Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 14: July-December 1866 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, Vol. 14: July-December 1866

Nor is positive legislation the only means of palliating and remov ing the discontent which pervades Ireland. Much may be done by a real effort on the part of our rulers to win the affections of a people, excitable and untamed perhaps, but singularly generous and warm hearted. We need not allude to the obvious propriety of the Sovereign or the heir-apparent repeatedly pay ing a visit to Ireland, and thereby attracting back to her some part of her absentee aristocracy and above all, appealing directly to the loyalty of a sensitive race, like all Celts, with little sympathy with institu tions and impalpable laws, but en thusiastic in personal allegiance. This step has been so frequently urged, that we shall not refer any more to it: suffice it to say, that Ireland has just grounds to com plain of the omission, regard being had especially to Scotland; and that the presence of one of the royal family would be, we believe, the most powerful of the indirect modes of doing good to Ireland. If the Lord Lieutenancy, and the separate administration of Ireland, is for 8time to continue - and though we think it a bad system, we shall not deny that within the year the policy and conduct of Lord Kimberley has pmved it to be an accidental good we trust the government of the island may be always confided to men who know its wants and ap preciate its sentiments. Lord Rus sell's selection is beyond censure.

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