The Penn's Grove record., 1884-11-22

An EnRlIsh MeDstor.

An American gentleman In letter
from London says q very big English
gun is my lord, the Marquis Of Sails
bury. He is to-day = Daniel Webster
Ia English politics. Opponents style
him Il political wrecker, and character
ize him as naughty, bitter and aristO-
cratic; yet all concede his surprising
abilities, especially As a parliamentary
debater. When Salisbury is pitted
against Gladstone-and when are they
not pitted against each other-we have
a contest worth looking at. saw Sal
IsbuTy in the House of Lords, and In
wandering through the magnificent
rooms Of his grand old baronial hall,
Hatfield House, his face, with the faces
of a long line of his famous ancestors,
looked down upon me from their walls.
This nan Is idollzed-almost deited by
u wide circle of English Conservatives.
and his receptions at the great Conser-
vative rallies in Parliament out of ses-
sion are grand affairs. stately commit
tees meet him, made up or the most
powerful Lords of the district, and
horses are dragged from his carriage
by men who consider it an honor to take
their places. HIS speeches are strong,
eloquent, full of will, life and living
interest. Not long ago he held forth 10
a rally of many thousands at Plymouth.
In front of the balcony from which he
harangued, Shakespeare spoke thus, ia
letters of gold upon a blue ground:
"Lln up thy noble brow, renowned SALISBURY,
And with great heart heaYe away this storm,
For honorable rescue aud defence
cries oat upon the name Of Salisbury"
1t was from this balcony that Sails
bury uttered a preroration In defence OF
his course on the Egyptian question,
which possesses a burning ~eloquence
hard to match anywhere.
II stand in a town which has wit
messed and been partner in the glorious
deeds Of England for centuries back.
You have seen the greatness Of England
built up, as it were, brick by brick. 1t
has cost many sacrifices. The pouring
out Of much precious blood, the squan,
dering Of abundance of treasure, and
the supreme efforts of many noble minds.
Do you imagine that this is a mere Chi
mera we have followed all these centu- (
ries, as we are sometimes told2 DO you
Imagine that We should be the England
that we are If u forefathers had not
done the deeds which we admire, and
which I am now exhOrting you to imi-
tate3 Do you think that if you had
never conquered India, or If you had
never resisted Napoleon, you would be j
happier, a moi peaceful, a more pros
porous, a more cOntented nationl 1t Is
no mere chimera that you follow. No
doubt the impulse which leads men 10
heroic deeds, and which leads people TO
great exertions and great sacrifices, Is
not founded on calculation; 1t is the
popularity OF heroic sentiments and
noble characters. But it is y false
philosophy to say that it is thin and
shadowy sentiment, Sentiment is a
noble thing OF itself. Sentiment ia
itself makes men better citlzensEthe
belief that they belong 20 a great en-
pire, with great traditions, with great
hopes, Ornamented by distinguished
names and splendid exertions, that be
lief, 1 think, makes every citizen him
self work better in ms own sphere, aui
impresses and purihes the national
character by which we all exist. But
IL does more than this. Undoubtedly
we should avoid anything like an I'M
necessary. intermeddling, adventurous
policy. But your empire, if We mean it
10 live, must grow, must steadily grow.
If it ceases 10 grow 1t Will begin to de-
cay. That empire rests not merely on
the yain-glorious spirit of a hollow
imagination, but IL rests on the sound
basis Of the extension OF intercourse
between the civilized and ~unelyilized
portion OF the world, and II Is the foun.
dalton aud the necessary condition OF
that commercial prosperity and or that
industrial activity which are the bread
Of life TO millions Of our people"
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