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Excerpt from Ireland: Yesterday and TodayIreland a system which the judgment of America reprobates and condemns.This sympathy of America has been made manifest in many ways, but in none more constantly or more effectively than in the public press of the country. Some of the greatest of American newspapers have been steadfast and persistent champions of the Irish cause, and amongst the most widely circulated and most influential of these great molders of public thought and action a high place of honor must be given to The North American, of Philadelphia, the reputa tion of which, as a leading exponent of American ideals, is not confined to the United States, but enjoys a recognition which is world-wide.Some seven years ago, when the Irish movement was passing through one of its most exciting and critical stages, the proprietors of The North American sent one of the ablest members of their staff, Mr. Hugh Sutherland, over to Ireland to describe, for the information of the American people, the Irish situation as he found it. The result was a series of brilliant and illuminating articles, which attracted widespread attention, and which served to concentrate Ameri can interest on the nature and the importance of the struggle which was then taking place in Ireland.Meantime, the Irish cause has been marching on, and the effects of the concessions wrung by the Irish Party from the British Parliament have begun to make themselves appar ent in various directions. In order to describe these effects and to strengthen the appeal of the Irish people to America for a continuance of its sympathy and support during the final stages of the national movement, Mr. Sutherland was this summer again deputed by The North American to visit Ireland and to record his impressions of its changed condi tion as compared with that when he previously visited it, and this he did in a second series of letters no less remark able than the first.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.