New-York tribune., 1886-06-06


three thousand seuar miles IN extent, Lord
Macaulay in the same speech from which have
already ouoted SAYS: In natural fertility Ireland
is superior to any area of equal size in Europe, and
is far more important to the prosperity. the
strength the dignity of the British Empire than all
our distant dependencies together; more important
than the Canadas the West lnGes South Africa.
Australasia Cey Ion and the vast Dominions OF the
Moguls.n am sure that If any Irish orator mad
originally made that declaration IN Am1rica ERIC ne
would have been laughed Mt ana riuicued lor Ceil-
ic eXaggeraton and imagination:
This extraordinary statement from Lord Macau-
lay led me to a practical examlna,ion OF ireland
resources. l went at it in plain, fariner-ilke way
and examined the statistics relating TO irelands
production l gathered all my information from
British authority, but could get no later accounts
than for the year $50 and for the year. preceding
and give you the result of my examination frank
ly confessing that was astoundcd ut the magni,,
produced four million bushels of wheat; But
wheat is no longer the crop of Ireland. She pro
dnced eight million bushels OF barley. Buy Darcy
is not one of the great crops of Ireland She pro-
duced seventy million bushels of oats. very ex-
traordinary yield considering lreand's small area.
The next ,tem think every one Will recognize as
toes she produced 11O.OOO0O0 bushels, within
CO. OO0 600 of the whole product OF potatoes IN the
United States for the same year In turnips @ ana ana
mangolds together she produced 1S3.o0oooo
bushels, vastly greater in weight than the largest
cotton crop of the United States She rrohnccn M OF
fax 60.0O00 900 pounds and OF cabbaGe o
pounds She produced of hay $500 1000 tons. one
had on her thousad nils and in her valleys over
5000, 900 head of cattle, and in the same pasiur
age shs had 35ooouo Gena ao o. sneep and cue mnes
During the year 1880 she exported to England
over 700. 900 cattle. over 100000 sheep ana nearly
half a million of swine. Remember all these cainc
from territory not quite so large as the Sta'e "i
Maine, and from area OF cultivation OF Iess
than twenty millions OF acres - .,..
But with this magnificent abundanfe from TINS
fertile land rlvaling the richness OF the ancient
land of Goshen there are thousands OF men IN re-
land in want of food and appeaiing to-nny 70 line tme
charity of the stran ger-compecd to ask aims
through their blood and kindred III America. WY
should this sad condition occur in land that over
flows with plenty and exports millions Oh pronuct
To other countries? IS commanded oy the great
Lawgiver of israel. " Thou shalt not mnzzle the
OK that treadeth ont the corn" Ana ~ fauI I'D
fauotng tins text IN his first EpiStlc to lo'hv dc,
ciarcd 1.-The lapcrer to be worthy of his reward"
ApplauscJ And yet many of the men engaged IN
producing these wonderful harvestS OF lielahu arc
to-day lacking bread TO satisfy their munger. ,
Mr. Gladstone believes, and we hope more lEah
half If Great Britain believes with him. that the
cause of this distress in Ireland is 70 be traced III
large part 10 the ownersho of the land. Seven nun
dred and twcnty-nlne Engl shmen own hall the lana
in Ireland lhrec thousand other meD own tne ma,
10 ty of he other half of the agricultural lan' or
Ireland. Counting all the small holdings there are
but 2SS owners of land ID Ireland and ms Ia
population of more than 5000 1000 souls. froIuce
that condition of affairs IN Maine or in any New,
England State and the distress IN few years wouId
be as great as the distress III Ireland TO-DAY. Mt
GlaGst tone speaking as statesman and Clir
saws that this condition of affairs must cease. ana
that the men no Till the land III Ireland must DE
permitted to purchase and to hold It. ,
The story is Lot vet half told. ILc tenants ana
the peasanry OF this little island NOT so large III nd
| YOU as Maine pay a rental OF G3.OOO0Oo per an
mum upon the land. Besides this; ITslann mo pays H OF
dd pay In 1850 an Imper al tax of S35, 600, 900 an
nuaiy and "a local tax OF $ 5.0OO,OOo more mus
| the enormous OF S1l5,O0O.OOO Is annually
wrought out If tine bone and flesh and spiIlt o! tne
| IRISH neon G. and no wonder hat under this mutt
| piled burden many lie crushed aud d0wniToddeh.
