The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1879-12-06 00:00:00


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LIR. GLADSTONE IN SCOTLAND.
Monday morning Mr. Gladstone, accompanied
ars. and Miss Gladstone, X
the Countess of Rose-
n. . Lord Young, Sir D. Wedderburn, M., Mr.
u
• Parker M.P., and Mr. Campbell-Bannerman,
hc;P., left D'almeny House, the seat of the Earl of
11.141017, for Taymouth-castle, the Highland real-
'nceof Lord and Lady Breadalbane. At North Queens-
r
grrY Pie about 100 persons had assembled to welcome
rnedeZ•Pr ern ie r, and when he landed they cheered again
re -again• Here a special train was in readiness to
..t,:ertlitv.e him, and by it he continued the journey to
moaut At Inverkeithing there was, considering the
ess of the village, a very large turn-out of specs
tar,ore ,
onei the most conspicuous indication of welcome
:-)ire-vionioeodmilse tpioay of a largeflag, having on it the words.
Ancient Caledonia and the Royal Burgh
• a
overkeithing." At Danfermline there was a stay
few o minutes. Provost Wallis and Mr Landel,
t‘t.twelleir.elerk, were introduced to Mr. Gladstone, who,
request, accompanied them across the bridge
'Pans the railway till conironted by an assem-
vo,7,?. numbering two or three thousand. Provost
aiw'ma asked Mr. Gladstone's acceptance of an address
lkeel°°rce, remarking that the Liberals of Dunferm-
batjtdmired his chivalrous conduct in fighting the
ee.:T. of Liberalism at Midlothian, and were certain
570,-,` the Le' Pals° ha had given the cause would not
- Dabs away,
'`Clitr-thee. iGailaidesatiol;e assented, and on rising to reply was
3t
cheered. He said,—
„okra
cfrovost, Town Councillors of Dunfermline, and Ladles
deem, !oileinen,-I thank you very heartily for the ad-
,snat has been placed in my hands, and I feel that
re've;;_that address affords not so emphatic a testimony of your
bstgogrs as the numbers in which you have gathered together
by th...rce- Believe One that although lam grieved to Pass
wt„.‘ee historic spot with such rapidity, yet I shall carry away
er,":: roe a long-lived recollection of the remarkable demons-
ni which you have been pleased to give me of your
eel,,PathY and kindness. (Cheers.) I do not receive it, ladies
s9lentlereee,
as a personal gilt; I receive it as a tribute
(c,be common cause in which we are all alike engaged.
See,rB-) The Provost has well said that we are endeavour-
• _strike a blow on behalf of Liberalism in the strong-
etu'et,ol Torybeee (Cheers.) I trust that blow will be
ead _'Ye- At any rate, the delivery of it will be as earnest
stout and strong as I, for one, can help to make It.
Trt.) But for you, gentlemen, I have only to wish
the 4°B may substantially continue in the position,
• retep„..."l position, in which you have hitherto been
roue to Parliament a member in conformity with
ysee,e
omato„ and promoting the progress of sound Liberal
done "s• (Cheers.) If, ladies and gentlemen, all had
bac d Fifeshire has done-if England and Ireland
Of 18.19,n0 se Scotland has done (cheers), even the Scotland
the Which I trust will be greatly improved upon by
seo„'cotiand of 1879 or 1880 (cheers)-but if they had done
as the Scotland of 1874 did we should not now have
pri to face a deficiency of six millions in England, confusion
ge4B4/16 b,oe in India war in South Africa, war in Afghanistan,
os.rq-ei.":4lroPs terbulent expectation which, if it does not
141„ ,neee name of war, is, unfortunately, too much reaemb•
yo' (Cheers.) I bid you farewell, cordially hoping that
„ha bidastries will continue to flourish, that under the
cialtot tile ancient church whose bells we now hear in the
ton-1
you May prosecute those industries with satisfao-
mottlio with advantage, and that you may prosecute
the e.,Blhldustry which this moment I don't undervalue-
irbit-e'rls7 of Maintaining those sound political principles
feels useend upon it, lie at the root of our national great-
and national prosperity. (Great cheering.)
