New-York tribune., 1879-12-07
A REMARKABLY CANVASS.


MR. GL,DsIoN|s POLITICAL TOUR ENDEp--GrrT
AEDoR Aw,KENEp-A HEAVY BLOW siECCA Al
IHE GOVERNMENT.
ny CABLE TO TUT TRIBUNEl
FpINuurGH Nov. 25.-F,w people can lave had
anvuo:on of the sort OF reception which Scotland has
hceu pr. parag-alinost secretly prcparng-for Mr..
Gladstone, at the beginning Of hls Midlothian
rsmrairr Fewer sill understood That Lis ap-
proaeh To the frontier of the country 10 be the
signal fof au outbuI-t of enthusiasm IaIe III the
history of any count = or any statesman. For my
SELF may say that had mo conception Of what l
was to soe l meant TO come down and hear the
speeches. Ny views did rot 20 beyond that bat
the other day-beng then in Paris-l got letter
coniainiu nc some hints a. 10 what might happen on
Nj G'ad,tlnc's j9OrHcy hints which led me TO cur
short nv STAY IN that American Capua, and harry
uorthwarl to Liverpool. "The Scots blood Is mp
.al my friend: II you want to see the hoidoron fire
you mus make tire journey with Nj. Gladstone.
lie had left Ilawardeu Castle on Saturday, spent
Sunday with his nephew az Corrt Hey, near Liver
POOL and was 10 start from the Edge Hill Station,
two miles on. Of town. by the 9:2O a. m. train on
Monday. the 9th. ButLiyerpool certainly was IA
no state of excitement. when asked the guard a:
Lime-st to put ne INTO the carriage next TO Nr.
Gladstone il appeared that the guard knew moth
iug 81 Nr. Gladsioucs movements, and that nothing
had been reserved for 1nybody going by that tram
save one compartment OF the usual hrst-clIss cer-
riaec. The nfucctor know romorc tlan the guard,
bat on beng told that Sir. Gladstone wa, waiting
for the train AT Edge Ill., bestIrrcd ninsci and pat
on a saloon carriage. J used the word preparations
lust now. and 10 viii be said by Tory critics tha
great paine were taken to insure much state and
ceremony as possible for Mr.. GladstonSs journey.
This inc dent about the carriage does not loo, like
il: and mention il because II shows how little
there was OF mere pagcantry in the matter.
50 OsTENTA1ioN.
There was. in fact. singular absence Of prepara-
lion in the usual sense. The machinery which every
~reat orgauiza iiou-such rs tie Liberal Associa-
lions o. Scotland posscss-was not put IN motion on
Monday certainly net sOr the purpose Of organiz-
ING enthusiasm IN certain Scotch and English
borouehs addresses Of welcome had been drawn up,
but addresses pretty much matter OF FORM Their
presentation is not thing To rouse tue country, or
lrug people in great numbers tOsee them delivered
q over there was a spontaneous outbur'i OF popular
ceiling in hon. r Of distinguished public servant
shat of Yesterday was spontaneous. The splendor
Df Mr. GadstonGs reception consisted wholly III Its
popular character. We shall see, by and by, that
here preparations on a great scale bat they
we're preparations TO oOBiiDe tie popular demon
rratiOn within safe limits; not 10 promote them.
Nh. Gladstone himself well said later in the day
HAT the people Of Scotland do not love to meddlc in
political demonstrations, except when there is
strong cause, and the leading Scottish journal
marks with equal truth that there is not as "A rule,
nuch shouting here for shOutiug's sake. But there
two things that have stirred the SOW Scot
these last few DAYS. Something OF his old chvalry
i left in him yet, aud he admiTes the courage of Mr.
gladstone IA storming such Tory stronghold
uid!ohan-the county Tor which L,rd Da,keitb,