Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1888 — TWO GREAT IRISHMEN. [ARTICLE]

TWO GREAT IRISHMEN.

Kansas City Times. Th’’ two greatest Irishmen who appeared in public life in the eventful pe/iod from 1775 to 3845, a period which embraces the change from anc ent to modern industrial conditions, were Edmund Burke and Daniel O’Connell Not only tne two greatest Irishmen, but they were the two most accomplished orators in Great BriU ain during that time. Burke’s keen intellect aw through the error of commercial restrictions even oefore dam Smith, and Smith-said of him that lb understood the true principles of commerce better than any living man. O’Gonnell said that protection was robbery, and in his magnificent denunciation asked the Tories, “If protection is such a good thing for the people, are Itish laborers starving ? ” Through the com law repeal agitation he was one of the strongest supporters of Richard Cobden.