New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-11-27

the service was ITS own reward Inc "hoie st1i
! of decoration was alien to the antique ana nonelS
sDil!t of his patriotism. He never used greaC "OtS
about such things. nor spoke bitterly OF thOse MY
coveted and priced them On one Occr'o of The
Treaty invited Linn to one OF ms 0ilclhl 5t"So
dinners. "To tell you the truth" Golden repneu'
! have never had the courage TO GET cOnft COS
| tune and az do not like being singular by coming
! in ordinary dress ! will beg you To excuse me-
There were no heToics about him in encGnn'G ,.
| these trifnC symbols Of q social ordering WIN
! which he did not aympathize. lie merely PIno-
ti5ed almost without claiming it, the r1ght OF llYinS
his own plain life, and satisfying his own Ideals Oh
! civic seif-rcspect.
When the Manchester School met with great
reverse in the elections of 1887, Golden was less
concerned about his own defeat than by the ngrat-
tudc Of Manchcs or towards Slr. Bright:
"Tbc only incident of the election which hangs
| about me with permanent feeling of rritablllty
is the a.rociou3 treatment Bright has received from
! the ucoOle no Manchester. They are mainly in
Sebtri 10 him for the prosperity which has con-
yertrd majority into little better than Torres, and
| now the base snobs kick away the LADDER! ma
| nv scOm boiling over constantly, and can hardy
| keep my hands, or rather my pen OH them. INC
ease o. Gibson is different. lie could not nave Dee
without the c4pectatioh tlat SONG gay III grau
| would he put TO d connection for which there was
no special nesa and to have sat for nearly eighteen
| years for Manchester has given hun position
| which nothing can take away. DO not, however,
| think he deserved 10 be left in q minority. But
Brights is very different. lie was one OF them
| selves. You know how yaGantly he defended MS
| his constituents They had no grievance on ac-
| count of his peace views, for they knew he was
| Quaker when they elected him. To place such a
man at the bottom Of the poll. when PrOslrate by
excessive lab"rs III the public service, Is thS most
auocious specimen Of political ingratitqdc ever
encountered. ! do not believe he VIII be
affected i'm tho way you fear by the news. lie VIII.
believe. take it very coOlly and phllosopncaly
and Trims II viii prove probably tn1 DcSO lniUs
| that coud have happened for his health
On the same day he writes 10 MIR. llargreaVcs;I
1.-THE secret Of such display OF snObblSllncsS ana
ingratudc is in the great prosperity when Ian,
cashrc enjoys and for which it is mainly indebted
TO Br GIT; and the result has been TO make large
mcreas, TO the number of Tories and TO cool Gown
tna geuecl tone the politics OF Tho wings, until NJ
last the ma Orty find an earnest Radical not SUI
icienIy gentccl for thcir tast" Tins VIII 90 on III
Inc north OF England so long rs our exports coz
nuc to increase n their present rate, aud IN the
| natural course of things more Tories VIII DO re-
turned -
Tic same humor finds vent in come words to Mr.
"DI INV friend - make a failure Of scconding
| the Addrcss' hear So | have never known u
manu- featuring representative put into cooked hat
AMI brooches aud uilrs, with sword by his side,
to make i speech for the Government without nav
ing his head turned by the feathers anu lrppery.
Generally they give way 70 q paioXysm OF snOb-
berry AMI q, down on their bellies, aud throw dust
on their heads, and fling dirt at the prominent men
OF their own ORDER
rings truhiulUcss, you may contcat yourself WIN
general description Of the genus scHtlmehtals''
They are not 10 be depended on III political acloh'
because they are not masters of their own reasoning
powers They sing songs or dcclailn ab0ut truth
justice. liberty and the Ike but II Ia 9hiy ia me
same artificial spin; ia which they make ode5 70
dewdrous daisies, etc They are just rs llkciy 10
trAmplr on one as the other Notwithstanding.
There was Lamartne. the prince Of the class VINO
mouthcd 80 hucIy about mtsrnatiohal HBH.S
and yet II has come out thtt nc was Jutt
as ready as king or kaiser to march march
rial guarantee for-libcrty. Sec the exhibition
Of Thackeray AZ Oxford AZ byc-clcction for Ok
ford City July ~ Mr.. Ihackcray stood against inc
/ .~.Nf .irEsN tuH NRI
difference Of 81 in poll "a lob Lana yet nc
expressed sympathy TO me and Bright at the Reform
Club during the war lhen lhere Is ms klo.e CJn-
tIast Dickens, forever writing oi ms desire 10 e1S
vatc the masses and to put down insolence IN lgh
places. saw q note from him IN which he refused
10 sign a petition for the repeal ot tue taxes on
| KNOWLEDGE. on the express ground that lie would
not promote q dclugc Of printers INK III England
similar to what hc had seen IN America; Inc most
reliable politicians your why loglcians OF the
Jcf, rson or Calhoun stamp. They may he liable To
fnl,c starts but when once you Know Their preHHs
you can calculate their course ana "he'' " nNN
Them
In the course Of his frequent and extensive foreign
Journeys, Mr. Golden, whose Importance was better
understood abroad than by o largo class OF his own
countrymcn. was much sought after by European
-uIcrs and statesmen and he LETT many interesting
rcc.,rds OF bis conversations with them, aud csti
mates Of their characters. Guizot no pronounced
IAN intellectual pedaut and a moral prudc with no
more knowledge OF men and things than Is possessed
nv professors who live among their pupilspJ ho
seemed 10 have become completely absorbed in tho
hard and INSCRIPTIONS will Of Louis Philippe" Az
for the king himself, Golden had long evenings
talk with him nj the Chateau d'Eu, and moth
irg 40 much struck me" he says, "as his contempt
for the people through whom and for whom
he profc.scd 10 rule After another inter
Wow ne writes Il formed the opinion that he Is
ccycractar. and perhaps that is oil we can say of
tho ablcst soycrcgns OF this any other country"
Theirs We. a lively little man without dignity and
with nothing tomprcss you with sense OF power"
Pms IL. received Mr. Golden ~ a private audience
QA73. and our Euslisnmau, after discournng TO
tho Poutin on the advantages OF FREQ traJt, be
songht the Papa Intervention in the matter OF
Spanish bull-Gghts. exhibiting An extract from
Madrid paper TO show how II was tho custom III
spnin to hold the Disgusting function in honor OF
s,,uty days After a little conversation upon tine
cruelty and decentralization OF these spectacscs. he
thanked me for having drawn his attention to 1t.
and promised 20 give instructions upon the
su,d,ct TO an envoy whom hc about TO send
T., gpoin He concluded by another complimentary
nhrosc or two ana We left. | impressed with
the notion that he is sincere, kind-hcartcd and
good and that no Is possessed oi strong common
scnso and sound understanding. He did not strike
mo AZ "A man Of commanding genius" Mettermchs
bcad and countcnance convey tho impression OF
high polish rather than natiyo force OF character
and his conversation is moro subtle than profound.
e talks necessarily, perhaps in order to choose his
,,, torics He alluded 10 Ireland aud
saiJ he could not discover key for the solution OF
tho di1icultyi in other countries reforms were
wanted. but there a social system must be created
out of chnos IIo is probably tho last
Of those state physicians who, looking only TO tho
svmptoms of a nation, content themselves with SUI
ncrical remedies from day to day, and never at
tempt to probe beneath tho surface, to discover tho
| source of the evils which aiot tho social system
This order of statesmen will pass away with him,
bccause too much light has been shed upon the lab