Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1888-07-21
should, by every right, have inherit.

Cd. Itsh0nld always be borne in
mind in considering the condition
Of the people OF Ireland, says Mr..
Mills, that their ideas Of liberty and
tnsmel come to them from their an
cestnrs. They, are not like some
others of Enrone whose fathers new
et knew liberty. They Inherit the
spirit and pride 81, a people who
once stood peerless before the civ.
iIlzea world III ats and sciences,
and poetry. .d vgi4al IS
The curse of the people to day is
what is known as absenteeism. The
live, in London, Edinburgh,
and in Paris. The tenants work like
slaves, and the money which is the
fruit OF their toll is sent to London,
Edinburgh, aud Paris and is spent
there. Not a dollar for Ireland.
Now and then something must be
for repairs, but for the
most part the tenant is required to
keep this up at his own expense.
The landlords are living In luxury,
The tenants are breaking down nm.
der oppression. There is no such
thing as internal improvements
There is no such thing as immigra'
ton. There is no such thing as
looking ahead for home. The ten.
ant of today is evicted to morrow
The ship at the pier at Queenstown
is packed with the young sons aud
daughters, who have said gOod-by
to fathers and mothers, in most
cases forever. The old people are
left behind to perish In actual want
Up to the very last word spoken be-
tween mother and daughter there is
the lntimation OF tyranny. A red
coated soldier with bay oneted gun
unlocks the embrace OF father and
son, pushes the former back and
hurries the latter forward. Four
teen hundred scenes Of this kind are
beheld at Queenstown with the sail
ing of every immigrant ship.
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The cry of want walls upon the
travellers ears from the moment his
feet touch the soil until he leaves it
The spirit of domination meets his
eyes at every turn. The soldiery
are everywhere. The beggars are
everywhere. Thirty thousand Brit
ish troops, regulars, are quartered
on the country that is going to waste
Besides there is the armed constabu
larry and the brigade of officials al
Dublin castle. This castle is sup
posed to be the seat of justice. Here
the oppressed of Ireland are asked Il
come for redress. Every individual
in authority, from the constable whit
serves the warrant to the highest OF
fetal, is in the livery of the Englisl
government, in pay of the same, ant
carrying out the idea and the in
struction ofthe English government
1t is to such a place and under sucl
a rule that the people are asked Il
come for Justice.
81 went to Cork,n said Mr.. Mills
+" that once proud and prosperou
city. 1t looked like a sepulcher
The people crowded about the side
walks on their knees and hands an,
begged for bread. Women huddle'
about the hotel entrances, half nake'
and emaciated, crying tor food TO
the furnishing children who clung t
their tatters. / had to step oye
them. 1t was the most pitiful seen
l ever beheld. 1t was q city Of Ii
mentations. I hurried away from
and as / did so / caught the sound
of the bells of Shandon. There wa
no music in them to me. 1t was
requiem. / left the place as on
quits a chamber of horrors. 1t wa
awful, heart.rending, and pitiful b.
yond expression. g
ST went up to Killarney for
change. | thought from thence
might carry away some recollectio
Of the unhappy country which woul
be pleasant to revert to and which
might tell to my children. The be;
gary was there; on the banks
sweet Killarney / saw nothing bl
tatters, heard nothing but cries fl
bread and appeals for chance
make enough to get crust. / lie
1t. l shall never think of that pla'
except in sorrow. And yet &c
made it the paradise OF the earth.
81 left Ireland" said Mr.. Mill
"with a sad heart, as any human
tartan must. 1 never knew VIII
misery meant. But there must be
change. Landlord,sm may fant
itself secure, but among people wi
are civilized and imbued witha spi
it of liberty it must cease. The wor
is becoming enlightened. Travel
cheaper. People will begin to 60
Ireland soon to see ID for themselve
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