Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1891-04-03
To tie EIttor OfMe HsrdiG


To tie EEitor ofMe Herdid'
When You say in your report of
the proceedings of the st. Patrck'S
Day celebration at Island Pond that
| made "personal allusion" to the
speaker of the evening, | nope you
do not mean that | alluded to Mr..
Brown, the speaker, in an uncourt'
eous fashion. Let me assure your
readers and Mr.. Browns friends that
| did not do so. Regarding the
"Henry George theory" as being,
according to your report, the seem
ing foundation Of Mr.. Browns po'
sition with relation to the ills OF
Ireland, and the present existing
miseries the world over, was under
an obligation to the property owners
in the hall to state that such theory
in practice is not possible, and that
it cannot be said to be the real rea-
son of Irish wrongs and misories.
Proprietorship of the soil, the same
as ownership of mills, etc, is an
accepted and respected law, but at
the same time this proprietorship is
regulated and kept within bounds by
those who possess the Legislative
power in these communities, but
Ireland is not we'll governed
country. An alien parliament makes
its laws, and enforces these laws by
the suspension Of the llabeas Corpus,
by strong fortress-like political
prisons, by an armed soIdiery twice
as great in numbers as the standing
army Of the United States, and in
fine by the great tranqulllzer," the
gallows, of which every hamlet witt
scorn boasts a specimen. Conse
quently the ownership in the soil il
Ireland cannot be regulated by thu
people of Ireland and the result thi
ownership has been abused. This
abuse has been carried so far tina
human life, the good of society, th'
state itself has been wasted by the
abuse of this right. The Irish people
at home and abroad respect the right
but they cry to heaven and to the civ
ilized world against the abuse of tn,
right and seek by fair means -
agitation--a redress of this abuse
namely the exaction of a rent de
mande1 by a spcndthrift LANDLORD
or an irresponsible baiIiff. The Lane
League and no rent campaign wer
means taken to bring to a sense o
their responsibilities and obligation
the discriminating landlords an,
rack renters, but the Land Leagu
and no rent campaign in striving t
correct the abuse did not deny tn
right Of the landlord to the sol
You may assure yourself that | di
not misunderstood the evening ore
tors position, and | am not so igno
ant of past history in Ireland an
elsewhere as not to recognize tia
from such theory that society ha
nothing to gain but on the contrar
everything to lose by it. Speakin
concerning the wrongs Of Irclan
and the audience being in sympath
with me, is there anything wonderfl
in the fact that liberty lovin
people, an American audience, &c
are not we emigrant exiles, and OF
children as good Americans, as tru
to tho glorious starry flag, as read
to bear arms and face the music {
the lannon's roar as the children {
those who landed at Plymouth Roc
or the Britons who have come
later times-should be in full syn
patty with an oppressed and dai
martyred race? Yes, Mr.. Edito
their sympathy is with the Gree
Isle, their scorn for English misrul
The Green Isle has been partic
pator of the bounty of genera
Americans against that misrule, ar
better still, in the words Of the Ho
the Ex-Governor of this GRAM
State, at meeting for reception.
the reception of Ireland's patriots
Manchoster-"You have our pra
ers, our sympathy, our money, al
tell us if YOU require any MOI
What more do you want? We a
ready" This from an America
before an American audience, a