Democratic Sentinel, Volume 5, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1881 — The Agitation in Ireland. [ARTICLE]

The Agitation in Ireland.

A recent cable dispatch from LoiMon says : ‘Private letters show considerable improvement in Ireland. ‘Boycotting’ fails, tho reign of terror is reduced to narrower limits, tenants arc beginning to pay rents long withheld, while the hold of the League on the people is already loosened.” A Dublin dispatch slates that “Lord Annerly’s throat to evict all tenants on his Longford estates, snd take into his own hands about one-third the entire county, liaH directed attention to tho black shadow of eviction which is looming over a vast number of farmers in Ireland. The tenants may at present be divided into three classes: First, those who are willing to pay, but are afraid to ; second, those who can pay, but will not; third, those neither able nor willing to pay. The first class are very numerous. They already show signs, us Dillon says, of giving way. The second class, it is presumed, will follow tho example of the first, lmt in rospect to tho third class it is feared great difficulty will arise with those who cannot pay, Uinfer tho Coercion bill it will be impossible to resist eviction. The tactics which bavo worked so successfully heretofore will be utterly useless now, because every person resisting a pro-cess-server or bailiff wUlbc liable toarroston the spot and imprisonment for eighteen months without trial.”—A late Paris cablegram says, Mr. Parnell aml Mr. O’Kolly had a long interview with the Cardinal Archbishop of Paris at tho Episcopal Palace. They were received with great courtesy. The Archbishop appeared to take a lively interest in the state of Ireland. He earnestly counseled moderation, and deprecated any departure from legal agitation. Mr. Parnell seemed satisfied with the result of the interview.—Mr. Parnell has addressed tho following letter to Victor Hugo s Pabih, Fob. 24. li.i.ußTmors Hin: The nobility of bear!, tho deep sympathy with human Buffering, and Uie exertions in favor of oppressed nationalities which ha>s distinguished yon throughout life encourage me to invoke your powerful advocacy in behalf of the suffering Irish people. The question Is not a sectarian question in its present aspect It is a purely social question. It Is tho cause of 6,000,000 of workingmen struggling for Justice and for the right to live by their labor In their own land, against a small and privileged claaa, foreign in their origin, foreign In their aspirations, sn«l supported In their injustices and tyranny by she force of a foreign nation. What have been the results of tho domination of this class? They are written In tho history of recurring famines, decimating generation after generation. No human words can paint the miseries and sufferings which have tan witnessed even by 11m youngest among us. Millions have been driven from their homes In despair. Hundreds of thousands have perished miserably of hunger in a land teeming with food. Half of our population oxlet constantly on the verge of famine, while 10,006 landlords, many of whom have never soen Ireland, riot in extravagance and luxury on the confiscated product of the people’s labor. It Is against the system which bos produoed the evils time we struggle. It is to put an end once a.d forever to thia detestable state of society that we appeal to the conscience of all good men, without distinction of creeds, of party, or of nationality, to aid us in shaming the Government of England to do justice to our people. To you, honored sir, who have known how to awaken the sympathy at mankind for “ Lea Miserable*,” we feel that we shall not appeal in vain when we ask that your voice shall l>e raised In tiehalf of a brave but unfortunate nation. Accept, Illustrious sir, the assurances of my high esteem. Ghasi.es Stewakt Pabnell.