The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1890-10-25


Wild, rowing gypsy people, like The VIVID In
dams Of America, thsre was people hers
well established IN AL the forms Of row
eminent. The trial Of all disputes wa
settled BY verdict Of twelve men. In
music, the harp was used by the Irish
people, and developed by them into the
modern piano forte. In literature and art
they excelled; and from ireland came the
valiant-hearted soldiers that broke the
yoke Of Roman slavery from the English
serfs. While England was yet In slavery,
the Irish were enjoying free schools, sus.
tanned by endowment. They taught re-
ligion. music. language and writing. Ar
chitecture, known to King Solomon and
brought TO Ireland by the old prophets
when they fed from Assyrian captivity,
was taught to the people.
.'The youthful king, Alfred the Great,
drank deep from the fountain of knowl.
edge in Ireland Literature and art be-
came to him living purpose. He learned
to play the harp, and in after years It EN-.
ablcd him to charm the Danish kings
while he was seeking points for attacking
their armies.
when Alfred was proclaimed king Of
England he established government
/, founded ON the principles learned Of the
Irish Parliament. 1t consisted of one
chamber whore mobiles, priests, bards and
commons all met as equals, and the king
sat in,tne midst of them as president. AT
Oxford he established q school OF learning
and sent to Ireland for instructors. He
repeated In England the works In marble
and stone that he had learned In Ireland,
and had his men build the pointed roofs
and arches now called Gothic.
For more than two thousand yeary
Ireland was free and prosperous nation,
a. history and her ruins proclaim. First
the Dane made their descent upon the Is
land. capturing many places and driving
Irish scholars into all parts of Europe. At,
forwards England realized that Ireland
was slch and prosperous land, with every
advantage OF wealth and culture The
Irish were brave and Intelligent people,
superior TO the English In everything but
power. Superior numbers have conquered
and for seven hundred years Ireland has
been made to feel that England Is her mas
ter and she Is slave.
"Then, amid the thunders of the Ameri-
can revolution, when the British Empire
reeled before the blows of the allied forces
Of Louis XVI and George Washington;
when aul Jones, the Yankee Prlvateer,
preyed on English commerce and spread
terror along the Scottish coast; when Ire
land was without English troops and the
only military force in all Ireland was the
Irish volunteers, Grattan's parliament was
called into existence. Then, like n giant
released from bondage, the country again
advanced, making rapid strides in prog
ress, until Lord Glare proclaimed, There
is not O civilized nation on the face Of the
globe which has advanced in cultivation,
In agriculture, In manufactures, with the
same rapidity as Irelandp
"For eighteen years that parliament met
I'm one of the finest buildings in Europe,
and made the laws to govern the Irish
people. Then, again, the jealousy Of Eng
land, through treachery and fraud, de-
stroyed the Irish parliament, and Grattan,
who had led the Irish people to freedom,
lived to see her liberties crushed out by the
sword and her parliament destroyed by
gold. But though PROSTATE and bleeding,
smarting under the sense of outraged dig
nifty, through years Of eviction, famine,
imprisonment and death, she has again
determined to claim her rights Another
beam of sunlight has touched the living
picture, and reveals a mighty man, whose
hand Is on the keyboard Of British poll
ticsl One who has brought forth har-
mony Of class and creed that resounds
throughout the world, astonishing man
kindW
The evenings entertainment was pleas
ant and gay, with music and conversation.
The grand good humor of our host gave q
tone Of cheerfulness to the whole party.
At late hour the final farewells were said
and the bridal party took leave Of their
friends at Blue Ridge.
In the morning Colonel Haynes, his wife
and mother and Sir Wren babe adieu to
Ravens Park, but Stella, Myrtle and my
self formed part Of the company as far as
Liverpool. There the last farewells were
spoken while we stood on the deck Of the
great steamer that was to be their dwell
ing place for the next few days.
"Well Waverland," said Colonel Haynes
as he took my arm for short stroll on the
deck before parting, keep me posted as
to the condition and progress of the work
In the British parliament, and I will send
you notes of matters in America We
shall be widely separated, yet shall feel
that we are co-laborers In the same great
work. You are engaged in long death
struggle to loosen the fangs of landlordism
from the brightest spot Of rich green earth
on the face of the globel Igo to America,
to do what can, by agitation and work, to
prevent the Same monster from stealing
the inheritance Of the free.t people in the
world! Unlike chattel slavery, landlord
ism is stealthy and deceptivel 1t charms
as the serpent, and is as cruel as the grave.
It starves and debauches its victims
to helplessness and revels amid the suffer
ing.
''The curse of Ireland Is this same con-
densed villainyl This same cruelty bru-
tality and terror conceived In lust and per-
petuated by force! / have seen 1t with my
own eyes. Words cannot describe 1t. II
does not recognize manhood, womanhood
or childhood Its hand Is upon every era
die In Irelandl Its victims are Ave -"
lions Of people who cannot get away. They
are held down by the bayonct, while the
landlords rob the helpless In the name Of
the lawl
Il believe Irish landlords comprises
all the yillainies the devil ever invented,
with chattel slavery thrown In; for when
q chattel slave Is sick his master cares for
him--he Is his money! When an Irish
tenant II unable to work he II thrown out
upon the roadside with his wife and chill
dren to perish. In short / have come to
feel that this system that confronts Ms Is
legalized piracy The old Saxon was .
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