Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1885-03-08

zEoise cone American from Is tccf0sr-
suss,. soGls IrishEnan frosn hls sss1oss-
II By 10 dang can create oos swaps
siesie shrig5 for Ireland | shall 1aTe
a1ue hfyuOr 80 tie memory of koosrf
EBiEea and seTviee 70 HE cause
says Patrick Ford On ne oceasson o.
the senteunlsI eeiebrAtl9a % s1r hero
oirsh. "COaesdinz toe purity aud TO /
5siity q EnDszs peTs5asl eaafaessfs {
Seai j1ztiaeation existed n itssi Tor
- sttsufsa4 insarraetiOsE Let -
osss b. sentiment and theory and cone
a oisoe TO ihs practical For SIX h1n- /
assd years Elsgisnd bad failed 10 eoTi-
etIsa.9 the feelings of the IRISH psspis-
3 hsst fact in Tsssif vas proof s1fhelsnf
that Der domination sb0u.d cease Inc
psass % tii<sss ssr centuries we're writ
Tn "a soe blood Of Eve terrific rebel /
liorsA Rash rebellion had ben pre-
seasd by wholesale robbery and e0o1is-
sstsan, and Has followed by ruthless
waY Of sxterBzination- Under the torch
81 CromTeH. Ireland was reduced 70
nsap ~ Ashss. UudsT ElizsS-sth,
James |, Charles !. Charles II, william
III and the Georges, Ireland ministries
zers destroyed, her eoDmsres sup
prs@sed and AL hsS resources drisd AZ
~ &ts most infamous Legal enaesmeutA
Hat some tll-inf0rraed critic IN re1diDz
ta5s charge will declare them 20 be bot
toe 0atpoGrings % : revo!atl1nist. Ins
iudistment, alas. IL true. Hear what
.hst calm and philosophical English
historian. ". Z. n. Leekey, IA his Sork
entitled a Leaders Of P1biis Opinion 10
ireland" says 90 the s1blect- SPEAK
ing Of the condition. Of Ireland IN the
latter part Of the seventeenth and the
ear!y part Of the eighteenth century, be
says " Tbs position Of Ireland was At
tslis time one Of Ehe most dsplorable
thaa cAa BE- osnnsi we'd. The trreoonoflA-
Ole oamity subsis.in9 between the two
sections % the people had issued 10 the
rqin Of both parties. The Roman Cath.
sIiea had been eomIiletsly prOstrAtea
hy the battle Of the BOyne and by the
surrender Of Limerick. They had
stipulated indeed for religious liberty,
out the trsasy Of Limerick Was soon
shAfnelessiy violated, and u found no
avengers. ssrsdeld and hia brave com
oanl0ns had abandoned country where
defeat left no opening for their talents,
and had Joined the Irisn brigade which
had bSsn formed 10 the service Of
Frapoe. They carried With them some
thing of the religious fsrv0r of the old
Coysu .niers, combined with the mill
Lary enthusiasm so characteristic Of
Ireland, aud they repaid the hospitality
81 the French By an minimizing and
devoted zeal. Ia the campaign Of Ss
voy, on the walls Of Cremona. on the
plains of Almanac aud of LiEdsn their
coaraRe shone cousgicnousiy. Evsn at
Roufiliss and at Bieuhsim they gained
Iaarrls amid the disasters of their
friends, while az Fontenoy their charge
shattered the victorious column OF the
English, and il said to have vrung from
the English monarch the exclamation,
Cursed be the laws that deprive me of
such subjects = But while the Irish Ro-
man Catholics abroad found free scoops
for their ambition 10 the service OF
France, those who remained at home
had sunk into condition OF utter d gfs
dAtian. All Catholic energy and talent
had emiqratesi to foreign lands, and Pc
nai laws of atrocious severity crushed
the Catholics Who remained. The Pro
.essnnss were regarded as an English
eolony any feeling OF Independence
that appeared among them was sedu
lonaly repressed. and their interests
we're habitaally sacrificed to these of
Eapland. The Irish Parliament was
little more than court for registering
English DEGREES, for 1t had no power Of
passisR, OF even discussing. any bill
which had not been previously approved
aud certified under the great seal OF
England. Irishmen were systematically
excluded frorn the most lucrative places.
The Vk,eroys we're usually abseHt for
thrse-faurths Of their terms OF Office.
A third of the rents Of the country vas
said 20 be expeaded IN England, and an
abiees poverty prevailed. Bat perhaps
the most dsplorab BILE characteristic of the
time vas tho complete absence of all
public feeling. Of all hope. OF all healthy
interest In political Affairs. The IRISH
nation bad az yet known no weapon but
the sword. II was broken, aud they
sank into the apathy OF despair"
The ooa meEeial and industrial con-
ditioa of the couatFy was, If possible,
more dapioFable than its political con
diti0n, and WAS the result OF assFies Of
English measures which for deliberate
and selfish tyranny eoald hardly lie sur
passed. Until the reign of Charles III.
tue Irish shared the commercial priyi-
legea Of the Eneiish bat as she island
had not been really conquered till tbs
reign of Elizabeth. and as ita people
Rere tail thes scarcely removed from
barbarian, the progress was necessarily
slow. In the early Stuart reiRns, bow
ever. comparative repose and good gov
srnment were followed by sudden rush
Of prosperity. The land was chiefly
pasture, for which il was admirably
adapted the export of live cattle 10
t9r laad ,saa 1aTr{a.a On nnan a tarea
SCALE and il tlecame = chief source of
irish wealth. The English landowner.
however, took the alarm. They con-
market was reducing English rents, and
accordingly by an act which was first
pass,id In 1858, aud was made perpetual
in t3tf. the importation OF cattle into
Eogland vas forbidden"
Z" rhs effect OF measure of this kind,
ieveiled at tue principal article OF the
commerce of the nation. was necessarily
most disastrous. The profo0Hd modi
acation which 10 Introduced into the
c0Hrae of Irish industry IL sufficiently
shown by the estimate Of sir W. Petty,
who declares that before this statute
three fouItha Of the trade OF Ireland
was with England. but not one-fourth
of 10 kiuce that time. In the very
year when this bill was passed an
ether measura vas taken. not less fatal
10 the interests Of the country. In the
hrst NavigaEian Act, Ireland was placed
On the same terms ~ England; bat in
shc Aot as amended IN 1858 she was
smitten and was thus deprived OF the
whole colonial trade. With the excep-
ton OF very few specified articles no
European merchandise canld be i'm
ported into the British colonies except
directly from England. in ships built In
England and manned by English sail.
oTs. No articles vita q few EXCEPTIONS,
could be hroa2ht from the colonies 10
Europe without being hrst unladenei
Ia England. In 1870 this exclusion Of
ireland was confirmed and in iGSs6 10
was rendered more stringent. for II
was enacted that no goods Of any sort
eocld be- imported directly from the
eolonies 10 ireland. IL will be remssn
hereSl THAI AZ this time the chief British
colonies we're those OF America. aad
that ireland by her geographical posi-.
ton saA naturally Of ell countries most
siited tor the American trade. As far
then as The colonial trade IVES c1ncsrH-
ed Ireland at this time 1aiaed nothing
whatever BY her connection with Eng.
ians."
"Nhea forbidden te export their cat
sia ~ England the Irish tarned their
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