The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1885-09-26
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iosBov, September 40 -Mf Glad
siono proposes 10 follow his pamphlet
platform vim a series N speeches un.
folding the ample political scheme out.
lined IN the printed address 70 lbe
electorate. The question IL, where,
when and how shall The words be W.
tefedi Tho party managers have no de-
slro 20 seo thoir chief again irlt1sr awaI
his slowly returning energies la q Mid
lothian campaign meetings are
stricken from The programme, u Mrs.
Gladstone and Sir Andrew Clark prevail
there will be no stumplng the country
this time. hut the bare skeleton Of LIB.
oral policy given 20 the Nation ls golng
TO be covered with living loshi let there
be no mistake about that. Mr.. Gladstone
himself iayors the Idea Of addressing q
conference OF Liberal leaders In London,
TO begin with II Ia easier 10 reach
tho ear OF the country In this way than
any other. This was the short, sbarr
and very effective method adopted OF ox.
otltlng public opinion In the Irish land
question. Speaking In conversational
tone to gathering comprising rocog.
nized representatives OF every shade ol
Liberal thought, seated comfortably In q
moderate sized suite OF luxurious rooms,
Mr.. Gladstone did more In one hour to
ward cemen,lng Liberal unity than he
had been able to accomplish previously
by three weeks Inccssant effort inside
and outside Parliament Tho enthusl.
asm aroused cast into tho shade all pre-
vlous experiences. Tho selection OF
Birmingham, the headquarters OF
advanced Rldlcalism and the
caucus, for the next address would
undoubtedly rally the radical masses aud
bring the caucus system OF the kingdom
into line, disciplined, eager and obcdlcnt
TO the leaders will. Words OF counsel
TO the Liberal committees OF Manchcs ster,
Leeds, Liverpool and Glasgow, skIlliully
| designed 10 break down the barriers be.
tween Wings and Radicals, extremes aud
moderatos, would conclude a series, the
absolute certain effect OF which must DO
TO consolidate oil sections Of the Liberal
party and create the needed en-
thuslasm. Mr.. Gladstone'e appeal
10 the electorate In admirably
framed, asa whole, for the ends In
view. Isolated portions may tend per.
haps TO divide extremists In the great
wings, but the effect will not be lasting.
The dscstabllshment plank will be han
died by the Tories for all II Is worth, not
only In Scotland, where dlscsta blishment
is q living issue, but In England, where II
| Ia dtstantly threatened. Mr. Gladstone,
however, II careful not to cntanglo Kim
self; he leaves that 10 the Tories. The
non.coniormlsts arc vastly In tho major.
ity In both countries, and In Wales over.
whclmlngly 80, and II II comes 10 square
fight on the maintenance OF the State
Church, Gladstone will nnd himself on
the popular aud winning side, tho side
with most votes.
The Egyptian question, which seems
10 be regarded by outsiders as Glad
stones weakest point, Ia really his
strongest, from the electorate point OF
view, strange as II may appear to Amer
lean readers.
Something more than a superficial
view Of surface facts Is necessary 10 un.
dcrstand the motives underlying Glad.
stones exposition Of Liberal doctrines.
The Liberals were sent TO Office In 1880
with mandate from the Nation TO
reverse the foreign policy OF the Tory
Government and this Egyptian question
was prominent feature. Lbcral opln.
lon regards Gladstone's failures as The
logica result of the Tory legacy. The
evils Gladstone was sent to Office 10 re-.
move have not disappeared. Five years
oi vain struggle have left them Intact
and the task OF sweeping them away has
still 10 DO accomplished. TORI
trumphs over Gladstone simply
mean that success has crowned
their efforts TO resist the Nations man.
date. Their work, therefore, will have
10 be done all over againi this time in
such fashion as 10 bury the Tories and
secessionists deep out OF sight These
are aspirations which Gre the Liberal
heart In 1885. When II Is said that
Gladstonc's Egyptian plank Is rotten,
every potent fact In Engllsh poll.
tics Is forgotten. The admission oi
Liberal error 10 going into Egypt 70
perpetuaie Tory blunders Is, TO the
minds Of Liberals, the most effective
indictment OF Tory policy possible 20
conceive, aud the strongest claim Of the
Gladstone Cabinet 10 further term
IN Office and another opportunity 10
reverse Tory policy. The withdrawal Of
the army may be bitter pill 10 swal'
low, but Ia feetlng Incident OF political
action IL, after all, a small thing CON.
pared 10 the eierrs principles of Ma
lional life.
The Irish plank, from Liberal out
look, Is perfect. Gladstone takes bis
stand on the principles Of 1ss0--"JustIce
10 ireland aud preservation Of tho
Union" II Is impossible Of imagine a
better doublc-headed party cry. The
Tories can do no better. The Irish sure
ly AK no more than justice. Gladstone
promises this In the fullest sense, and
the National conscience II satisfied He
Ituh NNtuNs W iiNtauh ht' hbh 1h'hihf'i
10 weaken the Impression thai
Gladstone Is likely TO provo 4
wiser guide than Lord Randolph
Churchill, the author OF the Tory.lrlst
alliance aud dictator Of tho Tory.Irlst
policy, the indication OF which would b.
80 quickly followed by parnelrs declsra-
tion Of secession, renewed agrsrisn ont
RACES, Redmond's threats Of armei 70
bellIon and the Nationalist organs Ia
citement 10 bloodshed. Gladstone
declarations for free land, the abolition
OF primogenlture, aud reform Of The
House OF Lords as well as the Commons
place him at once 10 the front rank o
advanced Liberals, aud dlssipats snl
suspicion Of whigism with which BIZ
name may Of late have been associated
These arc principles TO which the entlr'
party ls committed aud II Is nonsense y
say ,hsy can ALLEVIATE wings or Y
characterize them % platitudsa
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