Morning journal and courier., 1889-05-25


 time, from some trifing error of misdirec- tion, the saving pittance was long overdue. Protestations to the "agent" delayed action for little. But finally the summons for eviction proceedings were served. Every day for weeks the hunted, haunted old soul had come here for that letter. Every day she had staggered half fainting away without it. Who can know the hope, despair, ago- nized longing and heart stilling fears scourg- ing like demons the silent and inoffensive life of this lorn creature for that timel This day she had come, found, like a ravenous beast, had clutched the letter tossed out to her, and, tearing it open, her aching old eyes had once rested on the dtngy scrap of paper between life and eviction and the work house, when the return flood of life and hope in that instant of exacted deliverance swept her martyrs soul to the Iandlordless wales of eternal rest And so they buried her-and there was one less "Irish agitator" to disturb the sodden sleep of English jus tiee.
 I could fill every one of your columns a dozen times over with the most briefly rela- ted instances of woe, arising out of the hor- TOTS of eviction, or no less pitiably close es- capes from these direst of Irish tragedies through help from our own country; all within my personal knowledge. To me, their universally, and the triviality and un- concern with which they regarded by those in power in Ireland, demonstrate the utter futiiity of hope by the Irish peasantry from this power which has remorselessly fastened these conditions upon them, and forced them for generations as "Dei Gra- tia' right, and now present to the world the spectacle of being appalled, that universal humanity demands some slight measure of redress. It is the same story everywhere. This family mortgages it's pig for the rent; another it's donkey; another it's crop of pota- toes in advance; another it's tiny cartload of flax; another, with not enough labor in its combined members to decently live, works out part of the rent and starves while doing it; another sells the wedding ring as the last resort; and another pledges the COW. A incest diamond point adjustment by the mereiless "agent' of the family's extremest producing powers to the limit of rent which can be forced and bullied out of them, keeps the Irish farmer in state of endless subju- gation. Protest is intellectual. There is no recourse Change is impossible. The ferret of an agent knows to a penny the family's producing possibilities. He knows too just what the SOD, brother, daughter or sister in America can be forced into sending to keep these Irish slaves with a roof over their heads; and all that is taken into account for legal robbery. All this, until I believe fully one-third of the robber rentals of Ireland are raid by American money. In other words, one-third of the millions of dollars wrung from Irish slaves paid by these slaves American friends, thus, unwittingly, in an effort to prevent legalized murder through eviction, heart break and starvation, in effect strengthening the barbarous power which, on the other hand, thsy are attempt ing to force to some slight terms of justice .hropah the onntrihr.ioa es a.he- millions in money to the National League.
 The only possible temporary recourse from this universal woe of Ireland lies of course in emigration. That is the last, indeed the most difficult, resort, just the same as it would be with those in the United States who frequently dippantly remark, "Why do these people remain in such misery" If the poverty of such was as dire as that of these they would understand why they stood still and suffered. No one can properly tell the shifts and efforts to escape. Everywhere here you will learn of men and women sa- wing, half penny at time,s for life time, for the requisite passage money, and then dying with old age or starvation, with their hope unful6lled. I have met with many in- stances of this kind. While in the Arran Islands few weeks ago an elderly man, a kelp gatberer, died in hut near Kilmurry. He was strong framed fellow and ought to have lived many years longer. His wife was dead and his family consisted of only two girls, one a half witted creature requiring constant attention. Not until with his dying breath did he reveal his secret, which was that the poor man for over 8 quarter of a century ud1 Sua0Ieu uukO1o pIlfStlObS taot he might sometime get his little flock to America, and that in the hollow of certain rock overhanging the cabin paddock they would find what he had got together. They found it as he had said, nearly all in pence, half pence and small silver coins. There was enough to take the two to America; but the old man had to journey on the shoreless sea alone that the girls he had striven for might escape Erin's woes.
 This hope, against hope for Ireland within Ireland, to escape into some better condition and country is astounding in it's universality among the peasantry. The larger affairs and noble hopes and efforts of the Irish leaders are well krown and treasured with a loyalty of infinite gratitude and tenderness. But everywhere the peasantry see the remorse- less engines of eviction move on. No single newspaper in Ireland has columns enough in which to chronicle these evictions as an American journal would report facts of equal local importance. They see another thing which does not seem to be discussed by theil own papers as they should be; nor has any attention been given the same by the Ameri. can press. 1 have heard this talked with the deepest concern under the breath in ovel three thousand Irish cabins, comprising large number of tenant farmers homes 1T every county in Ireland. This is 8 beliel that there exists a secret and determined or ganization of landlords whose quiet but ac
 
 eviction as shall speedily depopulate Ireland of the tenant farmer class, and completely | change the agricultural system for one o grazing; thus transforming the island into { vast cattle ranch for supplying the EnglisI market. have been frankly told by score of Irish landlords that this was their inten l tion. They believe 1t can be accomplished l Their arguments in relation to it briefly ant l brutally are: Cattle raising pays. Raising | Irishmen does not. If we can temporize un | til Gladstone is out of the way and Parnel | tired out, and thus postpone home rule fey 1 years, we can evict every Irish tenant unde otherwise destroying their novels when V | get them empty, we rid our estates of tn last vestige of the old system. Within fv years we can thus replace dangerous clas l of people, who imagine they own Ireland in l stead of we,(with million docile folk iron 1 English and Scotch shires as herders, gra l ziers and care takers on our own terms 1 Then America, Australia and the Argentin | Republic will own the Irish, and we will pos sess in peace cur own land. All that wi end the "Irish question" This much that have seen with my own eyes is certain. o
 hundreds of large and small estates, wher just this policy has been carried out, not l structure containing human being, asid
 from the mansion, demesne 'thouse" or GAS
 tie, can be seen as far as the eye can reach
 and cattle and sheep graze at will among tn
 deserted fields, or crop the richest grasse l which spring up about the ruined walls c
 burned and leveled homes.
 l EDGAR L. WAKEMAN. NATURAL.
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