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The Irish standard., 1886-10-02


speaks highly of the opinion he enter
tained of the Irish leader as we'll as for
his own foresight. Prior to 1881 he had
appreciated that the hour had come for
Ireland's legislative independence, but
he wanted the man. Ia Butt OF Shaw
he could not recognize that man. but i'll
Parnell he saw the leader his ideal
fancy had pictured, and he at once re-
solved to follow him through thick and
thin until victory crowned their efforts.
From the time when he was one of
seven in the lobby against four or five
hundred his allegiance never wavered,
and he never evaded his turn in the ''all
night sittings'' when the determined
obstruction of the Parnellites played
mischief with the ministry. 1t was in
memory Of these times that the toast OF
'sthe old parliamentary guard'' was
proposed on the eve of Mr., Mccarthy 8
departure, and gave to Mr.. Biggar, who
responsed. the opportunity to wiimsi-
Cdily I0lthL0 Ills P0A4CiASCo V41SA IL AAAN
Mr.. Parnell alternated as ''tellers," OF
as one of the few who dragged into the
other lobby four or five hundred men,
bers, who laughed or swore at these
pestiferous Irishmen who never could
accomplish anything. but we made
ourselves at last heard, and Mr.. Nc
Carthy had a big voice, but mine was
Biggar." This was fne old chestnut,
original with Beaconsfeld, but which
on that account was worth revamping,
especially, to give everyone their due,
much of the tactics of the Parnellites
were learned from that brilliant states
man. To digress for the moment, we
had an illustration Of how the Par
nellites pro6ted by the lessons Of de-
feat, in the report of how the other day
Lord Randolph Churchill failed to in
veigle the Irish members in trap to
prolong the debate and have the public
The Irish standard., 1886-10-02

rapacity of Irish landlords, we encour~
aged the farmers of Scotland and Wales
to demand kindred measure of land
reform to that which made the first
breach in the citadel of Ireland's terri
ritorial garrison. We have taught the
laboring masses of Great Britain what
legitimate combination can do to influ-
ence beneficial legislation. In striving
to win true economic freedom for
labor in field and workshop in
Ireland, we have lead the toll
ers of Great Britain to aspire to a
better social condition and to manifest
righteous discomfort at such laws,
customs and institutions as give to an
idle aristocracy monopolles, rights and
privileges in the administration Of gov
eminent and distribution Of labor
created wealth, which reduce the wage
earning classes to condition Of politi-
cal and social degradation. While the
unanswerable case which we have made
out for Home Rule has not only given
birth to a similar movement on the
part Of the people of Scotland, but is
rapidly convincing the democracy of
England Of the advantage, as we'll as
the expediency, OF extending the Home
Rule principle to the government of
Britain. Under these ecircumstances,y you
can cas-, understand not only why we
have progressed so quickly towards the
goal of Home Rule during the last few
years, but also why we so confidently
predict the near success Of orr cause.
England is no longer a unit i'll her op-
position to Ireland's right to govern
herself, Scotland and Wales have cast
their vote in our favor; while civilized
public sentiment, watching the combat,
ants in the Anglo-Irish struggle, is un-
equivocally on our side, Our demand
is but simple justice. We seek restitu-
tion, not revolution. Ireland asks for
the restoration Of Legislative rights.
Her people want to rule their own
country in their own way. The mate
rial and social we'll being Of nation can
only be promoted and secured by a gov
ernment of the people, by the people for
the people; and it is for this end we Of
the Irish National League are banded
together in Ireland and ask our kindred
inAmerica TO hold up our hands in the
contest to free their birthland from the
stigma Of humiliating subsection and
the injury and turmoil Of industrial
stagnation and social discomfort. In
this sndoayor we have won the hearty
sympathy OF American citizens not Of
Irish birth, We are ambitious to retain
1t to the end. We can do this best by
continuing to rely upon moral means
for the attainment of agreat and moral
purpose. The idea of force is now re-
pugnant to the spirit of American in
stitutions. Justice, reason, union, law,
are the safeguards of your government,
as they are the foundations upon which
the temple of American liberty has
been erected. These are the implements
with which the people Of Ireland aspire
to rebuild an Irish nation.
Gentlemen, I heartily thank you once
again. not so much for the high comph-
ment which is paid me in this pleasant
reunion here tonight, as for the addi-
tional evidence given by the gathering
itself, your teasts and speeches, that you
take keen and friendly interest in the
moyemen and cause with which I have
the high honor of being identified.
MAYFLOWER.
The Irish standard., 1886-10-02
A GREAT IRISH STATESMAN.
Incidents in the Career of Man Who
Dared to Sacrifice Everything
for Els Country's Sake.
BRILLIANT JUSTIN MCCARTHY,
Parnellite, Editor, Historian, Novelist and
Correspondent, Will Lecture
Throughout America.

