The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1874-01-03 00:00:00

THE IRREPRESSIBLE MR
PRESCOTT.

Liberty of speech is undoubtedly one of the
!,reatest blessings an Englishman enjoys.
There is no e‘ sultry in the world where a
man can mon unrestrainedly express his
political, religious, or social convictions, so
long as he utters nothing of a libellous or
treasonable character ; audit is owing to this
social freedom that we enjoy most of our
prosperity. We are, however, sorry to say
that there are in all stations, and amongst
all assemblies, whether social or political,
men who misuse this power; who mistake
!abuse for argument; and who, instead of
, trying by the force of logic to convince their
opponents they are in the wrong, attempt to
bully them into submitting to the views they
are themselves proplainding. When a per-
son of this description happens to be a 111em-
-1),•r of any "'oldie body he always strives to
obtain notoriety by his obstructiveness. No
matter what question may lie brought fit-
ward, he invariably opposes it, and when he
finds himself, as he nearly always is—in a
minority —he assumes a martyrdike resig-
' nation, and speaks as if his defeat is the re-
sult of a coalition a persons whose sole rea-
sons for not coinciding with him arose front
unworthy or interested motives. Sneli an
one is Mr. Prescott. a member of the School
11,oril in this town. This gentleman seems
tr think it his duty to harass the chairman
And Ii is colleagues by purposeless and con-
stant cdrjectiinis, and to import matter into
the debates utterly foreign to the subjects
under discussion. The consequence is that
the progress of business is impeded, valu-
able time is wasted, and instead of the pro-
positions receiving the calm and deliberate
attention which they require, an element of
personal strife is introduced where nothing
of the kind should be allowed to appear.
One can hardly wonder at the chairman
expressing a desire to curtail the time daring
which each member should be allowed to
speak ; but we are afraid that if a motion was
carried to that effect it would be found im-
practicable in the carrying of it out. The worst
of it is, we are peasuaded that Mr. Prescott
does mit make himself obnoxious in this
manner simply from a desire to do so ; but,
rather from a blind egotism which prevents
him from seeing any good in a proposition
which emanates from any one beside him-
self. This is evident from the way in which
he is continually threatening his colleagues
with a public vote of censtive ; but we think
it quite prohabie that if he were to call a
public meeting, it is within the bounds of
probability that the threat which he holds
01 t,rrivela over the heads of his colleagues,
might be brought to bear upon himself.

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