New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-24
MR. GL1DSToNE.AT RINDsoR.

The foremost Englshman Of his time Is 70
he Premier. The Queen has asked mr. Ulau
stone to form the new Ministry. She conferred
at first with Lord Harrington and Lore Uran-
rifle. as the constitutional practice OF the CEN
tury required, but was convinced by them thaC'
while thew were the tituar leaders OF the Oppo-
sition in the houses Of Parliament, there was
one miehtier than they, whose eloquence nad
moved the country and who was recognized by
the mass of the constituencies as the command
ing genius of a victorious party. Through
out her honorable reign this Sovereign has
never sought TO resist the popular VIII "hen
it has been clearly and unequivocaIly expressed.
Being woman as we'll as Queen, she cannot
help liking one Minister more than anOtner'
although as a constitutional monarch she has
no right to follow that caprice in opposition 10
the wishes of the country. She valves her per-
sonal nreferences and sends for the member OF
the Privy Council who was not invited to the
last royal wedding. Whatever delay there
NAV have been in dispatching the courier to
Hawarden Castle has been caused by MI Glad
stones peculiar relations to his party Inc
nominal leaders were entitled to the first a1-
dience, and now that they bave had the sagacIty
and patriotism to point out the master states-
man, the Queen yields gracefully enough to a
| political necessity.
II ia n political necessity, because Mr.. Glad
stones moral and intellectual supremacy is I'M
questioned. To repeat one of Victor hugOs
massive sentences he has in his brain the
y cube of human faculties" So great an orator
that. like Pitt, he can make even a speech on
finance intensely interesting, so many-sided IN
his culture that he can speak and wtlte with
authority on any subject that comes within the
| range of public thought. 80 imbued with mOral
force that he appeals to the cOnsclences as well
| IA the hearts and brains of his cOuntrymen'
MIR. Gladstone towers in ethical dignity above
all his political associates. At the same time ne
represents better than anybody else that pro-
| 0ressiye Liberalism which has trIumphed In the
| General elections. Lord Granville, Lord Hart
ington and Sir VIM. HarcOurt are Old-time
Wings. Lord Selborne is first Churchman
and afterward a Liberal. Mr. Bright has been
a thOroughgoing Liberal first and last, and
vet never anything but Quaker IN his views
of foreign policy. Mr.. Forster was first Rad
zeal and is now Conservative Liberal. SiI
Charles Dixie and Mr.. Mundella have never
known the responsibilities Of office, and hence
their Radicalism has not been tempered with
moderation. Among these party leaders stands
one who in the course of half century has
made the whole circuit from Conservatism to
Liberalism that borders upon Radicaiism
Born in Liverpool, stronghold of Conservative
feeling, the con of Scotch Tory who had the
preiudices of the merchant class, he has become
the best exponent of a Liberalism which is al
once bold and vigorous, rational and progress
sive. The genius of the party as we'll as TIT
eminence of the man requires his presence a
the head Of the Government.