The New York herald., 1870-05-02
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March Of the British People Towards
Democratic Self-GOvernment.
Radical Reform as Interpreted in
England and ireland.
TIE IRISH PEASANTS "CATECHISM."
ENGLAND.
The National March Towards National Dc.
mocracy-s'Se,ces in tho Imperial Pariia-
riont-Wiii the irish Land BNi PussS

trish DLit puSSf is the question which
politicians are now beginning seriously to ask them
selves. The prospect Is far from assuring even 10
Mr.. GIadstone's most enthusiastic adnlres Easter
has come, honorabes and right honorables are away
enjoying themselves by mount and stream and seau
and comparatively little progress has been made
Looking with his sangulne glance into the future
the Prime Minister at the opening or the session
pressed his belief that he would get the measure
pushed through the Commons before the commence.
ment OF the holidays. Here, however, the holidays
arc, and all that has yet been pushe through is a
clause and haf out OF u total number o. sixty
three. Clause one Is, in fact, the only that
been passed. Number two has been postponed In or
der TO be remodslled, and number three has only had
some OF its sections agreed to- Mr.. Gladstone Ia niig
nant and threatens to make the House SIT I'LL the
Of doom, should IL be necessary. The Irish national
party in raptes, because they hope to profit by
the confusion. Those who occupy the opposition
benches profess to BIC gricvcd. but are smiling and
huggng themselves in secret, for they hate Mr..
Gladstone and all his house ana would willingly sell
all they have to humiliate their great opponent. Tie
bill, In short is deeper Than ever In the ru AMI all
the efforts OF the ministerial team Will be required 10
get 1t safely pulled out.
THE CAUSE OF TIE IMBRo9IO.
This Is very simple. Mr.. Gladstone is too sensitive
and generous hls impulses lie lacks political STRAIT
egy and the arts and Establishments OF the traditional
party leader. He is earnest, highsouled passionate
and impusive. What he believes himself he strives
to make others believe; and, failing TO convince their
reason, he gets angty and attempts TO cIam down
| their tbrcats by Ioul means what they viii not
accept by fair In short, he cannot lead men;
and, Ealing TO 60 thi3 he seeks 10 drive
| them. TDs naughty, defiant and independent
manner is his first and chief characters.
4 TIC His second is an extreme sensitiyeless,
| which causes him 10 try and please everybody.
| Unlike Disfaeii, who is most In his element when
| snufna the smoke ana turmoil of battle, he is best
| pleased when he is making peaceable concessions
| anu promoting !everybody's comfort He Is head
| strong to fault but he Is weak in will. Strength
OF Character, by whonsoever displayed, Is sure 10
overcome him. and he yields to any doctrine which
appears TO have novelty or pausbility upon its
side. Twenty resoute men, II they but spea> suf-
fciently loud viii often niln from his purpose,
| and cause him 10 change his policy He cannot lead
well he follow. He is too silly nlucncel,
too quickly acted upon, and Is often persua ieI t.
! give up position Or make desperate re st ance
| where neither course is polite or wise. Backed up
as he Is by parliamentary ma oriiy of upward OF
hundred, he ought to have had difficulty in making
Of the Irish bill anything which he hms liked Had
His rival Dlsracli been placed In such favorable
| situation he would have snapped his fingers at the
minority and carried things his own way. But there
s too much OF the feminine character in Mr.. Glad
| stones disposition TO allow him to ADOPT such n
course He loves to please everybody, and be harsh
TO no one This nc las ssiyeu TO accomplish In con-
necton with his Land bill ana the consequence is
he has pleased nobody, and his bill is for the present
| stuck fast in the rt First OF all he made friends
| with ;he tories His BILL rs originally introduced
was so thoroughly conservative that the opposition
who had been full OF forebodIng regarding violations
OF the rights Of propery could not help shouting
| their Appreciation ana their desire that the measure
| threatened ana tpssed nard words about lie tnrne
round and conciliatcd tnen Tho con' esioDs which
bought o.er their sapHorf howete iost tnas o. me
himself confronted with the fierce and united oppo-
\ sition OF Mr. Disrdet and his friends. In this
predcament he again chan led front aad threw sop
10 the conservatives, which iost hm the support OF
the extreme section OF his own paYty, witho gain
ing him mat OF his opponents Nigh aiier night he
thing was repeated. Alterations were maze IA he
| c!anses--something was put in here aud taken out
there-!h1s point modified 10 humor the tories
and that point WAS altered TO reconcile The radi ais
There was general Change at every sitting III The
THE RESULT OF THE IypRoaLo
SO far as the result Of This VARIABLE and shfty
policy has been ascertainel, it has been very dIsas.
