The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1885-01-18
suazAsDs cxAsEIsss srsuooLE
TIE Rss. NJ. OkssIiy Depicts tie --latest
Phasss ~ the Battle with l.aaAioraisa.

DUBLIN, dec. W.-InO ocean tclcgraph mas
borne to America the news OF the fearful
earthquake In Andalusia. Every inch OF tho
soil cow ulsed by the subterraneous forces Ia so
familiar to me by travel or by long study that
feel - n the calamity had fallen on dearly
loved friends and on . country loved almost as
my own for recent doeeneracy. the result OF
chronic misrule cannot blot out tho cherished
memories OF ancient heroism and truo great
ness II is temptation TO turn aside from
Irish Affairs and lead your readers through the
sublime Bcensrv around Lola. and Jaen, and
.he lovely yelez- Malaga. now covered With q
and serious social disturbances which excite
more important in their results than the earth
Gent sironahoids. OF Moor. and Berbor. and
Arab amid tho Andalusian mountains.
and sSotcsm soma sppoiesa 10 s1s irs
land have made up their minds to continue for
4aSssr or o The e Primes e nS
4 tyranny worse than martial Jaw: for martial
Law; executed by an UPRIGHT. honnst md hon ..,
iepee and disorder. But the Crimes act. and
all such ooereive legislation IN Ireland: mean
she lives 80 Of the The pssps Ii
mercy Of such mon as James Ellis French q,
George Bolton, and sssoSiates-shst y the ut
mund Spencer was Under Secretary and Chtef
Ssas MS Sns %: saeo villa Parsons and
John Borave were Lords JUSTICES with sir
6hses oSss rst1n S nm bs
Ireland ,he{ yll tell You; hs, netting ct, to
best governed portion OF tho British empire
with governing It, save only as the unpopular
instruments o. the officials who rule tho coun-
try from pnDn G Eh an nS %s S
like permanent fortified camp, In hnli- con-
Iuered country. aud second and more numer-
Casile authorities. all Independent OF tho civil
magistrate and the municipal governments.
Ts x terrible s.ss Inf ~ T Srnn S IL. hs
the Cornwalls. the Bottoms. tdi quaint.
has only served as q stimulant toward de-;
psned into. such dsieetablo fruits Of rascality:
the peculiar moral and social meteorology pre-
vailing hero must have foreseen the official In
81 aSs pHFpSss to tine
both in Ireland and In England. Loglcians will
tell you OF the process. tdcidm te beae reare. by
yield the desired conclusion. Do you think
that d. power.u GOVERNMENT. with n host of
paid officials At its beck; will be- much ombar-
continuance Of coercive measures2
And with the eil-iounded prospect OF de-
priving the Irish people for some years longer
Of the semi lance even of self-government the
ordinary law allows them. the landlord power
rules from Downing street the destinies Of tho
sister kingdom with absolute sway; Is deter
enough TO feed tho Are OF hatred so long burn
ing in the hearts OF the agricultural popuia.
ton. Naturally. the crying injustice and cruel
wrong done to the unfortunate tenants by
turning them out On the roadside In this riaor
GUS season is calculated to arouse In the whole
laborDg class irreprossible anger.
But these eyjcttOnS, hapDeninR at present all
over the country. ike the breaking out Of hos
nnss a2I9 am than ne he
pie understand 1t thoroughly. The new Fran
chise bill has created 250,0OO additional voters
ers named to fix the boundaries OF the new
electoral districts are holding their sessions In
Both tho Na,ionaists and the Conservatives:
OF whom the Oraneemen are tho most powerful!
wing. have long been fully alive to the vital
counting every vote and securing the adhe-
sion of every voter in each district.
sity TO. 90 to the workhou or to receive OIL
eial relief or SUPPORT OF any Kind outside Of tho
pacita,od for voting; Hence the policy. the
deep and far.sighted policy. In the landlord
power. OF evIeting on large scale simuitape-
aaeurated by The new Reform biz has tssun H.
=. In my last letter Expressed the hopo that
prayer of his Lisnore tenants. and remit a
portion Of their rents at 2 time when distress
IL universal. ING fanny council nelu AZ
Chatsworth has resulted in q fiat refusal. Not
even Lord HARRINGTON could see tho reason
ableness Of the tenants demands. urged. too.
where there is such mani lest peril in driving a
Tie Enas Earl 81 Dan
who follows In the footsteps OF the Cavendishes.
on
Limerick The failure Of the harvest in Ire
land the fall in value OF every species Of farm
sorts Of national Industries afford no motive
IN this landowners eyes for abating one jot
agents. Ana so these people win ass
have to 60 out on the roadside or to the poor
ssy x Rn, To Ss1 = LORD S
gsniu. Of that prince OF, lib-rtines. the late
q hell Of tho mountain wiIdernesses In which
he dwells amid his wretehed tsnantry. In
unholy work. And, what is more significant
still. in the county Down they are roofing out
every Catholic fresholder. Industrious and
holdings somshow do como under tho dispO-
sitions OF the last land INV,
final struggle between the landlord power and
the Orange ascendancy on the one hand, and
as hi BY the %bs
love justice aud self government on the other.
In my recent studios came ,across. a doca.
Thomas Blennerhasset. one OF the Ulster plant
ers. to tho Prince OF Wales, and through him to
james ]. 1t described tho absolute impossi-
bility OF developing any of the plantations
made by tho latter 30 long Hs the disnherted
the land. Even then these remnants Of tho
ancient population were driven to subsist as
best they could in the woods aud morasses.
But their presence constituted a permanent
danger They would not permit themselves to
be sxterminated.
This ancestor OF tho Blennerhassetts relates
to what expadients the English and Scotch
planters and adyenturers had recourse In Or
OF the lands o. Ulster. From I.ifford. Chars-
mont iCoeraine, Dnngannon. and other gar
rsoned towns some 900 horsemen armed cap
h.pis. with wolf dogs, Irish guides. and all the
implements OF the chase. would meet. say on
the 4th Of March" at a given place and. d.
viding into bands Of a hundred hors.men each
scour tho country within u hundred miles
conn hunting down q, one md the same
will DO n pleasant hunt" Blennerhassett saws.
and much prey will fall to the followers. The
charge texpense) none; the pleasure much. 1t
VIII bring such IA terror that the wolf himself
Will not dare TO continue his haunt"
Thus Jared in ireland every man who had
Irish blood In his veins and whose heart re-