Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-02

Mr.. Sullivan on the Irish Question.
Mr.. Alexander sullivan, the President
n the recently formed Irish National
League Of America. IN an interview on
SUNDAY. gave an intelligent summary Oh
the Irish question. After noting the lact
that Ulster. the northern prov vince i
largely Protestant while the otnei 81
tfons are mainly Catholic he proceeds 70
-bovy fbst the difference in prosperity !
d-,a n,a~s - other causes than variance
-,r.r -aTf-Iau-th1u-h this variance has
t[-r made rbe 1ts.asioH for unjust dis
elimination.
Tie British Government has sought il
every way 70 prol0ng religious anim0si-
lies for the purpose 81 preventing har-
m0ny among the people in their struggle
f1r freedom. Despite this fact he shows
that the example Of Grattan and the vol
uuteers. who were mainly PrOtestants-
Catholics not being permitted 70 bear
arms has had much 70 do with lesseHing
religious preiudices. and Catholics and
Pr0testauts are united in the struggle q
today.
He shows that by the operation Of the
penal code in Ireland no Irishman who
would not embrace Professionalism could
ACQUIRE title % land either BY inheritance.
,ift or purchase. The Crown thus be-
came possessed Of vast areas. which were
uarcelled out ia, large estates or gifts 10
fay0rites. or sold NJ nominal rates 10
English and scotch Pr0testauts. These
went % Ulster IN numbers. and became
pr0priet0rs or tenants. The Protestant
peasant prOprietOrs IN the favored pro-
vince are very numerous. An Ulster
tenant was entitled 10 the value Of i'm
prOyements made on his holding. He thus
had a surplus Of income for his industry.
The Ulster custom. as tits called. was
denied the Catholic tenants Of Protestant
pr0priet0rs elsewhere in the island, and
any improvements they made were made
at their peril. A a matter Of course, in
/ dustry in general hOurished in the favored
northern province. while the others We're.
for the most part. confined 70 agriculture,
. and the poor necessarily lived at the mercy
Of their employers. Capital, when it
sought investment singled out Ulster.
| and neglected the other provinces.
t-f-dhA4A- "a LAAE liAfAAl1 ~ AAA- -feA-tpittAt-
lists. Mr. sullivan. while disappearing Ol
the dynamite policy. thought that Rosa 5
resentment toward the British authorities
was abundantly provoked by the indignity
and cruelty he had suffered at their
! hands. He and the Nationalists differed
| from Rosa and the revolutionists in main
/ tanning that, while Ireland had good
| cause for revolution TO rise before an OPP
p0rtunity occurred which promised sue
I cess would be criminal. and in believing
/ that a cause that would Justify revolution,
/ when reason sanctioned revolution. could
not fail To BE advanced by discussion.
Mr.. sullivan justly concludes that the
/ remedy for the evils that affiict Ireland IS
/ self-g0yernment. He cites the case Of
Holland largely Protestant. that Of Bel
GUM largely Catholic. and that Of Switzer-
land divided as 10 creeds. all small cOun-
tries but all singularly prosperous. lie
attributes their prosperity to the tact that
| they make their own laws and believe
that Irish free9Sn is the key TO Irish
/ prosperity.