New-York tribune., 1884-11-30
Mr. CHAMBERLAIN.
r.vvr,. wIrH THE wHIas AND HIS
Hls .T.nys WITH Mr.. GLADSTONE

r.,ps latter on M. ChamperiA",
MI o'o r.'na.,ps two letters on the same SUI
Professor 's.;a.,t of the Board OF lrade so''0
may e'' % Tbev may at least re"'i'u ''',
'ni"~ -;.h.,a,aing his easy trinm'" -,
s"''' -. r,,,,ch,,l h.s course Is no' yo' ." =:
nan"o'f NJ u r. Greafell is man Oh p'''Vr
sa'i"s. ,a q, the West End. lie pas ooe' w.
~. 'N IS tho Rank Of England ana s SUI
,," -, Liberal and member "i ,i"A. es
~, ro ,...;on Of she Liberal party "nio" .~,s
"uS 20, Of Radical wrath aes,'S' IT. A.,
!. still force III po''0S ,;aaIs
, "u' 40 be reckoned with. ihs 49,
-..ke 20 much noise In these u"' .ho
sS~ nhserver may need t" be rem'pded '"a
.,.., balf rbe Cabinet are Wings. Mr' Cnah-
me-, himself sometimes forgets. or seems 10 l"t
~. .lot ha Ia in a minority among his own COL
leagues. u,a;, ;s that
r.. recsrt s,eecbes disgust all this powerful sec'ou
e .la ;heral marty. They view with alarm HIS
nneals IN class against class. Thew hold nun inoio
=, i.ss responsibie for the violence at bifn'ihe-
ham Many of them stayed away from the hoase
,,be, Lord Randolph moved his vote Oh cehsuie'
beeause they practically agreed win 'n''
.rdent vonur Tory aud thought Mr. Cnain-
berla,n ought to be censured lhls iass 10
crave thug to say. The adoption Oh Lora H."
doloh's motion would have meant the o'e"h"p
an. u,.;..rv Mr. Chamberlain would have had TO
res;vu. and il ,s not at all likely that he ai'ne
vou,d have resigned. Yet the Waigs. or souio u
,h.m were will ae to risk this rather tnan give
vote for Mr. Chamberlain on matter Mhoio ~
for one thing he was in the right. Loro nah"o,pN
indictment against him broke down. Inc "o'" 90
Minister had 40 difficulty Ia refuting the spe,0
charges against him OF incitlpg /"
I,I lsnNn
the hot-bessisd and reckless snthor OF IL. ot"
-. r.rv s,eeches OF which the enemy
"a. so feeble n use had avaied, az
AZ, c,r,rfeIls shows to exasperate some OF the
moro moderate Liberals who. IL they had abstaioed
!, n bodv from voting, could have driven MT
chamberlain from Office. II is true that the mar
,o,ness of his maiority-he escaped by ~ Vo'eS
onlv-was due. in fact, TO the conhding innocence
of the Liberal Whips. Lord Richard Grosvenor
,bs chief of them. had been told by Mr.. Wuin tne
,r,..v hi. that no speciai effort had been or would
Ia mads 10 bring up the rank and hle TO support
ord Randolpb's motion. Mr.. Winn believed wnat
ne .a,d and acted on II. Hut neither he nor bord
Richard flfosvenor took into account inc posso''S
of = private effort Ia fact Lord Randolph scnton,a
strong whp Of his own. and the Liberals "ohe'o
with horror the phslanx OF hunting men ana o'ne'
country rentIemcn who turned mp toward III IN the
cave Lord Randolph victory he had not won.
And vet Mr., Chaipberlain's one mistake bad been
only n mistake of omission. He had never cx-
pr,ssnd IN direct and clear language his abhorrehce
Of mob violence. MIR. Gladstone had given him
line which he had only to follow. Mr. Gladstone
had condemned with earnestness and deep sinceri'y
the use of force IN any form 10 put do"h nroo
speech or disturb public meetings MI
Chamberlain preferred 10 stand by ms consult
uents lie might have done that, ana sun
have said he hated rowdyism. But he c"ntented
himself with pointing out that the rowdyism was
provoked by the Tories that they tried TO palm on
hacked meeting upon the country rs the voice OF
Birrniu CHAM; that they were rowdy themselves
that they and not the Liberals began the "chuck-
ing ont, and 30 on. II had Mr.. Chamberain's
ear. should hike to remind him OF one fact IN
American history, which Is this: it was the pro-
sIaverv n,obs which did more than anything except
Wendell Ph1ifipss eIoquencs to keep alive tho anti
slavery agitation. We in America believed In fIee
speech. and came gradually TO understand that
cause which would not bear free speech was bad
cause.
II Mr.. Chamberlain had but spoken sentence or
two in this sense. there would have been nttie
or no ground for Mr.. Grenfe!ps accusations As 1t
il he and his fellow Wiigs-the Fitzwiliiams AID
Rnssells and Others, who avoided the division and
left Mr. Chamberlain with his enemies at the gate
to SHIFT for hnself-exaggerate his offence Ii
was Lord Salisbury and not MIR. Chamberlain VINO
began the appeal to violence 1t was Lord Sails
bury wao derded the demonstrations in favor of
the Franchise bill who tauntei the people with
their good hunor. who told them In plain terms
that the Lords would take notice of taeir meet
ings unless thsv sho we'd themselves ready to pro-
ceed to violence 1t was Lord Randolph Churchill
fhasa uravacat ions. III
Lord Salisbury again who threatened Mr. Cham
berlain with q broken head if ne put himself Iii
the front OF procession of bis constituents. All
or nearly eli that Mr. Chamberlain did was to take
notice of these threats and to treat sneer with sneer
and taunt with taunt
But the real controversy between men
like Mr.. Grenfeli on the one side aud MI
Chamberlain on the other goes much
deeper than words Il Mr.. GrenfeiPs
name because his letter is direct personal attack
on Mr.. Chamberlain, and he may be taken to-
day as the spokesman of those to whom the very
name OF the Radical leader is odious. The Wings
want neither reform OF the House OF
Lords nor abolition. Mr.. Chamberlain is the |
most powerful individual Of that great body Of
Liberals who think now is the time to sweep away
. second chamber where legislative authority
springs FROM hereditary privilege. He is the
lblest political manager and by far the most
effective speaker Of them ALL and for those |
among other reasons he is hateful to the Wings. |
They recognize instinctively in such Mr.. |
Chamberlain their enemy. They are much more |
remote from him than from the Tories. Tie. on his
part. is not altogether free from animosites of a
personal kind. but he is man accustomed 10 act |
for definite political object, and able to measure
political forces and perfectly happy to use fren DIS
or enemies for the attainment of a political
purpose. he has broken with a good many re-
spectabe traditions and is ready to break with a.
many more as stand in the way of reforms. Ger
tAinly, ho does not stick at trifes. When Mr. |
Gladstone announced 20 the people Of Scot and that
bis object to appeal to the reason of the Lords
Mr.. Chamberlain cried out "What ia the usa os