Talk:Daniel Deniehy
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Adam, it appears to me, as it often does, that your edits are dripping with POV. I am not certain that you are even aware of it; for example, you systematically removed any reference to Deniehy entertaining republican ideas, and replaced it with "democracy," despite the fact that in the quotes from Deniehy (which you deleted -- see below) he uses the term "republicanism." I question your frequent use of the adjective "radical," which in your lexicon seems to be more a pejorative than a scholarly term. I have removed this line: "As a radical democrat, he should have been an effective supporter of the liberal parliamentary leaders Charles Cowper and John Robertson." It is POV speculation on your part; you seem disappointed that Deniehy does not fit the stereotype which you wish to apply to him. You also use the term "conservatives" to describe Wentworth and his clique, which is a rather curious euphemism.
Below are items which you deleted. Kindly explain why:
- Deniehy became "the first native-born Australian to be admitted to practice as an attorney and solicitor; all previous members of the profession in Australia were English gentlemen."
- "Deniehy spoke of "our cause - the cause of Australian Republicanism", and wrote that "my eye is fixed on one point - the doing my duty in establishing Republican Institutions and advancing in every genuine method, my native land." He became a close associate of other Australian republicans, including Henry Parkes, Charles Harpur and especially the Rev. John Dunmore Lang. He also formed a lifelong friendship with the Australian painter, Adelaide Ironside."
- "In a memoir of Deniehy written in 1884, E.A. Martin writes:
- In 1854, he made his first appearance as a political speaker, on the occasion of the great meeting in the Victoria Theatre, to protest against Mr. Wentworth's Constitution Bill, in which that gentlemant proposed to introduce a Chamber of Peers on the model of the British House of Lords, -- an innovation which was regarded by the colonists with mingled indignation and derision; in case the warm opposition which met wild attempt upon all sides was strongly flavoured with ridicule and contempt.
- ...Daniel Henry carried the entire assemblage with him, as with fervid, passionate eloquence and scathing satire he analysed the claims of Mr. Wentworth and his followers to titles of nobility, immortalizing the clique as "the shoddy aristocracy of Botany Bay.
- "Deniehy was the first in New South Wales to call for the creation of a Free Public Library. His own private collection of literature was nonpareil."
--Herschelkrustofsky 16:19, 5 Dec 2004 (UTC)
