Cheyenne transporter. [volume] (Darlington, Indian Terr.) 1879-1886, 1883-09-13
The Irish Outlook.

New York World.
We would not advise any fren of
Ireland to put the slightest faith in
any statement that there is large and
influential class in England who are
weary of the Irish agitation and are in
favor Of letting Ireland go. No one
in England thinks of anything of the
kind No such opinion is credible.
OF all imaginable changes in the polti-
cal geography of Europe this is the one
wholly impossible. England, which
has shown its alarm at the mere pos
sibility of tunnel connection with
France and the remote contingent ex-
posure of single strategic point, could
not let Ireland go. That would lay
open the whole of the western coast of
England to n danger more serious than
the tunnel scheme. The talk of any
body in England consenting to let Ire
land go is too absurd to be seriously
noticed.
Bot there are two measures of actual
relief which can be claimed as a gain
for Irish agitation. The reductions of
rents, enforced and voluntary, under
the land act already amount to S20,-
600, 600, and it is said that the final
amount will reach $40,000,000. That
gives us some idea of the legalized rob-
berry under which Ireland has suffered
for centuries.
A reduction of $40, 900, 900 means So
ahead for every inhabitant OF ireland.
This is more than the rich and prosper
Gus people of the United States pay
for all their expenses of government. 1t
is greater strain on Ireland to pay
$40, ,000. 900 year than it would be to
this country to pay $500, ,00o,0 ,0C0, and
even this comparison IS not adequate.
The land-taX which is being lifted
from the shoulders of Ireland fell on a
single class, the farmers. Our taxes
are spent in this country and for the
benefit of Americans. But the Irish
landlord tax drained the country to
support landed aristocracy abroad.
With that sum of tax remitted ans
with the changes in the hard condi
tions of land tenure we may expect The
condition of Ireland to show II marked
Improvement. Il can hardly fail to dt
that with SO vast q sum saved from ex
portation and allowed to remain in tn,
pockets of the people.
The other measure of relief is tn
emigration movement which promise
to do q great deal to lessen Irish dis
tress. No impartial mind can fint
fault or complaint with this PROPOSE
ton. The vast emigration of the pas
thirty-ive years has undoubtedly beer
a good thing both for those who hay
gone and for those who have stayed
That movement is still going on wit
the same beneficial results. 1t will b
even more beneficial when it represents
not the scraping and saving of thos
a who 90 out to strange land, bu
when it represents an organized move
ment on large scale, with the future
+ welfare of the emigrants guarantee
by the reasonable measures taken b
; the government.
E 1t is impossible to deny the practices
value of these measures. 1t would b
inhuman as we'll as absurd TO object
o them because they represent govern
9 ment concessions, not dynamite vic
=. tories. The welfare OF the people
:, the first and last object of all govern
ment and politics, and the real friend
p of the Irish people have every reaso
h to believe that the future of the coui
+ try offers a brighter prospect than Ef
II been known in its long, sad history.