The morning call., 1894-03-18

ate coDtrvance, aud as well ntIeo Tor The op-
preston, impOveriShment and degradation OF a
people, and the debasement IN them of human
nature Itself, as ever proceeded from the per-
Yerted ingenuity OF man."
One liberty was eXtiDgutshed after another;
one privilege was suppressed afieS another
one industry was destroyed after anOther-untll
al last. as Thomas Francis Meagher put II,
The cotton manufactures OF Dublin have
been destroyed; the stuff and serge mauufacto-
rleS have been destroyed; the calico looms of
BaIbriggan have been destroyed; he flannel
manufactures have been destroyed; the blan-
ket factories OF Kilkenny hav- be- destroyed
The camlet trade OF Band0n, which produced
GlOu,OOO year. has been destroyed; tile
saieen and frieze factories at Garrlck-On. SUR
have been destroyed. On business alone
thriveS and fiOuI i>hes-that favored and privi-
legged and paironiZed busIness-the manufac-
ture of IRISH collins"
And nus the darkness deepened as the years
rolled oD lit up now and then by the lurid flame
OF mOmentary 0uiburst do not intend 10
repeat he oft-told story OF her wrongs and
suffeTings. The whole world is scquaini ed
with il. The agitation OF the past twen years
has compelled the attention OF the whole civil
lied world. Nations Pave been conquered but
day OF peace at last came. lieland'S en- mics
have never wearied OF The taste OF blood. Her
history is written by the poet In words of
despair:
There marks the fate OF each cline.
There are turns in the fortunes OF men.
But the changes OF realms or the chances OF time
Shall never restore thee again.
Ihou art chained 10 the wheel or the zoe
by links which the world cannot sever;
With thy ty rant through storm and through calm
And thy sentence is-"Banished forever"
Thou are doomed for the vilest TO toll;
Thou are left for the proud TO disdain;
ana the blood OF thy sons ana the wealth OF thy
toll
Shall be Iavlshed and lavished In vain.
Thy riches with taunts shall be taken,
Thy val'r with g bes rs repaid,
And of millions who see thee now sick and for
saken
Not one shall stand forth in thy aid.
In the nations thy place is left void;
Thou art lost in the list OF tue free.
Even realms ~ the plague or the earthquake de-
stroyed
are revived, but no hope is for thee
The Contemporary Review for January,
1881, collected. in an Article written by Mr.
Farrar. the opinions Of distinguished travellers
on the state Of Ireland under English rule.
Let me read two on three OF them:
Gustaye de Beaumont, the celebrated French
publiciSt, writes a. follows: II have seen he
Indian in his forests aud the negro in bis
chains. and thought had beheld the lowest
Term OF human misery, but L had not then
known the lot of Ireland. Irish misery forms a
type by itself, of which there exists nowhere
else either model or Imitation. J he condition."
lie says, (which in Ireland is above poverty
would be among other peo lie frightful distress
aud the mise able people who IN FIR nee are
greatly pited would form in Ireland privi-
legged class"
Won Raumer. professor of history at Berlin,
after visit In 1885, wrote: ~ have pitied
the Let's OF LiYOnia for living in huts built of
unbewn logs of trees, with the crevices stopped
with moss, but having seen the west Of Ireland
l Iegai The Let's, EsthOnians ana Fin
landers as living In a sta,e OF comparative COM
fort. l doubt whether in the whole world
a nation could be found subjected To the ouysi-
cal prvations OF the peasantry IN some parts If
Ireland. Nowhere but In Ireland could be
found human creatures living from years nd
TO years end on the same root berry
or weed. There were animals indeed, thai did
so, but human beings nowhere, We in Ire
land"
In 1880 an eaterprising newspaper of Chi
cago detailed Mr.. Redpath 10 visit Ireland aud
report upon its condition. Here are his words:
Christianity has been called the religion of
SORROW. If il be so then the holy land OF our
day is IN The west of Ireland. In spirit let US
loose the sandals from our feet as We draw near
thai sacred ground. Every sod OF its ancient
soil Is wet with the dew of human
tears; every murmur OF its dripping
brooks is accompanied with chorus of signs
from bfeaking human hearts; every breeze
which sweeps across lis barren moOrs carries
TO the mountain tops ana | trust far beyond,
The groans and the prayers OF a brave but de-
sDalring people. The sun never sets upon
their sorrow except o give place TO the pitying
stars which look down there on human woes.
countless as their own consolidated hosts. l
cannot paint those woes. | cannot portray
their sorrows AS often as try fan. When
hink of the wO / have witnessed and The
laws which produced them my blood boils
with Indignation. When l think Of the SORROWS
have seen and how many must yet be borne
my heart GiSsOveS IN tears"
Such is the terrible indie ment drawn up and
presented to the civilized world by disinrer-
ested aud impartial witnesses after roo years
OF rule. And for what was this long uninter-
iup' ed struggle, 300years against Danish ule
700 years against Saxon Tue-solely for the
two priceless bOOns of civil and religious lib
cry; fol- The right 10 worship God according to
the dictates OF their consciences. ana for the
right 10 own their own land and administer its
legislation according 10 laws OF their own max
ing.
For these two priceless privileges they have
endured sunerlngS aud priyaiioDs unparalr led
In The blsiOrylOf any other people, that would
have crushed any other people; and yet, after
1000 years OF struggle their spirits are as fresh
and buOyaDt, their demands as loud ana en-
phatIc. their determination as aggressive their
generosity as prOdigal as on that April day OF
1880, when Henry Gratian moved ''that no
person on earth, save the King, Lords and
Commons Of Ireland has right to make laws
for Ireland" The time was oppoItune for
such motion. Burgoyne had surrendered at
Saratoga France had concluded an al
lance with Tie colonies French and
American privaeers were swarmlng In
the Irish Channel. England bad been forced
into war with Holland, and the Indian En-
pre- threatened to rebel. The cry OF the FTeacn
revolution for liberty, equality and fraternity
stirred the hearts of he oppressed OF every land
with new life and hope, and so, yielding 10 tile
necessities of the moment, England granted
legislative Independence, aud through IL the
FIRST though partial ins allment of civil rights
was conceded. Eight years later by fraud
by open shameless political corruption, the
concession was aDnulled, aud Grattan in the
sadness Of his heart was forced TO excIaim, II
sat by It's cradle. l followed its hearse."
The chains were again frightened, but
The spirit remained unconquered, waiting
for another day of deliverance, and
at las it seemed to come. "Tne long era of
mi.goyernment." said Mr.. Froude. had rIpened
at last for the harvest" Rarely since the inhab-
itants OF the earth have formed themselves
INFO civilized communities had any country
suffered from such complication OF neglect
and i'll usage. The Irish people clamored
against the Government, ana their real wrong
from first 10 last had been tina, there was no
Government over them; that under changing
forms ibe universal rule among them for four
centuries had been the tyranny Of the strong
over the weak; that from the catalogue of viz
tues demanded OF hose who exercised authority
over their fellow men tile word justice had been
blot ed out. Anarchy had borne It's fruits.
The Ieb lon of '98 found the people unpre-
pared. and 1t was crushed out In blood. Men
never fought in a holler and juster cause than
the herors Of '9S. And had they been success
ful their names would be hailed the world over
as the heroes OF liberty. But at least they had
advanced to higher level. The civil rights
granted In 'S2 remained. They could not be
Withdrawn. Liberal public opinion in every
part OF the world began TO make COM
mon cause with the suffering people, and
what had been conceded became the stepping
slime Ia uurp annie and more Drecious ithar-