Smyrna times. [volume] (Smyrna, Del.) 1854-1987, 1883-12-26

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farmers of Ulster enjoy ixity of tenur
neither are the landlords compelled
pay tenant for improvements if tn,
eject him. The tenant has liberty
sell his right to the farm if he gets h
hlnd' that right often selling as high
ZOE or 500 per acre, never going h
low l2f or $50. The rent which a
ulster farmer pays the landlord
much the same as the taxes which ia
mers pay here to the State and Go,
ernment-as long as that rent is mai,
tenant is never elected. If he die
"iIhout issue the farm goes to tn
nearest heir; if he has a family an
dies without making a will the oldos
SON Is allotted the farm by paying a
equivalent to the rest of the family
Rents rate at about 81 to SIS an acre
and when it is considered that ON
acre there will grow as much as tw
acres here and that without fertilizers
you will better understand the rentin,
Value. The average size of a farm !,
Ulster is about fifty acres. But ON n,
account will a farmer there divide II,
MS farm and allow his sons to " souat ;
down on the ends of it, as thew or,
intelligent enough to know that sucb q
state OF affairs would soon lead to nov.
erty and starvation.
The Record also attacks the educa
tlonal system of Ireland as netoriors.
~ inadequate" Well, | don't wonde,
at that' for the men he represents have
also attacked the free schools of Amer.
lca as VIGOROUSLY inadequate" The
National Schools of Ireland are non
sectarlan, all sects can avail themselves
Vi us provisions. 1t is presided over
by board of directors in Dublin tho
members of which belong to all relig-
lous denominations. There also Is n
training school at which all teocbaro
must graduate and from which thew
come forth as first, second or third
class teachers. These teachers are
paid by the Government, their salaries
hxed according to their grade. first
class teachers receiving highest. Sec
oho-ciass less, etc. Now these schools
are Tree, in one sense of the word but
not In another; they are free to all
who are not able to pay, but all others
are charged a nominal tuition fec
Parents have the privilege of sendinc
their children to any school thew
please, and the more scholars teacher
can procure adds so much more to b;s
income and gives him a greater incen-
1--WE to excel in his calling. will not
uwell on the many advantages of the
system, suffice it to say that if anv
community prefers to stay in ignorance
IL IS not the fault of the English Gov
ernment or of the educational system
Of Ireland. And if there are three
LINES as many persons engaged in
keeping the Green Isle to its pronrietv
IS are engaged in teaching" it is not
me fault of the English Government.
or no constabulary are stationed of
my place or station but on the sworn
'tatement of responsible propertv
holders that they are needed to pre-
erVe the peace. The Record saws the
inhabitants of the South of Ireland
are a conquered people," but if he
lad searched little farther through |
hat one-sided history from which he
'ot his information, he would have
cen the assertion that "they never
AVE been conquered politically or re-
igiOusly."
Tho Record also has arraipned tho
english Government for being the
means ofshedding all the blood and for
he acts of violence which have dis
raced Ireland through the last few
ears. Who are responsible for the
1000 and steps of the hangman that
as defled her sod during the last few
ears? Let the long row of graves in
'hlch the hapless victims of the him.
erbuss, the knife and the numerous
nhallowed spots within circling pris-
n walls, wherein were deposited the
odies of the unhappy wretches who
AID the awful penalty of their mis-
eeds upon the gallows. Let the ter
Die murders of Mr.. Boyd, of New
oSs' and of Lord Monntmorres. in
Away, of Lord Frederick Cavendisb
nd Mr.. Burke, beneath the walls Of
uOlln Castle; let these oil be spread
IL before the minds eye, then ask
no is responsible -? How suitable IN
lie lips of the agitators are the follow.
g words:
Viii all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood !
can from my hand? No; this my hand ,vop,d
rather "'u'" {
le multltudinous seas incarnadine,
aking the green one red"
tae Record may write for century c
ylng to leave it on the Government. c
lt no, Mr.. Record; you never can '
ash the blood eff the hands of tboso v
en- the head of which told the ruffian. v
n OF Ireland how to bring acts of un- n
lnclpled spOilation and measures of Ii
iperlal disintegration into the region t
practical politics. The Record then \
oduces a long array of counts which v
lgland is driven to adopt to compel a
" ana order and to preserve the lives T.
her most peaceful subjects. And he n
sorry from the depths of his heart "
Ut England employs means of bring. Il
murdsrers to justice and because s
stops the mouth of those who o
each sedition and murder. No other n
would do that, at least not v
he Record was the head of it. h
Now what is the difference between e'
g North and South, that the one is N
and the other in starvation Fl
VIII tell you how they differ in W
ne respects. The North is Protest in
and where you see Professionalism as
u will generally see intelligence; at Pr
arly every cross roads you will find m
school house aud as a result e'
educated people. The South ia Ii