New-York tribune., 1884-11-01

| enthusiastic people. They sprung from tho ground
70 greet him as he turned southwark and homeward
IL Is easy to snecr. tho Torres do. nc railway
speeches and station crowds. but no man who saw
these scenes could doubt that Mr.. Gladstone had
Scotland NJ his back He saw IT, and II far modi
fed hs mind that for the hrst time ho felt 10 poss
bio to use this popular agitation "a means of over
awng the Lords without cndtngorng tho inlmcdi'
ate stability OF tho political fabric ho wished to let
alone More than onco IN Abcrdccnshiro and In
Foriarshirc hc lot drop sentences which fore
shadowcd the change. AZ Perth he spoke out II
rs pain ho said that the Lords have 10 do with the
people II IL time they should understand II. time
thcy should comprehend that we cannot always be
hghting on this comparatively narrow ground. II
VIII not do To trlc with facts II Is not 10 be ex
pected that We should consent to acqniesco IN
state OF things In which irresponsible power is TO be
continually and obstinatcly ptted against power
which IL responsible. II they persist. the question
will be raised whether this irresponsible power
he tolerated. aTLat controversy fear would he
bitter; ] know il would be long bnt IL conld end
only one way, in great and extensive changes in the
present balance of the Constitution"
You have only to compare those pregnant SEN
tences with Mr.. Gladstones language and tone a
month earlier 10 see how far in than sense
OF the word, he has travelled and how bracing is
land. 1t is true that at Carlisle on his homeward
journey, having once more crossed the border and
speaking on English soil. he again held out to the
Lords what moderate Liberals oyfuy recognized
az an olive branch No doubt he would rejoice If
Lord Salisbury could he coaxed into catching ut the
other end of II. There is nothing in that to impair
the effect of the warning mt Perth. Reasonable
compromise, by all means. Reasonable concessions
on both sides. But if Lord Salisbury continues to
scoh at compromise and to insist. he seems now
to insist. on Liberal surrender the sentences at
Carlisle 20 for nothing; the menace of Perth re-
mains in force.
And there leave the matter. II cannot BE- neces-
sary to restate to an American audience Mr.. Glad
stones argument IN favor of giving votes to citizens
who have none Still less can it be necessary to de
bate whether iltynnc men who happen to be the
sons of titled fathers ought TO have the power Of
overruling the majority Of a great nation Mr..
Gladstone thinks there is much to he said for the
hereditary principle but there are few Amer cans OF
his mind. A for the franchise. that Is a question
we argued ont for ourselves something more than
hundred years ago.-in some cases much more.
Neither Mr. Gladstone nor. far As know, any
other leading English statesman has yet advanced
to the point then reached our whole political
life IN America is bound mp in the proposition that
the vote right of which M man can be deprived
but for sufficient aud exceptional cause. The Re-
public is built on manhood suffrage The English
Constitution rests upon the theory tlit the vote Is
privilege to be granted or withheld nm the dis
erection of thosc who happen alrcad, to possess It,
The Franchise hill of to-day takes not "a single step
forward In principle II is defended and RECON-
mruied hec1usr IL docs NOT Mr. Gladstone offered
~ to Parliament ga "a conservative measure. Ih"
Conservatives profess to accept it as 'uch Broadly
/. ..t..t.. titt. t.tttt tt
counties to the same class who alrcldv ros'ess IL In
aorouehg In other words II confcrs on the agricul-
tunl iboror the finclise which n SUI vns CON
feried on tine artisan ilut tho cnuntlcs vIih the
ranrhiao n the hludf of tho tnnnut ialmcr nnl Tine
irnlut farmer n the hauds ol the landlord, have
hitherto hren atrnnHhulda Ell Iuyiap This hlll
voud disturb the Tory grin ou the'o great constitn
,priu4 aud that ia tho secret uf tho opposition to ~
fho probable effect OF n viii boo tu pat the Con
aortau,oi of England in permanent minority
fhry have ha thrv thiuh. two wnta of DELAYING 90
nvottins that catastrophe The, may force diaso
uiion nf Parliament on tho ptuaon' tneiatnt nhilln
"a npiort,. and como int" oiirr once VA "ihrr lhny
will pas, - rn,n,hiaa hill ol thoit own, and kc-
ii,trhuton hill at thair oWn-or. aa We ah"nd Hhi
ruliattiot tho country 30 preserve or improve
ia their own interests the existing balance al
nnlitch power That a The situation. What Mt
Gladstone has done ia Scotland what he went
there o. do-bccome4 palmer perhaps, IN the light
of this very elementary exposition. His mission
was 10 save ENGLAND from falling under the yoke OF
reactionary conservatism un Ter thc lea ,er,ip Of
"a man whose ideas are thns' OF h.a party IN the
seventeenth century. Franchise bill aud Reform oi
the Lords are but incidents in the struggle There
can be no doubt how il will end ii the people see
| clearly what it is, and what it means MI Glad
stones speeches in Scotland. and the uprising IN
Scotland itself have helped them 10 see The cause
| of Liberalism in England to-day which identity
| with the cause of Liberalism not only elsewhere IN
| Europe but also IN America, Is the stronger, the
nearer to its goal for what has been SAID here and
| what has been done here during this last month.
The triumph of English Liberalism means ultl-
! mately Democracy.-mea at least, manhood
| suffrage Mr.. Gladstone may not believe It, may
| not intend to hasten the approach OF the day when
euual political rights for all men shall be the creed
OF the English as it has long been tho creed of the
Americana his practice, also since 1870 ana the
| adoption of the XVIII Amendment. But his sym
pathv with the people of England IL none the less
| profound because he prefers political changes 10
be gradual and for his own part to conine his aims
as Minister to reform OF a definite and limited char
acter The work of the last twenty years oi his lie
| is an immense contribution to reform III broad
sense And among all his splendid services TO
Liberalism to progress TO the political elevation OF
his countrymen this month in Scotland IS certainly
not the least splendid. C. '" =
GENERAL BUTLERS STATEMENTS.