ABSTRACT
"Independence!" – it is the word of all others, that Irish – men, women, and children – least understand; and the calmness, or rather indifference, with which they submit to dependence, bitter and miserable as it is, must be a source of deep regret to all who "love the land," or who feel anxious to uphold the dignity of human kind. Let us select a few cases, in different grades, from a single village such as are abundant in every neighbourhood.
