Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1884-11-26
An English Webster.

An American gentleman lii u letter
from London says very big English
gun is my lord, the Marquis of Sails
bury. He is to-day Daniel Webster
in English politics. Opponents style
him a political wTecker, and character
ize him as naughty, bitter and aristo-
cratic; yet all cOncede his surprising
abilities, especially as parliamentary
debater. When Salisbury Is pitted
against GladstOne-and when are they
not pitted against each Other-we have
a contest worth looking at l saw Sal
lsbuIy 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 man Is idOllZed-almost deitied by
a 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 of the most
powerful Lords of the district, and
horses are dragged from his carriage
by nen 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 to
a rally of many thousands at plymouth.
In front of the balcony from which he
harangued, Shakespeare spoke thus, In
letters of gold upon blue ground:
sLlft up thy noble brow, renowned Salisbury,
And with great heart heaye away this storm,
EOr honorable rescue aud defence
cries cut upon the name Of Salisbury"
1t was from this balcony that Sails
bury uttered preroration in defence or
his course on the Egyptian question,
which possesses a burning eloquence
hard to match anywhere.
81 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 mere CHI
mera we have followed all these centu-
ries. 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 1 am now exhorting you to imi-
tate2 Do you think that if you had
never conquered India, or if you had
never resisted Napoleon, you would be a
happier, a more peaceful, more pros
porous, a more contented nation? 1t is
no mere chimera that you follow. No
doubt the impulse which leads men to
heroic deeds, and which leads people to
great exertions and great sacrifices, is
not founded on calculation; it Is the
peculiarity of heroic sentiments and
noble characters. But it IS a false
philosophy to say that it Is thin and
shadOwy sentiment, Sentiment Is a
noble thing of itself. Sentiment in
itself makes men better citlZens-the
belief that they belong to great en-
pire, with great traditions, with great
hopes, ornamented by distinguished
names and splendid exertions, hat be-
lief, l think, makes every citizen him.
self work better in his own sphere, and
impresses and puriies the national
character by which we all exist. But
it does more than this. Undoubtedly
we should avoid anything like an un-
necessary, intermeddling, adyenturou:
policy. But your empire, If we mean II
to live, must grow, must steadily grow.
If it ceases to grow it will begin to de-
cay. That empire rests not merely or
the vain-glorious spirit Of hollow
imagination, but it rests on the sound
basis of the extension OF intercourse
Z 1srar
portion of the world, and it Is the foun
dation and the necessary condition o
that commercial prosperity and OF thai
industrial activity which are the bread
of life to millions Of our people"
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