New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1888-06-24
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trils so deeply,
There is an account Of an eviction which appears
to be recital Of facts. The landlord IN TINS cas'
is a woman, and very queer woman, I" Miss bar
retts who is described as dressing habitually IN
mems clothes, and as having but two pleasures In
life. namely, getting horribly drunk and evlcting
| her tenants Why such woman has not been shot
Mr. Moore does not try to explain. Her tenants
all hate her heartily, and at the evictlons, where
she presides in person. they are represented as
hurting all manner of abuse at her to her 1ace
When Miss Barrett visits the country town to pro-
cure fresh writs Of ejectment she employs the OPP
portunity to have a spree. She and female COM
nanion pass with their guard Of police ard their
bailiffs to the nearest publc-house; and from pup
lc-house to publicbouse they 60, drinking ana
cursng with ever-ncreasing ardor, until at last inc
Glass slips from their hands and the oath dies on
their lips and they fall helpless on the ground
Then they are piled up and tied on car by one
no,ice and driven home to sleep of the effects OF
| their drunken bout" This dreadful old harridan
the author alleges was once the belle of the coun-
,rr side A disappointment in love changed her
character and gave it the bent which has brought
her to her present pass.
In concluding chapter Mr.. Moore sums up his
impressions of his native country. He holds that,
while in England all feeling of enmity is dying
ont in Ireland it is increasing. That Home Rule
is certain to be conceded before long. That the
mass of the Irish are not yet fitted 1or such u
change having moreover, gone backward more
than ever during the past ten years under the I'M
| moral and insidous teachings OF their leaders,
both spiritual and temporal And that when Home
Rule has been granted ~ see the 1ncvltaoie
war with Russia beginning on the Afghan fronticr'
and following on Engant's first defeat be the de-
feat great or small the. Irish Americans who Will
then be governing in Dublin will declare the inde-
nendence of their island" So end the melancholy
observations of a curiously jaundiced litter IL
will be a relief to turn from his pessimistc con-
illusions to the bright shrewd, openair practically
of Mr.. Pellew.
| The author of " In Castle and Cabin" spent four
| months last year in travelling over Ireland and
4 seeking the views Of representative men every
where Armed with letters of introduction, which
secured for him the hospitality and serious atten
ton of all manner of people, he says every person
I met tried to draw into conversation upon the
condition Of the country, and the reasons that
made them desire Home Rule or oppose 1t. Full
notes were taken Of every conversation, however
apparently unimportant and, on reading them over
found that they contained records of talks with
over 200 people, including officials, landlords
land agents, priests, farmers professional men,
laborers" He passed through Leinster, Munster
! Ulster and Connaught, cleaning opinions as he
| went and he has reproduced them IN a
| gerry readable and interesting way. The first i'm
pressions produced by such book are III the
nature of the case bewdering, for 5he views eX-
pressed are as various and contradictory as can
| well he imagined. In fact one Of the first facts
to strike the reader is the absence Of unanimty
in any part of the country Home Rule fro-
lection, the Land Question, in turn assume pre-
dominance At one point Home Rule is desired. and
| not Protection At another Protection is Thought
most important Elsewhere the establishment
of peasant proprietary dwarfs all other con-
sderations. Again. some think that if the land
question is settled satisfactorily Home Rule VIII
not be needed. Others hold that Home Rule ought
to precede the land question. Some maintain
that Home Rule will lead to separation Others
| contend that separation is out Of the question.
Here Home Rule Is regarded with the gloomiest
forebodings There it is anticipated with the
most sanguine expectations Even in Ulsur
there are radical differences Of opinion. Even the
Orangemen fail to agree upon platform. Even
the Nationalist exhibit divergent views. The
priests are no more unit than their focks The
merchants and manufacturers agree to disagree.
| After reading q couple Of hundred pages Of these
irreconcilabe views one is tempted to conclude
1 that tlc statesmen WHO are uHuer ODuGhlloi
to solve Irish problems have about rs knOtty
and perplexing task as has ever fallen to the
lot Of poor humanity to accomplish.
Mr.. Pellew, however. thinks that some definite
conclusions may be drawn from the mass OF
conflicting testimony he has so laboriously col
lated. and he proceeds in his final chapter to
state them. In the first place, he considers that
the views of all the extremists may safely be
| ut in thn of
| will be no civil war; no actual resistance to the
LEGISLATION of a Dublin Parliament, exodus of
the merchants and manufacturers. Even the
landlords will stay If they can, and Home Rule,
if it does come will be given fair trial even by
| those who are hopeless Of its success lie Is
not very hopeful of its success hmef, particularly
if it is granted before the land question is settled
and in this view he represents the conviction or
many Nationalist, and cites letter from Mr. I.
Harrington in which the latter says: We are all
| extremely anxious that question calculated TO
excite so much feeling and bring so many OPP
posing interests into collision should not be left
| to be settled in the early and trying days of
new legislation. No sincere Irishman could hon
estly entertain any other opinion 1t is true
that Mr. Michael Davitt does not indorse this
| opinion, and it would be misleading to pretend
that there was anything like unanimity among
the local leaders on the subject Mr.. Peew
also points out serious difficulty in the case. He
| saws 1.-THE land question should be settled be-
fore Home Rule il established and yet no guarantee
| for the purchase money is suggested by the Ma
tionalists, except a guarantee by Home Rule
Parliament" How this dilemma is to be avoided
| nobody seems to know
| Mr. Pellew thinks also that it is significant
that in Donegal, in Tyrone, and elsewhere, local
leaders admit that the farmers would lose interest
| in Home Rule If the land question were settled,
and that in Ballinasloe and Cork it is noticed that
the labol>,rs are satisfied where they have employ
| ment" The desire for Home Rule, however,
| gardng it broadly, the author considers a
| natural result Of The general poverty.n What is