Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1884-07-18
GLADs rUnES W AIMING
His Challenge to uhC House ga Lon


In moving the third rcldlnf Of the nan
chise bill in the house Of commons ME-
Gladstone spoke as follows regarding the
expected opposition IN the house oil ioru'
With respect to threats held out | wish
principally to poiut out that we have acted
suitably to those words of Shakespeare, BE
ware of entrance to IA quarrel ii there was
anything suggested to us not Incompatible
with the OBJECTS we had in view, we did not
t,fusc it, FIR the sake of avoiding such a
quarrel, which / should regard as calamity
giicvous to the country, bringing into q'lcs-
ton the parliamentary INSTITUTIONS uh'',
which we have lived so long Chc,rs ana
Clunler-Cheers "a conflict viii h. II III re-
ure in the country men in NiusG opinion
such conflict may be Il good thing, It was
our solemn duty to take every reasnhah'
means of avoiding For that reason sc
have considered every question lii whtl We
considered the way most likely to Nv ll ~
sstance and most likely to avoid conilct
between the Houses ot the Legislature. Il
is true that no word Of acknowledgment OF
this has been uttered but, on the other
hand, We have been told that This is hlll,to
insure the permanrut existence Of a liberal
government. Opposition cheers. is that
All equitable or a liberal M Of look H.. at
public questions; Is it ili'tnal mode 7
Cheers, VI nom are We ~ H4 Parliament
to euGrauChsc? T kim T. ,rd and Scot
lund-I will 49, -..us Il Iceland, be-
cause the case rs 4r... the largest en-
reimbursement about 10 bc made, is the
acknowledgment of the agricultural la
borers. Is that proceeding taken by
the government which has in view
the perpetuation of its own power 7
Is there any class in the country which
is 50 liable to influence from above-I do not
mean Legitimate iutlucnce-is there any
class SO liable to this influence as the agri-
cultural hhorers OF the country ? Nothing
hut the greatest change in that class could
save the agricultural iaborers from the in
lluenc of The farmers, the landlords and the
clergy, and yet we are tod that we are seek
to entranchise these men for the purpose of
perpetuating our own power. respectfully
say that is not a rational view. Does the
service franchise look very like govern
ment seeking to pcluc. I'u its own power Z
Are gauekccprrs aud .aydacrs class of
persons in the service OF lihcr:i-t are they
not in the enormous MAJORITY II cases in
I ne services Of our opponents: We have
.u'uly led to COuCliate our opponents
~ Jur policy, DIt 1t mas been approved by
% consider questions OF great importance
IL Wui.h we "',rc certain o. the support of
the great mass of Ill. raj opinion, we might
have takcu more and more distinct course,
but we have taken the more moderate one,
and run the risk Of offending for the mOmclt
many OF those who are among our best sup
| poltcrs and we have done this throughout
| as the introduction of the service franchise,
| any in the preservation Of existing franchises
| without any limitation, except II provision
| against the Legitimate creation OF property
votes. When it was suggested to US, partly
on practical grounds, by the honorable mem
Der for Wolverlamplon, partly on p'iiical
| grounds, that the Introduction of the
date for the operation OF the bill
might mitigate its character and tend t.
draw towards us the more moderate of
| lis opponents, we threw no difficulty
in the way. Cheers We were willinA
there, again, at The risk of being misundcl
Stood by some of our most ardent and sin
cere supporters, for the sake of attaining
that object which have described, that We
| would beware OF entrance to quarrel
| Cheers think we have given sufficient
evidence of our desire to avoid quarrel.
am bound to say that hold the question ct
| this evidence H. be matter of the great ST
! importance, because even the remote prUba.
bihty of "a conflict between the two houses
upon such Il question as this lake to be tho
most serious prospect that has been opened
during my TeCOlleCtous stree the crisis u
the corn laws was opened 10 the view Oi
i Parliament. Cheers | will not undertake
to put limit TO the mischief and dillicu,tlc
which might result. Loud ch crs an,
counter. cheers. Most grave AN cpniidcn
too painfully contident-lhcy VII ~
!. Renewed cheers and counter CHI ers
T.. But what the ultimate result q
lit will be | have not u doubt
Renewed cheers and cOuuter-checrs. Tina
The DUTY OF preventing it by every rcasonahI
means was the most sacred duty iucumGen
tupon US on this occasion, next to the glcu
business of enirauchising vast mass of tn
population, do not toubt, and the secon
duty, as well as the first OF our obligations
which we have carefully and slrenuousl
endeavored to fulfil. Cheers be
to move HE third reading Of the bill. Lpu
! che Cls