The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-09
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The Duty u the HIGH l|s.hd Oroftars Done
lil Eight il Up fight i
Dowai

Right y Up ils iilgsht i
Dowaf.
Il What 4 Patriotic scotShman Has to Say
d tie Tate Fsslianenta1y
Uontsss.
D9uiicar Mac gree rites from flsas-
4 gov, as follows ssEfltl enofters have
4 done their duty Riisht Il ir III mi ght is
down. Landlord las received d
terrible blow What Nj narYel lous spec
tacle is here! n 3 VI aSsnder it attracts
the attention Of tlI8 most practical
4 thinkers Of onl; a ss people robbed
and spoiled treate worse than beasts
of the field a peopl brave as lions in
foreign wars, yet 5inaid as sheep AT
home; a people who have endured tiIl
Endurance ceased TIL be a virtue and
became crime, hays1 now arisen to.de-
mand freedom, to claim the soil as
| their own, to- WIN con tsti itutional liberty
| BY constitutiona al FMS. For the first
time il, i'll tllSsy have vote, and
vote IS, by the ballot No
longer do they fear laird and the
| factor. 3 ven al sI hu1nor is mixed
with their attttaells sfgll the old powers.
Let me tell Americaia readers what has
happe and theE will see its pro-
found 81 ignifcaneh fr the struggle now
beginning il Britasn will have to be
witnessed III America,
Along the west coast Of Scotland are
some two hundred And fifty thousand
Highlandel's, who present the alb
origines Of the islanM Their language
is Gaelic, Of much thu same kind as the
Irish Gaelic and kindfed to the Welsh.
Fragments are the people Of the old
clan s. stem. Ia ITl5 the victorious
English government determined to.
break up the clans, spd 50 took away
all Judicial power ffrem the chiefs. The
old patriarchal System was abolished
and the eolnmercia system begun.
With it came tyranny, eviction, cru-
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Scottish history. B But III "a new world
arising. The Ess sslish language isl
carving kfloWlsd gesT the ,nlnlnnl
schools, newspapers are being read,
messages come from kindred in Amer
lea, where liberty is known. Informa
tion about the uprising of the Irish peo-
pie against their landlords has spread
and, to crown all, the new franchise |
bill has given the crofter vote. Heis |
no longer a maehine-he is a man.
From London, as from mighty life|
center, land reformers have come down !
and have spread literature all over the
Such men as Henry George |
have lectured to the people. Men with |
gifts have risen up among them
selves, and have proclaimed the truth
that the land was made for the people.
Here and there a clergyman has also
spoken out. Last summer great con-
ferences were held all over the High
lands and the people were fairly
aroused. Behold the results.
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