The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1884-11-21
AN ENGLISH WEBSTER.
The Marquis Of Salisbury In the House q
Lords.

Lords.
Correspondent e Boston Commercial Bulletin.
A very big English gun is my Lord
the marquis of Salisbury. He is to-day
a Daniel Webster in English politics
Opponents style him a political wreck.
er, and characterize him as naughty
bitter and ar~istocratic; yet all concedt
his surprising abilities, especially as 6
parliamentary debater. When Sails.
bury is pitted against Gladstone-and
when they are not pitted against each
otker-we have a contest worth looking
ut.
I saw Salisbury in the house oflords;
and in wandering through the magnif.
cent rooms Of his grand old baronialha hall
Hatfield house, his face, with the faces
Of q long line of his famous ancestors.
looked down upon me from their walls
This man is idolized-almost deifed-
by a wide circle of English Conserva-
tives; and his receptions at the great
Conservative rallies in parliament ont o.
sessions are grand affairs. Stately
committees meet him, made up of tht
most powerful lords of the district; anc
horses are dragged from his carnage
by msn who consider it an honor te
take their places. His speeches are
strong, eloquent, full of will, life and
living interest. Nothing ago he held
forth to a rally of many thousands al
Plymouth. In front of the balcony
from which he %harangued Shakespeare
spoke thus in letters of blue upon agolc
ground:
lift up thy noble brow, renowned Salisbury.
And with a great heart heave away this storm
For honorable rescue, and defence,
Cries out upon the name of Salisbury"
1t was from this balcony that Sails
bury uttered a pcroration in defense Of
his course OF the Egyptian question
which possesses a burning eloquenc.
hard to match anywhere.
II stand in a town which has witnessed
and been a partner in the glorious deed.
of England for centuries back. You
have seen the greatness of England
built up as it We're by brick. It has
cost many sacrifices, the pouring out Of
much precious blood, the squapdering
of abundance of treasure, and the su.
preme efforts of many noble minds. Dc
you imagine that this is a mere chimera
we have followed all these centuries, as
we are sometimes told? Do you imagine
that we should be the England that
we are if our forefathers had not
done the deeds which we admire, and
which ! am now exhorting you to imi-
tate? Do you think that if You had
never conqured India, or if you had
never resisted Napoleon you would be a
happier, a more peaceful, more pros
porous, a more contented nation? ["No,
no." and cheers. 1t is no mere chimera
that you follow. No doubt the impulse
which leads men to heroic deeds, and
which leads people to great ex ertions
and great sacrifices, is not founded on
calculation it is the popularity of hero
ic sentiments and noble characters. But
it is a false philosophy to say that il
is q thin and shadowy sentiment
Sentiment is q noble thing in it.
self. Sentiment in itself make,
better citizens-the belief thai
they belong to a great empire, witt
great traditions, with great hopes, or.
namented by distinguished names and
splendid exertions, and belief, I think,
makes every citizen himself work better
in his own sphere. and impresses and
purifies the national character by which
we all exist. But it DOCS more than this.
Undoubtedly we should avoid anything
like unnecessary, intermeddling, ad-
v%enturous policy. But your empire, il
we mean it to live, must grow, must
steadily grow. If 1t ceases to grow ii
will begin to decay. Loud cheers.
That empire rests not merely on the
vain-glorious spirit Of a hollow imagina.
ton, but it rests upon the sound basis
of the extension of intercourse between
the civilized and the uncivillzed portion
of the world, and it is the foundation
and the necessary condition of that COM
mercial prosperity and of that indus.
trial activity which are the bread OF
life to millions Of our people,"