The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1882-01-12
IRELAND'S WOES.
Lecture by It. M. Healy, delivered Friday
Evening. january @, 1885,

Lecture by It. M. Healy, delivered Friday
Evening. january O, 1885,
The Hon. T. NJ. Healy, Member of Par
lament from Wexford county, ireland, ar
rived in Dallas last evening ut $50 o'clock,
and proceeded Immediately to Craddock's
Opera House, where he was introduced to
the audience presided over by Mayor
Crowdus. Col. J. B. Simpson, in his usual
ornate and eloquent manner, introduced
him to the audience with the following re-
marks:
COLONEL J. B. SIMPSONS INTRODUCTION
LADIES AND GENrLEMEN-To-night there
are $4,000 British troops quartered upon
Irish soil; great fleets manned by English
officers and marines darken her waters;
her leaders are eXiled or in prison; her press
is sienced, or il speaks only with bated
breath and whispered humbleness: All
ireland is dumb and voiceless. Under cir
cumstances such as these it would i'll be-
come the American people, who breathe
and live in the atmosphere of free speech
and free press, not to accord
to the distinguished representative
of that gallant people and beau
tiful island q generous and gracious well
come. Whether Celt or Saxon, we would
be recreant to liberty, recreant to ourselves
as Texans, to the instincts Of a common hui
mainly did we not give courteous hearing
to that cause which will be so earnestly ana
eloouently plead before you this evening.
Ladies and gentlemen, | have the hoaur
and the pleasure to introduce to you the
compatriot of O'Connor and Parnell, the
member of Parliament from Wexford, Ire
land, the Hon. Il. M. Healey
vic
Having apologsed for the lateness of his
arrival, the honorable gentleman
proceeded to explain the condition
of Ireland and illustrated the, case
| in this wise: Imagine, said he,
| the State Of Texas upon the closing ofyour
late war had been divided out among your
conquerors, all her lands, parcelled among
. the Federal soldiers, all your industries
stamped out Of existence, and your people
| compelled to OBTAIN their living
as best they could by hard work upon the
soil alone; that this population was com
| posed of of 100000 tenant farmers; and that
| there were 10000 landlords who lived else
where than among you; that the central
government kept the people in subsection,
! the press mllZzled, its editors thrown IN
iail a force of $1,000 soldiers and 1000
policemen to keep what the government
would called peace; imagine these things, il
YOU can, and you have a slight view OF the
condition of affairs in Ireland
! And now it is fitting that show You the
| beauties of What is termed q bill for the
benefit of the Irish. The first clause OF this
bill dealing with the right OF free c sale
consists OF some one hundred and forty
lines. All that is for the tenants benefit Is
contained in the first three lines, and IN
them he is told how to obtain the benefits
OF the bill; the balance of the bill goes on
to tell how the Landlord may obstruct
the tenant in the prosecution of his rights;
Now. between these 10000 landlords and
these 100000 tenant farmers, ollIer
lcnccs necessarily occur, Now, how
are these adjusted? Mr.. Gladstone appoints
a commission? What sort? One men,
her is a landlord, another is land agent
and the third a LAWYER. Then come the
sub-cemmissioners These are composed
of young fellows, with soft, white. hands
from Dublin. These young aristocralS
I know nothing whatever of agriculture, ana
vet these are empowered to fix the rents.
What do these young darIngs OF society
know of the rent-valGe Of boys, of plains, OF
of mountain tracts or farms? would like tc
see President Arthur commissioning some
LITTLE New York lawyer down into
Southwestern Texas and tell the farmer
he will now proceed to TX ms
rent for him. l fancy, the Texas farmer
yould rather fix the lawyer with
n stick or something else in his hand. Sup
pose the Irish farmer, with his rent thus
fixed. is not satisfied with an outrage put
upon hin2 What then? He may go "a
law. Oh. yes; but look at the result oil
such course by the tenant. Look at the
case of Patrick Mcravy, whose rent was re-
duccd from IS los 70 f6. His landlord APP
y ueaIed the case. He will be fortunate II hc
I comes out with COS costs from the appellate
court. And yet it may again be appealed
and the poor tenant may be very many
wears older before he gets through with the
case which may finally ruin him and
lhis And 80 it goes al the
way through. Then We had recourse
10 the Land. League. Mr. Gladstone
declared Il Illegal Ii was tried IN the
lconrts. and Dir. Gladstone selected the rack
rent cases as tests There was no recourse
for the poor tenants. Every judge every
MAGISTRATE and every Official IN lresind a.
commissioned is a landlord. and is inter
csied In a decision favorable alone 70 lana
lords. The people have no voice N the
elections. You have to go 10 the grand
iurv named by the Landlord Selectmeni
laud tbem.elves landlords. This grand jury
system is responsible for the reported trou'
bles in Ireland, while the people have tt
nav for all damages which they
defermine as done. A vast
amount Of business is done by what
i known ss the Poor Land Administration
UulV Oflc-ilaI OF tutec ait rcitNAlt ~
pe0i,le. and vet il is 50 constructed that
while apparent benefit is given. the pooi
tenants alone have 70 pay the whole 81 tbs
fares The same old story. Thus al thesf
local boards are under the manipulation o
the landlords, the pet officials and truck
lers Of the crown. Nov We must strike n
lie root Of the evil. we must frs
|. destroy landl0rdism, and thus cut Of
fror, England her selfish interests, Whiei
Il lsudlJrdism. the upas tree. N,
T0rd Hsrtingtoa must have his countrl
cats. his pleasures. bis yachts, etc, ans
thee must come frum the people 1oi
end millions q money 20 u IN Ireland II
doe no good our friends there are dralne1
IL = COW 70 TIE last drup. and my lorl
nsrffnrt0n pockeis tie funds that BIRTHS.
iav PERMITS him 90 s1truc a. iasf as Z
errnes The Catholic Emancipation va
r,,d IL a cn-rrufi0n. some uf these Cltno
firs vho have been thus emauripattd ar
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