The Northwestern standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1885-1886, 1886-01-09
THE LAND 8 Z h GGI.1.
The Duty u the Highlsnd Jroftara Done
Eight i Up Might is
Dow9l.
What a Patriotic scptshman Has to Say
Of the Late Parliamentary
Contest.


Duncan Macgreggaf rites from elias
gov, as follows I4sSld crofters hay'
doue their duty, IS up light il
down. LandloraisaR has received {
terrible blow. What II "a arvalous spec
tacle is here! " wonder it attract.
The attention Of TIA most practica
thinkers Of Cur age IN people robbed
and spoiled treated worse than beasts
Of the field; a people5sraye as lions il
foreign wars, Jet llnid as sheep At
home; a people who have endured til
endurance ceased ts be a virtue and
became a crime, lsavessnoW arisen to de-
mand freedom, to claim The soil as
:. their own, to win constitutional liberty
1 by constitutional means, For the first
/ time iii their lives ttilisy have a vote, and
| that Yotssis rtoteett sssEi by the ballot. No
longer do they fealsaSessae laird and the
faetor. Even a Ilssf hunlor is mixed
with then attack as the old powers.
Let ula tell AnleficSsa readers what has
| happened, and tha@ will see its pro-
/ found significance CIT the strugglenoW
beginning III Britain Will nave TO be
witnessed in America.
aiols ells Ysss coass u 9co1lallo are
some two hundred md fifty thousand
Highlandels, who represent the alb
origines of the island. Their language
u esaelit7 ~ Liacll LEN SsaiiiH KIND as the
lli'ai s'aoi1e ealss htii''s " ~ siie " e1s'l.
= - lii7laea al5 an5as' ptS ~ 11e oio
9ls'h = 7ttii'. IL ESQ sne Elctoilolsa
i1iiss1lSh seRei'ihlei h. aetsiAhliiea 70
9lsdA ~ elie CitSii i'a 30. look a"aF
81 JuuiSi@1 s'oisei iit 81 eile cfileIs. \ ne
oi' p<s'LAaIc1ai syst3hs was aooilsied
allu oiie eoAhAisicias system begtsia.
y ie1i ~ o@iLie eSlaitiiy' eviction, cia-
ely euc1l as nlah sFssli1e nlooa aol1 70
ios'u Y. slleep alia aeeI were Pre-
3dieu ~ nltii, 30 Slle AIop OF men isslled, /
90 ieishSless was Inc 3iSaildiord tyrtsl2hy
'liaO ole poor eLoiteis loohea on lhe
System as nopaiessiy fts tney dlo on she
STORMS SilSa0 wrecked l men ooats. 1holi-
sahets upon SloasallefP 20 sjanaaa ana ~
lhe states caffV3 memories ana 5fael-
Scotfish bistorv ,,exu > ,,a,,r world
arisino THO Vi. ,s,isb 7a,p,,a 90. Z, ]
ca,ryino znowl.,1 s,a -s3s., +t,a ,.1sny,o,,
schaf,fs. neWsnaTers are heinz read /
messages cone from kindred y, oer-
ica where lihertv l. known Tnforn,a-
tion about the nnrisino Of tl,e irish neo-
nle against their landlords has s1rsad
and to crown all the new franchise
hin has given fine crofter . vote He is
no longer a naehipe-ba ia q man. |
From london as from a mighty life
center. land reforlners have come down |
and have spread literature all over the
Highlands. Sucb men as Henry George
have lectured 10 the people. Men with
Gifts have risen m arnono them
selves. and have proclaimed the tr1tb
that the land was made for the neonle.
Here ana there a clerov,nrn has also
spokan out. Last summer great con-
ferences were held all over the High
lands and the peop|e were fairy
aroused Rahold fhe rasnltq
AlneIlcaii isatieis Know something o.
She 1uae % AfRsii. ne IS q ntah o.
Wiae culture ana q ihncfl aoliifY. Ills
Iallliy nave u o1Aef ages oeeii c1ain-
ploHS Oh lfeeaoLh' ana some u mem
nave eied % me sGalfoia iof conscience
sake. lhe ijahe ana MS iamllF are O
national Importance ana nave iaade
themselves conspicuous Dy opposltloi
70 me ne" lana movement. because
All. y iaosto1ie gave sorne justice 10 Ire
laha py the new iahd acb my fora q
Argyll TOOK ufnbiage, ana Row ne and
AIS FANNY declare pubaiciy they are al
poles from land feiofmers,
Wtioin they call sociahsdc revolution
ISIS. Like a CERTAIN King, they nave
paced thelr throne On the seashofe
against the tide and are mightny
troubled at the restless waves. mes
afe aealiig very ilafd VIE crowns ana
e''feiietS. Estates 90 act pay. ien-
ants are alsfespecIIai. voters cannot
pe t51t.tee11' anu my IoFti mas new Iaeli
heid 2 tioiio1. u vas Win feaI AID
2 silleslhg attended some O. Liie recent
lnteelliss silioLlg Iiis u s5iiiaiiaefs. Al
tue ven known eieelloi aodses mao
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