Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1886-08-31

Tue Archbishop-No, strange to say, 1t
has not. Only a few days ago l read IN
the Dublin Evening Mail sneer al tue
folly Of the government in sending an
armed force To an island OF Scotland 20
enforce payment of crOfters' rents. Tbs
is, the writer said. year when, even In
the south of England. tue farmer cannot
make his rent; but OF course no such prin-
ciples are TO apply to Ireland with her
poor people. Possible or impossible as
rents may De Of payment, their payment
must be insisted upon, and II they are
rot paid, out the tenants must go upon
the roadside. II United ireland were to
write about rents in COnnemara or Done
gal as the London correspondent OF the
Dublin Evening Mail has written about
the rents of the Scotch crofters row Vo-
ciferously the cry Of Communism"
would be raised.
Mr.. Gill-COmmuniem seems to be
term of rather piiable significance!
The Archbishop-Its Significance is deh-
mite enough, and it signifies a system OF
manifest and unqualified foIlV as we'll as
wickedness; but as the word is common
ly applied by political paTtisans IN their
slanderous assaults upon the character
of the Irish people, | know no better def
milton OF it as thus applied than that
given. as you probably know, by a
well-knOwm journalist, Frederick Lu-
cas-. Communism, be said, required
very philosophical mind to explain it.
He had heard a great many dennl-
tons Of it, all Of them but one very
unsatisfactory. The only one that ever
satisfied him was given by quaint
writer naively that 1t was "tin kettle,
very convenient to be tied TO the tail Of
any unfortunate animal which 10 was de-
sirable to hunt to DEATH" Communism,
iulAQH is a n RI IL
canoe, but in this. its true sense, it IS Ut
ierly Inapplica bic to the demands Of the
Irish tenants so far as | have ever known
them 10 be put forward. Wemust do our
best to keep these demands still within
the limits Of right and justice, but our
task has not been made easier by the re-
lection OF Mr. GladstOne's bills.
Mr.. Gili-Yet the landlord party seems
TO rejoice at that rejectiOnl
The bhlsbop-UndOubted and 90
far they seem 70 show no desire to shIrK
tdeir share of the responsibility OF having
thus brought about increased difficulty of
getting in their rents which now awaits
them. IL is, OF course, quite manifest that
one main cause Of Mr.. GiadstOue's defeat
at the polls was the unwilingness of
Englisbmen, whether wOrkingmen or
capitalists, to run the RISK, as they re-
garded 1t, of buving out the Irisn land
IpilAS- NdthSfhllf LuSF were lDHuenCbu w
the unparalleled statement, made few
months ago in the Times newspaper on.
the high authority Of Sir James Cairo,
that ''of 81, 900 holdings IN Ireland the
rental of $500 is practically irrecover-
able by anybody, whether landlord, Eng
fish government, or Irish govern
ment." 1t may be pleasant thing
for the landlords to gloat over that Mr..
Gladstone has been for a time defeated
In his projects of Irish legislation, but
they cannot long keep their eyes shut to
the fact that he has been defeated mainly
because he tried to stand between them
ana financial ruin. They have made their
choice; so far they do not seem TO regret
it. 1t remains to be seen what Mr.. Cham
berlain and his new allies are prepared tn
do for them. One thing, at all events, ia
clear-that tho Irish people will not again
consent to pledge themselves to the terms
Of land purchase bill so favorable to
landlords as was Mr.. GladstOns's bill
which has now been she!ved. We were
pledged TO the fulfllment OF terms i'm
posed upon us by that Dill. l can have no
doubt that the national pledge thus given
would have been fulfilled at any cost. No
such pledge is likely to be given in the
future. Indeed, it is plain that no Eng
lish Minister can ever venture to make so
generous an offer 10 the landlords of Ire
land. No such pledge, then, will ever
again be asked for.