Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-12-06
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been dissolved In the midst Of more
embarrassing crisis than the present. Not
that we are face TO face with my special
danger, but we are confronted with most
pcrplexing possibilities. We arc ut
peace aud yet we may be on the eve OF n
great war. Tho people are content to
make their influence felt at the ballot
boxes; yet there is much uncasiness In
the country. Efforts are being made to
set class against class. Tho element OF
fanatlclsm has been introduced into tho
electoral campaign. The standard Of the
church has been raised aloft. The Bit
tcrness Of religious fucds has boon inn
putcd into the canvass. "lfree landn
and other Socialistic cries are heard.
There Is bracing up OF old riyarcs.
Glasses are gathering together. Gree
trade or protgctiouY Is a question that
sounds like strange revival And over
all can be heard with the ear OF imarlna-
ton the roar OF hostile guns in The Bal.
kans. Any day we may have 90 drop for
awhile these burning questions OF church
and state aud OF land reforms and tariffs
70 cousecrate our attention once more on
the Eastern question. II there were more
sincerity among politicians and less fac
Jlou, we should have time for domestic
ds well az foreign politics; but the spirit
Of party selnshncss ~ the main factor on
both sides, and thus the problems OF the
hour are passed on from one generation
20 another. While | write, parliament is
dissolved There Is no longer member
Of parliament In England Tho magic
letters, ON p" are abolished Tho
house OF commons does not exist They
are beginning TO select the men who shall
constitute that next assembagc. The
land Is full Of the party cries Of tho con
tending factions. Every hall and assem-
bly, room echoes with the oratory OF the
chiefs and the cheers OF their
partisans or the grouns OF their op-
poncnts. All England, Ireland and Scot.
land are full Of the "sound aud fury" of
the various platforms. Every polit-
zeal hobby that man can ride Is being rid
den, Every "iSm" that Is known TO the
language Is being paradcd; every anti
this and anti-that which philosophy and
ianaticism can Invent Is having It's turn IN
public. All the boardings are covered
with political posters, and many private
houses are exhibiting the rival plncards
Even London Is giving way to The general
excitement. In the terrace by Regents
park whore reside, scores OF houses are
decorated with the command, "Votc for
Lord Charles BerCsford.n And, for my
part, certainly will, In preference 10 his
cantlng opponent. Very great issues de-
pend upon the result Of the election. n
MIR. Gladstone comes into power
we shall have renewal OF the
past troubles, foreign and domestic,
which have grown out Of his vacilating
policy his trimming, his lying and his
vanity. There never was so learned "A
fool rs Mr., Gladstone The Blue book OF
his premiership, the German White book
and the Russian state papers win furnish
an everlasting condemnation of his for
cign policy, and the story OF Egypt and
the SoGdan, when impartiaily told in his.
tory, viii cover his name In infamy
LCarned2 Yes no man more so; but his
craftsmanship would be fnrcical were lt
not trnglc. ole Will ruin his country or
die In n mad-housc," was tho prediction
OF Lord Palmcrston. People are begin
ming to think seriously of the great En-.
gllshmnn's prophecy. Gladstone has as
surodly brought us TO the edge OF a
prCClpice. WIN the common sense of
the people be strong enough TO check the
ruinOus march In timer Mr.. Gladstone
Is having u hot time of 1t even In Scot
land, where, however, he has spokcp with
ms customary power but not
with his usual Influence. He
has 20 "trlm" too much TO be
effective. His one object is to get once
more back into Office. lie would best
consult his fame aud his influence were he
to "dare TO be free" from the wire pulling
of Chamberlain aud Dixie. Under the cir.
cnnAtancCa Mr.. Gladstone cannot com
plain that the Gordon tragedy is much
used against him, though one OF Gurdon'4
last pathetic letters * occasionally quoted
by rival speakCrs--thc letter In which the
martyrcd representative Of England un.
der Gladstone wrote: 81 will accent
nothing from Gladstono's government, as
viii never put foot In England again,
but VIII %. V. II get ouD 20 TO Brus.
sells and 80 on 20 Congo He Wns anx.
lous ic Join Stanley In Central Africa.
II lisa terrible indictment that under
Gladstone 10000 persons have been
killed, 100000, 900 spent In Egypt and the
Soudan, for nothing, literally nothing.
Nobody has benefited by single Liberal
operation in Egypt or In Europe, and vet
the land Is sttcwn with the graves of tho
British, Egyptian and Arabian soldiers.
aud dotted with ruined cities aud burned
up villages. "lf the late government
were only TO be judged by the Gordon In.
cident, they do not deserve to come bach
TO office" is the verdict Of every foreign
politician meet.
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TuE IRISH cuIEf IN 4 pRoUp POSITION
Mr.. Parnell has reason TO feel satisfied
whether one may question his honesty OF
not, whether one may believe that he h a
professional agltator who will never De
satisfied with anything, or whether he Ia
really true patriot Ia the bust sense,
which means the good Of hls country
without the thought Of self whatever he
Is, there can be no question as to Bis
powcrat the present moment, iIn may
almost be said 90 be the arbitor Of tho
present political contest, and. considering
MS previous contentious with Mr.. Glad.
stone, he would not be human II he did
not rejoice at the humiliatng position
which Mr.. Gladstone occupies before the
country. II Is not In regard TO Ireland
that Tories and Liberals arc seeking
favor at the hands of The neutlpman whom