Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 179, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1920 — First Use of Word “Jingo.” [ARTICLE]

First Use of Word “Jingo.”

Jingo was coined in the Russo-Turk-ish war. The apprehension in England over the outcome of that struggle found vent in the patriotic song whose refrain was: “We don’t want to fight; but by jingo, If we do, we’ve got the men; we’ve got the ships; got the money, too!” The song became popular, was heard on every street corner and from every organ grinder, and was whistled by every bootblack. Shortly after this the election campaign began, in which Gladstone, the head of the Liberals, attacked the Tory party, then led by the Earl of Beaconsfield. The Tory foreign policy was ridiculed by the Liberals as one of “bloodshed, gloty and Jingle.” fUnry that time the word jingo has been used to designate an individual or section of a party prone to rush, without mature consideration, into the horrors of war. K ■ ■ J-