BY the time this issue of the Republic
is in the hands of its readers there will
have landed on these. shores a veteran
parliamentarian, an able exponent OF
Home Rule, one of the firnest OF Ire
lands advocates-the uncompromising
Justin Mccarthy. This staunch Par
nellite is known in circles where the
Irish cause excites little discussion, his
ability as novelist and historian hay
ing introduced him to fame ere yet his
vigorous defence OF Irish rights had
endeared him to the sea-divltled Gael.
If the readers of the Republic had never
read aught Of his productions but Ca
miola, Girl with Fortune''-that in
teresting serial from his pen published
in this country exclusively by us some
ago-they would be we'll ac-
quainted with the style whose grace
and charm have placed him i'll the
front rank of British ljtterateurs. AS
to his fearless advocacy of a cause CEN
turies of wrong have but ennobled. the
cable has furnished sufficient testi-
mony. But, withal, i'll a man who has
so stamped his record in contemporary
chronicles there is more interest," than a
superficial news item impatts; there is
a desire to penetrate the veil OF
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-12
WHAT IS THE TROUBLE.

In 1874 the people overthrow a Repub
lican majority of110 in the Forty -thrd
House and returned a Democratic ma
jority OF 60 in the Forty-fourth House
Two years later the Delnocra tic party
elected Mr.. Tllden as President of the
United States.
IL 1882 there was another tidal wave
The people overthrow Republican ma
jority of % in the Fortp-seventh House
and returned Democratic majority Of
IS in the Forty eighth House. Two
years later the Dem ocra tic party elected
Mr.. Cleveland as President of the United
SITES.
ct this year, as was III, case neither
In 1874 nor liz 1882, a Democratic AID
ministratlon Is IN power, with all tina
lnples, or ought to imply. for continued
Democratic ST. premacy,
The revolutl on this year, we say, i!
not in the right direction. Ii is the hes
to consider the. facts just as they are. L
is useless to TT t. ol,ll the IL.
What is the trouble? What is wrong:
Who is respo as ibl e?-New York Sun.
Well may the Sun ask who is re-
sponsible. Tue responsibility rests
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-12

downright meanness, and this ass
ought te die and 60 to their place,
And if there is not q change in the
policy of the Democratic party to-
ward the people. and a change in
the policy of the administration OF
the general government, the State
will go Republican in the next cleo
ton by at least $4,000 majority. II
Grover Cleveland should be the
Democratic nominee two years
hence we don't think rs shall be
able to elect a constable III the
State. The Republicans have mazda
40 campaign this year, and some OF
their candidate declared they would
not except the nominstio 8 offered,
and others declared they were unfit
and Incompetent to fill the places
to which they had bean dominated,
aad the chairman of their executive
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-12
Elf. slEEE Ar,

Oui d:feat is general and univer-
sal. We have lost ali along the
line. lt.,enemy penetrated the
center and dan ,eu both wings of
our army, This was not for the
Walt OF principles or soldiers: for
we had an abundance of both but
we had no leader, no captain gener-
| To command the army a d lieu
tenantgenerals to handle the dr.
Visions. The generals who ought
to have led turned traitors before
the day of battle and sold out and
betrayed the party. A anew depart
uro Was made fOm the time bOnored
custom OF the party. and new prin-
cip.eS substituted for the principles
OF jefferson and Jackson. But all
is rot ye. lost. We still hold the
fort, althOugh we suffered all along
the Inc. This is timely WARMING
to the party, and will result in our
90 'd, II we arr as wis, AS serp,nts
and as harmless as doves. "A Jonas is
on board OF the ship, and must be
ttrown overheard, and the grand
old structure, that has rode so many
stormy pillows in political seas sue
&c 'sfu', will still sail on proudly
with her defiant hammer kissing ev>
cry passing breeze. Nominate
Hi, Thurm or some western
man in 1888 an re will sweep the
co !ntrv from Lakes to Gulf and from
ocean to ocean. Give us a Demo-
crat a~d Democratic PRINCIPLES and
we can beat the world but let's
have DO more civil service and
Mu@wu npism,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-12
seo sD,.E;TfslN1. ELSE.

