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The Irish Crisis: Being a Narrative of the Measures for the Relief of the ... Charles Edward Trevelyan Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1880 |
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Side 199 - Marry so there have bin divers good plottes devised, and wise councels cast already about reformation of that realme, but they say, it is the fata 11 destiny of that land, that no purposes whatsoever which are meant for her good, will prosper or take good effect, which, whether it proceed from the very genius of the soyle, or influence of the starres, or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation, or that...
Side 90 - This enterprise was in truth the " grandest attempt ever made to grapple with famine over a whole countryf." Organised armies, amounting altogether to some hundreds of thousands, had been rationed before; but neither ancient nor modern history can furnish a parallel to the fact that upwards of three millions of persons were fed every day in the neighbourhood of their own...
Side 199 - Marry, so there have been divers good plots devised, and wise counsels cast already about reformation of that realm ; but they say it is the fatal destiny of that land, that no purposes whatsoever which are meant for her good will prosper or take good effect ; which, whether it proceed from the very genius of the soil, or influence of the stars, or that Almighty God hath not yet appointed the time of her reformation, or that He reserveth her in this unquiet state still for some secret scourge, which...
Side 39 - I beheld, with sorrow, one wide waste of putrefying vegetation. In many places the wretched people were seated on the fences of their decaying gardens, wringing their hands, and wailing bitterly the destruction that had left them foodless.
Side 159 - The necessity of self-preservation, and the knowledge that rents can be saved from the encroachments of poor-rates, only in proportion as the poor are cared for and profitably employed, will secure a fair average good conduct on the part of landed proprietors, as in England, and more favourable circumstances will induce improved habits. The poor-rate is an absentee tax of the best description; because, besides bringing non-resident proprietors under contribution, it gives them powerful motives either...
Side 41 - ... the shipments from the Black Sea, Turkey and Egypt, to be sent to France, Italy, and Belgium ; and it was not till late in the season, that our prices rose to a point which turned the current of supplies towards England and Ireland/ The Indian corn crop in the United States this year was very abundant, and it became a resource of the utmost value to this country.
Side 163 - Ireland, stated in its simplest form, is this: A large population subsisting on potatoes which they raised for themselves, has been deprived of that resource, and how are they now to be supported? The obvious answer is, by growing something else. But that cannot be, because the small patches of land which maintained a family when laid down to potatoes, are insufficient for the purpose when laid down to corn or any other kind of produce; and corn cultivation requires capital and skill, and combined...
Side 172 - ... on their estates, and they were assisted to the extent of the loan fund placed by Parliament at the disposal of the Government. The proprietor or his agent has the strongest interest in seeing that the work is well done, and can exercise the most effectual superintendence over it; and as the people are invited to exert themselves under the eye of their natural employers, the healthy relation of master and labourer becomes •established throughout the country. It has not, as yet, been usual in...
Side 17 - In 1839 failure was general throughout Ireland. In 1838 the Duke of Wellington, speaking on the Poor Law in Ireland, said in the House of Lords, " I held a high position in that country [Ireland] thirty years ago, and I must say, that from that time to this, there has scarcely elapsed a single year in which the Government has not, at certain times of it, entertained the most serious apprehension of famine. I am firmly convinced that from the year 1806 down to the present time, a year has not passed...
Side 69 - Clare, and it may be considered as the masterpiece of that system of social economy according to which the machine of society should be worked backwards, and the Government should be made to support the people, instead of the people the Government.