Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1847-10-15
IRISH ELECTION SCENE.

The canvassing of Parliamentary candi-
dates, whenever general election occurs in
Great Britain. gives rise to scenes which, if
occasionally disgusting, are sometimes edify-
ing, and often amusing Of the latter descrip-
ton, we select the following. which occurred
at the recent election, which is a sample of
the freedom Of the hustings in that country.
National Intelligencer.
TIPPERARY ELECT1oN.-Mr. Collect, an
Englishman, had been brought forward as the
Administration candidate for the famed county
of Tipperary. Archdeacon Lafan proposed
Mr.. Scully as an opposing candidate, and in
doing 50 made the following speech, Gas re-
ported for the London Sun }
Archdeacon Laffan rose, and was greeted
with tremendous burst of reclamation. He
took the Times newspaper out Of his pocket,
and, throwing it with force on the table, said
to Mr., Collect, ''There.s your speech at Lin
coin, for you" [Great cheering.l MY Lord
Suir3ale,' continued the ArchGeacon, (" new
er Ill the whole course of my life, and IT is a
long political life, stood up in the court house
with feelings OF more regret. Who are You
bringing forward this day, Tory gentlemen of
Tipperary? [Cheers1 I'm ashamed of you
--Egreat cheerng1-I always like TO catch the
bull by the horns. Laughter Who, re-
peat, are you bringing forward, respectable in
dependent landlords Of Tpperary: The man
who stood by in the House Of Commons when
Roebuck called you murderers, and did not
stand up to defend YOU.
Mr.. Collect q did - [Groans.]
Archdeacon Latfan. Oh. gentlemen of Tip
perary! Oh, respectable descendants of the
Tipperary aristocracy! Though YOU are To-
ries love you better than John Bull, laugh
teri who will laugh at YOU when your estates
arc confscated and your children beggars.
Loud cheersl Those English fellows have
not one drop Of the milk of human kindness
in their bosom. Did that Unlocking fellow
(pointing to Mr.. CoetN--and he is a very
Unlocking feIlow-[Ianghter]-
Here Mr.. Collect commenced writing in his
tablet.l
Archdeacon Iafan. Put that down in your
tablet: carry that in your snuff box, as we
say in Tipperary. Loud laughter.] | do re-
greet, my Lord Suirdale, to see any man of the
old stock of the aristocracy coming to the back
of man whom they do know. Hear, hear.
care not for the Wings or Tories; they are
all alike to me, from snappish Roebuck to
Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel
TCheers.7 They call you, landlords of ireland,
wholesale murderers; and did that fellow
laughter stand up for You loud laughter
Don't be looking so angry at me, sir; don't
think you'll intmidate me, Mr. John Bull.
[Cheers.l
[Itwas really laughable osee the astonish-
ed. confused, angry looks of Mr. Collect, who
did not expect such Iaceraton from the very
reverend gentleman.
1.-THE ArchdeacOn, smiling.l | am G lad
Roebuck is out of Parliament When he
1 lxI- l. IL Al, -,
unfortunate tenants, and starving them, did
you stand up then, Mr. Collect, and call him
liar? loud cheers Do YOU know, my
Lord Surdale, what Frenchman said to John
Bull : He said, g he used you very well, for
he eatei de oyster and gave you de SHELF
loud laughterl But, Tory landlords of Tip
perary, your candidate was turned out of Lin
coin, and you thought him good enough for
Tipperarv-out of the frying pan into the fire
| Laughter ] Oh, gentlemen, are you not a.
shamed of yourselves Loud laughter I
see the crimson mantling in your cheeks, YOU
can't conceal it your hearts are not with
your tongues; you are partly Irish, after all
| Loud cheers.] If you return Collect, he will
laugh with contempt at you and, when your
estates are squeezed like lemon, he will
damn you as a set Of beggarly rascals Loud
laughter.] Collect, did you ever hear the Irish
men had tails? loud laughter.l Did you
ever hear that the brutal Times called us the
bloody priests? [Groans]
Mr.. Collect, [good humoredly.1 Do you say
your prayers?
The Archdeacon. We do say our prayers.
and Pl make you say yours before am done
with you. [Laughterl It isa sad day when
we see men, with their ears and eyes open
select such man as their candidate for Tip
perary [Hear.] would take my political
enemy by the hand / would shake HANDS
with you, Mr.. Collect, if you'd let me, laugh
teri but to friend or foe who would abuse me
! | would say, &C 90 ong, YOU scoundrel"
coul not support Lord John Russell, nv Lord
Surdale, and | will tell You why. Because
he starved two millions of my feIlow-country
men. [Groans for the Premier] A scoun.
lrel, who refused to send two vessels Of wal
to bring fool to the starving people [Groan
ing] And what did the Americans do:-glo
rious America-[Iou1 cheering1-the land o.
the brave, where freedoms sod was neve
soiled [Great cheers What did brave
America do? The President, the Government
the People, sent their best ships, manned witt
their noble Yankee sailors, [cheers,7 will
food, not bombshels, to our shores [CheerS
Compare this with the conduct of the pigmy
Premier of England, the rotten Russell
[Groans
! Mr. Collect, Say something about you
own candidate. [Groans.l
The ArchdeacOn | am not done vet
Laughter ] One source OF the great revenue
of England is derived from their ast-of clothes
and they send Us their cast-off member, say
ing He'll do well enough for Paddy
laughter You stood for Lincoln, Mr.. Col
) lett-whats your name? John Laughter
I'm sorry that they did not send Us a hand
| somer specimen of their cast-of clothes thai
you, any way. [Laughter.1 You're not hal
as handsome as my man. loud langhterl
have here the Tines OF the both July, that
: the day you showed your nose in Lincoln
: [iaughter,l and YOU made your debut yer
f smart Loud laughterl Lincoln contain
t 1859 voters; Col. Sihthorpe opposed you
: healed the poll. Surely they must have tn
e rnjschief's opinion OF you, when they electe
Sibthorpe in preference to you. Loud laugh
l. teri Well, how many voted for you' +
K tell you out of the 1859 voters you got 81:
), Renewed laughter,1 And, after that, 20
II come to5Tipperary to try the Tipperary bow
o 4 voice. Oh, what chance he has GRt
newed laughter.l
it The Archdeacon He has. indeed VIII,
if | have here list of voters for my own tw
-e parishes, and there are in those two parsht
er alone majority of seven over his whole so
l. nv supporters in the barany of Middlethir
IS loud cheers.1 Put that in your pipe, M
i Collect, and smoke it. Laughter Electo