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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume IV, Issue 565, 3 February 1891, Page 2

By the death of Mr Bradlaugh, the earthly career of one of the most remarkable men of the time has been closed. From an errand boy to a member of Parliament, and a very influential public man, is in short the history of Mr Bradlaugh’s life. He was a man with whom one might have the widest difference of opinion, but yet could not fail to respect him for the worthy motives by which he was actuated. He was born in 1833, and was in his 35th year when he first attempted to enter Parliament. After several failures he met with success in the year 1880. But then came that wearisome struggle about the oath of allegiance. He was neither allowed to make an affirmation nor to take the oath, and he was forcibly removed from the House and sued for sitting and voting while disqualified, Jn )88j he was permitted to take his seat, and proved an able representative of the working classes. His efforts in that respect must be fresh in the memory of jevery person who has paid any attention to current events. Mr Bradlaugh by his later conduct earned for himself the respect of his associates in Parliament. His views on religion were a great obstacle to his further advancement : from a Sunday-school teacher he became a Freethought lecturer. He had tn the course of his life been a coal-dealer, a Guardsman in the 7th Dragoons, and a solicitor’s clerk. His life had both its light and its dark shades, but there can be no question, that he always acted with sincerity.