, 1869-03-16
MR. GLADSTONE'3 CABINET.
DfssfEsion Am01r tlle Tembefs-
Bright ana rue Compfomlsrfa,

Bright ana kHe Ccmpf0mlA.f4,
. LokDo@. Mss:6l,
It was sasd in defence OF Mr. Gled,t tonc's
hettroe Ct eous selection Of .Mshis:rt. that, al
trcuts Ct dlscofd, The Cabinet ~oul., ba d
Unit 81 ore questionable question ou w4ich
tho Liberals cnmc Into utlice-the Irish
Csu1ea. Tho deftnce Of The Caoinet was
that 1t was framed for The sins11 obiecs, care.
less Of ,hE split that vas certalu to come
1la kethi:t dlplutnaeTf What might be e1-
p cted-tlat the Irish Church Nay the very
FIRST 4ueetiuu OF which li-scsstcn. hs,k- out
In the Cubsnti. The Wings mu1Iuied. That /!
aristucracY OF Liberalism, which Mr. Glad.
ztone TIL 10 concil1a:e bT lavish di-tribu.
tiou Of offices among It's patted leaders, tuok |
tie LIST 'rument to prove that its lIacrAli-ul,
cven On ihls one stttled ca1diual psl1c.p.e vi |
L!ocr-l policy, was only skin deep. society /
L axes l: The fashion to be ecclesiastical; he
Queen aas scruples about bez oath the greas
tsu'iles have scorts uf younger SONS aud de- |
pende. IS quartered on the 1rtsu Church. The
mt mters OF The Canioet v no specially repre-
sc1t s,,clesy soou reaec:cd its apprebtnsi,ns.
lcrd tla.. notn is The nom:nsc Of The Queeu,
ard LORD ClaIendon's copsc;tL &C seril- 10 tc
mole or less In uer Majesty's keeping. a
cllaue was speedily fornled, lnclu1lu; Clar-
q don, Lord Granville, and Sit. Ca cacster
FhEtescuc. "h" began to talk Of fconp;omi-e,
ol ha1Gthirs, Of exped:ency. Of vested rights,
ot venerable tmmncluss, aud mob -dY kIows
what else-she whait act " phrases RAica
c6os'.tusc the FL ek lo-traae 81 such weak.
heet po,itlcians ns dou1i>nrA ir Am.eics 10
Icrisn lruul Cd the earth ID thai dlsmal year
o1 coupruulsc and concession. rnes- men
protested themselves tie most ardent
Of al, for dtsestabllshnacnt, Mr. Glad
stone hasing made taat word the key.
stone Of us policy; but they had lss-
essered OF inysnted lot of qualifications
Ay hstp os wh!ch they proposed TO dis.
arm ho*u1ltfss and concil1atc pseIud,ces, and
make ,he work ea.y. They did not yenturr
to propose ttat the scheme OF diseadowmatt
should be separat' lfUm the act OF dlsestnb-
'isbmetl, but they cuntHyed beautiful
plan OF re-eudowmeut Desa,1s OF this will
not burden y'u With. only partly knowir2
ever any conplrtc Development ID the ntnds
Ct tht1r a1th'.r OF authors- Tner have { :xsed
10 BE- ysrt important, harIng been consigned,
penteiS but srd1narliy, to 3 llmb3 nut nf
~hlcn they viii never rcappear. Lord CIar
tnd1n, though be may have b.en the mouth.
though he " re ten tlmes Lcye.ou Cover,
and Ar. Chichester Fonescue, With hi. resi-
duary tteatct ship IRON Earl Russell, d,scoy-
cred thar on :he whole Mr.. Gladstone was
Prime Hi1 ister tha, be, and uos theS, nor
peither OF them, Was TO direct thn policy Of
W. EDFNA AAAAA%4At1 1tA tu2N bbE A5lau NuuECQ
vas TO go down tho steep path appointrl tor
1t. don'i suppose there III. nny wsa.g1e,
or eyen that 1t WIS found uecdf0l 10 put tse
matter IN any such blunt Way as Thar. stated
IT. But the meeting vas y.sy eaass-',ved.
