Daily Republican., 1888-10-16

tinent questions about the presen
crisis which looms over the politicn
horizon, irsught with veal or woe7
Why are farms waste and rent
unpaid, prices low and produce I'm
remuneratlve, trade paralyzed and com
merce at q standstill, society disor
Ranized and capital unavailable
churches and benevolent institution
dropping, without any apparent return
|of the sunshine Of prosperity
Have we not had panaceas by tn,
score and political nostrums aud nau
sea, countless systems of agrarlan agi
tation, and the most liberal land law
In the world following each other II
rapid succession, only TO be followed
in their turn, by other and more strik-
ing remedial measures, exercising ne
ameliorating influence on "classes o.
masses" saved to be turned, twisted
and tortured out OF all recognition,
until Erin's natural resources are
'shrivelled up like Jonah's gourd
and her national aspirations ara
changed into froth and bubblesi
1t Is true and well, k-owr
apothegm that the man who is insensi
BILE to the wrongs and sufferings OF hIi
native land can never be truly loyal ia
the interests and requirements of his
adopted country, While / yield ia
none, in my desire to see this land Of
FREEDOM, this home of free men, free
schools, and free institutions still more
free, yet on the other hand, with equal
sincerity, / pray that whatever hand
may grasp 1.-The helm OF State" OIL
whatever party may be elected to di-
rect her destinies, that she be kept
free from that specious, bllghting sys.
tenn that euphonlous mis- .nomer-fret
trade.
When the strong man Is harassed
sick in body and mind, he has no de
sire to dwell upon his sufFerings. He
prefers to suffer than to speak, and thus
often occasions his medical attendant
no little trouble in his efforts to arrive
at proper diagnosis. Eo with the
true lrishman, who, although he feels
and experiences more fully and truly
than those OF other lands who talk so
glibly about poor ETin's social and
political troubles that, like the vulture
OF Lityus, are gnawing at the vitals of
his native country. yet suffers in ST.
lence, conceals his sufferiDgs rather
than reveal them, ''leels agrieved,
yet gives no reigns to vengeance"
II is no pleasure, but the worse for
such men to dwell upon these uu-
toward but truthful facts, from which
they are free and owe nothing, either
by way of omission or commission,
yet, in common with hundreds, are
daily suffering from their deterioratlng
influences.
Nor does ii afford them a solitary
grain of comfort to recall to mind-ous
Of host of harassing circumstances,
such painful and melancholy Incl
1ents as that which l heard-wrung
rom the cart OF one Of the Oldest and
most respected of Ulster farmers, a
man whose life long motto ever was:
Live and let live, the mournful but
confession: "What is the
use OF my sowing any more wheat,
when the best Canadian flour can be
fought free of all demurrage, at Derry
quay, G10, 0, 0 the toni"
Much less does 1t profit them-in be.
ng permitted to lay bare a too true
tatement of sickening facts and de-
pressing details, TO coniess-except for
he truths sake, that it is solely owing
o such suicidal laws, that to-day mul.
itudes Of God fearing, lRw.abidlng
men are vainly endeavoring TO fulfill
n impossible behest-"Go therefore
low, and work; for there shall no
more straw be given You, yet we shall !
oliver the tale of brick"
In thus deallog-of necessity con-
isely in a letter like this with this
most uncongenial and most depressing
question, need scarcely say, that / !
ave sought for no premises-save
he truth itself. have advanced no !
that has not been verified |
gain and again by sad experience. /,
ave no confession to make, nothing !
u apologize for, nothing to controYert, /
mt simply and unreservedly to &C.
nowledge there is no use, it's ten
Did worse than folly itself, for Irish |
len, al the present day, to be brood !
ng oyer bygone ills, quoting stanzas
t sentimental poetry, speutlng bump |;
inns by the hour, talking of dynamite !
nd revenge. The present cannot |
ndo the past, nor can fancies super |
EIDE facts, SO let us then, both thank
ully and honestly, as men and Christ. !
ans, accept and utilize the proud posi-. |
ion we now enjoy as citizens OF this !:
,reat Republic, fearlessly and practl- !
ally 10 mark our adherence of that
idlous system which has left our natal !
and as worthless as \ sucked orange,
n the only true and telling way in our
lower, the only method within our
each by which we can protect our
elves, serve our friends and discomfit
'ur enemies, by giving Harrison and
horton, with heart and hand, Jan Irish
'plumper" on the polling day.
tits thus alone that we can strengthen
nd encourage the hands of our breth |
en- who are now struggling with life
nd death grip against this vampire
ystem Of English economies, and put ,
ing forth every effort in their power,
,attlipg manfully against untold odds
o change free trade into fair trade in
he land of our birth. Yea, 1t is thus
lone that we can merit the approval
md receive the congratulations Of our
Iinsmen across the sea, who have al I
eady-in far. off Victoria, Natal, Tas.
mania and New Zealand-set US such
i noble example. Did not they, while
maTting under the recollection of their
orefathers' wrongs and waxing indig-
liant at the prospect of still further
,oerclve measures, quietly and manly
'equest Johnny Bull to turn his coat.
ails homeward, and then. like the
indaunted Continentals OF 1773, indig-
.n.Ilrr Ainn tho hrnnd nnur chnnIa Of