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third cultivated, nor one half of our people employed as they 

 ought to be. The great evil of this country is monopoly, and 

 the most pernicious and extensive is the land monopoly. The 

 masses here have no right, property, or interest, in the soil which 

 they inhabit. They are the most wretched of slaves. What 

 we want is a middle class of small landed proprietors virtuous, 

 educated, and industrious. These would be Britain s strength ; 

 they are at present her weakness. I want the masses that are 

 idle and starving, or driven into those sinks of vice, the large 

 and crowded towns, spread over the face of the country, holding 

 and cultivating their small farms, leading a comfortable, virtuous, 

 and independent life. But our landlords say, c The people are 

 poor ; they have no capital ; they are ignorant ; they do not 

 know how to cultivate and manage our land. We will not give 

 it to them. We will keep it for grazing bullocks and sheep. 

 They must look elsewhere for employment and sustenance. 

 It would be useless here to inquire, who makes these people 

 poor and ignorant. We find the people as represented. This 

 state of things we wish to remove, and take away all excuses on 

 that head. We desire to educate them, and render them com 

 petent to manage the land.&quot; 



ACCOUNT or THE AGRICULTURAL ESTABLISHMENT AT 

 GLASNEVIN, IRELAND. 



1843. 

 March 31. 