Ar. Bright, ah1o, II said 10 Law. bad his
tween sir. Bright and Mr. Gladstone arc 50
eiote, aud the political symp1tbies Of tue
Premier follow 80 raptdIy the lead Of hi.
greater callsacu that no Disagreement be-
tween them Is likely 10 be serfuus. Bn. Mr.
btlehls instinct told htn, as he fssakly sasd
could d" his special work better ont OF
Office than IN. He does not Ike t, 70 In
tracee--ar, it tn them, likea that the traces
be kept light, and the machiue be goir:, nil
Ire Time ahcad By help OF steady pulling !,
Needless 10 e1plain that this l. MT The
theory is to pull little, then walt and sre
Vhal comes Of II, hoW much aheid It
"iti do. to 20, and what people th1nk
ot such extraordinary progress. Ms.
Bright is satd-f glre /: purely Us
slde esalk coss1p-is said to hare brought for
matters quite outside h.s special dep par:m.0t,
aud to have experienced the seosation OF
aurptist OF f'udinR them sill Quietly shrlved.
The saute veraclons authority represents him
as flavlDe BEEN orerruled s1.o in some mat
ters p*ftaiuiug to his own otdce--notaoly on
sne quert'on "hether government shall &c.
qurr tne Irish railways Mr. Bright is
agsi1st that pssn. as he il against the doing
o! anS act of government whicn does not
come within it, st'lct administrative
or police functlou4- ueis oppo:ed. Tor H.
.tAnee, 10 the scheme adopted BY the last
Ministry Of huyit & up the telegraphs, meas
ure DOW supposed 10 hsye been s., far consuIn-
mated that t.,e new Ministry caarot recedc
rom TIC bargain catered into bY tbs old.
| Ar. bfEt b. Is credited With a. attempt to e1.
plod" that whole arrangement mud we'll
might be desiru to anoul contract by witch
| me sosef1mens aEreed to pay aooat NJ per
. ia1r valuation it vas worth. But on this,
as Vi the Irish railways, he had been con-
trolted. HIS aonayanc1 Al ihese caecks
broke out In the remarkable speech week
oeiore last 81 The F.shsuorgrrd' Banquet
| express his d'ssens tspm the kco~n views
A1t declared p,ltcy ot his colleagues, aad
his lmpa1ience al thr disappointment o: some
OF h,s hopes. Tie put cer,aiu restraint upon
hl1nselt, which IL tvtdeIt euaugh IN every
speech. short OF lorg, delivered siuct bis
ter tno.e lips SO 1ots accus omcd 10
| speak ont the. unchecked purp,se and
opinion Of that d.unsless s,ul?
Two nights tEn re spike soTe par. OF his
mind trreiJ TO The Ass :ciated Chamhsts ot
Inm ule.ce, whose representatives, are .nees-
| 1uH Al AbI0UuS HAA I0fALEA 21[l4ul ~
cit e. Ill., acceptance of such an Invita-: on
WAS o rotbee notable fact, since the ..entle.
men Wbo were his sneit s2rne1s are the ayuwrd
promoters Of many measures the re-pon.f
ii ity Of which Wilt no. readily he sccep.ed
bg the government OF Which Ar. Bright Is sc
such pt.irrs IN Enel2ud. But II. Bsixh,
wou1i teuut The nc zion that bis ind -pendenc.
| o! action sr thc p:rftct freedom Of hi: CT
league. cou'd Be compromised By Arr n:
tociatitn he might cho,ee TO indulge him.
| self iu and be not ouly went, bat spoke aut
decd tn tz2laet Mirtster. He exh ,rted hi.
