The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-10
81, Hold Britain Has on
Il' the "Owld Sod"
..,gRosE DAY CELEBRATION.
The ssld and Gladstone-Prince
of Wales visit.
pvrrAsr, IRELAND, April 20, 1885.
.,ndepce of THE HERALD. )

~ Government. There are foul
PIN -inces in the "down-trcdden ISLE
Pi ioDster, Munster, Connaught and Ul
49, The last-named is in the north o.
I , and it is the Protestant section
ID is largely loyal. A majority Of the
onle in this province as thoroughly
ts,d the Irish of Connaught as doe:
n -. bulIest of Johnny Bulls; and you
nurot make north of Ireland mar
aodder by any means than by saying
1ais from the south of bog-covered
Rim 1t is but fair to presume this
.1;.r,st IS mutual. though, not having
Saan south, cannot say. The con
oInsion. however, is a natural one
There is little doubt that the inhabi
tonts of the north of Ireland are much
moro intelligent than those of the
nth, much more liberal, and conse-
0nortly less fanatical. The idea OF
bome-rule is appalling to the average
lehman. That once granted,
bs will tell you the Protestant
Wickie might as we'll pack up his cor
Jnrov trousers and walk across the
uond for life in Ireland under Irish
IpnIa9the Catholics being in large major
;trNwould be genuine foretaste of the
fc+rre that is in store for the unjust,
rben once his mortal coil is unwound
and he departs into the unknown hence.
II is moor outlook for one part of a
roce that it must forever tremble at the
tbongbt of ascendancy of its own coun-
trvman. because of difference in re-
tsious belief. Well may it be referred to
oS~nnbappy Ireland" In earlier ages
mart of her people turned to Britain to
HELM them against an opposing number
of their countrymen; and now, dread
inc internal strife, the same class still
convulsiyely grasps the strong, yet op-
nrpssive arm, and bids Britain hold on
toTreland. 1t is not that the Irishman
has anv inherent reason to bless or be
grateful to the English government; 1t
is simply because those who call them
selves loval look upon-and, doubtless,
with much good reason-British con-
troll as bv far the lesser of two evils. The
cause of those who desire home rule
(wbo wish forever to shake off the Brit
ishyoke) seems unequivocally just; and
whatever might be the outcome of a
realization of these wishes, the fight of
the nationallsts is for all Ireland. Ex-
perience, however, makes the Pro-
testant dread such an event; and
while he has no reason particularly, orr in
genera. to love England, he cannot be
blamed for grave dread at the prospect
of the destruction of British power in
Ireland. [ cannot see where it is DOS
sible that Ireland and England should
ever have anything in common. The
races are distinct and the history of
Ireland's subguzation, with the hatred
of British oppression, is transmitted
from father to son and the wound is
made ever fresh. the gall of the yoke is
forever felt, because of British conduct
and British policy l can see no way
out of the dilemma, and it is quite APP
parent to me that Irish government of
the Irish would be a calamity. In a
measure, the evils of the Irish are those
of the British themselves. There is
nothing IN common between the British
governing class and the British class
that is governed. They are as different
IN their lives, in their desires and in
their aims as though they were of races
widely divergent. It'll popularity of
the British layman and laborer that it
should be his pride, lin the face of his
bOasted love of liberty his greatest
pride, to perpetuate system OF govern
ment which, in its very nature, upholds
class of beings, born on the same soil,
living under the same government,
absolutely unproductive, who consider
the mass as little more than so
many cattle, whom it is a condescen-
sion to tolerate, yet by whose toll and
sweat they live in luxury, in indolent
and insolent idleness and in unpublished
and practically unreproved vice. How
CALLING then must such knowledge be
to those who realize that, as a subju-
gated race. they are compelled to sup
port upstarts by birth, without Tin
many mstances) a single redeeming
quality, and who make return by indig-
nifty, cruelty and insult. The secret of
British longevity and of British pros
perity, and the content of her people,
Is her internal industries; and this is
the secret of Irish disaffection and So
called disloyalty. (By the way, this
word disloyalty is peculiar one; and 1t
shade to urge many powerful change
by those who are opposed to change,
or who want change, as the case may
be. The people of Utah know how va
rious are the meanings of this pet ex-
PRESTON of shallow-pated, gibbering
politicians) For years the result OF
Irish toll has been made to contribute
to the support of British industryi the
Irish have suffered from enforced idle
ness, while people in England have
been kept employed-(at least an effort
mas ma been made to keep them employed;
The Irish buy English and Scotch coal,
While coal at their doors lies
untouched. Lead and iron mines are
unworked. and dependent Industries;
which flourish all over England and
Scotland, are practically undreamed OF
here. The avenues for employment be-
ing few, men grow desperate and ma
ITurally turn TO the source OF evh,
British rule and by process OF reasoning
common to the poor and the unlearned,
The thought results that any means
Which will bring the wished for END IS
lustihable. What fair-minded, noer az
man will blame the poor for wishing III
70 any form of government whlch Is
simply organized support for the rlc .3
and consequent oppression OF the poor
AND l want to see any man, VINO can
point to any existing government IN
me civilized part of the globe, wh 81
mat government does not legallze tee
oppression of the poor for the Denen'
oi the rich Even the United states,
With the best form of government the