The daily gazette., 1880-11-30
THIRD EDITION
IRELAND AND ENGLAND
EFFECTS OF THE BOYCOTT RELIEF
EXPEDITION.

LONDON, Nov. l6, 1880.
So far the Irish agitation has had
a good effect in England, inasmuch
as it has caused people to study the
Sister Isle a little and the map max
ers have been enabled 10 do a good
business in plans of Hibernia, which
q few months ago were scarcely TO
be obtained in London. The aver
age Englishman is becoming aware
for the first time in his life perhaps,
that such counties as Galway, Mayo
and Sligo really exist, and that Irish
peasants have some grounds OF com~
plant, some reason for their present
attitude. The Boycott expedition
has taught them something at least
worth knowing-name,y, that there
are good landlords and bad ones, and
that the English government has
really been led to protect man
whose very life has been an insult
to humanity. This agent, Captain
Bovcott, is proved to have been
guilty of the most petty and outragee
GUS tyranny, to such an extent that
the people living under his rule re-
belled, and, to use the word coined
in his honor, "Boycotted' him.
And after reading the stories OF Cap
tain Boycott's dealings with the ten
ants of whom he had charge there is
scarcely an Englishman TO be found
who does not say, And it served
him Jolly well right" You may
talk about the dignity and majesty
of the law in face of such story as
that told in Captain Boycott's life,
and the English people, seeing the
point, will laugh outright.
They are even beginning to ad
mire the pluck of this formerly
despised race which, setting law at
defiance, hooting the very soldiers
sent 10 overawe them, persist III
asserting themselves and their rights
to be considered as human beings.
The government organs claim that
they have prevented anarchy and re-
belljon in the wild West" by thus
relieving Boycott. They have only
proved the courage and the strength
of the simple peasantry o. lrelands
western countries. Ready aud eager
to attack even the cOnstabuiary and
the soldiers they were only prevent
ed from doing SO by the commands
of the leaders of the League, who
bade them remain in their homes.
Thus it came about that only women
and children greeted and howlsd at
the relief expedition. The men,
young and old, renamed at their
homes, obedient to command. A
paragraph written by CORES
pondent of the Daily Chronicle, who
accompanied the Boycott relief
expedition, contains curious piece
OF news. After telling how the
women and children hooted aud
yelled, he saws" Mr.. o. Nally, one
Of the Land Leaguers, riding in a
jaunting car, was cheered, as was
also the correspondent OF the Newry
Herald, who some time ago dis
tributed relief fund in these parts
l am not quite sure but that the
Chronicle was quite conscious OF the
mistakes here printed. For Mr..
O'Nally we must of course read Mr..
O'Kelly, NJ. z. and NJ. l.. L., and
for the Newry Herald the New
York Herald itself. But the fact
remains that there was a prominent
member of the Land League ac-
companying the very expedition
sent by the government 10 repress
the agitation which he had, among
others, been the means Of calling
into life. His presence was a warn
ing to the peasants that the soldiers
should not be abused or attacked.
"They are in the hands of the Law" "
somebody eXclaims in Bouclcaults
drama of "The O'Dowd," and some
body else asks, And who's TO pro-
tect the law" bringing down the
house. The idea Of Mr.. "O'Nally''
riding after the relief expedition tC
prevent it from being attacked is al
equally amusing episode.