Now that the election is over and
we are deieated, let every man go
to sowing oats, wheat, rye and
grasses. Nothing pays so well as
u good OFT crop, rye and wheat
Make home suppl es at hsme.
Make a plenty to eat and wear and
10 Republicans success can hurt
much. Fill the lot and stable with
pine straw ald Litter everv two
weeks, and the COW lot as often
The manure raised from On> horse
on COW kept up and fed is worth as
mech as tine food consumed. This
includes the litter put in the stable
ot course, Our people ought to
cultivate less land, make j. better.
cultivate It better, and with half
the expense. BY doing this we can
dispense With at least half Of the
labor now used. Every farme;
ought to make his meat, corn. hay
and feitll,zerS at home When
this is done, the country will have
sta. ted on the high road to pros
peritN and happiness. Until we do
make our nome supplies at home
we shall continue to be poor,
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-12

c6mlnittee Of The State issued his
circular and required or asked his
party not to vote for the nomisees
on theState tx kat.and vet we barely
elected our State ticket. Now there
is cause 4 vital cause for this die
affection Il or partr. And it is
misleading and deceivlns 10 charge
it to ever conGlence.' We Lad as
well take the bull by tie horns, and
not blind ourselves to The truth any
longer. There is not an intelligent
man living bat knows ihAt the great
reason Of the 'uEew9r;nnss apathy
snd Dissatisfaction i'll the Demo
cratic party in the country Is be-
cause the people are Gil 4p>oiutv'd in
Grover Clevell.l an'i his adminis-
traIisa He has don: nothing to
strsighten his party, but everything
| weaken it. Or course ON CIeFe-
lands .thnd portland his ea.iarsora,
the defeat of the Democracy is
al endorsement of his adminIstta-
ton.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-12

Nichols Republican, IN the fourth
District ! eat Major Graham 1,54l
votes. Rrver Republican, in the
fifth District beat Reid, Dem, 1860
votes. Our Judges are elected by
about s. 900 majority. Returns from
all the States show that the Re
publicans have not gained, but that
the Democrats have lost. This
sho rs conclusively that the Demo
Gratis are not Statistic |. The paper
sll say that apathy ana indifference
defeated the party. That is true,
but What caused this apathy and
indifference Grover Cleveland We
all know, but all are not bold ana
honest enough to own it Up. Nor
rison and Hurd are defeated, but
Carlisle gets in by 678 majority.
Minnesota weat Democratic and
Massachusetts, Mugwumpish. We
have 40 majority in the present Con
yress, ard only ten in the next.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-12

somewhere. Wisdom and common
sense would suggest, that we had
better find the cause and remove it
as soon as possible. The loss is not
irreparable by any means. The
people have rebaked the party to
teach it wisdom. If Dan Manning
had never been born, Cleveland
never would have been President Of
the United st ties and if Cleveland
had not been President, bat some
pure, sound, wise Democrat like
thurman hal been in his stead. Tie
partv would have gained in tie cleo
ton twenty per cent instead of lo1-
iny ten PER cent IN tAe Natisnal Leg
islature and forty per cent in the
State Legislature.
Seven-tanths of our loss is upon
the shoulders of the bull-headed men
in tie White House. Tie tidal wave
of def at was put in motion by Gro~
yer Cleveland. and the endorsement
Of his Republican Administration
rolled it up nount,in high. job n
G. Caihsl. make a big speech a
few days before the election en-
dorsing the present admini,tratio n
and on tie day Of election in his
district, the people made big
speech against his return to Con
oress, and cut his maj srity down
from six thousand to- less than six
hundred and one more speech would
have lef1 him at home. The people
are not all fools as the newspapers
and politicians seem to think. Ev.
ery man ul.o endorses Cleveland's
silver policy and his Mngwumpism
and ct the same time claimed to he
Deme,ra ought to have been de
feated. 1t is much better that the
defeat and the warning came this
year than two years hence. We
Rave two years now before US to pu,
orr hose in order, l.t us be up and
'loi G. Instead of our party beng
y third stronger to-day than tive
wears ago, it is one taird weaker
And If G rover Gle veland is aliO weO
to slash around two years longer
like a msd bull in china store We
shall have no party.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-12

