Semi-weekly south Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1883-1889, 1886-12-24
ENG. IsH POLITICS,
Tho Recent British Campaign One OF yIiu-
pcratIon and Rlackguardlsm.

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ncr',,Ion nnd n,acE~sarIIsm' % " ~
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'o i",o oNo'''iiS e'oc''o" IN EnSianu
pro'ucFo an extraordinary display oi
what may be called public manners.
Tho manifestocs and letters and speeches
and newspaper articles wcro far mora
aor.r,onors anJ NIL d. 49,. Ill
~. ~, ,'oo"9 s',,' ""r 'DN'n w ''''% "n! w"n."
'ns generation mas seeH' anu Tue uepth
OF b tier feeling can be perceived in the
remark Of the London Saturday RcrieU
upon the manifesto of Lord Randolph
Churchill Tho mopIfas,o wos n rro.
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io"se' '''"'o Vi """' III A''icrio" we
eau D'arkguarusm' ana the oatHrday
nec,eW' Wh'cn was III sympathy win
MY Lord smootn'y referred to 1t as IL
inslrauhg LORD hahuolph Churchlli s.
not unusual iault OF saying perfectly
rue lh.hSs IN y manner somewhat
destitute o, urDanI'y' Mr. Gladstone
was Pnoucly accuSeu Dy ms opponents
OF ueioeratS mlSst9'emehtS' mat u.s. OF
IIyingi ana Mr. Gladstone h'mseii' IN his
E'lhourSn speech' cnareeu Loru oalis-
nury W'th covering tne stah9aru Oh i,ar'
nl,y lIamenlm,y manners, LORD Randolph
ohurcn.ll sPe 'Ches We're wh'rlwlhdS OF
scnrriilty' ana there was never more
personal OF Vltuperative canvass than
tnat wIileh ovSrtnrew mr, GLADSTONE.
~ = generally lnought lilqs american
puphc manners OF TINS Klhu are worse
i,han lhose OF any oiher country But
" @ iace tney M n1c .. unuoup'eu,y Ehe pes!
WhoheVer inc pemners OF the fress
dent Cao net or lhe more important
ieauers OF party speak umrinS can
Vass, lhe speecnes are Iuli OF serious
crltGism anu humorous chalI' put there
Is se'Gom IN such speecnes snch piacK-
guarIlsn Sappeareu III tne correspond
ing hngNsh speeches curing tno late
campaign III u.s. lhueeu' uistlhctlVe
part Oh an american canvass that the
blue newspapers should from time to
time as the canvas advances publish
ASTOUNDING disclosures rom me
record OF the bun candidate ana the
buu organs 40 not iall TO retort IN due
sea a.oh' ~ Is very seluom' however
that person is nominated for high
once IN thls country whose character
can DC urawn luStiy INTO question, and
when such IS the iact the candidate is
generaly uoieateu' but II Judgment
were 10 Do pronounced according to the
reclPpoce' accusations Oh me biue ana
the bun' every candidate deserves the
penitentlary' II not the gallows, and
py tne sue OF s9ch onehders Benedict
Arnold ana JUDAS lscanot are haloed
salntS' 49,,
bpt lhis IL rickwicklan politics 1t is
the stage thunder OIL the party press, and
us bolts are harmless 1t IS very diff
l9reht % rom tne intense personal feeling
ol ~ !ne nc tohe Oh lhe lale English speeches.
All inc newspapers IN the lana might roar
Dargaln anu corruption at Henry Clay'
anu ne woulu nov answer but when
John haneolpn Missed out nus sneer OF
.ne Pnc' y oa ol lne rurllan m aha the plack,
log' MI oiay cnaiiehgeu nlin' IN the-
inoutr Oh party leausr the sneer' un'
heeueu III tn0usanu newspapers Pc
came a sung we are NOT saying thal
~ the papers is po'npessS ppt 9nly
tnat !. mas come 70 DO regarded as IRE,
sPohs'D,e iIsuit-ohe oi inc expected
properties vi press cOmDatS Ill an elcc'