trous. Members on boh sides b,gap to cry out that
the whole question was being muddlod, and that the
debates were 60 fnll Of windings ana tuhings as TO
Ministry submitted new proposal III the nope OF
compromising matter, and every night Were their
efforts baked by The concessions being IN iIsaDty
| rejected by one or Oher OF the parties Ministe:s
| have consequently only succeeded IN nlking will
derness and calling II peace. or real peace, how.
| ever there il none, nor the likelihood o. any. The
tories have resolved TO fight the measure siep by stp
and inch by inch and the irish ireconciahles aavc
washed their hands Of tile whole business ana retired
from the Held in disgust.
PARLIAMENTARY FOOTBALL.
This term IL, IN short, the best and most correct
simile for DESCRIBING what mas taken place ever snoe
the bin Went into oQlnmit5ee. KicEet FROM his
corner 10 that tossed high IN air at this p)in,, $40
far lnpo The distance al that ramplvd under multi
tutiinous hoois here, struggled ana s1uabbed over
ing back 60 that pace. the b has run he risk II he ng
dismembered altogether and tS clause scat cred ~
the winds. Noise, uproar ana harl iighing haze
prevailed ara the prospect Of reaching he goa is
now more distant than ever. Had Nh Gladstone sack
TO the measure as he fr.t introduced 4 the probl-
hfity Is that he might have carried 1t wiihia a
! sOnabe time. AS it is he has merely opened tha
| roodgates OF talk, and how they are t. be clos d
again cannot be easily predicted. Perhaps NJ sssen-
bly, in the world has great power or simple ta ktna
| than the British Honsa OF Commons. Given subject
OF controversy it can debate IL intermnabIr- II
| glibness. volubiy AMI teiiouBness such a. canno
anywhere else be eqgade1. Upon the question 0!
reading ab seaonll ume the stream OF ora,ory is
| invariably cut Short by the whips forcina Tie dlv
sion AFTER the important men have delserel lheir
speeches There is, however, no means OF vutliBy a
committee stage Is reached According o a stlniina
| order OF the House every member can then speak az
Hen o. n Tpoe kes an e ogeT y Via av ya1 "a
prevented from expressing their opinions upon ihs
second reading, take care, under The disguise o.
! speaking upon particu ar clause, 10 disburden
themselves or che observations that haze II may lie
for weeks previous, been pressing upon her minis.
Discussions in committee, therefore, especially al the
cases oi important bills, are like the letng oni OF
waters. They sweep onward in deep, angry ana
| turbulent current, no one knowing what Is 10 be the
| result or when the end WIZ come
| MR. GLADsfoSB's GREAT FAILING.
| This certainly magnlfes and ygives conntenance
to this evil. His tongue Is both his strength and his
| weakness--his strength when he has an important
| principle to enunciete-his weakness when be n .s
TO grapple with details lie has 10 gift oi reti0ence
Consequently he insists upon explaining reasoning,
| elucidatinp, arguing, expanding ana ampHylng,
| when ii is neither prudent nUr necessary. He Loves
| to make long speeches ana cannot make a short
one The most trivial point, the most insignificant
| argument the weakest and most laundering oppo.
neDt he viii take up and exhaust upon them al the
| power ana resources OF his CT ed Intellect Where
Mr.. Disrae would speak once, he speaks a;
| least half dozen times: where MI. Dsluch wouid
employ a JOKE, quip, pleasant bit OF banter, NJ