1312,.„MiL CeMPbell-Bannerman M.P. for the Stirling
ea-'5"11 afterwards presented the right hon. gentle-
st:l4"cl Mrs. Gladstone, with sets of table-linen
thm,,ecirnena of the industry of the place, with
t:nifbest wishes, and expressing their esteem-
-from the United Factory Operatives of
r
etureerinline. Mr. Gladstone and his friends then
.a
mice to the train, and the journey %vas at
`BBllmed. A halt of a few seconds was made
▪ o
jeb.,- (3e/den-heath, the Right Hon. W. P. Adam
D.:lng the train at that station. No other stop-
ter was made till Perth was reached, which was at
GiritY Minutes after the anpointed time. There Mr.
✓ It°ll6 Was met by Lord Ivan Campbell, Lord Pro-
.°at Richardson and others. A band of music was in at-
ieridae,
Mies • leir: Gladstone, Mrs. Gladstone, and
taw. ,-Thsdatone had a carriage and four placed at
DY-`,4„d,isPosal, and drove slowly through the
-val. streets to the City-hall. There a very
0., audience, between two and three thousand
Was congregated, and Mr. Gladstone ascended
itioelatform amid great cheering. Lord Provost
oth„,_ardaon presided, and on the platform, among
Were Mr. Adam, M.P., Mr. Yeamau, M.P.,
- * her, m,p., Mr. Campbell-Bannerman, M.P.,
4ad Mr. Donald Currie.
Lord Provost Richardson, in presenting Mr. Glad-
" vrith the freedom of the burgh, said the city
vecosfe.
contained many illustrious names, but the
-
(ch
rsuf
)Gladstone would add lustre to any of them.
ee,
ettil• *Gladstone, in acknowledging the compliment,
to the value of municipal institutions, and
kit-r a snecial reference to the death of Mr, Roebuck,
solloeve
1 re
she ad with very deep concern as we came along from
Ilna„af,,errY an account of a death which has bappened in
b-m-I mean the death of Mr. Roebuck. Mr.
otest tick, ray Lord Provost, was a man of distinguished
ore,totf Pewers, and as a speaker, as a Parliamerary
bet ki ha bad not only many distinguished qualities,
had Some moat valuable and telling qualities Ina
otiV Perhaps superior to almost any man, if not to any
l'reee Ina& 0, of his generation„. Mr. Roebuck, my Lord
eeth:te I need not say, was not in sympathy with me; or,
gs, I was not in sympathy with him. (Laughter.)
behr° contrary, I have the misfortune to believe that
"Res,,B4lngtdarly low place in his estimation-Oanghter and
Denhear"); but while recognizing those talents on the
aerie."' •
alr. Roebuck which all the world admired, while
his s' of and lamenting the latter course and colour of
_political opinions, I wish to take this the very first oppor-
;',4ottY et stating my full and firm belief that in his later as
ex; its in his earlier career Mr. Roebuck was governed from
telo.to last by principles of integrity and of patriotism.
to him. That the particular form In which his
hope that the honour due to integrity will ever
Dettlie
be,,...v.offn developed itself should be imitated by others I
"bless, with all due respect and sympathy, I do not
it eta, I*4.otv the grave has closed over a very able man, and
eretee us good for us all that on this occasion we should ex-
onraelves particularly-for of late years many
tion-",.,,htTe been vexed with the 'particular direc-
telee„-L his political course-we should exercise our-
vi.....e4wa--yeeednye to leiding to him that tribute of respect which is
honesty of purpose. (Cheers) My Lord
eseeet..,,n;tn,
;1 thank heartily those who are here assembled for
good enough to accord to myself in some mea-
-7 by their presence here to-day-for having been kind
1101:14ttl. to accord to myself et similar credit. I earnestly
nat nothing may be done, that nothing may occur
eso'lny future life lo induce them to regret their concur-
the business we are about. 1, like, Mr. Roebuck,
ot„! bad what I do not hesitate to call the misfortune, the
ee;:rtitY, the conscientious necessity, of changing the poll-
W.,connection in which I began my public career. (Cheers.)
I riecuahted in Very different directions. I must assume and
believe that Mr. Roebuck was well assured In his own
DT'intot the SoUndniss of the policy that of late he was sup-
ermen g• tuna you that in that one particular of firm
1 ction, of absolute reliance, of strong reliance, I will
10
Prol,llp)o..__ll the soundness of a certain policy, I do not yield
although, unhappily, the policy of which I
%is different. (Cheers.)
