New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-02-23

they have lived together, and let each oIner ii'o
and have worked together with more OF less mar
mony ever since there was Liberal party. lney arc
the right ard left wings Of the same army lhat Is
most trite and obvious view-so trite ana 30 op-
yous that there has of late been growing dlsDoS-
ton among many Radicals to seek tor sonie.n,ns
fresher Sir Charles Dixie at Chelsea' anu W.
Chamberlain at Swansea, are only returning ~ ,No
old ways Mr.. Chamberlain showed that ne Eau
very clear view Of one offensive sort OF haulcaiS'
and that he likes it no better than anyDouy ei'0'
81 do not doubt observed he, THAT Mr., DiIl"yh
will be able TO hold his own, although he mas never
thought il necessary to advertise his ndepenuo"o0
by abusing his friends and hattering his opponents
nor to assert his superior virtue by ascrioihg ,no
meanest motives to every other mehpeI % ~,
party" There can be no mistaking the hao'os,
for whom that broadside was meant. 1t Is Mr.
.Jo.epb Cowen. of Newcastle. For him, also. the
allusion to Anarchists NIhilists, and perhaps fenl
ans. were intended among all Of whom Mr.. Cowen
has from time to time found objects OF sympathy
and hero worship.
But If il be necessary to how far the new hadi-
calism will carry publicsts, whose sympathy Is
with the Chamberlain Is most active, we nave only
to turn to The Pail Mall Gazette. That DrliHan'V
edited Journal thinks the ASSASSINATION oil MI OBS
tor a good subject for joke. Circumstance mar
ratyes OF the plots which so nearly succeeueu' SUI
gest to his most pertinacous enemy In the Ehgii'"
press nothing but scepticism and sneers Inc story
is RAPIDLY attaining the proportions of myth crles
the critic; the attempts too numerous. III tney
had occurred once one might have swallowed one,'
is the elegant phrase In which he wraps up his
incredulty. Far be It," continues he, y" from any
ones mind to deprive Mr.. Forster OF the proud
privilege of having been four times an intended
~
an extent; but still, human nature has long ad-
vanced beyond the stage of implicit belief" and so
on. To this point does Radical anlmosty lead. let
il IS beyond question or cavl that Mr.. forsters lire
was during q great part Of his Chief Secretaryshlp,
In hourly danger. The plots to kill him numbered
| moro probably forty than four And the plots be-
hind his back in London and elsewhere TO dlscredit
him and weaken him, and so ultimately DIVE INN
from the Cabinet-these also were perhapsas numer-
GUS as continuous and as stealthy asthose in Dublin
which aimed at his life The editor OF the Journal
| | am quoting had certainly no conscious part IN
either. Bus whether some of his political associates
could he aDsoved VITA equal heartiness Is a ques-
tion moro difficult to answer. The Times Mon
day spoke with some sharpness Of those who
bounded Mr. Forster out of Office" why should
! the evening organ of Birmingham radicalism take
! il upi No names were named. Is 1t because TINS
isone Of those cases in which everybody nsnctvely
/ supplies the missing name y
How TO Lose Ireland" is the text on which The
! Pail Mall gazette discourscs through q column and
a half on Wednesday. The shortest answer can
| think OF to the question would be- Follow the
counsels of The raj MAI Gazette. C. VI. S.