The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-10-18
OBSERVATIONS IRELAND.
What Mr.. Henry George Says or tho

" "Ns MAs AAtHfy "cUfkG SHyh OF tHN
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NEw ioRI, October 17.-lIcnry George
was n passenger on the steamer lIclvetia,
which reached this city this morning. a
large number Of his friends assembled at
Pier No. so, North River, to welcome him
on his arrival. In the afternoon Mr..
George was seen by reporter, and in
answer to questions regarding his visit to
Ireland, said: & ...
u went to Ireland for two reasons-to
study the social conditions Of the people,
and 10 correspond for the Irish World. l
had no anticipation that l should be dis
turbed by the Government in my travels
through the country, until after I arrived
in Queenstown, when clerk in the hotel
told me, when he saw Inc register my
name, that had better change my name
II | were going to stay in Ireland very long,
or should probably be arrested as Il 's,,s.
pect, and sure enough, it was not very
long before was arrested"
In regard to the Land League, Mr..
George said: "Since Mr.. pArnell's release
from kilmainham the whole tone OF the
Land Leagues leadership Inns been lower.
ed greatly, owing 10 the change in Mr..
parnell's policy, which has been much
more conservative than before"
"Does the sympathy Of the Irish people
seem to be more with parnell or Daviit."
at would be difficult to say as to that
There is really no way just now OF getting
ut the popular sentiment OF the public, and
Of the course the papers cansay little. But it
is fact that a strong National feeling is
growing throughout the country. The
Land League was originally unfon OF po.
li.ical and social aspiration in one direc.
tion. Its design was to secure the land 10
the people. but the Parliamentary leaders,
80 tnr as l know, are opposed to The nation.
alization OF land, which is really the only
way Of securing it to the people.
Their ideas do not seem to differ
much from that OF the Gladstone
programme yet all through the
country the eidea prevails that half measures
are not the thing The land must be for
the whole people. A peasant proprietary
or the reduction OF rent will not do much
lot the agricultural laborers or for the peo.
pie Of the towns and cities, or the dense
populations driven into the boss, who
could not make decent living even il tltcy
got the land rent free. The landlords icuyr
the naturalization idea, but would be
favorable TO the peasnant proprietary
scheme, because that would provide for
them sort OF body. m A.
"A new movement, more radical move
ment than there has ever been before, is
already started. 1t has u strong foot hold
in England and Scotland and will soon
show its head in Ireland. 1t is based upon
thetheory ofthe naturalization OF the land.
This is not merely an agricultural move
ment. The mechanics, artisan and many
professional men are interested in it, and
It is making strong hcadway among the
clergy. It has been slower to take hold in
Ireland, because it has been let back by
the influence OF the leaders Of the Land
League; but in England hundreds OF Land
Naturalization Clubs arc springing up on
all sides, and meetings are held in halls
and in the large squares almost constantly,
The Sunday night meetings are alwavs
denscly crowded. %,
Sunless one visits London and sees nil
this for himself, he can never realize what
is being done.
mo reports OF these meetings ever &C,
into the papers. At the Trades Unions
Congress, held in Manchester last month,
m enormous vote was cast in favor OF tho
adoption OF the theory OF naturalization"
Mr.. George said that Ireland impressed
him fAvorably as country; that the land
seemed good, and the natural resources
generally were fuir. The best portion Of
Ireland was under grass, the people being
driven from the best lands, and the
denscst populations inhabiting the. worst,
"Aiuch Of .:Ireland,' said he, "has
been turned over into grazing farms,
md when you walk over one Of
these, every here and there you come
across the ruins OF some poor mud lloorcd
cabin from which the 1amily has been
driven, and then going on u little further
yon see a magnificent mansion, surround.
cd by acres aud acres Of ground, with deer
parks, &c. Ireland is anything but an
overpopulated country. The only things
wrong with it are the Government and
laws. The Government isnot the Govern.
ment Of foreign tyranny,:but what is in-
iiinitely worse, that Of a close tyranny
backed by the Government OF the foreign
country"
Nj; George left the city this evening
for Philadelphia g'6..