Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1892 — Exit Stanley. [ARTICLE]

Exit Stanley.

Henry M. Stanley has had as lively a time In his race for Parliament as he ever had in forcing his unwelcome way across African territory against the vigorous protests of natives who naturally objected to his lawless invasion of their homes. Many of the electors of North Lambeth clearly did not like him or his pretensions, and when speaking he was often interrupted with such questions as: “How many niggers did you kill in Africa?” “Wljo hired you to conduct your marauding expeditions against innocent people, and for what purpose?” “Who killed King Coffee?” “Where are you from, anyway?” etc. In his political venture Stanley has all along seemed aware of the fate in store for him. Boys daily roared after his carriage and yelled after him. The workingmen of Lambeth have shown him little consideration, and have exhibited an embarrassing familiarity with his exploits in Africa, where, according to his books, he indulged in a very large amount of promiscuous shooting of inoffensive “niggers,” appropriate enough, no doubt, to his character of traveler and explorer, but hardly in keeping with his attitude before the radical electors of Lambeth as a humantarian who has conferred the blessings of civilization upon the dark continent. With a Bible in one hand and a Winchester rifle in the other, his self-recorded piety and heroism in wiping out “niggers” and their homes have clearly not made a favorable impression upon the wbrkingmen of Lambeth. Stanley posing as an aristocrat and attempting to break into Parliament is one of the absurdities of the political world. That he should be defeated is perfectly natural.