The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1886-02-03
Fighting the Inevitable.

sisted the progress Of civilization
In spite of all this, however, th
growth ofDemocracy in England ha
been sure. 'Henceforth," says
well known writer, England is Den
ocratic." She must be. The It'd
has set in that way with all tn
warmth and steadiness of the Gul
stream. The electoral system ha
been growing for centuries, Tb
last reform has increased the yotin!
constituency forty per cent. Rottel
boroughs have been cut off; titled de
pendants retired; public education
has been moving the right way
Legislation upon internal matters
grows more enlightened, the policy
of foreign invention gives signs O
becoming more guarded and conserv
ative, and the church question is fast
toning down into lines Of common
sense. AL of England's political in
stitutions are improving, and as Mr.
Andrew Carnegie wisely says:
The child now lives who will see
every English speaking community
living under institutions founded
upon the EXTREMIST views of the
rights Of man, as formulated in our
Declaration or Independence, with
out vestige of privilege from birth,
without king or aristocracy, without
united church and state, without
great standing armies, unhampered
by primogeniture and entail, with
equal electoral privileges and equal
Districts
Indeed, if we except legislation
upon Irish land, which is only justi-
fed upon the plea Of necessity" it
would be difficult TO point out any
change made in the laws of Britain
during the past twenty years which is
notin the direction ofrepublican prac-
tice. And why should not Irish land
be liberated? Why suffer feudalism
to linger there when liberty reigns
everywhere else? This is the last
lesson which England learns, and in
fighting against Irish freedom she is
simply resisting another cne of those
reforms 10 which she must finally
submit.
What has England done to Ireland?
1t is difficult to pass over the arraign..
ment by OReilly, which the Chroni-
e has already alluded to, in cur.
rent magazine. In the twelfth CEN
tury England invaded Ireland, pros
porous and happy under King Bre-
han, and reduced the country. Her
resources were confscated, her laws
disregarded and her courage wasted.
Finally, the alliance with Scotland
and the liberation under Edward
Bruce. Another century, Ireland
PROSTATE once more, gagged and
manacled. Irish law framed in Eng
land-"all rights reseryed'-schools
and churches thrown down. Another
hundred years-the reforming pro-
cess under Henry VIII.-the bullet,
rope and the slaveship. Seventeenth
century and still the deathless fight
Irish growing weaker, English strong
er. Cromwell makes 'peace and 81
lence" in Ireland at the swords edge.
Then came an unexampled atrocity in
The name Of 'civilization;'' four-ffths
Of the entire island, every acre held
BY the native Irish, who were Catho-
lies, was confscated and handed over
20 CromwelPs disbanded army. This
vas the beginning of the Irish land
question that Michael Davitt has
been hammering at for years. |
The eighteenth century found Ire |
and in the depths after six centuries |
IF wasted blood and scattered trea-
sure. Then Grattan gets the Irish |
Parliament and Ireland, according to
Lord Clare, advances unprecedently |
Il trade, manufacture and agriculture.
english merchants demand that Ire
and be destroyed as q competing
,ower. English landholders, always
he crowning curse, cried out, "our
ives and religion in danger" Cas-
lereagh buys out the Grattan Par
lament. TIE rebellion is crushed, |
Robert Emmett hanged, drawn and
Iuartered. Then Ireland lay down
n her misery, even God had appar-
ntly forgotten her in the night"
Text, Daniel O'Connell won the
ranchise for the Catholics. The
young Ireland of '48 vas put down,
hen the famine with thousands dying
n the soil. Twenty years later Fe-
ianism and the rule of the Royal
)ragoon. .. -
What is England doing for Ireland
o-day? Fastening upon her the grip
f the alien landlord and loading her
roducts with high rent. Closing her
orts by discriminating in favor of