Omaha daily bee., 1888-07-29
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active, as it is not easy, no not upon the
continent. to find such confluence of
commodities, if the hand of men did
join with the hand of nature"
In a similar strain writes Lord Duff
FERN, formerly governor general of
Canada, n more recently of India. in
a letter to the Timesi in 1867:
Some human agency or other must
be accountable for the perennial desola-
ton of a lovely and fertile island,
watered blythe fairest streams, caressed
by a clement atmosphere, held in the
embrace of IL sea whose afluence fills
the richest harbors in the world and
inhabited by n ace valiant, tender,
generous, gifted beyond measure with
the power of physical endurance, and
graced with the liveliest intelligence"
What is the human agency that
curses this lovely island and it's gifted
people? Is it an Inherent ~lazyness in
the people? John Bright says the Irish
are not lazy. These are his words:
He might have said also hat there
is no people, whatever they may be at
home, more industrious han the Irish
in every country but their own" The
London Daily Telegraph, a most UNI
friendly organ, writing OF the people in
the congested districts of Ireland some
ten years ago, described their leading
characteristic as "a fierce thrift" John
Morley said in 1886: Il for n have
long had n high appreciation of the
| They are called idle. restless, discon-
tented. Idle? The Irish people have
done the greatest part of the hard work
of the world. Idle? when the Irish
peasants and generations Of Irish peas
ants have reclaimed the land, the harsh,
thankless land OF the bog and the noun
tain side; have reclaimed the land
knowing that the fruit of their labor
would be confiscated in the shape of
rents"
Laziness, then, is not the source of
Ireland's misfortunes. What is, then?
Two E%nglishmen will answer the ques-
tion-the Rev. Sydney Smith and the
, Marquis of Salisbury, the leader of the
present tory-unionist government.
The Rev. Sidney Smith says: with
such n climate, such u soil, and such a
people the inferiority of Ireland to the
rest of Europe is directly %chargable to
the long wickedness of the English
government" Here is an extract
from a speech made by Lord Salisbury
in 1865:
"What is the reason that n people
with so bountiful a soil, with such enor-
nous resources, lag so far behind the
English in the race? Some say it is to
be found in the character of the Celtic
race, but I look to France and I see a
Celtic race there going forward in the
path of prosperity with rapid strides,
Some say it is the Roman Catholic re
ligion, but look to Belgium and there
l see a people second to acne in Europe
except the English, for industry, singu
larly prosperous considering the small
space of country that they occupy, hav'
ing improved TO the utmost the natura,
of that country, but distin'
guished among all the peoples of Eu'
rope for the earnestness and intensit,
of their Roman Catholic belief. There
fore | cannot say that the cause of tn,
Irish distress is in the Roman Catholi,
me says that ii arises from the Irisl
people listening to demagogues. l have
as much dislike for d~emagogues as he
hos, bat when | look to the northern
states Of America l see there peopl
who have been listening to demagogue
but who undoubtedly have not beei
wanting in material prosperity. 1t cal
not be demagOgues, Romanism or tn,
Celtic race. What then is it? 1 an
| afraid that the n thing that has bee
peculiar to Ireland has been the govern
l meDt OF England"
The name and authority of tho Mar
quis Of Salisbury in connection wit
= such a statement make further common
. from me supcrlluous. The secret c
Ireland's misery is not owe population
> but alien legislation, and the remedy
the same that cured a similar disease i
Observation-Disclosures and not EN-
grafton. Yours faithfully,
JOHN Z. SUTTON,
, Secretarv l. N. L. A.