The Opelousas courier., 1889-05-18
..prAIN BOYCOTT.

GAFs
.v,o Immortalized His Name In
non far more deserving Of
. ia nssId's remembrance have been as
DO W.T. sorgotten as if they never x
tfsrg raotain Boycott will be remem-
istea1 4 anne at least, long after his
bsrsa I've turned to dust. According
bonss ears he should still be in the
p e life. but for a decade the
lfaLs aas not lain unon g bed OF
tsi0A nd he has aged prematurely, his
tosss' 81 beard-the latter long and
talr ~ almost. snow white.
na s. ..,,b. in a measure, driven from
lnOa ~ account of his opinion that
rela a. WAS the most business-like if
eie M only course to pursue toward a
aos ~ rho was behindhand with his
snaa ut refused to surrender his lease
a y, h was paid for all the improve
anl. .Sa had made. Captain Boycott
hsu 81 changed his views on the land
zion 4 more than he has lost his
49, u ne old sod. He still persists
pusiseriug himself an Irishman and
- RIGHT sort of an lrishman' and
.,.h there are, doubtless, a number
nv 1s..ons in the Old Dart who would
..nsider ii a privilege to put a bullet in
8. mast vulnerable spot, he pays an
mud visit to Ireland and for the rest
i M year looks forward to his next
All & the land of his birth.
rautata Boycott is now living in as
NJ ! snot as can be found in Eng
ia He Is the agent of Sir Hugh
ass;, and has his headquarters in the
800 village OF Flixton, in the heart
ISssoIk. miles away from a railway
ss.tion or q post-oiice or a telegraph
$50 Tothe villagers he is known as
aha Captain He does not believe
IN tha Irish troubles are a bit nearer
..l,t;on than when he left Ireland.
Tba Irish tenement farmer has difficult
q. hi admits, but it is because, in his
an;nion. the farmer attempts ippossi-
Mites. The farmer tries to exc out
4 existence on a piece of land which
4 mint Of area alone is incapable oil
gIEing him support. Why does he dc
asY The world is wide enough. Why
1T move onp II he works hard one
III and fails to make ends meet
here Is not much chance that the next
YEAR will bring him better luck. The
Enclish farmer is every bit as badly
saasted as the Irish farmer, but he
ues different tactics.
50 Captain Boycott expressed him
Ell a few days ago. He said, too, tina
he considered bad in principle the no
ta Of accommodating tenants accord
iHg to the success or failure OF theiI
aops. To be entirely fair the propose
should al any rate be reciprocal, and tt
flat the tenants he knew would object
RI BE- successful the farmer, Irish O.
English. must rely upon his ON re
sources. He had the option of leaving
hs farm, and landlords had no keer
relish TOR unsuccessful holdings. Tn
idea that every tenant should be hi
own landlord was absurd. The Lam
League tried it. The league purchase
ID estate near Tuam. cut it into squares
andinFsed the tillers of the soil t
cone down from the mountains and be
come ideal landlords. But the tenants
who we're already on the lands wouldn'
have the poor devils,'' and they wer
obliged Id return to their mountail
homes. The proprietorships would b
too extensive to be beneficial to tn
soil.
The Captain does not believe i
home rule. Ireland is an integral POI
ton Of the British Empire and shout
remain 50. Such an institution as
hclne-rule parliament would be n
more influenced in its labors by the ao
ul iaboring classes than is the Hous
VI Commons The Irish people wante
alncation before home rule. If the la
81 we're to be provided those who ha
the power should make certain that tn
socalled misgoverned, down-trodden
people were going to share in it. 4
present. It would not be SO.
Badour's policy. in Captain Boycott
opinion, was certainly a bold and thor
algh one. While a law remains let
q carried out unstintingly. But in
Wlscnlnent OF Irish members OF Parlia
naent wis only making martyrs of them
ana IA putting them in jail Balfour wa
oaays IN q sense, beating his own bach
iet Captain Boycott could not see no
halfuur could do otherwise.
fer John Dillon Captain Boycott O.
pressed great respect Dillon he cor
slaers sincere. For the amoonlighter
hapiam Boycott expressed a heart
contempt and destestation. The Iris
people could and one day would, b
thought extinguish the ..brute.n
ID writing to a friend recently tt
vfigalator Of the persuasive term DO.
sast sAla: Il 90 for my annual holida
= aear old Ireland; it is my one treat
as year-N. Y. Times.