. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. ght to declare the end ofdebate against the wishes of an obstructive minority. It was at this time*that Irish wit and necessity invented the boycott. The expedient so calledwas a sort of social and industrial persecution directed against those whoshould incur the displeasure of the masses. The boycott was discovered in 5^^4
. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. ght to declare the end ofdebate against the wishes of an obstructive minority. It was at this time*that Irish wit and necessity invented the boycott. The expedient so calledwas a sort of social and industrial persecution directed against those whoshould incur the displeasure of the masses. The boycott was discovered in 5^^4 LIFE AND TIMES C)E WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE. the fall of 1880. A certain Ca[)tain Bo\cott, agent of Lord Erne, nearLough Mask, on the borders of Galway and Mayo, was a collector of rentalsfor his superior. In this relation he got the animosity of the tenants andof the Land League. The word was given by the League that Boycottsservants should leave him; that no laborer should remain in his employ-ment ; that the shopkeepers of the neighborhood should suppl)- him withnothing, not even necessaries; and these orders were enforced with threatsIrom the Invisible Empire against any who should disregard them. Captain Boycott and his family found themselves unexpectedly cut off. FIGHT BETWEEN LAND LEAGUERS AND POLICE. from intercourse with the people around them. Their domestics, except twoor three, quit their service, and those who hesitated were threatened. Thesisters of the captain were obliged to drive with arms in their hands toconsiderable distances in order to secure the necessaries of life. A contin-gent of police at length arrived, but these were about to be overpoweredwhen a body of troops came with artillery to put down violence. The vio-lence, however, was of a kind not to be reached. It was simpl} negativeand intangible. Captain Boycott held out courageously until late in theyear, when he was obliged to give up the unequal contest and leave the FIRST BATTLE FOR HOME RULE. 565
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