The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1885-09-25
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

land and Preservation of the Union"-No
Suspicion of Whigism In the Grand Old
Man.
LONDON, September 20.--Mr. Glad
stone proposes to follow his pamphlet
platform with 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.
tered? The party managers have no de-
sire to see their chief again frltter away
his slowly returning energies in Mid.
lothian campaign. Mass-meetings are
stricken from the programme. If Mrs.
Gladstone and Sir Andrew Clark prevail
there will be no stumping the country
this time. But the bare skeleton of Lib
eral policy given to the Nation Is going
to be covered with living flesh; let there
be no mistake about 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
any other. This was the short, sharp
and very effective method adopted of ex--
cititing public opinion in the Irish land
question. Speaking in a conversational
tone to gathering comprising recog-
nized representatives OF every shade oil
Liberal thought, seated comfortably in a
moderate sized suite of luxurious rooms,
Mr.. Gladstone did more in one hour to.
ward cementing Liberal unity than he
had been able to accomplish previously
by three weeks lncessant effort inside
and outside Parliament. The enthusi-
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 and obedlent
to 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
moderates, would conclude series,' the
absolute certain effect of which must be
to consolidate all sections of the Liberal
party and create the needed en-
thusiasm. Mr.. Gladstone'e appeal
to the electorate is admirably
framed, as a 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 ham
died by the Tories for all it is worth, not
only in Scotland, where disestablishment
| is living issue, but in England, where II
is distantly threatened. Mr.. Gladstone,
however, is careful not to entangle Kim
self; he leaves that to the Tories. The
non-conformists are vastly in the major.
ity in both countries, and in Wales over
whelmingly so, and If it 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 his
strongest, from the electorate point OF
view, strange as 1t may appear to Amer
lean readers.
Something more than superficial
view of surface facts is necessary to un-
derstand the motives underlying Glad
stone's 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 q prominent feature. Liberal opin-
lon 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.
date. Their work, therefore, will havt
to be done all over again; this time In
such fashion as to bury the Tories ant
secessionists deep out of sight. Thes'
are aspirations which fire the Libera
heart in 1885. When it Is said tina
Gladstone's Egyptian plank is rotten
every potent fact in English poll
tics is forgotten. The admission @
Liberal error in going into Egypt t
perpetuate Tory blunders Is, to th
minds of Liberals, the most effectlv'
Indictment of Tory policy possible t
conceive, and the strongest claim of tn
Gladstone Cabinet to q further teri
in office and another opportunity t
reverse Tory policy. The withdrawal {
the army may be bitter pill! to swa
low, but 10 fieeting incident of polite;
action is, after all, small thing con
pared to the eterna- principles of N,
iional life.
The Irish plank, from Liberal ou
look, is perfect. Gladstone takes h
stand on the principles of lSS0-sJustit
to Ireland and preservation of Il
Union." 1t is impossible of imagine
better double-headed party cry. II
Tories can do no better. The Irish sur
ly ask no more than justice. Gladstor
promises this in the fullest sense, al
, the National conscience is satisfied. R
cent events In ireland are not calculate
, to weaken the impression tn
! Gladstone is likely to prove
wiser guide than Lord Randol
Churchill, the author of the Tory-Iri
! alliance and, dictator of the Tory-Iri
i policy, the Indication of which would
g so quickly followed by Parnell's declal
!. RACES, Redmond's threats of armed
bellion and the Nationalist organs
7 citement to bloodshed. Gladston
/. declarations for free land, the aboliti
v of primogeniture, and a reform of I
4 House of Lords as well as the Common
4 place him at once in the front rank
advanced Liberals, and dissipate {
: suspicion of Whigism with which
! name may of late have been assoclat
i These are principles to which the ent
q party is committed and it is nonsense
e say they can ALLEVIATE Wings or
characterize them as platitudes.
!, RiePs Demeanor.
\ WINNIPEG, MAN, September 81
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