| believe the day has dawned for deliveraDce
| from these great expressions. But from tne eX-
peremce of Ireland's past 1t is not wise to be TOO
sanguDe OF speedy result. For one, there ore i
! shall not be disappointed to see Mr. Gladstone ;
measures defeated III tins Permanent. Inc n2-
| lIsh members can DO IL. But there is one thug
| which the Eng ish members cannot do They can
not permanently DEFY the PUBLIC oplalon OF 1he 40
plause. Lord harrington male very sehincah,
adms sion when III a complaining tone he accused
Mr. Gladstone of having conceded so much III Ills
measure that the lrlshmen would never take less.
IAppIause. We'll, do not know the day, whether
be this year next year or the year a1'er tnat;
or even years beyond, when a hnal settlement sna
be made but have absolute confidence hal IL IL;
Gladstone's bills are defeated the settlement VIII
never be made on as easy terms to ngland as the
DISTINGUISHED Premier now proposes. lAppIause'i
They complain somewhat in England of such
meetings as we are now holding. lLanahter.l lhey
say we are transcending The Just and proper dnties
OF friendly nation Even if that were so the
Inellsnmen who remember 1S62-3-4 should main
a
misconduct of Enqlishmen during our war would
by 10 means justify misconduct on our part now.
I do not refer to that any palliation
| or as any ground for Justification If we
were doing wong. do not adopt the niDpant
cry of TIT for tat OF the illogical twi of tn quoqae.
Indeed there ha been nothing done III America That
is not strctv within the lines OF justice ana strict
| ly within the limits of international obllgatlon
Nor is an thing i'll the United States with tie
intention OF jurng or with the reotest desire 10
| lnjare Great rltain.
| he English people themselves are divided and
| the American peOi ie SYM atnlze with what they
believe to be The liberal and just side OF tnglsh
| opin on. We are no more sympa hlzng WIN Ire
| land as against the ENGLAND Of the past than We
are synlpai with Gladstone against saiisbur,
| mtne England of The present. Nor must 1T be tor
gotten that England herself. apparently not appfe
| ciutlnn ner own course Ioward lIe'and, mas never
| failed IN me iast fifty years 10 extend sympa hy
| and sometimes helping nand to oppressed aation
ali les in Europe strusRingtO ne free from tyranny
| When hungary resisted the rule OF Austria, Kos
! suih was as much hero III Engl nd as he was II
America. When lombardy raised the standard o
revolt against Tie house OF hapsburg. the British
| Ministry could scarcely be held back from open ex
! preston of sympathy. And wien sicily revorfed
/ against the Teign OF tne Neapoifan Bourbons
English sympathy WAS so active tnat Lord Palmer
| stOn wa openly accused OF permitting guns iron
| Woolw wlch Arsenal to be sDuGged on TO the island
OF sicily to aid the insurrrection against KnG
| BGmba. ] he people of tne United states, there
fore, are only following many seneronS examples
of lneland, and quite d., apart phr6.a iron ron
| any consdt Talloh excel the Drohu on
of human fellowship. stand orth as tb'
friends of Ire and IN her present distress. lGrea
applause.l lbey do no' stand forth as Democrat )
| They do not stand forth nepubllcans. They d.
non stand forth as Pioiestants. 1hey do no. st M
forth as Catholics. But they stand forth IS Gu
zens OF a Qrca, and free rcpnbIic app'ausel, sym
| pathizng with freedom throughout the rid.
| Lad word Of personal advice 10 give, or II weT
in position TO give au hOrtative counsel. 1t wOu
bo ms: he time Is coming that wi! probably tr
the patience and the selic nrOl OF the IRISH pcOpl
| more severely than they have been tried in an
other Stage the progress OF their long struggle
And my advice rs that by all means AID with ever
persona ard moral influence thai ca be used vic
lence OF any KIND Dc suppressed. Great applause.
Irlshmcn Lave earned the consolidated opinion @
that part of the CHRISTIAN world ihat believes i
free government Have care that nothing b
doue to DIVIDE that opinion. Let 10 act oi itnpiu
deurc or raShuess violence or Outrage produce
reaction. Never has a cause been conducted wTtn
clearer head or with better judgment i'll It's paris