Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1885-09-24
FOREIGN GOSSIP.


irish Plank Prootaiins "Justicc to Irc-
land md Preservation OF the Union"--No
Suspicion of whigi,m In the Grand Old
Man. -
LONDON, September 2o.-Mr. Glad
stone proposes to follow his pamphlet
platform with O series of speeches un-
folding the ample political scheme out
lined In the printed address to the
electorate. The question is, where,
when and how shall the words be ut
tercda The party managers have no de-
sire to see their chief again frltter away
his slowly returning energies In Mid
lothian campaign. Mass-meetings arc
stricken from the programme. II Mrs.
Gladstone aud Sir Andrew Clark prevail
there will DO no stumping the country
this time. But the bare skeleton OF Lib
eral policy given to the Nation Is going
10 be covered with living flesh; lot there
be no mistake ubout that. Mr.. Gladstone
himself favors the idea OF addressing
conference of Liberal leaders In London,
to begin with. 1t is easier to reach
| the ear OF the country In this way than
| auy other. This was the short, sharp
and very effective method adopted OF ex-
| citillng public opinion In the Irish land
| question. Speaking In conversational
tone to gathering comprising recos..
| nized representatives OF every shade OF
Liberal thought, seated comfortably In
moderate sized suite OF luxurious rooms,
Mr.. Gladstone did more In one hour to-
ward ccmenting Liberal unity than he
had been able to accomplish previously
by three weeks lncessant effort inside
| and outside Parliament. The onthusi-
asm aroused cast into the shade all pre-
vious experiences. The selection of
Birmingham, the headquarters OF
advanced Radicalism and the
caucus, for the next address would
undoubtedly rally the radical masses and
bring The caucus system Of the kingdom
into line, disciplined, eager aud obedlcnt
10 the leaders will. Words OF counsel
to The Liberal committees OF Manchester,
Leeds, Liverpool and Glasgow, skillfully
designed to break down the barriers be-
tween Wings and Radicals, extremes and
moderatcs, would conclude a series, the
absolute certain effect OF which must be
to consolidate all sections OF the Liberal
party aud create the needed en-
thusiasm. Mr.. Gladstone'e appeal
to the electorate is admirably
framed, as q 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 disestablishment plank will be han
died by the Tories for all 1t Is worth, not
only In Scotland, where discstablishment
Is q living issue, but In England, where 1t
Is dstantly threatened. Mr.. Gladstone,
however, is careful not to entangle KIM
self; he leaves that to the Tories. Tho
non. conformists are vastly In the major.
ity in both countries, and In Wales over
whelmingly so, and II 1t comes to square
fight on the maintenance OF the State
Church, Gladstone will find himself on
the popular and winning side, the side
with most votes.
The Egyptian question, which seems
to be regarded by outsiders as Glad
; stones weakest point, is really MS
strongest, from the electorate point OF
view, strange as 1t may appear to Amer
lean readers.
Something moro than a superficial
view of surface facts Is necessary to un-
!. derstand the motives underlying Glad
stones exposition of Liberal doctrines.
The Liberals were sent to office In 1880
with a mandate from the Nation to
reverse the foreign policy oil the Tory
Government and this Egyptian question
was prominent feature. Liberal opln-
ion regards Gladstone's failures as the
logical result of the Tory legacy. The
: evils Gladstone was sent to office to re-
move have not disappeared. Five years
OF vain struggle have left them Intact
and the task of sweeping them away has
still to be accomplished. Tory
triumphs over Gladstone simply
mean that success has crowned
; their efforts to resist the Nations man
e date. TIER work, therefore, will have
to be done all over again; this time In
such fashion as TO bury the Tories and
secessionists deep out OF sight. These
are aspirations which fire the Liberal
heart iu 1885. When 1t is said that
c,adstone's Egyptian plank is rotten,
, every potent fact In English poll.
= tics is forgotten. The admission Of
: Liberal error In going into Egypt to
perpetua,e Tory blunders Is, to the
minds of Liberals, the most effective
1 indictment of Tory policy possible &c
Q conceive, and the strongest claim OF tine
. Gladstone Cabinet to o further tern
). in office and another opportunity to
reverse Tory policy. The withdrawal Of
h the army may be bitter pill to swal
: low, but Ia heeting incident Of politica
|. action Is, after all, small thing com
0 pared to the eterna principles OF Ma
Q tional life.
i The Irish plank, from a Liberal out
II look, is perfect. Gladstone takes hi
It stand on the principles Of lss0-'Justic
A to ireland and preservation Of tn
d Cnlon." 1t is impossible of imagine
q better double headed party cry. TIL
8 Tories can do no better. The Irish sure
% Nv ask no more than Justice. Gladston
promises this In the fullest sense, an
the National conscience is satisfied Re
!. cent events In Ireland are not calculates
TO weaken the impression tina
. Gladstone is likely to prove
y wiser guide than Lord Randolp
l. Churchill, the author OF the Tory-Iris
le alliance and dictator OF the Tory-Iris
II policy, the indication OF which would
n 80 quickly followed by Parnell's declard
- tlon of secession, renewed agrarian oIi
RACES, Redmoud's threats OF armed n
Is bellion and the Nationalist organs II
ID element to bloodshed. Gladstone
To declarations for free land, the abolitlo
q. of primogeniture, and reform Of th
is House OF Lords as well as the Commons
rd place him at once In the front rank
he advanced Liberals, and dissipate al
ny suspicion of Whigism with which b
ic name nav of late have been associate
BY These are principles to which the entil
te party Is committed and it Is nonsense
re say they can ALLEVIATE Wings or
characterize them az platitudes
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