New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-09-21

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rnnpe and quality are all enlarged and better'u'
lis task now is to rctort upon his opponents VIC
| charges they have boon hoaplng up against "''"
For Eve years the Torres have gone ABOUT 'n'''''"N
/ with vague but emphatic assertion ana I'''4 Wv"
! that the Prime Minister had falsihcd the pledges
which Mr. Gladstone had gwen IN the u'S' ''
| lotbinn speeches Throc-iontiW oi u" 'P'''m WV
MONDAY are one triumphant cry, It'F' ~
IT, e va, Inv. tried To- prove u; You hive had
the tcNt YOU have piled accusation upon h'ou'n''""
Won have had year, to got mp your case ch''''n9'
/ - ., ,,,, .,,,r 6n,cr ON one count of this long IN
+ d,ctpcnt which yuu have supported hy one HN'
/ Liable of evidence lie goes over the record "'
+ rrviews the situation. lie passes from topic !"
tonic. perhaps too rapidly, perhaps WIN 10" '''"'
prchenslyc ambition, and with TOO mu ID '"E''
/ 10 su vrv IN one single statement the "h"'e '""'S'
of his administration and To- condcn'' mo 'u'' "o''
and A. half complete epttonc OF all ne 9A'u ,n d"
week IN 1873 ami all that ms enemies nave Nn" u"
five wear, since aud to set IN halo Oh lRu' d" '''
! garIng contradictions the haseirH7 invent" No. -
! IN. critics and tn. perfect and absolute harmony
between his own pledges and the a,coinP'''''"
/ facts of his subsequent career. But what scope
sucb a ~, -rqInmc gives hm, How he Teveis III H.
! how he heap, IRONY upon sarcasm, and now MS oe-
fence rises 10 white heat and the Steel you thouH"u
he was shaping into shield suddenly flashes Oelore
/ Won a twoedeed sword and c,eIve' asunucr ID o"e
/ binding stroke the unhappy Zoe
Oh yes this lee Is oratorv. and in the two hours
! less ten mirutes during which 4 lasts you may III"
! example, of nearly every charm whlchit is posSIoe
for AN orator 10 work upon his bearers. lie eHe'u
J he produces does not owe much 10 gesture. Ine'o
* gesture but 10 often LACKS express 'eness' Inc
! arms are used pretty constantly, nut the SlInc
/ movement of the same muscles Is maze 10 slehHS'
or meant to signify very different things II "dn''
what on the French stage called largenrsS OF am
nlitude and II is sometimes violent, sometimes de
/ fclent in the grace and sulvity when Tie al
mirable smoothness voice leads you to expect.
The shoulders rise and fall with what am AFRAID
,,ust al times he described as ierkmess Indeed at
| sucb ,pom,nt. the voice Itself sometimes loses us
nuritv and harsh notes are heard. The rather Ire
onont passage of the right orchnger across the ups
and the curious touch of the thumb on particular
spot NJ the summit OF the broad arch OF the lore
boad are pecuIiarlties which mention only Tor the
sake of fidelity and with every apology to the ora
tor for taking note of such sp"cIs upon the general
! splendor of his delivery. 80 Of the quick behaihe
and STRENGTHENING of the knees. The impression one
ot from, these exceptional things is but momentaW
| they are accidents due to the overma-terhs III
tens,ty of Thought and aim.-natdre in her crnder
| moods getting the better of the consumma'e ar'
which is the prevailing and all but continuous con
dtiou with the orator. Ii there be any dehciences
of tins sort YOU will hardly observe them unless
after long familiarity with the speaker. u is the
! face which will rlyct your gaze; the play OF
features alike delicate aud powerful ana the ever
restless. far-searchiug glance. Never was snch
teU-taIc couutenance. Expression after expression
sweeps across it, the thought pictures ITSELF 10 YOU
almost before il ~ uttered. and If your eyes 10y
chance meet his it ls blaze OF sunlight Whch
dazzlcs Won. Nor do the little blem,hes really
md
what you will carry away with You rs a permanent
and precious memory is above all Other things the
noblrnc,s of presence, the beautiful dignity, the
statellness of bearing. the immense sincerity which
are bile to the eyes o. the most careless specta-
FOR and winch ill the hal. with their influence and
place the great multitude wholly at the mercy of
the one fellow being who stands before them
have been asked often enough by my own coun-
trymcn if any American was like Mr.. Gladstone !
know of none. nor of any European either In APP
pcarance the late Mr.. Daniel Webster was slightly.
very slightly. like Mr. Gladstone, but the massive
TEXTURES and form had an addition of coarse robust
moss of which IN Mir Gladstone there is none.
once saw and heard Webster IN Worcester when ne
smoke from the step 20 the gate leading into the
front door, ard of the late Governor Lincoln OF
Massachusetts, beneath n lantern the rays from
which fell straight ON hI, face. He almost exactly
realized what Emerson had IN mind when hc SAID
that # Webster were first revealed TO him by Hash
of lightning hc should not be sure whether an
angel or a demon were standing before him. We'll.
n Is no compliment to Mr. Gladstone TO say that no.
body would take him for demon. beneath Hash
of lightning or otherwise hope am not dealing
m compliments at all My sole aim Is To Dee de-
scriptiye. But Webster of the earth. Mr. Glad
stone has a light on his face that seems to come
from the upper air. Webster a speaker OF eX-
traordmarv powers of mind. As Theodore Parker
SAID of him. he could state case better than any
man in America. lie was occasionally an orator. 1t
j. but seldom that Mr.. Gladstone is not. l should
like 10 draw a much more minute comparison be-
tween Mr. Gladstone and Wendell Phillips for II
would think. be much more Illustrative. though
should begin by saying that neither Mr.. Gladstone
nor anybody else had that Apollo-Ilhe beauty OF
presence or that voice Of gold, or that genius for
conciliatlng OF controlling ie audience winch
were among PhAlipas many incompatible gifts.
But cannot do that | have heard Castelar, address
600 Spaniards at Prices Circus in Madrid IN h.s
all TOO copous Castan; supple, sympathetic,
snuous and orator To the tips of his fingers. have
heard & smarck when In the white uniform OF the
cuirassers Of whom he was major and booted 10 the
knee he gave his orders with military directuess to
the Parliament of Prussia heard Gambetta IN the
greatest effort of his life when IN 1877 he closed
four DAYS debate the Chamber at Versailles with
what | am disposed TO think the greatest single
effort Of oratory ever listened to IN Europe,-and
he too. had great deal III common with Mr.. Glad
stone Boih had the same miraculous lexlbillty Of
mind and inexhaustble abundance of various die
ton. MI Bright the one Engshman living whose
greatest speeches might be prohtaby studied side
bv side with Mr. GladstOnc's, would be more profit
able for contrast than for comparison. The lucid
flow of Mr. Brights simply constructed sentences.
always direct always the best word IN the best
place always effective out of all proportion 10 any
machinery of rhetoric evident to the eye scanning
them in print-nothIng could be more unlike the