The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-03-22
An Answer to "Scotsman."

To THE EpIroR OF THE sUN-Sir: Your
correspondent. Scotsman" may find an ex-
PLANTATION OF the Queens visit TO Ireland in a
quotation on the same page Of THE Sun where
his letter appears. Mr.. Sydney Low. in the
Nineteenh Century. says that IN n few months
fight against two OF the smallest inde-
pendent communities In the world tho
British Empire has come TO the end
Of It's available supply Of fighting men.
Let Scotsman" read up and ponder upon the
following facts. and then with his hand on his
heart say II there il nothing chargeable against
the present generation Of English statesmen
and II Ireland has only the same things done to
her which are done to Scotland and the British
colonies.
The population Of England, Wales. Scotland.
ireland was y, 1871. l5.OOO.QOO; 10000;
22SCo'Y?Soi6 S5b 2Co'4VU no 9Ra y 100 lS' do 2I Msyci
means an average increase in the three COM
ponent parts Of Great Britain Of about IS per
cent. while Ireland shows u decrease OF nearly
.Hsferrinq to Ireland, Mulhal's Fl fly Years
Of National Progress records .225,0 0o. deaths
emigrants-this was Victoria's record up to
1888. and he, therefore. concludes that the
present reign has been the most disastrous
The gracious Queen. to whose influence
,'Scotsmnnr" would appeal, is directly RESPONSE
bic before, God and man.. TO the extent OF her
DbWtT fUu IINI'kuLlNfN VI tine government NJ
her Empire. for these disgraceful evils OF fam
inc. eyictions. emigration and dep)pulatiop.
During this vertable reign Of horrors, which
political leaders have been imprisoned. de-
ported as %,telons 70 the ends OF the earth; and
mo pS.s isss for tha Ira iISTtYI T% WSiSb 9o! aS,s a n2ye en 5Gss
the h.ri,ish gift OF a perpetual coercion act.
In Ulster, nearly 30 per cent. Of the popu-
I1tion is Csth9I,c; in all Ireland 4oTs Than
nevertheless, tho Lord Lieutenant or his
deputy must not te Catholics: and under the
provisions Of 2 c~oerc,on act which does not exist
but prevails in Ireland. Catholics are being
tried before juries composed exclusively OF
n mo-, eO1 wits The How yyss ar. s, thcSe m y, t Sg G0n;
And as to, freedom OF speech. &c.. the
latest addition 70 the ranks of the
SS st nal su ~ pprIil lam rri is a w nan y who tSo
English Government had put him because
he defended his fellow countrymen against
apply this system to bonnie scotland. Let ~
see the. realm Of Scotland ruled in the interests
q he Scotch Catholics 70 the exclusion Of nom:
Catholics; a castle in Edinburgh with a head
appointed hya Government in EngIanl antag-
onlstic TO ali Scotchmen who are not Catholic:
luries packed under the provisions Of n pernet-
lies, and a half military body Of soma 1900
conStahulary at the herk and call of this antag-
onistic Governor 70 destroy the homes and dis
perse the public meetings OF the Scotch people.
Ii under such conditions he could still he loyal
70 English rule in Scotland. all that Is great and
good in the Scotch character must surely have
died in him.
know his methods will never lead to cordial
relations. He forgets that we are an ancient
and a proud and Il brave race. that we have
given TO civilization saints and sagss. poets and
orators, soldiers and statesmen that to-day
we number many millions Of stern. resolute
men. in many lands, able to do harm or good
to England. He cannot settle the DISPUTE OF
centuries by giving us what he thinks right,
and refusing what we are determined to have.
Let him study how Gladstone proposed to make
peace with us, and how in our impulsive. gem
erous way we acce pted much less than we are
entitled to. Lot him clear his mind OF cant and
study the facts.
Facts are chtels that Wilma ding
And iowna be disputed.