Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-05-02

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~ ~ Of their deep.set power and
lasent,lllty OF conqncrlnp ia the end
that VIE the Norman and Saxon long
ago inued and took possession Of EDe.
lauu, 81 although Norman and saxon and
bfllish mhined have tried To poesess
anu reta IRELAND, they have all Of them
~ their I'm signally failed Primarily
wy suElc between the English and
leiFn walimply that uf the Saxon and
tne heu,English-.a struggle for posses.
SION anulastery. Then as Protestant
MGncanh became the dominant faith M
nnglshu u Catholicism the dominant
iAltn IN lMDd, the bilterneeecs 81 relig.
lous pefseuons were added to the lust
oi cohqueAnd this has been the twoiold
misery u bng. As far back "a the DAYS
81 henry VI, though the English kipg
was at nFet disposed 10 treat the Irish
WIN constellation and develop the ele-
inents OF pen between the two islands,
the purpose 4 his government was "a
Drive The lristrom their lands, d.srosc
their chiefs nt plant their country with
English frechtiprs.
FHE IRisu KNEMY.n
For generaflAs the Enulish spoke az
their nelghboras she "Irish enemy -
then, as the lrll rbelled agasnt outrage
Gus opprosslonhey were called treiors
ana u was deord that Ireland must not
DC permitted tocmain IN possession Of
any but Englhmen, Scotchmen and
ifotes'an's. uder Charles l., knowing
thatthe monarcs exchcquer needed ~.
plenisliing, a ddtalion from the princ..
pal nobility aptenlry 10 Ireland waited
on the King an6ifered voluntary con
tfibntion OF $4,000, 20 be paid IN three
years, in rctur for the concessions ~
civil and rcligics liberty. T0makc It ali
seem more like ait from tho King these
concessions VIE to be- called graces.
Chsrles accep,ethe ofter, bus his later
agent, Wentwoh, despolled the lrleh as
II old. So II chtinucd TO The days OF
Cromwell, whei Mir. Edmund Spencer.
author Of the Fay Queene, with graphite
pen describes thetate Of the Irish as that
OF such wrctchoScsa as any stony heart
would have ruedhe sight.
IRISH LAD AND INDUSTRY.
Statistics scenic contradict the general
assumption that teland Is full of waste
land and that thurlsh az race are or
ever have been ihlillcss or incapable
OF the l3l 900, O0acres OF land Ia France
II Is estimated tut $1,000, 900 acres are
under cultivation aud 1900, 600 acres
occupied 10y woos and wastes, while IN
Ireland, on The cdtrary, the uncnllivated
portions mako u much less than one.
third. Aud IL is Nd that, while in Eng.
land, Scotland an Wales the greater part
Of the waste lands unreclaimahle, the
uncaitlvGttd landlof Ireland are easily
reclnimable. Evd the Irish mountains
are not barren, si it seems 90 be the
fact that the poyey aud broken spirit of
The people have cdie from Aiauuhler and
pluuder. still tly keep their grip on
the soil and mdn Go win. In "The
Great Case OF Tmfplantatlou in ireland
Discussed puhlhtd IN LONDON IN 1866.
Vincent Gookin tetiaus that IN those days
There were few I the Irish peassntry
hut were skilltul J dressing hemp aud
lax aud making wulen cloth. la every
hundred men thfo we're 1--we or six
masons and carpeterH at least, aud those
more ready aud hsdy In buildng ordi.
nary houses aud huch more sbillinl IN
supplying the dtfdts OF Instruments and
materials than Euish artlhcsrsn
COMING TO IiE ACr or UNION,
On octoeer i2,lT7g, Horny Grattan
successfully movu ia parliament an
amondmt Mt to the address, demanding
free trade, aud Lor North had to Weld.
In April, 1850, the Same Grattan moved
that thu king, will the consent OF The
lords and commons V Ireland, was the
only power competen to enact laws SO
bind ireland aud thatGreat Britain and
ireland are inseparagJ united ono sover
eign. This was thesiret solemn demand
made by u capable llshman for home rule
aud had the British arllam, Mt u a hun.
dred aud six yearsago acted Ia good
faith the past Gentry, which between
England and IrelandlaH been perpetual
conflict, might have been a century Of
union aud peace aud rosperlty, CUBAN.
uaiy ~, 1893, IN the rish house OF com
mcus--a purely protetant body--in the !
drst discussion as TO he ieslrability OF 4 !
legislative union with England IL was
moved and carried byn majority OF Ave
aud after a debate o. twenty two huues
''lhat the undoubted irthright Of the pco.
pie Of Ireland, resinnt aad independent !
should be maintained y But |
despite an the eiforisDf 6mttan and this
majority II his Irish parlia.
ment against the unla, England took al |
vantage OF the trouOl,us times, AMI the |
articles of union, contaminated hS q com. |
nercisl transaction, vent into effect Jan, |
nary 1, 1901 Thee articles declare, !
irst, that the two irlnds be called the |
United Kingdom OF 1eat Britain aud Ire |
land second the succession TO the throne
10 continue as existing, third, tue kiag. |
ION 10 be reprpsentouby one parliament; |
Inurth, that Ireland b represents 4 Ia thr |
house al lords by twnty. eight temporal
beers, elected for hfetrom the IriYh nDbil. |
~, and IN the house commons by 100 |
flfb, thas the state
OF the two islanda Be united, |
heir doctrines aud discipline Islands be
~ the same footing ls regarded mann.
trading aui commercial piivl- |
eyes, sevenlh, that ats expenditure be
u he proportion 81 Bilaln fifteen 70 Ire.
and two for twenty ysats, after
ward 60 be regulated " parliament, that
he existing laws and.ourts be continued,
Ncepung thst appmls from The Irish
be 30 the Batlsh house OF lords.
run LAST CENTURY.
The extremes on al sides were against
he act Of ubIon. HE insurreclion 10
lnblin July 2s, 1904 though soon put
own, made koberr Emmet sn Irish
iaTtyr, planted poisol 10 Enalish blood,
nd THAI system % government known ae
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