The Irish standard., 1910-02-05
THE TORIES OF ULSTER.

The only Liberal candidate for an
Irish seat in parliament at the recent
election was T. w. Russell and he was
defeated va Tory. OF the 1O3 men,
bers from Ireland in the new parlia-
ment 80 are Nationalist and 81 Tories
and the latter mainly represent Ulster.
or that province settled by foreign
element and where the Celtic race is
than elsewhere in ireland. Six coun-
ties of Ulster were confiscated by
James I. and the occupants were de-
prived of their ancestral possessions.
Scotch and English were planted IL.
their stead. and their descendants have
since been loyal to the British crown.
They are more English than the Eng
fish themselves and are Unionists to Il
man.
Though 300 years have passed away
since the forefathers of the Ulster
loyalists breathed for the first time the
air Of Ireland into their lungs, still
the non Catholic people of that part
of the country have never become
tracy of the SOIL" For short period,
at the end of the 18th century, the
children Of the alien planters became
imbued with patriotic principles when
Disseminated against for being Presby-
terians; but after the execution of sew
eral Of their clergy and of Orr, Rus
sell, McCracken and others who took
the field against their oppressors they
relapsed into loyalists and remain 80
to this day. No subjects Of King Ed
ward cry out more vehemently against
government for Ireland than the
Protestants of Ulster at the beginning
of the Goth century. The Tory party
has always encouraged them in their
hostility to home rule and made them
believe that 1t is equivalent to Rome
rule. "'
One would suppose that Ulster is
contented and happy under present
conditions, but such IL far from being
the case. When a people are satiS-
fed at home they will remain there
in preference to emigrating abroad
The French do not emigrate to the
United States because they enjoy pros
perity in their native land. How Is 1t
with the inhabitants Of Ulster?
In the year 1881, the total population
of Ulster was 1.739.542. divided into
S31,7s4 Catholics, 4s6,107 Presbyterians
377.S3e Episcopalians and the rest,
Professionals Of various sects. listers
population in 1901, or twenty years
after, had diminished to 1,5S2,s26, and
now it is less than it was ten years
ago. What is the cause of this falling
off? The answer is emigration. Dur
ing the ten months ending Oct. 81 OF
last year. the British official figures
show that the emigrants from Leinster
were 1878; from Munster, 1888; from
Connaught, 6,215 and from Ulster,
9,647.
The Irish Weekly published at Bel
fast, the commercial metropolis of Ire
land, draws a comparison between
Belgium. which is governed by ITSELF
and Ulster, which is governed by Eng.
land, and shows what a great contrast
there is between them. Among other
things it says:
"Belgium's area is 1873 square
miles. listers area is $3.50 square
miles. Belgium's population in 1909
was 6.6o3,54s. Now it is probably g.
100000. listers population in 1901
was 1,5s2.s2e. Now it may not be fully
100000. Were Ulster populated,
square mile for square mile. as Bel
GUM IL. it's people would count $780,
900 in 1909. They are scarcely one
fourth Of that number-and the young
and healthy-"the bone and sinew Of
the population"-are deserving us at the
rate of eleven thousand q year, leay.