Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-07-15

tlon We're being urged, and at once thew
otcsme last friends. Bright was then
under thirty, and had been recently
married. Shortly afterwards his wife
qled, and while ia the pangs OF be-
feavement Golden paid aim a visit to
which he himself thus refers: al was
then in Lamington and Mr.. Golden
called on me. l was then in the depths
OF grief, l may almost say of despair,
ior the light and sunshine Of my house
had been extinguithed. All that was
lett OF my young wife, except the men,
DRY OF u sainted life and too brief hap
piness, was lying still and cold in the
chamber above US. Mr.. Golden called
on me as his friend, and addressed me,
as you may suppose, with words Of con-
dolence. After q time he looked up
and said: There are thousands and
thousands Of homes in England at this
moment where wives and mothers aud
children are dying OF hunger. Now,
when the first paroxysm of your grief
is past, would advise you to come
with me, and never rest until the corn
laws are repealed" This was the
turning point in Mr.. Bright's career, the
moment when he formed the purpose
to assume the responsibilities OF public
life. Two years afterward
He Entered Parliament,
and not many years after that the OBJ
Ject of the lofty ambition of these gifted
and kindred souls was au accomplished
fact. The friendship which existed be-
tween Richard Golden and John
Bright was of the most beautiful and
intimate character, and when Golden
had passed away and reference was
made to his death in the House of Com
mons, the scene witnessed was both
touching and memorable. After trib
utes TO the value of CObden's life and
work had been paid by several speak
ers, We are told Mr.. Bright rose, and
speaking under the influence of pro-
found emotion, said: "Sir. feel tina:
| cannot address the house on this Occa
sion; but every expression of sympathy
which | have heard has been most
grateful to my heart. But the time
which has elapsed since, in my pres
eEce, the manifest and gentle5t spirit
that ever tenanted or quilted a human
form, took its flight, is so short, that |
dare not give utterance to the feelings
by which am oppressed. shall leave
10 some calmer moment, when may
have an opportunity Of speaking before
some portion Of my cOuntrymen, the
lesson which L think may be learned
from the life and character of my friend.
have only 10 say that after twenty
years of most intimate and almost
brotherly friendship, little knew how
much | loved him until found that
had lost him"
The few extracts given above of
Mr.. BrighI's Manner
himself will convey fair
idea of those qualities of brain and heart
which have made him the wonderful
orator he is He is, in the first place,
perfectly sincere in what he says. The
topics on which he speaks are matters
of deep conviction with him. They
are not the passing whims of an
hour, they are thoughts that
have been matured by long
years of observation and tudy-ideas
which are, in the speakers estimation,
so transcendently important that he
would utter them if he had to die for it.
Those who listen to him feel this. They
realize above all things that they are
standing in the presence of a true man,
one who has q cause to advocate which
has become part of himself. Another
characteristic of Mr.. Brighps manner,
one arising naturally from his sincerity
of purpose, is its transparent simplicity.
He has none of the arts of the dema-
cOgue. His style l., in fact, exactly
what a conventional emagOgue' ought
not to be. Ii is pure to auSterity. 1t Is
stripped of all Supertiuous ornament.
Ii never guShes or fOamS. 1t never
allows itself To be mastered by passion.
His self restraint Is marvellous, for in
most powerful passages he appears as if
he were keeping his strength rather
than taxing il with enOIt. He never
shouts or storms, and iudulgeS i'll but
few gesticulatiOns. Vehement he may
be at times, but he is never overstrain-
ed. His enunciatiOn Is calm ana
measured, his voice clear and resonant,
with a peculiar vibration in it which
lends unspeakable effect to any passage
of pathos or scorn. He has al admira-
BILE gift of humOr, and keen ironical
power. Withal he speaks in the purest
Saxon and expresses his thoughts IN
short sentences which do not tax retlec.
ton too heavily. Such are some fthe
more salient features of
The Greatest Orator
England has produced in the last half
century.
Mr.. Bright's pet sobriquet is, THE
PEOPLES Tribune" During the twenty
five years he has represented Birmtpg-
ham in Parliament his constituency
have given him the very warmest sup
mort, The town and the man are ex-
actIy suited to each other, for where
could tho most Liberal statesman OF
the age find so congenial people a. in
a place which has the reputation oil oeo
inpa very hot bed of Liberal princiDles%
But this distinguished champion OF hu'
man rights belongs not alone 10 BIZ
minghan, or to England. lie Is the
common property ofall Engllsh-speaK,-
ing peoples. He is, in fact, q worlds
man, his truest title being that applied
to him by Birmingham shoopkeeper
whose closed shutters on Monday bore
the announcement that the store was
shut up in honor of "The Patriot OF HUI.
manity." a large proportion OF the
reforms which Mr.. Bright has advo-
Gated have been adopted. One OF these,
the Iegalizing of marriage with de-
ceased wife's sister. was, by happy
coincidence, carried to successful issue
in the House of Lords Oh the very day
of his triumphal progress through the
streets of birmingham. The most
prominent of the measures TO whicn
the weight of his eloquence and char.
scter have been given, which yet await
enactment, are the repeal OF the fsr'
Elementary Oaths, the abolition OF cap
ital punishment and the dlsestaolish'
mpnt of the English Church. Being
now 10 years OF age, he will scarcely E,
live to see any Of these things brought
about, but that the former and the iat-
ter of the three will be accomplished ID
the not very distant future, no one can
doubt who reads csndidly either the
records of the past or the signs OF the
present. aENke
John III. Parnel's peach orchard az
West Point, Ga, is the largest III Tue
world. The trees are planted upon
different slopes, SO that when al are
hearing crop is certain in one place OF
another every year. There are l2''o'O