. The history of Ireland : from the earliest period to the present time; derived from native annals, and from the researches of Dr. O'Donovan, Eugene Curry, C. P. Meehan, R. R. Madden, and other eminent scholars, and from all the resources of Irish history now available. he uni-versal petition. The landlords, as arule, denied that the harvests hadfailed or that any unusual distressexisted; while the tenants throughouta large portion of the island foundthemselves not only unable to paytheir exorbitant rents, but menaced^\ath starvation on the one hand andeviction on the other. A crucial ordeal
. The history of Ireland : from the earliest period to the present time; derived from native annals, and from the researches of Dr. O'Donovan, Eugene Curry, C. P. Meehan, R. R. Madden, and other eminent scholars, and from all the resources of Irish history now available. he uni-versal petition. The landlords, as arule, denied that the harvests hadfailed or that any unusual distressexisted; while the tenants throughouta large portion of the island foundthemselves not only unable to paytheir exorbitant rents, but menaced^\ath starvation on the one hand andeviction on the other. A crucial ordeal had come, andMichael Davitt* stepped forth to meet at a Sunday-school. His brightness recommended himto some of the authorities of the local Post-ofiSce, and heobtained employment there as a clerk. From an early age he took an interest in Irish politics,and when the Fenian movement was advocated in theIrish People, he contributed some spirit-stirring bal-lads. Prominent in his time in Irish demonstrations, hewas brought into contact with the revolutionary leaders,and soon became a bold, prominent and active memberof the Irish Republican Brotherhood. In 1870 hewas arrested in London: and was tried in the CentralCriminal Court on the charge of distributing arms for. X V f r\^^L.\^ i \^ L\rc%^H:\^£\r^z^^mMc\7LX/c^cmx^mri:mm^^ jWFlAA£iU,lA.£/^ ^tl. MICHAEL DAVITT. REIGN OF QUEEN VICTORIA. 849 it with a new weapon in his rung out the keynote of the LandLeague agitation: Pay no more rents,and combine to resist eviction ! Thenew departure was openly formulatedat a meeting held in April, 1879,at Irishtown in Mayo county. Itssalient features were that the timehad come for the Irish tenants to workout their own salvation; that theircondition could not be much worsethan it was; that they should there-fore hold the harvest at all hazardsand demand the abolition of landlord-ism ; pledging themselves meanwhilethat no man should be allowed tooccupy or cultivate the farm fromwhich
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