Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-09-01
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a., .wh., eonccrn have We in this contest
not rcpudisse without hishonor. Tbev soucS,
by our side ON every battlefield Of the Rovo.
luton, and after Independence tney assisted
To frauie our institutions Al leAst i've times
since then their exiles settled among us have
aided 10 save our liberty from destruction,''t
The insight of the address embodies,
rs II by propheiic insight, tho great
question which Ia to-day foremost
IN the Thought, not alone of England, but of
Ireland
III the lrish people were In full possession
oi The right To adj lister their ow u domestic
affairs, they could perform their duties to the
empires thousand times better than now.
Ihey would be the pride and the strength Of
England; not what they are--tbo weakness,
the misfortune, aud tue shame when we
consider how easily, cheaply, aud safely this
nnspeakable benefit might be bestowed, 1t is
literally amazing To see II withheld. 1t is but
erecting one or more political corporations,
which you may call states, or territories, or
provinces, to make, administer, and execute
laws upon subjects which concern nobody
but themselves and with such Limitations
upon the power rs may seem necessary TO
prevent Its possible abuse IL this coupled
with satisfactory ad djustment OF land ten.
ures, would not start Ireland on a career OF
peace aud prosperity, then all history IL false.
''' "tiuS'Nc, uuu dii pullt>pBuy
woven tissue OF lies e.. Every established
state, every supreme government of what.
ever form, has the right of eminent domain
that Is to say, the power TO take private prop
erty Tor public use upon making Just CON-
pensation. IL Is u distinct and well-upder.
stood condition OF all titles that they
shall be surrendered upon those terms when
the general good requires 1t. The sovereign
authority may thus annihilate any monopoly
which cannot exist, or Ii not likely To exist,
without serious detriment to the public
Interests. The property Of the Irish land
lords comes directly within the range OF this
power, The exercise OF II would not be
Bxrarianis'n nor contiscaton nor plunder, 1t
could not iuturiously affect the rights of any
human being, but II would reach the ono
great end at which all honest government Is
aimed-the wellbeiug of the whole com.
muniiy. l have said that the owners of
property so taken are always entitled TO lust
compensation. The Irish landlords should
have that and nothing more. The rule Tor
ascertaning what ought to be paid In any
case IL so plain that no fair-minded man
could miss IL The actual value OF land Is not
measured by the rent which landlord could
eStort from a helpless tenant TO whom evic-
ton Is death, but what a prudent aud indus.
trious man who cultivates II himself could
make out OF II over and above necessary ex-
penses and full payment for his own labor.
| The taking would not include any property
actually used by the LANDLORDS themsel yes
for their own pleasure or profit, nor any lands
| hsseu iNI otueT tuau akFlcultural purpOSes
| Bur the body Of the land now under cuitiva.
| ton or In pasture. being taken by the public
| authorities, could be distributed among tho
| people in suitable pieces, and held by them
subject to tax large enough to pay interest
on the actual value. Upon those terms, easy
| TO the tenant and just to the landlord, Ire
l land would DE converted into nation OF
| small proprietors, independent and tree,"s
| In closing this brief review of life and
| work worthy the full tribute OF an abler pen,
| we have but drawn the outlines instead
| OF filling tho csuvaS To comprehend a
| character so strong, so rounded, 80 con sisten,
| one must study his own utterances, which
| embracing, rs they do, the widest range OF
| human thought, have always one central
| idea--the liberty of man. The Milligan do
| cision touching the hGbsGs corpus is but one
| amoug the enduring monuments of his cour
| age and his devotion TO the Right. The TO
| cord OF them is before the world, and its 10
| rusal brings renewed sense Of irreparabl,
| loss In the departure of great soul
| But nothing can bcreavo him
OF the force he made his own
| Being here, and we believe him
| Something far advanced In state,
| Aud that he wears trUCr crown
/ -
| Essays and Speeches, y ls!.
| -EssdgS and Speeches, PIP. loo, liO.
| sTenyson's "ode on tho death of the Duke o
| Wellington"