National Republican., 1883-02-14
DRIVEN FROM HOME.

Comments OF the Irish Press on the Pros
posed misopplicotIon OF the Duchess OF
Marlborough Fund.
In commenting on tho dispatch announcing
that $4,000 the balance of the Duchess OF
Marlborough relief fund, would be devoted
to assisting Irish emigration, Redpdh says
This is shameless breach of trust on the
| part Of the Duchess of Marlborough. for
which she should be called to account i'm
court, aud for which, rs there is no justice to
DC got in British courts in the ease of starv-
ing irish peasants against British peers or
peeresses, her memory should be cursed.
Inc money sent to her was given In trust for
the relief of distrcss-to clothe the naked and
feed the furnishing people whom the landlords
had robbed by rents until they had nothing
but the potato-and then through blight
had lost the potato. If the duchess
had had the sole control of all
the relief there, she would have helped the
landlords and driven out the Irish for her
son, Lord Randolph Churchill, distinctly and
emphatically told me in long talk / had
with him in Dublin CASTLE that no relief would
be afforded to cases that existing laws could
reach-which meant, as i afterwards found
that no man should get relief if he held any
land at all-until he gave up what bit of hold
ing he might have at the time, aud render
himself homeless. to get tho relief that not
the duchess, but the world, had contributed
Now, the rest of that fund, which was all
needed at that time, and that ought to have
been spent then, Is TO be used not to feed the
hungry or clothe the naked-athough men
and women are actually dying at this hour
from hunger and cold--but to drive them out
OF their native land. Three thousand pounds
could feed 100000 for one month-koep the
wolf from their doors-while il could only
take away 500 or 600 persons.
Meetings should be held to denounco this
infamous old creature.
Tho Pilot says: Already il is announced
that mass mactings will be Immediately held
in Boston and New York TO protest against
and expose tho cruelty of the English scheme
of assisted emigration from Ireland. Tho
meeting in Music hall, Boston, is to be fol-
lowed by another in Cooper institute, New
York. on the twonty-sixth instant. We trust
that similar protests will be uttered by all the
large cities. We have heard from Ireland
that the emigration of girls, lover eighteen
and under thirty" is expected to begin in
March at the rate of hundreds week. The
English agents have arranged for their ship
mcnt ut Queenstown and subagents have
been appointed at Boston and New York to
see to their Decentralization. These subagents
are not empowered to assist the friendless or
moncylcss strangers, but simply to get them
clear Of the wharves where they land, so that
the scandal of their fOrlorn condition shall
not he easily traced to the British govern
mcnt.
The action of England in ireland never was
more oppressive than ut present. There was
ut least boldncss in the bloody wars and
transpantings of Cromwell. The transplant
tation OF to-day is more scientifically destruc-
tive. Cromwell moved whole families TO the
"congosted" districts of Connaught. Mr.
We're Foster and his class select the girls and
young women only, and assist" them out of
the country.
The surest way to depopuate q country is
to take away those who would be the mothers
of the next generation.
Not ono step has been taken toward en-
ploying the people at home. Famine spreads
over the land, while millions of acres lie un-
titled
As n scientific murderer might sit clam
eyed watching the convulsive hcavings of
victim bleeding to DEATH the English gov
ernment sits and observes Ireland. "This
is our opportunity" says Lord Derby to an
English assembly; 1--WE must take advantage
of this famine to emigrate the Irish"
But this caunoj be done with impunity
America will ring from end to end with pro
test againsj the. atrociouj policy. Ireland
will appeal to foreign countries in new way.
1t only needs to be stated, to let the world
see the selfish enormity of this attempt to put
nation 20 death by banishing its young
women.