New-York tribune., 1880-04-09
THE PROGRESs OF THE CANVASS.

THE PROGRESS OF THE CANVASS.
1uE TORIES ROASTING OF FAVOR ABRoAD-MR.
mGGtR UsEs INTfMPERATE LANGUAGE-TiiE
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. CANVASS AT NORTH
AMiTOH-PUBIIC SENTIMENT IN LoNDoN-HOw
A CANDIDATE LOST NoMTNATIoN.
IFRoM THE REGrLAR CoRRE-r"NDESr or THE TRIDUSE.l
InSpox March % Tie Tories are saying n good
deal about the demonstrations of continental Opln-
ion in their favor: rightly enough from one point
Of view. 1t is unhappily n fact that some OF the
chief liberal journals III Paris and Vienna are par
tIsans of Lord liraconsGeld. Their support 0f JIM
gosm is due partly 10 ignorance partly to Il con-
yicton |, ~ ignorant that the private ends of their
own policy will he better served 10y the Tories than
by the Liberals Some of them are in the state OF
mind which leads certain Western journalists IN
the United States to admire the foreign pohcy OF
the present Gnvernmcnt-a state OF mind when
homo ond believe is not widely prevalent among
intelligent Americans generally. 1t is probably, III
ANY case, mistake to suppose that external advo-
cocv can do either party much good. The party
that prds itself on caring for British interests ex-
clusiycly ought not to rely the foreigner But 1t
orcurrcd 10 the editor Of leading monthly perodi-
cal that It might be good thing for the lib-
erals # it could be made to appear that
liberal opinion IN the United States was on their
side With that vicw he applied 10 an Amcri-
can 10 write an article for his next number.
The American said he would gladly do 1t on one
condition that the editor should mako sure that
such an article would meet tn" approval OF some
accredited leader of the Liberal party. The editor
said he would consult Lord Granville since which
Inc has not renewed tho proposal. Next after the
suspicion OF being parties to the Home kue
scheme nothing perhaps. wonld more damage the
Iiberals with that timd minority which tloats
from one side To tho other than belief that they
were i'm favor of Amcricanizng" British insitu-
tions And from display OF anxiety to quote
American opinion in their behalf TO such belief
there would be- IN the minds OF this minority, but
an easy step.
So keen are tho Tories and people generally to
note the least indication of Liberal completely with
Irish disoynlty that great Outcry WIS raised over
the story that Lord Ramsay had travelled down to
Liverpool in company with MIR. +. H. OD'nnel,
noted Obstrrlct0nist. Some accounts added that
Lord Ramsay, who is again cOntesting Liverpool III
the Liberal interest. had shared with Nh. ODon-
,eII tho honors of n Home Rule reception Mt that
horouph. read Il number Of Tory hOmllics on the
ovfulurss of Lord Ramsay's conduct. The force OF
them has since been impnircd by the discovery that
Lord Ramsay was not in Mr. ODonncls company.
and got no part of the honors bestowed on Mr..
ODnnncli by his grateful cOuntrymcn.
Mfr. Biegar however is ny this moment more of .
bogy than anybody else. II he is rightly reported
he spoke at The Farmers CLUB unncr u MI iailcil
ON his arrival from America rs Follows: They had
seen what Hartmann had done In Russia,
and if tho constitutional course they were
pursuing In Parliament Mt present failed
of its object, he thought Ireland might
be able to produce another Hartmann, and
probabIy with better results" If Mr. Bggar really
said this he is advocating assassination, and he Is
likely enough To b. called to account for 1t, as ho
deserves to be- in The House OF Commons, and IN
criminal court. lie Is q man 80 dull anu Violent
tbut good deal may be believed of him. but even
Mr. Biggar, If sober, must know that he cannot uso
such language with impunity to himself, or without
doing much harm TO tho cause he has ut heart
Not harm in ireland. perhaps, where murder is
recognized form of agrarian agitation, but much
harm in England, where the questions III which Mr..
Biepnr and his friend Mr.. Parnell are most inter-
ostod must, after ALL be decided. Mr.. Parnells re-
ception, IL may be added, was Of moderate kind
moderate IN numbers and in enthusiasm. But this Is
n newspaper account and Mr.. Parnell would proba-
blv SAY. as no said of the reports about
his American reception, that 1t ls falsihed
in order to do harm to him and his cause.
Time out OF mind tho shoemaker has been Rad
ical | believe a good part Mr. BradlaugRS sup
norters at Northampton are workers in leathorj
and at Northampton Radicalism and Atheism, or,
as l believe Mir. Bradlaugh prefers 1t to be called