The great desiders tum lacking in
the Democr attic party ia the Federal
Union is moral courage. Taret :
foulths Of the Democratic leaders
and ocratic newspapers are
tet~ls deficI"nt in fOrtituac and
n.ral courage t. express through
sly ech and ,,en hsnestlv and sana i'd
IL their honest ard candid conyic-
tie,ns on the issues between the two
political parties. If there is no diff.
f, rene in Principles between the
two cltical artiee. then we have
no use for two parties, and Mr.
Clev.lan I;Iieht in his herculaan
efforts to disintegrate the parties.
and build up grand non-partls all
0 gauizaticn with Himself and his
personal friends as the gran Moyul
and advocates and recipients af al
the l:Onore a d enO,uments flowing
from s"ch an nrcanjZatiOn. Ii two
poll zeal parties Are Indispensable tc
tie honest administration of q Re-
phblioln Form of Government, theL
ha l. al wrong. and he and his al
vocates are doing more to destroy
the liberties of the people and t.
us Il rmlne tie foundations OF the
Republic than I'll tie labor organ
izatiOn in the country combined
AS Ion g as the two political organ
izrtions remain nearly equally b:l
anced in power in this country tae; Z
is and can be NO serious danger to
The Institutions of the land. The
sa ger arises t'reM the overgrown
str. n .th and puwer OF OF party ard
the extreme weakness IF The other
VIII. II such is the case the control
ling power becomes corrupt, Opprs
sive and destruction, while tn. nil
nor;tv is too weak TO off r any eff
fective resistance to the incroach>
men and Innovations of the NAL
dened Z. al. BON 'as l. pride, and t e
! unbridled and uEcontro. liable ambi,.
tion OF the corrupt majority. we
seriously aud esndidly think that
Grover Cleveland l. the most dan
gerous enemy the democracy OF th:s
country has eyer had 20 coptcnd
with. Believing this go str.ngl,
We must be permitted to have our
say concerning the man on the iron
horse, Our condemnation Of Cleve-
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-12

Harmon was elected by "A major
ity-Henry Epps by 1872 maiorit v,
and the other part OF the ticket by a.
bout the same small majority. If our
people had turned out on the day OF
election and voted, every one Of our
candidates would have been elected
The men that did not vote look
mean and must feel very mean
If we had failed to vote and our
side had failed of election, we would
hide in the first hog pen We could
find and pray TO be transformed into
O fat shDat.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-12

