Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1886-05-19
pLAss FaCrs AsOUr IRELAND
E,. .M,u,-,cr a. ~ Kelley Replies to Mr.. w.u.

Es-W,ui-ter a. NJ. Kelley Replies 20 Mr. waiter
ot the London "Timc-"
John Walter, oi tho London Times, having
written n letter to show that the claims of
lfciands present condition aud retrog ressiun
w"rei founded, Hon. A.. NJ. Kelley in reply
says;
have not ut hand tho statistics of 1876, NO
hS w make an accurate comparison, but mas.
much ~ the pist OF MIR. Walters statement
~ defense oi the existing Legislative union
between Great Britain and Ireland the
whole period Of that union, beginning with
lsul, ~ the fairest field Tor tho o,npariso,,.
fot that com Iafison tho material ~ abun.
dant, and 1t demonstrates that this legisla.
i've union has been In its economic no less
Than IN what light be called its sentimental
results an euorono,is aud unmiked evil to
Ireland. Measure II by any ot the standards
winch human experience has erected ~ tests
OF mo value oi government and its condem-
nation ~ assured. Let me instance a few
Population. Ireland had more than ,o0O,-
900 of people In 1901 1t has less than 5,UN,-
900 now, after eighty years oi union. Bad as
thiS IL, 1t tells but n small part ot the story.
y comparison with the condition of Great
Britain makes the probability u domonstra
ton. Great Britain had l0,ooo,0U of people
In 1901 in 1856 1t has 35,ooO,Oo1. In other
words, Ireland had one-tbird ui the people OF
the United Kingdom in 1901 II has but one.
seventh, after eighty years ot union. Even
NilHin the eNbCt lltblt pI MT. W alteEs 1tl-
quiry this test may lie applied. In ISL Ire
land held S2 per cent Of tho people of the
United Kingdom; now she holds less than
IL per cent
Property-The taxable resources ~ relaud
IN 1901 were one tenth OF those OF the United
Kingdom now they are lSss than one
httioth after eighty years of union. Tho tax
able income ut Great Britain IL estimated to
bo EtNO,WO,oOo more per annum than II was
IN 1901 that OF Ireland To be not ono pound
more.
Deht-Tho national debt OF ireland IN 1893
was estimated at ClOT0 OoO. BY the act
Of uuiuu her share oi the burden ot the gen
eral debt was put at two'seNentconths II
that proportion should be eNacted now, ire-
lands debt, crciuSirc{V Of any indIpidudi
Indebtedness, Is Ep,b0,pb
TTada.-Tho period OF the Grattan parlia-
mcnt which closed tho century was one oi
great activity In srado. Almost all the hand
some quays and custom houses of Ireland
date from that time. One fact may give some
idea of the change. Last year the lttte town
oi Leith, III Scotland, with population oi
tnwO people, imported from New York
goods double the value OF all that the whole
of Ireland imported from the same city.
"A late ss the famine year, lsii, Ireland
was, according to Lord George BentinCk, the
largest food exporting country in tho world
larger than the United States or Russia
Last year tho total food export of Ireland,
animal and vegetable, was Ll6, ,OOO,O the
hrcadstun expectation alone OF the United
states was more than double this
Public order.-One OF the infallible results
OF good government is public order. During
tho nifty years OF Mr.. Walters memory, from
lNI5 to lsS1, ireland has been governed by
law during but three years-lSi2, Isig and
ls6l-all the rest have been years of coercion
bills Tho standing army maintaining the
peace oi ireland consists of 1000 English
soldiers and l5,uru armed poliCemen-an
EnSls military force OF IO,NN men, 80 per
a. "a tn mi t,ft Of
the United states. \ prosperous people need
no such an establishment