Gladstone next drove to the railway station,
eh "8 a platform had been erected in an angle of
haat ezterior of the building from which the right
Oralre bis gentleman spoke to a large crowd.
thus concluded his speech :
~;:ir_orY Mitch doubt whether it will again be very confidently
firrted by
any Minister that finance is a strong point for
her
.d, -a-al.:lent. That was so stated, that very word was
meeting in the Guildhall on the 10th of Novem-
'loll.4" When I read it I recollected the exclamation,
auglittliat mine enemy would write a book " By every
tr,Change I am disposed to alter that expression
apeecti"„ say, "Oh that mine enemy would speak a
2rlntle. (Great laughter.) He could not have done better.
wov "nlen, I want you to understand that the claim of the
I,ra:sll2i:tient is that finance is their strong point. (Hear.)
Ora; tinderatand it when they produce their deficiencies,
onderatand it when they propose their taxes, or pray
iirratand it when they present to you figures which will
mire the accumulation of debt upon the country.
that eria._) Let tie all do our best to make clear the issue
eeb, t, en be brought before the nation; that issue Is,-Is
the Dm° Way or is this not the way in which the people of
lir fated Xingdom desire to be governed? (Loud cheers.)
hour.G'Ladethoe's !speech, which lasted nearly half an
"Lai interrupted towards the close by Mrs. Glad-
er„,-;-,,,▪ woo touched his arm and intimated that the train
tee ',rte. Mr. Gladstone replied, amid cheers and laugh.'No, I have five minutes more," and he then
fi;',..„,_°Y proceeded to state the practical conclusion which
"usosd to enforce. At the end of his speech Mr.
_ adeastorte received a deputation from Dundee, who
;ar tly requeeted him to visit their town before
et,suilline south. Mr. Gladstone replied that his
-,Z.,,was limited and that he was afraid his engage-
-7,10,',.F! would not permit being further pressed. Mr.
Kit 47 telstone and party then entered a train for Aber-
on the Highland Railway, which moved out of
"44 station at 3.30 amid renewed cheers.
On the
kap Way to Aberfeldy a stop was made at Dun-
• s. There Mr. John Murray, with a number of
?a? Poople from the burghs, attended on the platform.
aY, advancing to Mr. Gladstone's carriage,
tit 1132 a Highland welcome, and stated that had
,e 7 been aware at an earlier period of his intention
.Pass through Dunkeld they would have arranged a
ntable demonstration, for the people of Dankeld ad-
Mr. Gladstone to the very uttermost. Mr,
aid:ek'ne, who spoke from the window of the saloon,
ba,gaank you very much for the kindness with which you
tr__calved me. Idoso In a somewhat hoarse voice, but
the'lwill not think any worse of me for that, because it has
liernewhat tried. (Hear, hear.) 1 you have not got all
'Cr;other undreda here who would, in oer circumstances, have
Preterit, lam happy to see that you have got what the
„.',ust,ph call a good few. The feeling that you have shown is
iolls gratifying to me, I can assure you. I am not a stranger
ankeld, and every one who has seen it knows its beau-
if'l4.: anti its delights. I wish you all, gentlemen, a happy
slang and lt happy life."
tn eet 'yen, other point to Aberfeldy Mr. Gladstone
With an enthusiastic reception. At AbErfeldy the
'Titian building was attractively illuminated and the
121aotforna laid with crimson cloth. The train drew up
to tit helepast four, when the party were received by
14Ord
and Lady Breadalbane; and
Reticery:vGeo_rge Rankin, banker, on behalf of the
i°7l uominittee, presented Mr. Gladstone with an address.
Idr: Gladstone then ascended an extemporised Plat-
„r4 , end was received with loud and long-continued
wearing, He said.....
Mr. Ranich
embalm e Lord Breadalbane Ladies and Gentlemen, In-
-057 vO,„. tit Of Aberfeldy and the district,-I accept with
in i
nttnajziortesecullar pleasure an address which has been as !mon-
ts character as it is warm and earnest in its
le to • 1
areure you, ladies and gentlemen, that this
/4400Pted th
a 81° an unexpected pleasure. I had no idea when
%at end Lady e courteous and kindly hospitality of
nolicathould Breadalbane, I had not the least idea
b give to you an occasion of meeting together in
Es now °r tho Purpose of expressing your sentiments on what
Zy
going on, and has been going on, in Midlothian ; but
onore gratified in proportion as I feel that this mevei
ha* unexpected, and in proportion as I feel that
ee come entirely from yourselves. (Hear, hear.) uen.
