The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-01-04

sending one in such form. In Ireland the
sub commissioners were received by the reas-
antry hat in hand. He fancied .th,.l il such
men and with such object were sent by Presi-
dent Arthur to Texas the Texans would hold
something else in hand, and the unfortunate
officers would have a chance of getting it.
Laughter |. The land commission had been
at work six weeks, and during that time
had made a reduction of ESQ, ($4I23) but
to obtain this the tenants have had to expend
the sum of over 5000 ($24 ooo). In one
case he knew Of poor man who had piece
Of wet land rated at k8Ioo little over ($4o)
to poy which he had to work in Manchester.
The rent was eventually reduced to S6Ioo
and it cost the man L25 (about $I2s) to Sc
cure the reduction, but the matter is not ended
here. The landlord has appealed to the land
commissioners, in Dublin, and the tenant has
to attend there, take witnesses, and bear the
expenses. Should he then sustain his case, it
may be taken to the judges, and the expense
by the time he wins the case, even If he does
win it, will be very great. In any case the
costs have swallowed up about twelve years
benefit at the present. so that his gain is of
triAing description. You will say this is an
exceptional case, that the landlords will not
appeal every time. The records show that
60 per cent. of the cases decided have been
appealed. Some say that we have not given
the land bill trial. We were
doing this at the time when Mr.. Gladstone de-
clared the land league illegal and imprisoned
its chiefs. A great meeting was held in Aug
ust and arrangements made for two thousand
test cases, to be taken into court, free of cost
to the tenants. When Gladstone heard of
,his, Parnell was thrown into prison, the land
league was declared illegal, and no man dared
to defend a case in open court. The true
because if good it need fear no test, and that
! =. had friends among the landlords, is proved
by Tie faa: TINT Lord Salisbury would have
caused the rejection 81 the bill if the landlords
had not gone down on then knees and begged
his lordship to allow the bill to pass:
The commissioners have been engaged up
on two thousand cases of rack rent. BY rack
rent is meant the difference between the ac-
tual value and the actual rental, which is gen.
orally about two-thirds. This is all very well,
but the cases taken were too high.
Those the lague selected for tests were
those OF the lower class, belonging to the
poor. The league said bring the lower rack
rents down to their proper figure and the
higher will assuredly follow. One fact con-
corning the suppression of the league
should be noticed, that is, while the
land league was declared illegal the
the landlords league was supported by the
government and public fund for their support
was opened by the lord mayor of London:
Suggestions as to appeal to arms has been
made, but it must not be forgotten that centu-
ries of tyranny has brought Ireland low and she
has no arms. No man dare carry a gun, re-
volver, knife or even a darning needle
laughter without magistrates license, which
is rarely given, except to those who are land
lords and their supporters. The main reason
for placing this restriction is that eight agrarian
murders were committed in 1880, and for that
reason, too, the coercion bill was passed. In
the same time there were 900 accusations of
murder in the state of Texas and SO convic-
tons, but no sane man would ever think of
placing Texas under martial law for that reason.
Some of your papers accuse US of being
communists One hundred years ago America
declared, at Boston, "No taxation, no repre-
sentaton of the people," and she was thought |
patriotic. To-day Ireland cries 'No taxation
without liberty of speech, free press, law and
due representation" and is said to be COM
munistic. Has time made the action less pat |
riotic and is Ireland more communistic than |
her brother America?
BY her extremity she had one weapon left, |
and that was the no rent manifesto, and by |
that we can, and shall, attain our ends.
We do not want to evade our Just debts, but |
rent IN ireland is not one. Here if you make |
a bargain for rent it is just one, and you are
bound to pay it because the owner has just |
title to his estate, but in Ireland it is not so.
The landowners are descendants of CromwelPs |
butchers, who stole it from the people who |
have ever protested and will protest against
the robbery. Lapse of time cannot condone
the theft. Besides, this rent may be fair, and
yet be justly withheld. If you owe a man
fifty dollars and he catches you by the throat
and says pay me the fifty dollars you owe me,
you are justified in saying take your hands
from my throat before pay you.
Many Of the short-minded northern people
have good deal to say Of the rights of prop
erty, yet one of your countrymen, whose name
will live in the annals of history, has disre-
garded those rights for the special purpose of
humanity and Justice. There were then among
you fur million of slaves, whose value exceeded
Two hundred million dollars, yet Abraham
Lincoln, with a stroke of his pen sacrificed
this right on the altar of humanity. Half the
sum named would buy the whole land OF Ire
land from the landlords, at fair rate and free
her from her misery. There are slaves now
in Ireland who are worse fed, clothed and
housed than the negroes, and who have as
great claim for their emancipation. In the !,
New York states some difficulty in the land
way occurred and was removed by your gov
compelling the sale of the lands at
= fair rental This is all that Michael Da,itt
Icheers) commended for, ct he was into prison,
MAJ nd IN I'D he aaA