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sovereign and the Scotch note and the earnings of the poor children some of years as tender as eight who hired themselves away like white slaves to the service of the farmer in bordering counties. ''44 Nuair a cuireadh ceist air an raibh se abalta a chfos fein a foe, duirt se: ~Yes, I am out of the charities of the poor people, but not out of the produce of the land, and I refuse to pay on that principle, without a reduction. " 45 D'usaid Mac Phaidfn teanga ghear go minic agus e ag grfosadh na ndaoine in .6raidf, ach chuir se an bheim i gc6naf ar an tseasamh daonlathach bunreachtuil. Tchitear dom go raibh se cosuil le Parnell sa d6igh sin - fear a bhf ag dul i dtreo na laimhe laidre ach nar usaid i riamh. Nil aon amhras na gur i ndiaidh bas George Hill agus teacht a mhic, an Captaen Arthur Hill go Gaoth Dobhair a thosaigh rudaf ag dul 'un olcais. D'eirigh rudaf i bhfad nfos measa nuair a thainig an coirneal Dopping mar ghnfomhaire chuig Hill in 1887, agus is iomaf cas cuirte agus focal garbh a bhi ag Mac Ptiaidin agus Dopping. 46 Ce.go bhfuil cuntas an tsagairt 'Ac Phaidin ar an achrann claonta agus aontaobhach, mar sin fein ta leiriu maith le fail ann ar shaothar Chumann na Talun agus go hairithe mar a chuir siad an 'Plan of Campaign' i bhfeidhm. THE PLAN OF CAMPAIGN Ar an 23u Deireadh F6mhair 1886, scrfobh Tim Harrington, MP de Phairtf Home Rule, alt dar teideal 'A Plan of Campaign' sa United Ireland ag moladh plean le laghdu cfosa a eileamh. Thairgeadh na tion6ntaithe cios laghdaithe don tiarna agus mura nglacfadh se leis an tairiscint, nf focfadh siad cfos ar bith leis ach choinneodh siad na cfosanna laghdaithe le cuidiu le tion6ntaithe eile a dfshealbhaiodh. Cuireadh an plean seo i bhfeidhm ar 110 eastat in Eirinn idir 1886 agus 1893. I mi Eanair 1888, labhair an tAthair Mac Phaidfn ag cruinniu m6r i nDoire Airt i bpar6iste na dTuath. Bhunaigh se craobh ur de Chumann na Talun, mhol se an 'Plan of Campaign' agus d'usaid se na focla: "Is mise an dliodh i nGaoth Dobhair." Mheas na hudarais go raibh a chuid cainte treasuil agus gabhadh e faoi Acht Comheigean Balfour. I ndiaidh seal a chaitheamh i bpri6sun Ohaire, cuireadh ar a thriall i Leitir Ceanainn ear an 18u Aibrean agus ainneoin go raibh Padraig 0 D6naill, easbog nua-choisreactha Rath Botha agus Sean Diolun, leascheannaire Phairti Home Rule i lathair, gearradh trf mhi pri6suntachta air agus nuair a rinne se acomharc, meadafodh go se mhi e. Chuir na milte failte 'na bhaile roimhe go Gaoth Dobhair i mi Dheireadh F6mhair. 47 ldir an da linn, chain doicimead 6n R6imh an 'Plan of Campaign' . Bhf easbaig na hEireann i gcruachas - scoilte idir a ndilseacht d'orduithe an Phapaagus da bpobal fein. Sheas an tEaspag 0 D6naill go daingean ar chul an tSagairt 'Ac Phaidin . Chuir se litir phoibli amach ag failtiu roimhe i ndiaidh a thearma prfosuntachta . Bhf se ina chathaoirleach ag dinnear m6r in on6ir an tsagairt i Leitir Ceanainn agus mhol se go hard e sa chaint a thug se le linn na h6caide sin. I ndiaidh pilleadh 6 Shasana (ait a deachaigh se le e fein a chosaint ar na hionsaithe a bhfothas a dheanamh air sna paipeir), labhair se i Machaire Chlochair ar an 19u Nollaig ag tacu leis an "Plan of Campaign" agus 18