New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-09-18
Mr., GLADSTONE Asp THE PREss-TlE STRIKES
MIR. HUGHES.
JFRoM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT

IRON OUR OWN COhhbSfHNDhNi'J
LONDON, Sept. 5.-Really, Mr.. Gladstone is
TOO bad Because he has son. and because Ills soh "
member Of Parliament for the borough Of Whitby, and
because whitly is respectable watering place to which
Mr. Gladstone senior may properly for part OF va
catenare these reasons all or any Of ,nom, why the
British public should be called c 70 listen to another po
ltica speech from the Prime Mnistari And in sepem
Der, too. The echoes of his Voice rang through St.
Stephens during two-thirds Of August. For the six
months before there was lot day when he did not make
asp~eeh There we're many when he made Dozen Is
mere never TO be AZ endf Why should the still waters
te troubled in .r,cmberi
Unless the <tf4rg OF give above be the true
once &c, pel know what are There s nothing In the
Tec Itself to explain why it need have tten made just
NV. II is defense of Mr.. Gladsones government OF
England during the last six months and reply, es
pecy TO the criticisms of the Press There is OBJ
lection to that The objection is that the reply ont OF
season. II is either too late Nor is it, after
all much OF reply. 1t amounts TO this that the Press
10 sometimes wrong, that in this the metropolitan
press has been much harder Mr. Gladstone than the
provincial Press and that at this moment Mr. Gladstone
prefers the opinion OF the provincial Press TO the opinion
Of the metropolitan Press But the fact that the Prime
Minister does not think he can leave the criticisms
Of half dozen journalists unanswered for week. and
the tone In which he them, equally worth
noting "The people of this country" says Mr. Glad
stone "sensbc of the blessings Of free Press worked
with freedom aud with immense dispatch. know, also,
that requires to be read, especially at times and
cons, with some reserve and reflective Judgment and 1t
the people to whom look to redress the balance of
criticism in the Press. II the Press goes wrong Just as
look to the Press and just as am deeply and profoundly
grateful to the Press for its fidelity In pointing out
errors Of public men, and my own errors among them,
perfectly satisfied as am that in the end no injustice
viii be done"
ina' credable to Mr. Gladstone, and might add, to
'ue rFss The English Pres, however stands in no
u certificate from Mr.. Gladstone anybody else,
'u Dc II Is on the whole, with ability and honesty
'"A may challenge comparison with the ability and hon
VI any other profession. 1t is slow, perhaps to take
mo eao In certain social questions but IL means to do
Iuee' ana oiten shows high courage The speed with
"u popular movements In England have made them
ieH due largely OF late years TO the Press which
er II supported them or not reported them, and,
Srue' honestly reported them. presume Mr.. Glad
was thinking mainly Of the Press In its relation TO
p'rs' ana especially TO Parliament and Parliamentary
government but his tribute to It's fidelity may Justly be
'-en In much larger sense.
e0ny otuer thing need refer to In this speech is
e democrstic favor which may here and there be de-
0'ed DO lot mean democratic in the sense Of anti
afenicA Mr.. Gadstonei Is not that. tits democratic
~ "er sene, as opposed TO class rule and 1t Is this
poWns tendency Of his which has brought on him a
oa' part Of recent club criticism and parliamen tary
o "n' he declares, and truly declares, that the
Old not hesitate. when 1t thought the pub
interest required II, to make proposals which are
ohensive to powerful classes in this country In
oaoon was not class interest specially but wealth.
ss concentrated, and wealth had taken desperate
-. Docsuse the Government recommended TO Para-
~ sA~t power In the English army shall no ,ynger
VIC prize OF wealth, but the reward Of merit
0. thst II lew tone for an English
Minister to take. It 10 more the tone OF Tribune
VOC feople than Of the head Of arstoeratic govern
.S ~ said. the aristocrstie clssse. began some
70 detect 1t and attack It. The defenders OF the
OF Lords ind no reader complaint than that Mr.
osastons processes be guided by public opinion.
snAn by the Voice Of Parliament alone. They can
10 elace tor public opinion In the Consultation.
~ rom thinking that Mr.. Gladstone IA Q complete
70 the notion Of popular government; but IL 4,
- sotas tAss rOsd Dspesza3 h u not ssd