`l°BlBl3, I have not now received for the first time the ex-
eadon of similar Sentiments from the people of Scotland.
to
treettholindsta, I will not say in modesty, but I am bound
.0_ te that I regard many of the kind words which
trei'Lwsre pleased to use with respect to myself and with
d„ert to My past public life as proceeding from your in-
rate rather than from my own desert ("No, o°");
referenc to
heir and
et limy
g Used towards myself net merely with
but becauseo the past, not merely upon Personal grounds,
L,,_ you are aware that, as a member of the
7"1 Party, I have undertaken an arduous contest (cheers
a anothvoiceer, "God speed the right," renewed cheer-
Whichvoice
,
, "Success and three cheers for Willie,
of Scotland,
were heartily given) In the metropolitan county
Contest asand that you not unnaturally regard that
libiL an occasion on which you may well and suit- press sentiments that you conscientiously entertain.
:to ladles and gentlemen, I cannot find words to express
ClcoYou
111 Y feelings of the serious nature of the occasion. I
Vt_not use the language of exaggeration, I do not act under
~..412Pullies of party ; those impulses would not lead me,
133 pus, to undertake labour of this kind, were

it not that I feel that the questions are so grave. The
Issue is one so deeply involving the happiness of the
country that in my opinion it is the duty of every man to
use his utmost exertions to contribute all that he can to-
wards causing it to be rightly understood and decided; and
I who have preached this doctrine indefatigably to others
am bound not to shrink from acting upon it myself. (Cheers.)
And I must frankly tell you that as regards the immediate
issue of this contest in Midlothian, unless I am deceived in
the grossest manner, there can be no doubt as to the issue.
(Cheers.) There is even reason to believe that some of the
shrewdest among our opponents are perfectly well aware
that this is the case; and let me tell you that our opponents
In electioneering matters are frequently very shrewd in-
deed. (Laughter.) We have much to learn in that
respect, and I trust we shall learn from them many useful
and valuable lessons—net as to the ends exactly that they
have in view, but as to the judicious and careful use which
they make of the means of attaining them. (Laughter.) The
mind of this country has been led abroad over the whole
earth. It really seems, under the present sway, as it our
business was not to regulate the concerns of our own land and
of our own firesides, but the concerns of the people of Eu-
rope, Asia, Africa and the rest of the world. (Laughter
, and cheers.) That is not my view of the matter at all.
My view of the matter is that the promotion of good
government in and for the people is the great and
noble and arduous work that taxes all their energies.
(Hear, hear.) I wish to get rid of a great deal of the
nonsense—the mischievous nonsense—that has been Intro-
duced into our politics. (Loud cheers.) None of us can
forget the duties that attach to such an empire as this
country has erected, stretching forth into every quarter of
the world and having relations with the whole of its inhabi-
tants. But while we duly estimate those relations, while we
will never shrink from those duties, let us avoid that system
of meddling and the theatrical policy which is aimed appa-
rently at drawing off the minds of the people of this country
from their own wants and their own necessities, and blind-
ing them to the fact that while they are inflamed and flat-
tered by high-sounding discourses about the great positions
of England, and the necessity that England should be-
come the teacher and instructor of every nation in the
world, we are in danger of falling into a condition in
which we shall be conspicuous for the neglect of our own
affairs, and in which the reasonable wants and wishes we
entertain for the improvement of our laws and institutions
will remain entirely unfulfilled. (Cheers.) Gentlemen,
I will not further detain you at this time. I assure
you that I am rejoiced to think that so lively a
sympathy exists among you. for the cause in which we are
engaged. You gentlemen, I hope, when the county elec
tion for Perthshire comes (cheers), will show that you are
aware that Scotland, as well as England, "expects every
man to do his duty." (Renewed cheers.) You will contri-
bute your part towards the constitution of a Parliament
sounder and wiser than that which now exists, and rely
upon it we shall see in the course, I hope, of a very limited
time, some progress made towards undoing the many
mischiefs that have been brought upon us in recent years,
and towards giving some satisfaction to the reasonable wants
and wishes of the people. (Prolonged cheers.)
On the motion of Mr. Donald Currie, three cheers
were given for Mr., Mrs., and Miss Gladstone. Cheers
were also given for Lord and Lady Breadalbane. The
party then drove off to Taymouth Castle, where Mr.
Gladstone will be the guest of the Earl of Breadalbane
for a few days.

On Tuesday a deputation from the Killin and
Breadalbane Liberal Association waited upon Mr.
