the incidents OF The 'psrSeUutiGn" and
showing how undeserved It has been, and
Therefore. how 1t ought to be SlerniY avenged
by the English government and people. Now
as to The extent 10 which ''Boycotting" has
b,eE carried n his case. there Is no dispute. All
his lahoreTs have struck, with the exception Of
a h1
brought from England The men who worked
Tor him are among the poorest In the South OF
Ireland. and have large families; the wages
daily subsistence; yet they have refused TO a
man to do any more work Of any kind for Mr.
Jones, and the consequence is that Mr.. Jones'
son ard daughter, aided Dy the butler and the
housema1d, and protected BY consJa hlery and
marines, have to attend as best they can TO the
business OF
FARM A THOUSAND ACRES IN EXTENT,
Mr. Jones has horses, but the black smiths viii
not shoe them; He lives near tue town of
Slonakilty, but for nrssd meat AMI groceries
that, in short time, he Will have TO 90 still
further for supplies. Ia short, he Is treated
precisely as Capt. Boycott-that is, cut of from
all communication with those around him.
while it Is perfectly understoou that whoever
defies public opinion in rendering him a5s,s-
lance VIII be treated In the same way as he IL
Bence Jones' immediate neighoors only woo
are resolved to Boycott him, and IL possible
drive him out OF The COUNTY, The mass OF the
people everywhere else in Ireland are equally
resolved to 90 the same thing; and this was
Shown very clearly last week by the difficulty
with which Mr.. jones' cattle were rot
70 70 c England an TO oe sold: They We're sent
mad no sooner arrived in that CITY than the cat
tie shippers OF the district united in a body on
the directors OF the Two cross enamel steam
snip companies, and threatened to withdraw
their custom should the hated landlords fat
heifers be received on board the vessels An
argument like this the directors could not get
over, and the cattle were refused by both con
panfes. Meanwhile. the drovers In charge OF
the beasts left their posts. and the animals
stra!ed at will through the streets. The only
to Dublin, to be thence shipped to Liverpool,
and this was done. Policemen gathered the
mel eefers t69sethe Gsts and the Great south
brought them to the banks OF the LitTeT.
But here another disappointment occurred.
The steamship companies trading between
business with Mr.. Jones! For day and night,
actually, the unfortunate animals were left In a
shed guarded by policemen! At last, however.
one one 1 OF dse companies changed its mind, AMI
conveyed the animals to Liverpool. But there
TOOK place the strangest incident OF all. The
English cons1gnees rejected the cargo! The
III Liverpool sa!emasters would not have the cat
tie OF the Boycotted landlord! or course, the
reason or this is perfectly plain. The principal
customers OF these salesmasters are Irish cattle
dealers, who would most undoubtedly deal with
n
modated by any one OF the craft on the banks
OF the Mersey, and no business man likes TO
lose his customers But there is no need to
~, LEEGTHEN OUT THE STORY ANY FURTHsR.
MI. jones at last succeeded In diSpOSEg of his
cattle TO a Manchester butcher but at a
greater loss than can be recouped by any dam
ages he is likely to get IN the actions at law,
which he threatens to take against the Cork
steamship companies. And now for the other
point touched on in Mr.. Jones' letter. Is this
dreadful persecution deserved7 Mr.. Jones'
done anything to deserve it, he has done mucn
TO deserve treatment of quite the opposite
kind. He paints himself as a public bene-
factor. Is his portrait OF himself true? have
no hesitation in saying that 1t Is the reverse OF
the Truth, and that, II any one In Irelend
deserves to be socially Ostracised by the Irish
people IL Is this same Mr. Bence Jones, WHO
presents In his single person a combination q
all the causes that have broughG about the
present crisis in this country. l have air 5ady
remarked that public opinion of all shade has
the peoples hards; have now to add that per
sons OF all classes-though not all the members
OF eacn class-csy out IN reference to his pres
emu posltl ION: served MIN right" He Is a
lords condemn unreserge1ly his conduct TO-
ward bis tenants. He is a magistrate but
many of his fellow-ma gistrates have frequently
condemned his Judgment at petty sessions as
partial and unjust. and marked by class
prejudice. He Is Protestant, but the irish
Ecc!estastico! Gdzette-one Of the organs
VI AO'SocoAt SAuiCu III ILLS CiUy-udS UulS
week declared him unworthy of sympathy In
consequence OF his action In the matter of dis
establishment. 1t Is needless to add that his
own tenants and the best OF the tenantry round
about hate him. One OF the farmers was asked.
some time since. by one of the leading gentle.
men OF Cork: Who is your landlord?" and the
ansW was: "Uh didbhOil I" which Is Irish for
the devil! For twenty years Mr.. Jones has
Deen an exterminating ana rack renting land
lord. The 900 acres which he now farms him
self once contained the homesteads OF many
happy. though humble, family, the members OF
which are now scattered through the length
drive over what were once the sites of cottages
as dear to their owners as MS castle Is to him
and his children. His rack-renting has long
been matter OF universal not0rieIy and uni
versal reprobattOn.
The AtfectiOnate Son.
fdalveston News