The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-09

realized they were men OF national lTn
portance. In one instance the voter
i failed us, and that was in Sutherland
Y shire--famous or rather Infamous TO
its cruelties to the crofters. It wa
here that whole villages we're burned tx
the ground in winter and the peopl.
y left desolate Many Of lis looked tt
4 Sutherland with hope. A crofGer':
son, Sutherland by name, had taker
1 upon him to contest the seat against
/ the Dukes son, the Marquis OF Stat
4 ford. But, loy a marvel. The Marquis
| was ready to- promise anything and
1 everything that crofters could ask.
I Did they wish for the famous three
acres and d cow he would give it
More 1and?n Yes. sI7iixity Of ten
ure?'' Yes. Compensation for I'M
pfoyements2n KS. By such promises
he won over some of the leaders among
! the crofters, and as a consequence the
crofter candidate was left far Behind
a defeat which staggered many OF us
d. lla,te. us fear the Highianders were
ssssi worth ;sagbting for. Better news
sSsssssle soon. Z our readers viii remen-
Tier how much time and labor spent
| with Mr. Macfarlane last summer seek
ing his election for Argyll. lae result
has been most gratifying, and now
from Argyll and Inverness AMI Ross
and Cromarty and Caithness and Wick
| am able to send the joyful news that
the Highlanders have proved them
selves worthy Of freedom. Let Amer
lean readers note the fact that no OUT
RACES have been committed, not one of
the candidates have been insulted. In
England's good old times, as they are
called, when candidate was OH the
hastings, if unpopular he had TO face
showers of dead cats, rotten eggs. old
boots, and the like. But the Highland
ers are the most polite peasantry of
Europe, aud their behavior has again
commended them to the good win Of
the whole Nation. No wonder the
question is now asked by some of us
with much perplexity: How can we
solve the land question for the crofters?
have before me a letter from one Of
the greatest orators in Parliament, a
true friend Of the people, one whose
nane America respects most highly,
and yet he says: Il cannot see any So
luton for the difficulty except emigra
tom Some Of the best friends of the
crofters say the same, and no doubt
America would gladly give en- a
welcome. But here is q land TO which
the people cling with q tenaeity of love
When compelled to emil
CRATE they have been known to lift
handfuls of earth and pebL branches
of trees, and the like, TO carry them
over the sea as nlementoes Of the dear
I'D. One solution, and one alone,
,.Esi,ss land thai the. gradual acqulr-
ing Of the land by the state. & strug- I
Gle is beginning OF the most sbupendous |
LII Ireland the form il |
takes is that of Home Rule.. The Irish |
wish to drive out the English alto.
getaer so that they can by that mean@
ret back the soil. But the Scotch do
not seek any repeal Of the Union. Yet
1T the same time the most advanced T
views prevail i'll the Highlands on the
and question. What contrast 10 the
owlapds of Scotland, and to England, I
where the land restoration candidates
lad hardly any chance! Most Of them
we're left in a hopeless minority. What
viii the end be2 Our Parliament on
next month will find
deadlock Salisbury facing Gladstone,
md Parnell is the big boy of the school
Eho can knock either of them down
After d short session there will soon be
another election with some great issues
before the Nation SO the turmoil will
70 on and on. We are amid aquiet
evolution. Old parties are vanishing,
md nobody knows what the new will
,e like. Some time soon / shall tell
lie signs of coming Republic for
Britain, and the signs of the times in
hat direction are startling.
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