No profitable Labor for the People, 33 



depends on employment. This is the first oc- 

 casion which I have had of witnessing the ab- 

 sence of profitable employment among a re- 

 dundant population, and I have rto hesitation 

 in declaring it, as my humble opinion, to be one 

 of the great sources whence spring the miseries 

 of Ireland. 



Unquestionably, much relief may be afforded; 

 but while the population proceeds as it does at 

 present, unsupported by profitable labor, there 

 seems no possibility of any remedy short of a 

 radical reform, and that beginning in the higher 

 orders, and gradually descending to the most 

 subordinate classes. 



The desirable alteration, if it could be effect- 

 ed, is that which would call the people into con- 

 stant active employment, and make them sharers 

 in those reasonable comforts of life, to which, as 

 rational beings, they are so justly entitled. Adieu. 



J> C. C. 



VOL. II. 



