POLITICS BEFORE PERSONAL VENGEANCE.
A London correspondent tells the following Irish election story, which can only apply to Londonderry : — "In an Irish borough where there was a fierce contest between a Nationalist and a Conservative, and where every vote was of importance, the Nationalist had two supporters, one of whom had run away with the other's wife. The delinquent was known to be hiding in a Lancashire town, and his address was ascertained after much trouble. It was realised, however, that if he came to record his vote he would do so at the peril of his life, for the injured husband was actively seeking him with a loaded revolver. There was nothing for it but to ask the husband to forego thoughts of revenge for a while. It was pointed out to him with great eloquence that the cause was at stake, and that a little sacrifice was due to it from every sincere well-wisher of the Irish nation. This argument appealed to him very forcibly, and, after a few moments' consideration, he said, "Very well, I'll give him twenty-four hours' start." So the vote of the absent one was obtained.
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Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 114, 9 November 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)
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