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Show I UNHAPPY IRELAND .1 . i Aw-ty brck u century or more, ago, i . when tlio Irish pcoplo generally own- ';!' cil nmnll land holding, which wcro j Ihclr mnln means of dopcndnnco, thoy experienced from tlmo lo llmo many fit trying domestic hardships, which' I Bomotlmos cumo ury nearly atnrvlng W them to dontli, especially wno thin so ft ) whon their scant tnadequulo crops j 1 failed, which they often did. I ij Tho (Cnglish got eminent knowing ! ji OiIb and fiyiupathlzlng with their try. j i' E lng mid perploxhifi conditions con . a r eluded r.t last to amollorato their 'jS! trouble, hy oncournglng capitalist to ' r k Invest noiiio of thclryjnoans thcro In j I spinning mlllB, colUi fnctoriea, and ,'J (J other public works, tx aa to.givo tho l pcoplo (i better chonco for permanent jH and reliable subsistence, anil better ',1 homes. t But Jealously and discord at last 'j ( took root.' jamhjjognn tc jjrow and i i aprend rr.fong tho peopb with Incroes- , i. I iag rapidity and linn continued to j. 'I Krow gradually over since, until to. , 4 day, pandemonium rolgno bupremo I I ond life nnd propory nro wantonly a ! destroyed without conjunction, so that ! J ' " ono CRn lcl1 ,10W B0n th0 assassin's ft J ! knlfo or bullott will end his or her II I mortal existence. I' ' Tho Irish pcoplo woio well on tho 1 S wy to obtain Homo Uulo until lately, I ; hut siow they havo undortnken to bully I I ' and frrorlzo Uio nation to which' thoy K belong Into tamo nnd servile submta- jB , "ton, Ihcy hao. no doubt Hot bnck R j hclr pet project Indefinitely nnd jll , brour.ht vpon themselves no end or ill ' (roubo which neutral pcoplo do not Jl nnt'to interfere with, nnd who reel I I J at It Is wlso to lot tho Government ft ' W'Uch thoy belong, scttlo the dlf. '' Ij ! lenity themselves, It being what we )' J t might cull a family affair. ! ,1!' T,,:iro l'ntc two political nnd ro- Ws) JWoaa dominating ooctH or factions K' 'b Ireland, what would bo likely lo ffin fcMe on would Just be as likely to Bjjljp dlipleaso tho other, so that th0 Hrlt- wFi, inb ffvonimc,nt It. In a quandary to $3 4 J0 iut what Is West to do, oven !8v ir hnrt tn'o will to act under pro. j ent conflicting and' turblont soclcl conditions. Ono thing, howovor Is K' J lvldeu.thai If over $cptlnnd. Ilnnd K , or Wales wore left ontlroly to their Hf fwn ln,rJS nnrt kePjPt without Entf- H, nd' proUxtion, fhey mlGht verj' H' joen ,becomo,Jho easy prey, of som'o H Jrcr and -stronger nation, and ijo H worw off thnn ovor thoy wxjro boforo. H - England, as ovoryono Hnowo. haH 1 n a wondorhu world-wide toionlx; Hft '' '' b'1 ''"""'d to ,lr predlt, when- B ' ver and whorevor sho has undertaken HR) IhU'tnsk. die has done It with' much 9 -credit, both to herolf and to the oth. SK r fellow.- HR Nations, llko Individuals, nrenot n always content to leavo woll enough fjljlri n,on9 r-ni1 It In only bitter experience iflfWt hiat lometlmos opens their eyes bo UftS ne'p can co bettor and think better. wg I '5ven rlf doteunlnatlon, to nn Ignor- JKuvj t nnd unprepared peoplo Is apt to laHBk Jroro ; curso to thorn Instead of n Jffl ) 'Meilng-. Moxlco, for tho laat deende, ftiM helnc a striking case In point. Ireland fill ,homld, thcrotoro, rerlously coihIi.t inwl txlc s nad oxorlencen. cr.uncd bv liyf I tinwlao. hasty and Incompetent Icnd- jJKJ ", d bo iiro that thoy do tho fH' L tflHlHni In order to get tho world's tWt !rt rympnthy nnd lt holplnr; hand." jjtf 1 slf So frr no we Americans In general, lllH y r conc;rnc,, 0K"rdlng tho Irish" l;fi?I(J .lnibrvllo. wo think thnt hands ofT Is jflH our bost and snfect iwllcy. This U '1 Ij what wo enjoined Knglnnd to notlco 118$ F durlnj tho Civil nr of tho early six. llfjH jp Wee and what Is good to gho. ought IjSjl ' to be good to tnko. Conttnued unduo illl S ! 4ntrforcneo by our Statesmen with if 1 I JrUh r.ffnlrs Is surp to pi ovoka roll- M wntrtcnt rnd wrath In tho KnglUh wSM natiort, which' Is both undesirable, un- itfnwl M rn unl'rlen(11'- iPJUi ' Wo want. It possible, to bo at pcaco '(will Wlth onr ft)ro,Kn relations nnd tho )Mm tMt way to secure UiIr Is to mind IH our own biisncBJijid let Johnny null jjyD? pettle hlo -own affufrs In hln own dl. S Iomatlo way. ilRj j j. c |