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

Ireland as.it Is,

u Dir. EDIToR.-In my last communi
Il. cation endeavOred to show the kim
in OF men the English Government ba,
e. mad to deal with in the past. so 7 nov
&c VIII relate some of the customs Of tbese
20 people, from which some KNOWLEDGE
s. can be obtained of the cause of tbei,
d condition at present
70 Now the Record has arraigned the
Ehgllsh Government "as being the
!, only government known to ancient or
3 modern times which has employed
$. famine for the destruction of those
/ from whom it claimed allegiance" In
e another place the Record asks the ones-
: tlon' Why, then, do the Irish staryePn
It linen again he says there are 1.-TWO and
e a-halt acres of arabic land to each in
habitant from which to raise food and
clothing" Now I will ask the oues-
ZION, Why do the Irish starye pn
1WO ana half acres of land to each in
hdoitant, no manufacturers. the bisbons
saying they will build a wall of fire
around the Irish coast before they will
let the people emigrate," and still the
question, Why do the Irish starve pn
Land owners of Smyrna, if your farms
were divided up into two and a half
acres to each inhabitant could apv
government on the face of the earth
keep your tenants from starving. even
you never got one cent of rent. as the
majority of landlords in the South of
ireland never get one half their rents
We'll, | think hear some of the land
owners of Smyrna say, 81 wouldn't
have such farms on nv propertv
would have my farms large enough to
enable man to make living and to
pay rent" That is just exactly what
the landlords of Ireland would like to
do also. They know that there are
farms on their estates which would
hardly feed goat, let alone a family.
NOW who is responsible for this state of
thlngs? Is it the landlords? No. Ia
IL the Government? No. think I see
you landowners of Smyrna smile when
| say 1t is not the FAULT of the landlords.
DuC they do not want this state of
things, yet are pOwerless to prevent It
1t has been time-honored custom in
the South of Ireland for a farmer or
tenant to divide his farm among his
sons; if he had fifty acres and five
sons his farm would be divided into
hve farms; in another generation these
farms would be divided again, and woe
TO that landlord or agent who would
protest against this time honored ems
tom. Many landlord whose aim has
Deeh TO build up and improve his es-
tate and the condition of his tenants
mas met his death at the hands of those
men he has tried to improve, because he
nao the misfortune to suggest some new
theory, or tried to carry out some plan
not In accordance with their custooo
II ne offered them free emigration the
cry OF determination would be raised
by the priests and bishops and that not
III 'hese later years either, for this cry
mas been raised twenty and thirty
years ago, when landlords saw the state
OF things on their estates and saw the
consequences which must inevitably
follow. A great many of them offered
all VINO would accept, a free passage to
any country they desired, until a ston
was put to it by the clergy in their cry
OF determination. AS an illustration of
how far this system or custom "souat-
ting," as it is called, was carried ON !
will mention one instance: After the
famine of '46 and AZ, over 4 1000 people
were sent off one estate; yet, after
this number had emigrated the AVERAGE
rent of each farm on the estate was .
lie or S55. Is it any wonder the Irish
Now some people will ask
why don't they start manufactures to
employ the surplus population To ..
this 1 will say there is not ambition
enough among the Southern people to e
do so. They are waiting for the "biO
war when the mills of Louth will turn T
round three times in blood" after N
which they will own all Ireland and
The good old times of "O'Brian the +,
brave will again return, when over F
population will no longer be a yexa- "
,lous question, for it can easily be set n
led without the clergy interfering "a is
he King of Ulster can sound his n
and wake up the King of II
Leinster; the Kings of Munster and a.
JOnnaught will hear the alarm from NJ
'far and the sword and the musket E
will accomplish more in a few davs Ia
han the terrible numbering, famine OF
ending Government of England" is
ould do in century. But you say if Ii
he people of the South are too poor to in
10 anything themselves, why don't 81
capitalists from the North or England pl
tart industries among those people ? G.
When capitalists invest their money if
hey like to do SO where they know it
will be safe, not where anarchy, rebel III
ion and murder run rampant, not pr
moving what moment they will be- I
ONE the prey of the Invincibles" SO
nd so suffer the penalty of death for an
he folly of their good intentions. va
'hese are the reasons why there are ne
% manufactures in the South, and a
here never will be until peace and an
rider reign there, as there is just as II,
luch liberty TO manufacture there as an
a the North, as far as the laws are va
oncerned. And it is just the same ha
eason which causes absenteeismn- tn
lndlords living in England or the X
ointment instead of on their Irish es- We
ltes. Many a landlord would rather he
We on his estate in Ireland if he could N,
o so in safety, but no matter how tn
iueh he Il welded to his Irish home su
G prefers to live where he can be safe dr.
nd secure, rather than become the 20
srget of a DISCONTINUED people. The fal
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