Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1885-09-26
NIB. HENDRICKS AND THE IRISH
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paign the lamented Mr.. Blame went 80
far with his appeals to the Irish that
war with England in their behalf was
freely spoken of by some of his follow
ers, and he received the support of the
Irish World and other dynamite organs.
That was all right, Brother Blaine's
organs thought.
Recently Mr.. Hendricks, always a
friend to the Irish, has chosen to make
speech in support OF MIR. Parnell,
whose efforts have done more to put
down incendiarism, dynamitism and
agrarianism in ireland than all other
men and influences put together, and
forthwith Mr.. Hendricks, who is q
scholar, a statesman and a gentleman,
is denounced as demagogue.
The Higginsville Post goes so far as
to say:-"For piece of demagogism.
pure and simple, commend us to the
speech of Tom Hendricks to the Irish
meeting in support OF Parnell, held at
Indianapolis last week. But Hem
bricks is nothing if not demagogue.
He is the gentleman who had so much
to say last fall about the $3.50, ,000, 900
surplus in the United States treasury,
while Dan. Manning, just as good
democrat, but less of demagogue,
says there is not and never was any
such surplus, except in the imagination
OF Mr.. Hendricks"
Not to say anything of the bad taste
which leads writer into speaking of
the vice-president as "Tom," a means
of belittling him which if it acts at all
does so as boomerang, let us examine
the above paragraph little.
First, Mr.. Hendricks did not state in
his speeches that there was so much
surplus in the treasury. He always.
carefully said, that upon republican
authority there was SO much surplus,
and then based his argument upon the
supposition that the statement was cor
rect. Mr.. Hendricks is neither dem
agogue nor careless in his statement of
facts.
Now as to the Irish business. Our
contemporary is satisfied to stigmatize
Mr.. Hendricks regarding it, as dem
agogue. without adducing even one
reason. The English cause for the al
legation, as we see it stated in the
cablegrams, lis, that Mr.. Hendricks being
vice-president of the United States
should have remained neutral upon
this question. Why? Mr.. Hendricks
is not king; he is not even ruler
he is simply officially a servant of the
people; and unofficially a citizen. He
spoke as citizen, and as an American
Over there, on the other side, is 8
\ little island whose misfortune is itt
, contiguity to larger and more popu-
lous one which dominates it; which
overshadows it; which represses it.
which humiliates and aggravates it tt
the last degree. 1t gives it no parlia
ment; it deprives it Of local self-govern
, ment; it arrogates to itself all the
, honor, all the virtue. 1t makes all ths
laws. The one is master and the othel
slave. This country, which lives under
. the blighting, upas.tree shadow, ii
Americas friend. Its sons have fur
nished Us with brain and Drawn te
build our railroads; they have risen il
finance to the highest rounds of the
ladder; and they have barred theil
breasts as gallantly in defense of the
country as has ever done a native
born and native bred soldier or sailor
And yet All American citizen is up.
braided as a demagOgue because hi
dares to plead for justice for the Op-
pressed ,and because he has the temerity
} to advocate home rule, a doctrine that
he has preached from the hustings fol
q third of a century!
We are glad that Thomas "A Hen
bricks, man, citizen, ce-president
even, has boldly proclaimed to all the
world, that Americans still agree with
the Boston men who threw the tea into
the harbor, that it is tyranny to dis
franchise and still to tax; and we hope
something may occur to justify ths
. president in repeating the sentiments
which have been expressed by Mr.
Hendricks, and which do him honor.
\ When Thomas jefferson wrote the
r Declaration of Independence it wai
only for official adoption by the
congress Of the United States. yet the
immortal truths inscribed upon it
e pages have borne balm and hope t.
}. the oppressed Of every nation; and 81
may the voices of true Americans evel
be raised for liberty in all lands, with
out fear of what may be thought
, abroad or what may be said at home.
PRETTY OLD, IF NOT THE OLDEST
The oldest man in the United States
if not in the world is Robert Gibson
- of Macon county, who has now reach
ed his 18th year. Mr.. Gibson wa
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