The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1880-05-09

1t was during a time Of great com
mercial prosperity, yet q great par
llAmentsry majority dWindled away
under ais unskilful management. Il
was Disraeli's (BeacoDsfeld's) for
tune or misfortune TO come INTO
power, succeeding Gladstone, at the
end OF a period Of great prosperity
and 10 continue in power during 8
period of equally great commercial
depression and financial distress.
Yet Gladstone left the cabinet With
tbs influence of England amounting
to nothing among the nations OF
Europe. while Beaconsfield has Ieii
the cabinet with England the hrst
power in Europe. | think the states
manship Of Beaconsfield will yet DO
acknowledged to be infinitely superior
to Glaistone's insulsr and stultiiying
policy.
The East Indian and South African
difficulties ere not of Besconsheld' e
seeking. Causes for the former
especially can be clearly traced back
to the Gladstonian policy and admin
istration. As Beaconsield himself
says: eli We have had to encounter
trouble, to meet great difficulties in
Europe and Asia, those difficulties
were the consequences Of the policy
OF those who preceded US.
British politics seem to be unable
to make permanent hesdWay only on
the principle OF lacking. The ship OF
state tacks to the right for g while,
and then tacks 10 the lef! G while;
one time with q conservative pilot,
and another time with a liberal pilot.
Beaconsfeld takes one tack and
Gladstone another, and thus mean
advance is made. Notwithstanding
the splendid abilities of those two
great leaders, neither of them appar-
emily can take the ship of stats on
q sufficiently straight course to
satisfy the nation. So each of them
has to be employed alternately with
the other. II a compound OF the two
could be had, embracing the best
qualities of each of them, the result
would be magnificent leader. But
this apparently is too much for the
finite mind, however comprehensive. |
Gladstone ID like preacher who
pays all his attention to reforming
the church members, leaving the |
sinners outside to their fate, but |
whiting away at periecting The
commandments until they become
disguised and eject them, or he finds +
nothing left to Whittle at or reform /
into perfection. Beaconsfieli is like
q preacher who pays most attentionk
to outsiders, preaching TO and con-
Verting the sinners, maguifying the
of his members and making
his church influential and respected
without paying particular at
tention 10 the members themselves,
until they become dissatisfied and de-
sire g change. Gladstone sets him
self to put the inside of the house in
order and reform it gaTi0usly, leaving
the out5ide to 90 as It can. Baacons-
field doe5 not trouble 50 much about
the inside of The house, 90 that the
outside presents a grand and imposing
2 BBNAA uLAls SAhQE lulu DhJb LAOet
attention to cleaning the inside of the
platter. BeacOnsfeld ia more con-
cerned over the appearance OF the
outside. Gladstone pushes internal
political reforms with such persistent
vigor that the people become utterly
iisgusted with him and kick him ont,
for you cannot disgust people mora
ompletely than by etersslIy worrying
them to reform IN this. that, and the
other thing which they are not ready
ID reform in. Besconsfeld lets them
10 their own reforming when they
are fully ready for it. But he lsbors
nard to give the nation power and
influence abroad, and TO make and
Keep it respected among othsr pa-
ions. OF the two kinds OF policy l
believe I Ike Beaconsfisld's the most.
OBSERVER.