The Feilding Star. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1893. Two Kinds of Fools

Feilding Star, Volume XIV, Issue 136, 6 May 1893, Page 2

The Feilding Star. SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1893. Two Kinds of Fools

♦ When the unemployed, the distressed and the strikers, marched in procession, to all sorts of places in London, to air tbeir grievances, it was the wont of the " peculiar person " who compiles the cablegrams forwarded to tbe colonies from England, to elaborate every detail of ill-behaviour, or ruffianism, committed by these unfortunates, and to condemn their leaders as incendiaries, iconrclasts, and rebels. It is significant that several of these much abused leaders ore now in tbe English House of Commons, where they are esteemed and respected for their manliness of character, and sterling honesty of purpose Now *** A change has come i/er the spirit of the dream " and in place of men half maddened by starvation, and the knowledge of wrong inflicted on them by a cruel world, we find the rich and well-fed following the example given by tbeir poorer brethren and the " cablegramer " wires out the news as cheerful and praiseworthy, he says : — The Anti-Home Kule procession which marched from the Stock Exchange to Guildhall was 2000 strong. It met with an enthusiastic reception, crowds oi people thronging the streets along the line of march, and raising cheer upon cheer. Among those who spoke at the meeting were Sir John Lubbock and Mr Chamberlain. A resolution was carried that tbe granting of Home Kule to Ireland would be injurious to the best interests ot the Kingdom. Not satisfied with that he wires out next day that : — The proceedings at the Guildhall meeting were characterised by remarkable enthusiasm. Copies of the Home Rule Bill were burned to ashes in tbe presence of the gathering. It is h-ttd for us to imagine theso notables, and respectable old persons, making bonfires of copies of a Bill, and dancing round them like a lot of ex cited school children on Guy Fawkes Day. Human nature is much the same whether clad in fustian or broadcloth, and *' the trail of the serpent is over us all."