The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1882-05-04
Judge Black on England's Crimes
Against Humanity.
1 GOVERNMENT THAT STRIKES HEAVEN n the FACE
LandlOrdism the SaddeSt Fact in the History
Of the Human Race.
The Dfloyalty Of ireland Ought 10 Excite Universal
Admiration, for II Represents an undying De.
termination Not 10 Submit 10 Wrong.
AMERICA MUST MAINTAIN HER RIGHTS

BALTIMORE. Nd. April 10, 1882.
Editor Irish World The Centenary Of Irish
Legislative Independence was celebrated last
evening by q mass-mcoting, under tho auspices
Of tho Land League. ct Concordia Opera House.
Mayor White presided and introduced
JUDGE JEREMIAH 3. BLACK.
Of Pennsylvania, ox-Attorney General Of the
United States, Is tho speaker Of tho evening.
Judge Black spoke as follows:-
Are We or not required TO do something fer tho
relief Of ireland? This IL . question on which. I
think. no American citizen has . right to be silent.
For seven centuries ireland has worn the yoke Of
political bondage During most Of that time she has
not been permitted to mako any laws for thu protec
ton Of her own people Their affairs entirely d.
rccted by another power. Such government is sure
to be administered without any regard for the rights
or wishes OF the people subject to It. Enemies and
strangers 50 fastencd upon community will certain
" rule for their own pleasure and pront Any
who does not know this to be great fundamental
fact underlying tho science Of government Is pre-
pared to consider this subject A. consequence
ireland Is oppressed insuted stepped in poverty to
the very lips. and overwhelmed with Affections Tho
general notion is that England and Ireland arc
unttcd kingdoms. But there il no real union. and
there never was. There 4 ! connection male by
force;
They are . Pinned Together with Bayo-
nets"
Ireland Is not governed according to the common
law Of England but by special lie ,islaton made for
her alone. Ireland IL construed out Of Magma Chart
the Bill Of Rights and other great securities. Tho
British Government, which Il limited monarchy at
home. becomes an absolute despotism when 1t
crosses the Channel and the exercise Of this I'M
Hcu a.tAA ks. 6nn,
cruelty and the most hearless oppression this world
over witnessed.
the lrish had been inferior to the RICO which
tramplcd them down. their iate would seem less
hard. But intellectually and morally they wero
greatly superior their civilization. science general
intelligence. were much further advanced. The do
hberate and long.continned effort of England TO
darkcn the mind Of Ireland and reduce her people
much - possible to ignorance. 10 . most shocking
part Of the story.
Lamalorsllsm ~ tho Bottom.
The present trouble 10 directly caused by tho un
natural relations existing between the millions who
cultivate the soil aud the landlords small In number
who snatch away the fruits OF IL - soon a. gath
crei. This domination Of the few over the many was
established and hal s origin in robbery. The Irish
were the owners in ful Of the lad which they nov
cultivate only for the benefit Of their oppressors Thu
first conquerors unceremoni,usly appropriated the
property. forciblo entry was held to be COOL ii
to- and the original owner WAS supp to have lost
his right because he not str,n, enough TO keen
1t. But the whole island was conAscated again and
again before il got into hands rapacious AMI loyal
enough 10 suit England. Then the landlord system
went into full operation. Tho mass OF the people
were tenants and every tenant was slave-ifi it be
true. ~ it certainly that tie essace If sar.ry con-
sssts IN WAXING labor caile am,sAer take, AIS
eernimgs. IGhesrs.l A lease Was Q mortgage of the
tenants life Il compelled him to work incessansly
with every limb stretched and every muscle swesled
for tho bit aud the drop tho smallest quantity 81
food that he ana his children could live on-with
matched roof above them aud little turf on the
hearshstone. Often they did not get that. month
sickness reduced the to hopeless want. aaa il
crop failed starvation carried them on by the thou
sand Such has been the operation Of the system
such Il Is 1t the present moment. AMI the English
Government il doiuS all 1t can 10 perpetuate il.
Coneede that these laatlords havs tit,a which
cannot now be questioned. assume that an owner
Of property may rent 1t on the hardest terms. still
the existence of that gigantic monopoly clothed with
the privilege Of deso.atins country and s,arvinp
the industry Of people. 10
The saslsl~st Fact In the History or shs
Human Race.
Englands armies circle tho earth her fieet. cove,
every SEA her diplomacy perplexes where 1t does
not control thu uncils Of all other States. This
power. and power u always honorcd. II is said o
Satan himself thai he 10 sometimes worshiped fol
his burning throAc," Those Ministerial tools Of
greedy aristocracy who have done. and are now do
ing. al that In thsm lies TO Cypress AMI wrong 1
people to whom they owe pcotection-are they d, tc
goveras Ne. not 70 hre' n had the voice of an
angel trampcttongued could not speak ,hei,
condemnation moro loudly than the truth would
warrant.
Except Ireland ali the nations az the earth have
been making progress. During forty years the papa
latien Of ether countries has doubled and trebled
But in Ireland. with . soil incomparably rich th,
numbers have been reduced nom nuo millions &
Ave- and Of those who survive the great majority ar,
suffering and in want. Where are thu other four mil
lions and their otfsrrings What has become Of III,
additional twelve millions who. according to The
natural rule. should be living there in comfort
FAMINE hes thnned them out; pcstilenee ha.
swept them sway persecution has driven then
abroad, What is the Of these terrible ealami
tiess All men, with enc voice, charge them upor
that atrsc,ous misSovernment which blghts All
curses them. When the blood o. that unhappy PEG
rlc cries from the ground the British tyrant eaano
answer hike Cain. Am my brothers keeper 7.
Tho rulers of nation its keepers. responsible,
tor s fate. and these men have awful account Il
roadcr, For every false drop in their veins an in
nocent hie has persisted
Bat Ii the Irish could not 1.-Two by cnltvating til,
soil why did they not - TO some other employment
This is . pertinent question. and the answer to il
covers England with an iniamy that nothing else
can match. In fact and in truth they did betaks
themselves to commerce aud manufactures aud Tho
hope was bright. but England ruthlessly broke NJ
their business BY penal legislation. and forced them
back upon the land
Then why don't they nghts They have tried that
too, They never sink into tame submission. The
most pathetic passages Of history record the Incl
dents ~ their struggle: their rights have been ~
serted with surprising eiaqaence the purest poetry
celebrates their va'or. 4 long line Of their mos,
illustrious men have suffered martyriom in the
cause Of liberty. and the common people maintain
character for disloyalty which
Ought to Excite Vniversal Aslniratio
Their spirit was never broken they lack no gal
to make oppression bitter. but each defeated ef,r
t. right themselves made excuse for thu in
fiction Of new outrages. Whole districts were d..
populated by what thes called clearance the de-
ktraction Of all habalons and the expulsion Of all
occupants. accompanied by the direst cruelty. Nc
chance was lost to hang or imnrson patriot. The
higher he stood for talents AMI integrity the surer hi
TO be claimed by the seaioli or dungeon. Even
fidelity 70 regson--the highest virtue that can aaorn
any human eaafscter-was imputed " . crm, and
punished - harharously that IL cannot be though,
Of without horror
deny that this was in any true sense conflict Of
religious opinion Let no Protestant SANDER his
church by asserting that doctrines contain any
warrant tor prosecuting those who dissent from il
40 Christian man ever thought himself authorized
10 force the conscience o. another. Enslsh hgoirs
was merel. simulated II cover English rapae.ty. Tas
penal laws aimed directly At Gaheles-their worship
prohibited. their priesthood hunted down. thel,
churches taken from them. their schools suppressed