Lord Randolph Churchill delivered himself at Woodstock on "Tuesday of
a string of accusations against the Government, which it is not easy to understand passing the lips of a gentle- man, concerning any men whom he would be willing to meet in society, and with whom he would not think it his duty to decline all acquaintance. Here are specimens You have to do with a Government of imposture, an Administration of make-believes, whose every act is either a sham or a fraud." "Never, since the days of the infamous Cabal, has this country witnessed such a set of political impostors in the councils of the Crown."
In their Government of Ireland, however, they have abandoned the paths of political imposture, and have entered on the high- road of political crime." "At a particular time, so base was their policy, that they forced the Crown to rely for their authority in Ireland on the assassins of the Phoenix Park." Did even the tenants and labourers of the Duke of Marlborough like to listen to foal language of this kind, concerning -a Govern- ment in the integrity of which the vast majority of the English people believe with implicit confidence P Or did they only regard it as Lord Randolph Churchill's political idiosyncrasy to paint with a rich supply of soot out of his own fancy those whom he erroneously thinks it his professional duty to revile P Anyhow, this outrageous political Billingsgate was received with shouts of laughter and cheers.
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