New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-18

-, Coz oaIv few months, portion OF the ois'er
tenantright custom which gives diSpoSs0ssoo
t.pant compensation for improvements no ""'
hava made But Il met with much hostility from
vhiy landlords a. we'll rs Tory landlords anu IL
..s absolutely rejected by the House OF LORDS
i.ndlord House refused to allow Parliament 10 nc
.,v,hing even the slightest. to assist the irish
tenant 'rhe Government refused to take any
,ca,sures 10 force the bill in some other shape
,,ro,sb the House OF Lords but promised that they
x,,,uld hiring in comprehensive land measure IN
the next session, and for this end they announced
the appointment OF o Commission to inquire into
the condition of the agricultural population Oh
Jreland Even in this preliminary step thoy were
uulucky The Commission was to CONSIST OF h'o
landlords. one OF them peer. The irish members
strongly urged the Government to put even QUO
representative OF the tenant-farmer oia>s On INC
Commission. In good truth the wise and proper
a., ~, tho mart q. the Government would have
bean 20 ask MIR Parne himself 20 take MS seat on
that Commission. on the contrary. however they
alsolntely refused TO give place TO any rcPieSo"S
alive of the tenant farmers cause.
h,h,bs honor of bringing before the House OF
Commons a notion to express our dissatisfaction
with the course taken by tho Government, ana tnal
notion was seconded by an English Radical'mem-
her. Me-. Ashton Dixie. Mr.. Forster, the new irisn
secretary. set himself against the motion. and
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not nleased with everything the Government chose
a. 40 and the motion was OF course rejected by an
oxervbelmipg majority. Then the Irish members
of Parliament and lrishmon outside fariiSmen'
began to lose faith in the Government. Even those
who like myself. had the most thorough belet ID
tho good intentions of men like MI Gladstone MI
Chamberlain and Sir Charles Dixie, found the con-
vcou growing on them that in the present state OF
things no Government. however well Inclined
10 for Ir,la that
cror,oouslv proponderating influence, OF Wing and
Tory landlords in both houses Of Parliament, ron
derca Il impossible for any Minister Just then to do
for Ireland the things that Ireland wanted to have
done.
In his noble speech on Cancellation with America,
Edmund Burke says: I" II you mean to please any
people you must give them tho boon which 'hey
AJAX for; not what you may think better ior thein'
but of kind totally different" Ireland now began
10 feel sad fears that English Government could
give 20 the Irish people the boon which they asked
for that the utmost English authority could 90
would be 10 tender to IIishmen Just what English
men thought might be good for them. The aglta-
tion ont of doors naturally became more impas-
stoned than ever The Land League put forward
their demands in the iirmest tone. They advised
the people TO cooperate for their common interests
10 form sort OF trade uDion Of the tenant class 10
stand by each other in passively resisting not
merely evictions, hut the exaction OF What they
considered an unjust amount Of rent Now there Is
sort Of rough and ready way OF getting at inc
priuoiple of a Just rent IN Ireland and the Land
League did not merely leave it % the tenant him.
self To form his own opinion Of what he ought 10
nav The land of Ireland valued many years
ago A the instance of the Government by sir
Richard Crhiths. and since that time Grlihths
valuation has been accepted as the basis oil a iair
rent In many parts of the country, indeed almost
all oven the country, the landlords were S1acilng
rents far above the level of Griffths valuation
The Irish tenants. therefore, considered an unjust
rent to be a rent of this kind, and the principle OF
the Land League was that they might lawfully
band together 70 refuse the payment OF such rent.
The tenant farmers Of Ireland and the laborlng
population In the rural districts formed themselves
into a great organized trades union against the
demands OF the landlords. In word, the Irish
oceupiers went out strike. Mixed mp with the
followers of the Land League. here. there and
eyeryg where were some of the Nationalist and
Fenians Almost every Irish party has some men
who NAV once have been members of the regular
Fenian organization. and perhaps have taken part
IN some of the attempts at nsurrection which were
mazda in recent wears Some OF these men had been
70 America and had mingled with the Irish Nation
aiists there and brought back their ideas and much
of their language 1t is not TO be wondered az
therefore II a good deal Of what Disraeh called
Needless rhetoric was let loose at some OF the meet
tnQs Speeches were made which the speakers
themselves in cooler moments would probably not
have justified, but these were not made by men Of
recognized position and authority. Many inter
rupfions of an inaammatory kind took place, as IL
but natural when great crowds of men suffering
under real grievances come together TO talk oyel
their wrongs aud over the means of obtaining re-
dress The Government tCck the very unwisest
eonrse which could have been suggested by the
peryerted ingenuity OF man" They resolved to
prosecute the leaders of the Land League to put
them on their trial on q charge of reasonable con-
spirscy not founding the accusation merely or at
all on things they themselves had said and done
but making them construotiyoly liable for the
utterances of Others, of any other, all over the
country Mr. Parno MIR. Dillon, Mr.. Sexton and
Other members Of Parliament were included IN
this prosecution. The principle of it was this; Mr.
Parr ell Is the president of tie Land League. He Il
therefore responsible for what is done at any meet
ing convened by the Land League He has made
this that and the otter speech which show that he
approves Of tho Land League organization, that he
directs IT, and that It's resolutions are his resolu
tons IT, then. at any meeting at which Mr far
nell is not present violent speech, containing
bursts of rhetoric which seem TO carry with them
reasonable sentiment, be uttered, Mr.. ParneD II
responsible for that. just as though he had been
present and had authorized its utterance. If some
INTERRUPTION take place at a meeting where Mr.
Parnel is present If voice calls out something
about the "pikes," or advises the people to give
the landlords lead" and even although Mr. Par
nell may not have heard what shouted, II he
did not then and there arise and disclam 1t, he II
responsible for that also. Therefore the Govern
Inent have only % make collection OF all the rast
or wrong things said or shouted at all the different
meetings over the country out Of this build up q