lands policy is due to our strong
Democratic proc. ivitiss and to our
Unborn Democratic prin ciples. We
do believe thatCleveland Is lnfatuat-
ed with tt e idea that he is man OF
destiny, ard that the powers Of
earth and hell cannot prevail against
hin. He is infatuated, bull-headed.
~,lsc:wil' ell, am bilious, noa-partlsan.
and unc, ateful. lie is certainly not
more than third class man in in
t.Ilcct, fourth class man in expert
enee and statesm hip, and We
lave never met any one so bold as
to charge him with being believer
III The Almighty God. His great
est capacity is TO drink beer, con-
time Republicans in Office and
demsralze aud disintegrate the
party that made HIM President.
From our stand point his first duty
as Pr sident was to his country, his
second to his party and his third to
his friends. But he as reversed
the order Of things; and in oar de-
liherate opinion publicly express IS
TIE most dangerous enemy t. the
Democratic party snd to Democratic
principles this csul try has ever
Produced. Villas his Po>lma ster G Ell
er.l, said the day before the election
that he hoped than time woald soon
come when all Republicans would
he out of office and Democrats in.
This is strange coming from Villas.
when be has had 1t in his power for
nearly two years to remove nearly
| thirty thousand Republican officials
and vet he has nos removed five
thousand, but upon the contrary la S
appointed Macy Republicans. If be
was honest in the hope expressed OH
Ui1E eve VI VIC ClcCUlCH uC COuiu Got
as a consistent Democrat remain in
C!eveland's cabinet. At his home
in the far West with his great in
fuence in his native county, where
he made desperate effort to .haye
his masters administration end0rs
ed. the party lost one Thousand
votes. Yet this will be construed
into an endorsement Of Cleveland s
administration. From all the states,
except one small eastern and one
small Western state, comes the con
demn alton Of Cleveland's policy. en-
lightning speed ii. tones OF thunder
Yet the willy brain Of his Worship
pers will twist it into an ENDORSE
ment of his undsunted policy. Ha6
the country endorsed Cleveland, We
should have lost faith in Democracy
but as it nas condemned him ouI
faith Is renewed and stronger tha1
ever. Gown with Cleveland and NJ
with J"moc~acy.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-12
CONF iD1HCE.

If we had to give an opmion as to the
chief cause of the disaster which has
overtaken the Democratic PARTY in this
State. we would compress the matter
into the word Over C0ntidcpce,H -
Ners L Observer.
Yes, we have no doubt of that.
A al we had to give an opinion,
We should compress the ma ter into
one word ''Civil~s ertict-re form"
mixed with few local causes. Bat
III the Ners & O5serrer give us
the cause OF ills ''over-e ,nlidenct'
of which 1t speaks? We had none
OF it down this way, nor did we see
CT hear Of any IL Other sections
We visited. If our esteemed Contem>
prr"ry will change its opinion upon
due reflection, and say the cause was
general. universal apathy, indiffere nee
ANA dlscontent.it will Lit the nail on
the head squareIy. And chen it can
utilize TIE next 30OOissues very pros
fitakly to the party, explaining what
brought about this apathy, indif-
f, renee ana discomfort. TAere are
evidently several causes. But the
gr.2 a. first cause, which lies at the
bo,toK OF n< arIy all the caus,,is tt e
wait ef craftsmanship and party
! atty IL one Grover Cleveland Said
! to lie q Democrat by soMe people.
! The nest Of the newspapers in the
! State and Il number Of the CONVEX
/ tions in the Stale endorsed Grover
| Cleveland when they knew beyond
all dou't that the people did not az
durse CleeeiaaG', civil service hum
bug,ner his silver policy. To rebnAe
these col.,>ntlons ..nti To- express
thei~ disaepruval of the Hd,ninis-
policy Of tie Houia-be leaders
s.. il his State, the people took no In
terest in TIE election, and stand
away from the polls. The people IN
his Stat have come TO tue cokCiu
siun, that the leaders OF the Dem O.
cla.y in and cut Of the State art
moral COW ards and political trick
tiers. ~ great many men came to
ths conciusi' y, that il they we're TOO
ii at fo'ly~ive yea; to hold All { +
lice under :: Democratic adminiss
ira ion, they were too old to vote ;
and paly ne re concluded that If they
voted til y Nouid os considered Of
tepsive 7arti;an<, and that right
weuid be taken away as soon as the
fact could be reported to Grover
Cleveland, therefore they declined
10 vote any more until his term ex-
plres.
! Another elias. came to the con-
clusion that the Democratic party
had nc use for them except at the
polls On election day. so they had
| busi;,.ss elsewhere Oh that day
! Ano. her class wanted 20 Sc. if the
Democratic party and Cleveland
could get along as we'll without
| their votes as with them. Another
class Of our people staid away from
the polls out 'oi pure cus.tdness and
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1886-11-12
THE Il E&GE.IS.

We hold the Senate BY three na~
jority straight Democratic; the r.
rubllcans and Indepen dents hold
the House by siI majority but if
the ladependen Democrats are 10y,
al to the arty we have both Houses
III The Legislature. Latham in the
LIST District beat his msn2,735 votes.
-. "oeo'
Simmons beat O'Hara 1854 votes.