The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-03-04
GLADSTONE ON WASHINGTON.
Tho English Statesman's Opinion In Let
ter to An American Correspondent.
IN. Y. Tribune.l
10 DOWNING STREET, wHrTEHALL, !
October 4, 1884.

IN. Y. Tribune.l
10 DOWNING STREET., WHITEHALL
October 4, 1884.
DEAR Mr.. SMALLEY:--I was unwilling
10 answer your letter hastily, and there
fore postponed writing for two or three
days, but find this does not In any do
gree relieve me from my dilemma. The
first point raised by you is, indie d, one
that can be briefly disposed Of. When
first read in detail the lie OF Washington,
/ was profoundly impressed with the
moral elevation and greatn IS Of his char
acter, and und myself at loss oname
among tie stat smen Of any age or cum
try many, or possibly any. who could be
his rival. In saying this mean no dispa-
rage:uent to the class oil politicians the
mea OF my own craft and cloth, whom, In
my own land ani my own experience,
have found no less worthy than other men
OF love and OF admiration. could name
among them those who seem to me
to come near even 10 him. Bat will shut
ou the last half century from the compar-
ison. Twill then say that II, among all
the pedestals supplied by history for pub
lie charac ers Of extraordinary ability and
puri y, | saw one higher than all the rest,
and were required at a moments no.
tice to rame the q, test occupant for II,
think my choice, at any time during the
last forty five years would hive Ii hted,
and 1t would now light, u on Washington.
The 9th r subject Is one on which hard
I,,l i1a 90 fa, for lb..,.
pect 1t op ms to me Is as vist as IL Is di-
vers s.ii.i, aud It is 50 interesting as to be
al most overwh slmily. Mr B lria n Zincks,
no incomp st1nt ca cllat)r, rsckjns that
th, L glish speakin peoples Of tl1 world
a hun lrel wears hence will probably count
a thousand millions. So ne FIR nch au Jr,
whose Mans unfortunately forget,
la recent estimate, places them
somewhat lower; at what precise
igIre | do not recollect, but II is like
GJ0 nr 80 niliio Is. A C injury back | sIp-
pose they were not m lch, L. a. all, beyond
d. cen millions. alS) su IDos1 we may
now taks h ,m at hun lfel. These cal
Gu ations are not 80 visionary as til y may
seem to some-they rest upon a ra hsr
pretend 70 IS rJu "a appr 'xIml ion. But,
as +, c)llect, 1t was ei her inlay or oIe
OF those with whom the nam OF that crea-
ture Is assoc ated, that imputed, a CEN
tury back, tue probable po ~ alton OF the
American Ulion at tlis tte, an placed
Il very nearly at the point where it now
stands.
Wnat prospsct is that o. very many
hun Ire Is of IN lions oil p,ople, certainly
am )ls tbs most ma iful and ener ,ytic in
the W Jrd, JccIpyin one great continent,
may almost say two, AMI other Islands
aud terr tories not easy TO be counted,
with tnese Islands at tleir he'll, the most
historic in the world. In contact, 10y q
vast cJmm rec, wi.h all m1nkinl, AMI
perhaps si,l unlted in kinlly pIl tich as
socia i'm wi. soma nors hun lrsds II m l.
Ions fit ID no m al Il SHY. Un led
o. IJst absJlu ely in Olo)d AMI Ian 20,
an very larS ily in religion, laws and in-
| siCutions.
an;lcipatlons such as those are to be
liz IN any cjnd lerIbie d ,ree, tho
pros ect - At olcs ma iss.ic. ins Iir,ng and
CD isoia ory. Tao bj ct IS full OF msln.
ing and y. power, OF SO mucn moan, n :
that the pupil o the eye req IIres ii ne to
/ let IN such Il 20 OF II h. | sh Ill n II et-
TO npt alter thus sk5tching II TO ex iound
it. II woul be as a sIrl as IL u b)x-
keep at a theater, whel letting IN par
by Ioull ate npt to ex Iolnd the pi CO.
b Jpe that som person more cDm etent
an less ngag'd tnal myself will give
this su ] C. the stu ly it deserves; taking
his stand on the acts o tn last century,
an tn pro Mise, uais a, qaaRtan, Of the
comm one. | can not hut think, as we |
as ho,J 20, that good understandin :. In the
| iu u near AMI far, am lng En- sllsh speak
ins peo lie, though it may no bc matter
Of certainly, yet Is beyond the necessity
Of going begging, SO 10 sneak, for rec
ommsnda' ions from any individual, earn
esJly anl with my whole heart as /, Ior
one, should recommend IT, Clearly II
the English speaking peoples shall
then be anything like wat we
have now been suppo ing, and IL
there shall not be q good understand =
Ing among them there will have been q
bass desert on o. an easy duy gran
Iifuto such as might st anot or Dante to
denounce IL, a renunciat on OF the noblest,
the most beneficial, the most peaceful prl-
m,cy ever presented to tue heart and un-
ierstandins Of nfhn.
On the other hand, great rs 1t would be,
Il would d mani no propaganda, no super
lative ingenuity or effort; 1t ought TO he IN
orderly and natural growth, requ ring only
that you should be reasonably true and
loyal to your traditions, and we to ours.
To gain It will need no prcter-human
strength or wisdom; to miss It will require
some portentous degeneracy. Even were
II a day-droam II would be IN Improving
one, loftie' and better Than that which
prompted the verse
super OF Garamnntas ct lndos
Proferet imperium, Ia, ct extra sidera tellus
Extra ami sOllsque Was,