New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-17
GtfBFrTpS DEcLlP4TJOE.

There are no startling surprises in Premier
Gambrtta's declaration of principles. If it Is
the programme of the Advanced Left it is 50
lightly acccntuatcd that il will not jar upO the
ears of the moderate sections of the party. u
does not cmbody the inmost convictions 80
much as il does the sober second thoughts OF
the representative leader of that group, the
present President of the Deputies, and even
those second thoughts are cautiously, almost
cduivocally, expressed. Yet it would Ice idle
10 assume that Gambctta intend, tC stand still,
much less to advance backward like IA crab.
He has certain advantages of position CORE
Spending to those enjoyed by Mr. Gladstone
after the election Of looO. The asgrcssiycncs,
of the hlcr'~ political views was 50
generally recognized that nobody was
mi,lcd by his giving all the best Cabinet
Offices to the Whiss, nor 10y the qnictncs>
of the first addrc,, from the throne; and
the advanced Liberalism came in due time
in such measures 20, the Compensation for Dis
urlancc Act, the Ground Game Bill and thc
Land Act. In like manner Gambcjta can per
haps afford TO take the momcntlry risk of dis
appointing the more inpatient ~prit,, II he can
rca,-urc the more cautions members OF h-
party and ultimately carry them along in the
I'''s
direction of the Advanced Left. What lac
wants j. something more than q working ma
jorty of the Deputies. lie require, the pcrma-
ncnt support of homogeneous party IN winch
the central political groups of the Left can bee
fused together IN opposition To the Extreme
Lett. wise general docs not Haunt ne"
standards III the larcs oi ilI-dIorlpHhrd soldiers
nor confuse Ills stan oiic'Is M me opening oI Il
campaign with too many standing orders.
Gambctta', programme. vague and clulNornI
rs ii is, serves 10 indicate th" main lines OF
separation between thc c'hiI"I groups "I lH'
Chamber ana the LNiIrmc l-ri' uhd'i lhr I'id-
cr~hp OF CIcmrnc'"u' Inc scheme "i senate
mai electoral reform NH''h H' ADVOCATES il nc
signed To hiIh- 'H"' ''"l mo more '"i"P''''
harmony Win il' n'm"'Id''' hd'i' Oh I'th'"
society, but 1t j. not To be introduced aThitrd-
riy. There i 10 be"a wisely limited revision
of the Constitution at the proper time when the
voting strength OF the Liberals has been in
creased by another series OF Senatorial "Icc-
u"nS. Inc Extreme Lett on the other h'nd,
clamors Tor the Immediate abolition OF the
Senate rather than for any change IN the mode
OF elections Some OF the wilder spirits would
suspend the Presidency a. well a. the Senate
and make the Chamber OF Dcputic, a suprcm"
political force like RobespIcrrc's Convention.
In like manner they demand an absolute rcnuu
citation of the Concordat the discoutuuancc of
the religious budget and IA complete separation
OF Church and state. Gambctta, II ia To be pre-
sumcd, still regards Clcrical,m as the enemy
but his hostility to the Church is disguised in
his Ministerial declaration. All that hc prom
lscs is strict enforcement Of that Concordat
which the extremists dcnouncc IL one of the de
vices OF Imperialism. lie suggests Il iudicaturc
bill and an extension OF the educational sys-
TEN, but he passes over in silence many matters
which the extreme Republicans consider of
pressing importance. They complain that they
they consider the VOluntarlat "A ilagTant offence