Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-07-26
JONES ON IRELAND.
The Impressions the Florida Senator
Received on a Visit to His
Birthplace.
Parnen and the PeOple-State Of the
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES @As-
sisted'' Emigration.

NV 1OTk hSTQ4Qs Lee, L nave Dccl Z
Ireland" said Senate Jones, Of Florida, In
answer to a Herald reporters question. "For
the fret time since l was a child l went back
to see my old home in Baibriggan. a fine lit
tie low about Twelve miles from Dublin. L
found Ireland far more beautiful han my
early recollections led me TO expect"
"And its peoplsP
81 found among them a strong, deep aud
seemingly upquenchsble desire for local
self-government, such as the Canadian peo-
pie nave. The feeling is thoroughly nation
al, and, whatever differences may exist as to
minor political matters, l believe that Ire
land is eager for home-rule. The people
talk earnestly about their plsns, and / failed
to see any evidences Of disorder in the por-
ton OF country which / visited. There Was
no more lawlessness or crime than in other
countries"
"Was there any great restitution among
the people?"
$40 tell the truth, / did not go TO the section
where the suffering WAS said TO be greatest.
Bat when / was in Dublin Lke-tzts Father
Tom BHske left his sick bed to address .
nesting in the cause Of charity, and L took
this lsst occasion TO hear the famous patriot
priest of whom ! had read So much. The
assembly was a very large one; but l could
not Judge OF Father Burke's oratory, Tor he
mss very sick and only spoke a few earnest
words, fuli of tenderness and feeling. de
declared that in the western portion OF Ire
Ian 10 one district thsre were oOOO little
children dying of hunger. Father Burke
appealed for money with which TO buy bread
and clothes for the helpless little ones. This
l considered the highest evidence that the
suff ering in some parts of the island was as
| great as it had been represented. When L
was ~banqueted BY the lord mayor and cit-
--.-f n.nI.- I'D -. q h-.a. unoaah that
| if there were 5000 children on the verge OF
the grave in a single district there must be a
| proportIonate amount Of destitution among
the adults.
WHAT GEN. woLsELEY SAID.
"By the way, Lord WolseIey was banquet
| ed 10 the Rotunda of Dublin on the very
night that 1 was honored in the Mansion
House. The Freemaa's Journal commented
extensively on the two %banquets, and quoted
the words Of Lord Wolseley, who said in his
speech that the Irish soldier, like the Irish
people, could not be governed by the cold
discipline of the English, but must have
leaders of their own. The words had d
strange ring, coming as they did from the
lips of a distinguished Euglish general. Th'
London LINES said that the reception TO m,
was intended as a political move to detrac
from the greeting to Lord Wolseley. l de
| lON lulnhl ual IL udu auJ pOlAtNCal btShlh
canoe, and the fact that the two affairs tool
place on the one night was merely a coin
cidence."
AND Il PEOPLE.
"Do the people seem to rely general.
upon ParnellP'
ayes, decidedly. They seem 10 think tina
a deal of good has been wrought by the Ian
act, and that it can be altered so as to &C
-.,a .aNr1 Thn manila thin
that the country car easily be developed j
The government will give it a fair chanc;
This view was held by the most thoughtful
men l met. Everywhere 1t was said that III
dist ribution Of taxes in Ireland was not jus
when compared with a Ration in other part
OF the empire, and that there was much nee
OF reform in this direction before the cour
try could prosper. / don't believe that an
Protestant leader ever had the confidence {
the Catholic people ss completely as Parnel
There are a few who disagree with him, hu
the great mass of the people are with hir
heart and soul. They like his moderate
and conservatism. Even men who dare Nc
sympathize with him openly support him 81
cretly."
; "What was the most prominent feature /
, Irish politics that you noticed2"
/. "rhs most striking thing TO me was III
!, faci that the Religions differences which fol
me1ty divided the IFlsh people ffUm top
bot ON are being thrown 10 one eide an
Protestant and Catholic are joining hands
ASSISTED MIGRANTS.
: "How sboutthe expectation Of the peassn
J ry 10 America? Is there really any fselir
! on The subject"
"rhere is a very strong feeling again
z whist is called assisted emigration tt
. idea of exporting to America, by means
: government aid, people who can be classed
paupers offends the pride of the Irish, ar
they talk freely against it. The popul'
: feeling is that the poor peasants should n
0 go to America, but stay at home and help
: work out their country's redemption"
: "Did you observe any general sympatt
o for The men who were recently hanged in Ir
b land?o
: "No. l found that the people themselv
: detest any form Of crime juet as much as
q do here. The Irish people think that 4
e crimes committed In the name of Ireiai
have done the country's cause great injury
"What we're the chief points OF differen
between Irel:n and America that you u
ticed?"
"Well, the people there claim that III
!? do not reap the full fruits of their labor, al
that if they did they would be az prosps
\ ess as our people are. They contend tn
- / uLoCl IA POiitASdi bNcNCm ny nulCu III
are ruled the country is unable 10 conla
within itself the wealth which is created
the tillers of he land; that the growth
industry is checked by oppressive laws; tn
although Irishmen labor hard and skillfull
the bulk of the country's substance goes in
England and nothing comes back. Anoth
difference between the two countries is in I
great display of military force which M
my eye al every little railway station. The
ID we're always a number OF conslabulary carr
ing sidearms and sometimes carbines."
g. "What did you see personally as to {
At depressed state OF Irelsnd?"
at "Well, Pill tell you one thing. 81
a south of Dublin immense tracts of msgni
re cent farming land which had appsren,
II been cultivated once, but are now used
Of pasture. The fences we're down and t
l. fertile fields were abandoned to nature a
he the cattle which grszed upon them. 1 VIC
dered how the people along that secti
se could support themselves when 30 little
ri The land was devoted to the cultivation
L bresdsluffs. L was told that this was the
rect result of evictions of tenants by lar
lords. l really cannot see how it is u
Ireland cannot support a larger populate
al when so much of The finest farming land
ever saw is lying waste and almost useles