Gladstone at Taymouth Castle, to present him with
an address. The deputation consisted principally of
farmers on the estate of the Earl of Breadalbane.
The weather was clear and bracing, but the cold
was intense—as much as 14deg. of frost having
been registered. A considerable quantity of snow
had fallen and the scenery in the neighbourhood of Tag.
month Castle had a peculiarly charming appearance.
The Earl of Breadalbane, who is president of the asso-
ciation, introduced the deputation to Mr. Gladstone.
Among those present were the Earl and Countess of
Airlie, Lady Maud Ogilvy, Lord Colin Campbell,
M.P., Mr. W. P. Adam, M.P., Mr. C. S. Parker,
M.P., Mr. Donald Carrie. C.M.G. (the Liberal candi-
date for Perthshire), Sir James Ramsay, of Banff, &c.
Mr. Crerar, the vice•president of the association,
presented the following address to Mr. Gladstone :
We the members of the Kann and Breadalbane Liberal
Association, desire to tender to you, on the occasion of your
visit to the district of Breadalbane, the assurance of our most
profound regard and cordial welcome. We present to you
our congratulations that advancing age has as yet made no
impression of decay upon those powers of intellect and heart
which for a period of over 40 years you have unreservedly
devoted to your country, and to the sacred interests of
peace, liberty, and order in the wider area of the politics
of Europe and the world. Oar fervent hope is that you
may be long spared in the full enjoyment of these
powers, which we are conscious will in the future, as in
the past, be devoted to the cause of justice, as
applied not only to the rivalry of classes within the
kingdom, but to the more disastrous rivalries of nations
themselves. We rejoice that you have been enabled during
the past week not only to expound those legislative errors
of that period of Tory misrale which we trust is drawing to
a close, but to unfold to the people of this country with un-
rivalled clearness and educative force the sound principles
of foreign policy and financial administration, battling with
the strong and determined opposition of the Tory party.
We conclude by expressing the earnest wish that the success
of Liberalism in Midlothian may be as complete as that
which we hope for in this county at the ensuing general
election. "13READALBANE

In his reply, Mr. Gladstone pointed out to the deputation
the necessity which existed for union amongst the Liberal
party, and for sinking all minor differences in theiface of the
coming contest, which he regarded as more momentous in
the issues involved than any within the past half cen-
tury. The right hon. gentleman, in the course of his
speech, said —"We: cannot help seeing—l defy an -
one to lay his finger upon a point in our history, choose it
where you will, in the course of the last half century—
at any. period, in fact, since the period of 1815—
I defy you to find any situation in the least degree
parallel to the present situation, when this little
island, inhabited undoubtedly by a race of enormous
energy, but one also with responsibilities which haye
always been sufficient to absorb that energy, finds itself
gradually entangled from year to year in a multitude of new
responsibilities, and is encouraged and flattered by the adu-
lations of a portion of the Press and by the interested lan-
guage of party to believe that all this is safe and prudent
and wise. Can that be so? Is it in the nature of things?
Is it in the design of Providence that, besides the concerns
of a vast Empire over which this little island rules, we
should be meddling in the business of every portion of the
globe? Now, let us take a lesson from across the water. Our
friends our natural relations in America, who are gifted with
energies quite as great as ourselves, find enough to do in.
developing the interests of the enormous territory com-
mitted to them; they do not allow themselves to be be-
wildered by the dangerous nonsense that is constantly
talked to us about the necessity of our interfering here and
there with cause or without cause, setting up fictitious in-
terests, claiming to do this, that, and the other thing by
vaunting that we are so strong—that
"We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the
money too."
(Laughter.) That is the sort of thing, that is the sort
of Lod on which, unfortunately, a large portion of
the people—a small portion in Scotland and a more
considerable portion in England, and a larger portion
still, I am sorry to say, in London, where they ought to be
better instructed—have allowed themselves to be led
astray. I hope this period of delusion—you call it Tory
misrule—that is a very homely phrase, but we know very
well what it means, and most people are beginning, not
only to now it in the abstract, but to have what I may
call an experimental sense of it. Ills coming home to them
through the intelligence and through the brain; it is coming
home to them through the heart; and it is likely very
shortly indeed to come home to them through another
department, not so dignified as these two, but still a depart-
ment which is material to the comfort and happiness of life
—I mean the pocket.' (Laughter.)
The deputation were afterwards entertained at
luncheon, three cheers having been given for Mr.
Gladstone and the Earl of Tireadalbane.