The Wilmingtonian., 1886-12-18
Justin Mccarthy.

1
One might shut ones eyes, seated in th
Opera House, Tuesday evening, and, burtl
ened only by the soft, mellow tones OF III
speakers voice, readily imagine we wer
istel''ng in the Halls of st. Stephen to Jus
TIN MeCarthy's caustic phl'ppics or scathin
analyses of Castle rule ia Dublin before tn
'ugust assemblage of six hundred member
If the British Parliament.
But we all are more or less acquainte,
with this Irish leaders, ideas. What reall,
attracted us, that evening, was the pardon
'ble curiosity of learning of Justin McCar
Lhy's personality-of what 'mauner of man
'e individually is.
He ID small, of florid, healthy complex
ton, rather English in face type. But, a
described 10 Holy Writ when, the Roman
prsetol's servants said to Peter in the oour
yard THY speech bewrayeth thee," 30 Ger.
ain little lapses of Irish hrogue told ouly to,
truly OF the speake. 5 Mil sian extraction.
The pronunciation of the word Ireland
"oirlandt,' with the distinct dphthougal ac
ceutuation of the 'i, aud the fual ID SCUM
modified by terminal coalesceuco of 4,
was quite noticeable. Again, we are in.
t. bted to Mr.. Mccarthy for exact authorit,
upon the pronunciation of Parnell's name.
Instead of accenting the last syllable, as is
ahe universal custom here, the speaker
placed stress on the first syIabls. He enuu-
ciated the word 80 as to keep rhyme anu
5ime with the pronunciation of 'carnal,'
IS if the great Home Riler's name were
'Parnle.'
But it is not with these minor peculiarities
that our experience OF Justin McCarthy's
personality rested.
What would strike ona, looking upon the
'Alm, deliberate m nner, snbdued voo.,
hardly pitched beyond conversational tone,
was his pleasing absence Of extravaganza in
testiculation and expression. self-con
tanned, sturdy, mental composure that tells
che audience magnetically of master mil d,
whose staying powers, held well in ha d
vas earnest OF abundance of pithiest fact,
,ud Of an orator MT in the hahi. of coming
Ipon the platform to fill in time with empty
nouthings,
How pleasing it is TO see such man
Canon Farrar was just such another. How
delightful it is to experience these instances
lpon our public platform. unfortunately only
ti.nu,nsrous here, where oratorical vui-
Earity, spread-eaglism, aud extravagant OBJ
j lrgation are entirely the rule
During the whole address there were
hardly two distinct instances of climax OF
,upellatives. Oar daily picture upon the
pulpit and polite Il platform ia, on the con-
trary chaiu of verbal superlatves of ex.
I5jurgation utterly destruct7e of the pur
pose Intended, namely, the strong delinea-
ton of strong picture.
Outside of these points of oratorical at
taction the speaker was full of graphic des-
cription and narration of interesting fact. He
said that in a ''iivisiou of the House, (which
takes about twenty minutes, those who vote
aye pass in procession out into one lobby,
while those who vote mo march along to
another LOBBY upon the opposite de of the
House. The lobbies are large roooms cap
able of holding i've OF six hundred mem bers
each.
we few, Of the early Homo Rulers said
Mr.. Mccarthy, ''some seven or eight Of us
ouly, used to walk down the aisles of West
ninisi er Hall, on one side, while the whole
House of Commons marched out on the
1theI," (L,ughterl.
'our slim numbers, continued the speak
ild not sppall u.s."
"Well, boys, here.we come again with our
thousands ~ was one OF the merry ejacula.
tIons with which hearty, jovial associate
IlughinQly cheer d our little band. He would
iokihRly cry as we tramped, Iudiau file, into
the big lobby. Keep back, boys don't
crowd Us, there's room enough for all, we'l
get through in time (great laughter)
Justin MI Carthy referr,d With pride to
the 81 Home Rulers led by the great Glad
stone Continued cheers). He said 10,
Policy Of Obstruction converted the seven or
eight into three hundred and eleven Home
Rulers
The speaker clearly explained the manner
Of GladstoHe's defeat up, IN the Home Rule
election vote. Actually Mr.. Gladstone was
not beaten. He really won, If voters were
counted aud not votes.
The explanation is that English counties
,,e divided iuto electoral districts, say 4, 6,
,r 8, according to tho siz, oi the county. 1t
was gathered from the speakers statement,
voting being made upon property qualifica-
fipn that is land DrOnerty znv nnhIanan Nv