The Louisiana Democrat., 1881-01-12
BoVGGTE.NG.

word descriptive OF lhe Cohlf'"'9t'
,n, n, obnoxious lan1lor,ls. NJ one
mt an American woull have inven-
led the word "bnycottins.' Mr..
Boycott is an owner Of lanl III Ire
land who rented his land to tenants
and availeh himself of legal means to
collect his rents. Whether he was
n nee,lesslv harsh in his exactinns, or
hecome obnoxious to the Land Lea
yuers for some other Cause Is not Oh
much moment. 1t WAS determine"
to make an example of him, and 1t
was done efectualiy, done so well
Tint the manner of doing it is now
called "boycotting.' Thls Is the
proccss described by the Baltimore
San:
When it is determined by the local
council of the league to boycott
landlord, all the persons in his employ
arp secretly notified of the fact. and are
warned that no one will be permitted
to work for him any longer. If the
crops have yet to be harvested they
must remain untouched in the h"la uh-
der peril of the vengeance OF the league.
When this order is issued the land
lords farm hands suddenly desert hlm.
Hired women, doing service in his
household, as suddenly disappear
The local tradeSmen, to whom ne mas
| looked for many of the accessories OF
life, d, cline to deal with him. II he
wants to sell any of his cattle or any
part of the products of his farm he can
Lind no buyers. If he have tenants
thew pay him no rent. If he atteml rs
to gather in his unharvested crop or To
market any of his farm products ne
does it at the peril of his life, and Is
, only safe, as he walks about his farm
when guarded by IL detail of the con-
stabulary, He is, in point Of fact, Al
completely isolated and cut Oft from as
sistance as it he were alone with III:
family in the midst Of the Great Drs
ert. lie has no one to whom he car
appeal for relief, for in all his ne'gh
borhood there is not one that dare re
+ sponh with helping hand. lie IS nm
+ der the ban Of the league but wh'
' pronounced the ban he does not know
t The power that assals him is invisible
+ but it is as subtle as the air ana as Ger
tain As fate. Unless conspiracy can
S proved there is no law that can dea
/ with Dovcotling. His farm hands nav
4. abandoned him They have the rlgt
Il to do so unless they are working unde
:. a contrart. His domestics have quite
his root in a body. 1t is 10 person
business but their own why they ie
h it. The women of the adjacent villae
refuse at any price even to do the wasi
ing of the family, as they refused Mr.
Doyro,t. Who can compel tliHm
H. wash when they have no mind TO II
The local tradesmea will neither Sc
goods to the Boycotted landlord ~
: buy lis produce. No one has the ieS
V right 10 say they shall do otherWlS
T. The shadow OF the league is over the
as all, and whether willingly or INV
c ling, whether in accord with 1t
dreatiug its power, they have to yle
he obedience to its mandates.
% During the reconstruction peru
!, and for some time afterwards, t
ls. South was charged by Northern p
gu jticians and newspapers with bel
"a - honeycombed with secret orde
rs. leagues and associations, who
IN mote of dealing with obnoxious p
~ sons was said 10 be as secret and
,ys sure as that now practicea by
ee;; Irish land league. The same poll
clans and newspapers that houn'
,ys on the national government to
most vlndictive persecution OF
: members of secret associations
irls the South, now applaud the II
49,, for adopting lhe same means to
tain an object of supreme des
ool, The Irish land league has for It's
, lensib'e object the destruction OF
present system of proprietors
hIte and the transfer Of the ownership
80, land 10 the Irish tenants. Its
object is the attainment OF home
hite for Ireland. The great purpose
M, the South during the reconstruc
pc iol was TO throw on the lncu
oo'' of alien governments imposed u
,ool. her Ivy force and fraud, and tt
sumo her former hnme rule.
''''e North treated the South as Eng
,ool, has treated Ireland, and with sa
l. monious hypocrisy professed tt
' aslonished that the South was
hool, grateful. AS England enacted
full laws to perpetuate her domi
over Ireland, so the North Gro
hool, the statute book with cunningly
vised schemes to repress indiv
liberty and shackle individual
hoo, at extrication. Tie South was
,, inal when it adopted measure
its relief, but Ireland Is justl
d Pa in following her example. So
noois' Inference is there when the
@ 4 the OK belongs to oursclf or our neis
5 and o.-~->~-@~~-
ee to 1T is a mistake to wait an
. sec ger if you have not bought a $
clothes or an Uyercoai, AMI
are in want of ore now is YOU
r best opportunity TO buy at les
ces than at any time within @
''~" collections. Baer and Mann a
L citi