The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1880-04-15
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TIE ENGLISH ELECTIONS.
a ChasEe q Ad1Dinistratlon Cor yohn 1,ul

The recent parliamentary elections In
England, which closed last week, have
resulted in O complete victory for the
Liberal party, led by Mr.. Gladstone In
[ opposition to the existing ministry. The
change in tho majority in parliament from
che. Conservatives TO The Liberals necessi-
tates the formation of o new ministry in,
which Mr. Gladstone will likely be the
Premier instead Of Lord Beaconsfiald.
Speaking of these elections the New
| York World says:
The special dispatch which we publish
this morning from the exceptionally
we'll informed correspond Of the
JRorS5 at Edinburgh answers the mQst
Immediately interesting qusation which
people of all opinions are putting to
themselves on both sides Of the Atlantic
in connection with the great political
Beaconsfeld resigns the seals Of Office
to form q new Government. Whether
this is absolutely the beat solution of the
problem put before the Liberals by their
sudden victory Is q matter herdly worth
discussing. It is the only practicable So
luton. While Iumbers Of able and in
fluential men in his own party undoubt-
edly 60 in great fear and CONCERN about
| the Leadership Of Mr.. Gladatne, the
I,great voting masses Of tia owl party
were never 30 much devoted t. him as
they now are, and even the office-lc Sing
classes Of the Whigs must feel, whether
they like to or not, that but for him the
victory which promises The epoils OF
power could never have been planned or
won. No matter how great the difficult
ties may bo of forming harmonious
Cabinet under tho evowed and active
Premiership of Mr. Gladstone, tho diff
culties would be still greater, in the way
Of conducting an administration nomi-
naily under the control of Lord Gran
vile or Lord Harrington, with Mr.. Glad
stone overshadowing the whole Cabinet
from position of indefinite authority
9nd unlimited influence. It is possible
and not improbable that new Gladstone
Government, caught between the wheels
Of great Continental undertakings to
which it has not been party and of @
formidable Home-Rule alliance in Ire.
land, may find the task of retaining place
and power more difficult than it has
found the task of expelling the Consery-
atives from place and power. But this is
d trouble inherent in the situation, and it
Gould not have been mended by any
combination among the Liberal leaders.
1t still remains to be seen, indeed,
whether Lord Beaconsfield may not have
taken this inherent trouble in the actual
condition of the Liberal party into his
calculations when lie suddenly brought
matters 10 crisis by dissolution of
Parliament last month. Seeing as he
| must have seen the rapid set of the tide
| in favor of his political opponents, and
knowing as he must have known the
perilouB extent of the Continental COM
Rlications in which through his policy
Great Britain has become involved, It
may have seemed to him the most Judi.
cious thing he could do TO risk q battle
the resulta of which, If 1t went against
him, would leave the victorious Liberals
TO face the perplexities and perils of a
general situation in Europe quite without
precedent inFeseut times. Howeyey@his
| may be-, IL igy quite certain that LSld
Beaconsfield in opposi,ion would have
made the success Of apy, Liberal Admin
istration not openly controlled by MIR.
Gladstone impossible, and that he will
give to the. ney., Government of Mr..
Gedss0ns ns s1neo atnil 5e ys5 ses aHd TobaSyv tsy
probably understands this better than
pAnt the political contest in England has
really been, I'M substance, d duel bhERoen
these two welI-matched and cleanly con-
trasted p5ofAgenlstaS Is isin Nf. Glad.
stones favor for for the new phase now be.
ginning of. the contest, thai" the peculiar
circumstances of the present situation
and his own exceptional relations to It.
Set him, free, as he has never bSen set.frse
before when ID power to yaiIhinaself oS
new lieutenents and to inflse fresh blood
into thevorking staff and system of his
Government. - 80 1aa tiUN' g
The World recently alluded to the
fact that since the Reform act of 1832no
| Conservative Administration had ever
successfully appealed to the electors.
Another fact as curious is that Sir Rob.
ert Peel has been the raven boding iinr
| minent disaster TO almost every Cabinet
that has , risen and fallen during the
thirty years for which he has represented
Tamwoyth In Parliament. Though ait
ting upon the Liberal, benches he iojaea
| in the attack on the Russell Ministry
which. fell in 1862, and after leaving
! Lord Palmerston's. Administration he
participated in the auc"essful onslaught
/ on the Conspiracy bill which ousted his
lnie colleagues. AZ first friendly 60 the
Iaeeondi Derby Administration, the Liber.
| al.C conservative Baronet coon went into
| opposition TO it, and the ministers wero
driven ont. Earl Russell dismisseashin
from the Chief 9eesetSryship for ireland
asI soon as Lord Pal6,erston had passed
away, and some six months later Sir
| Robert. who had been helping the essa;l.
tents Of tho Reform bill, had,f sstisflzc.
ton of seeing the Liberals beaten on the
Borough Franchise clause. ,Mgaik ,,.'
1883 hs was found hntag ag6nisiRg The Diaa
! raeli Ministry on the Irish Church ques-
ton, and bpforeF thag year ;vaB!0ut there
waB 10, Distaain &ginistr7s I! SEofri5 live
yehE5 ater his aleclAsatioh os opposition
10 the Gladatone Administration. prelud-
ed its overthrow, aud it Ssieas tlst! B d SsaI
since he made his fanaus, sstacle oiSthh
ridiculous imperialism of the rpfeserss
day." which the gossip1 eaidd Lad dGeniy
impressed the Premier, az. he had NOT
failed to notice the einSG larcersa nSyland
swiftnees with which the collapse Of q
paftyiT powcrE had, alWEya followed the
eceesisrie Baroaet'9 decfafati5ns of hos.
tilities. 1t Is pity that Sir Rotsse has
retired from Parliament, for as ReeRna
said about Talloyrand, he Is simply In!
valuable as d political barometer. -, z
j Tho sigma of an inevitable dAcli.sa
/ iinItho prices OF the largo staples have
begun to appear In varioua directions,
II Iron, which has hung so long aEf What