Year: 1870




on British statesmen the necessity of regulating by fur
theg legislation the arrangements between landlord aud
tenant in Ireland Matters have been st worse in the
other Provinces where liberty sell has been rarely con-
oeded and compensation by the landlord for beneficial
improvements almost unknown. Whole districts OF
country there have been depopulated, to give place
sheep and Some landlords have paid the passages
OF their tenants to this country, where they landed in
utter destuton while others left them to die by the
waysde or seek refuge in the workhouse.


TENANTS TIE SLAVES LANDLORDS.


This power, possessed by the landlords the very
lives Of their tenants has been used to make them the
veTiest slaves to their WILL and has tended TO render
the franchise conferred them mockery snare, and
deusOn" The result has been that far Parliament
airy representatives are concerned seldom have any
been elected from Ulster where the tenants have more
lose than in the other Provinces except the nominees
of the landlords Should the tenanfsrmers appear In
Cned to support opposition candidate, then the no
tce TO quit intmation OF raise Of rent brought
into requstOn IL they refuse TO vote az their landoru
bids them however contrary IL be their convictions
and this itself is CALLING bondage, calculated TO de-
base and degrade. He and his posse eon'it0tas
of bailifs and understrappers take their stand at
the polls TO be witnesses Of the obedience or DISC
bcdience paid TO the ukase that has gone forth
What have been the consequences Of this state Of
vassalagei The reduction, within little more than
20 years, OF the population Of Ireland from up
ward Of 100000 to little more at present than





cesy for the suppression Of revolt by the suspension
Of the habeas corpus and the exercise Of the strong
OF the law the exile and Imprisonment Of men who
eeasng hope for redress at the hands Of the Govern
ment Of the injustice under which the people suffer
rsked their liberty and life to sunder the connection be-
tween Great Britain and Ireland; the tacit sympathy
with such efforts however wild and chimerical they may
appear us and the suen discomfort at the existing
Of things which pervades the Of the people,
while the bullet the dagger OF the assassin often finds
ats way to the heart Of the oppressor.


THE GLADSTONE LAND BILL.


The efforts Of British Ministers and Paraments TO a
ply adequate remedy to the niqutes of Irish land
Iordism" have hitherto proved abOrtye. The measure
however, introduced by the present Premier has
Just passed the House Of Commons, and this, should
st receive the sanction of the House oflLords, as
it doubtless VIII, is likely TO 60 great length
toward putting an end to landlord rapacty and
despotis1n Its provisions regulate all te Dancies-sw
and they are has been already stated by far the most
numerous while the ulster Custom" is recognized and
legazed with the operations Of which it will not how
ever interfere long landlords and tenants mu
tuay satisfied nor will IL disturb existing contracts
leases provided their conditions not inconsistent
with the objects has in view It's retrospective scope
is, however. its essentially important feature In all
cases where the landlord desires either TO eject the ten
increase his rent the latter can claim coupenss
ton for improvements made by himself or hs predeces
for 20 years retrospecyely and for permanent i'm
provements and buildings irrespective Of date, well
as for the injury he may sustain by the
loss Of his farm; all such matters TO be
adjusted by arbitrator mutually chosen, or court Of
Law to be established adudieating upon them. 1t
further provides for the purchase Of his holding by the
tenant giving him, under certain circumstances, fach
ties doing by Of Treasury loan Of two
thirds the requisite amounts clause in the bill which
thus forms the nucleus Of peasant proprietary. Its
effect WILL therefore, be to deprive the landlord Of the
power arbitrarily raise the rents uuusty interfere
with the domestic the religion and politics
OF his tenants II he wish possess their land he must
do the expense Of his pocket he cannot do So as
he formerly did the sole Of notice to quit eav-
ing the people to die by the waysde, or sarye IN the
workhouse. The funds with which he must supply
them Will suffice 10 place them, should they emigate, III
another country with fair prospects for the future
Neither will they be likely carry with them that bitter
feeling OF hostility toward the British Government which
has up 70 time been characteristic OF the Irish
emigrant This viii give security where uncer
tanty existed and establish order where lawessness
prevailed The landlord will find his powers abridged in
80 far only they arbitrary and unjust and the
tenant viii feel himself protected by the strong arm OF
the law in the enjoyment Of the fruits of his industry
Such are some Of the results anticipated from the bill by
jOurnalss and pubcsts who have been the friends OF
he