bearers 10 Ftdcuhle their efforts u influence
leSislatio1 by crraticg snc1 an in.truc e
public opiufcn as mig demand wise laws
F:s.m sar ettc1hl point oi F.ew this was dis
tracing though, bnt 1t was >oon su:p4.set
ty the declsrA'i-n Of Mr., Bright, .l1: hi
Ministerial character bad prevented hun
from What be vou1d have llkea 10 say n
.!rhstr IN the House the Light before on poo
ra:e=-whica suppressed speech be then Aue
there pr: ceeded to deilrer. The cauntrl
members had complained, Is they always do
peous dlscus.ton folio Eed on the qus<ti,1
how aud on wh1u p or 1atez ouCat IA q
leycd. Mr.. Bright hAA no u.ind tia. snqui7.
should be 70 Limited. It's MT enough Il
ak how the ponr shall bo supoostrd, ba
Ak, 5ays Ar. Bright, what nohsdr else ii
-
could nos-ask, Why ali this panperisn e1
ISIS? WhS does it iner> ase! 'sn h coun
ery Ect tutsneu Gu both sides Of the Hou:t
| and Her Majesty Minister'S aud everool
elEe. tried to solve that question, 1t would h
atort the mast 1ppor1 a.: enaaleynen' 1ne
/ | would, perhaps. bring ont something tbs
night change the aspect Of the country.
. And he vent % 20 demand whJ, in i p3pt
fatlon Of 80, % 900 crowded 13,o these sms
k.f. L, iu.r -
ly, Win $4,000, 90 taxes annually levie
! on people ous~hatf Of WHOM had .
, properly, why the great mas of tt
, working people should Be left to bar a
undue share Of this en- 1rsnous huroen, EItt
e1s;ap fan: 81 ,5
. | xlec crator, " take 10 be the great p.obIez
~hich Will some day or oth:r hare to
+; selytd. and In nmpaftsou With which man
ofthese pwdhog qne.t:ons which sometina
: oc-upy us are as po.Aipg. Country cenfl
I men of both Parties iu the House Of Common
! may make long speeches about eyesythi.
else: hut ths. II 3 matter which Is ezes
I day cosnirE near to rhe 'front.' and vhiS
: to dtt1mlhei"
b There was = bomhthelL thrown stza!c!
: into the camp oi tha- crest landed ari
q tocrscy whrh still monopolizta the ls;g.l
$ sAare Of. political power 10 tho kinsdoa
Z | ard whIch etesdflY sbspcs nil legislation
c The single end Of p-F4'e' 'uailnQ is East q
4 thotity ar binding about it, land wAh eT
o r dekpce a.alc It 1lieo..ioa, division Or "a
q sisn. 1t IS no new doctrine In the moath
!, Johr Br1Ehs, hut It Il moth new and sta-t.is
{ in The mouth Of Csoine' Minister, to who
c t tn:{y INTO ot1lce u-e powerinl sec1i nof Il
Z Liberal pAr'y consented in :he vain hope 10
d lepce or 20 moderate bis speech on saca or
: uoes> Let ua te thaEkfUl TIA. be !. no.
: II eiletce nor she elos OF hi. cd ztal :
the opp essed class 70 b. chilled Afssr Il
= tbe qpaitnss in the Cabinet Will not aaa
: the earth, ror even th'se It'tle Islaods.
keep Jehu Bright Is worth N TT % the pe
vi PIE .: Gres: Britain tt n ali tast the Canil
!, eestires Will .hl0ubt 10. znd for ny par
"a bore sud rrust ttat the old scfinour OF cri
i: cis:r nov breaking GU agaln.. MIN. pruvo
cf I'd by hts independent altitude. ant b5 .o
el fearless words IS these, ma5 end il re:eaai
., lin y ho:ly from the :rsmmelA Of Office. i
d / gi.c US the old freedom Of speech In I
ID Hou>e a. well Is out Of the House.-c,r.
= i i, IytGt.rx.