New-York tribune., 1885-02-22
LIBERALISM VS.. SOCIALISM.
THE PROTEST OF THE LIBERALS A0AiNoi
MR.. CHAMBERLAINS POLICY.

The state of parties AT this moniohV III
one of confusion Tories and Liberals alike are per-
pN,'aa ~, the neg conditions in which thew hud
themselves. and each is pointing out with some
~oo ,he d .tresses of the other. AS for the Tory
noytv Il holds together from habit and waits upon
Providence /, has no leader whom 1t fully trusts
II has no platform on which any two out OF us 'Ieo
,nost consn,cnous chiefs can agree TO stand IL Is
ashamed OF its attitude in the present ana ,''
4n,u,e offers but little hope Of success at the po''
what hone there is proceeds apon the possio'i,s "a
q rooonstruction of parties; and that is ptso" 0''
,,a ,beo,v that the Liberals are gong 10 spi' w "
soon as Mr. Gladstone is out OF the way
The Liberals for their part, seem 10 oe '"'o -,
49, 90 Of the oft t-postponed life and oeatn
str,,role between Radicals and those moderate hip
.ra,s whom the Radicals call wings. ME- on,n.- VI,
hey,am Is the author of their present crlSi'' '''
three speeches at Bir,nin CHAM and Ipswich h"'0
tborouohly alarmed the reasonable ana Ieason"s
section of the party. The talk about hiaAi"s ','o
work Of private ownership about lhe ilhson ny"
nyopeyty will nave TO pay, about the deo' uuo ~
those who refrain from robnery' auo'.' "'9 tor
nt6o to land about a graduated income '"A
IA tba rest is thought To foresnado"
'sn,+e mischief. People have looked rather
,nvious,v 10 see what Mr.. ChamberIains co leagues
- nave tn saw about Mr.. Chambcrlalns pro-
.osaIs Tbus far they have looked III Vall' Mr.
~.ln
tIdo+o,a is silent Lord Harrington is silen''
ur rrcvelvan has spoken at Liverpool a"" o''
,onta5 b,nself with letting fall generai p'",o''
scainst confiscat,on. Sir Charles Dlke mas SP"No
twice or thrice 1t is significant tha' MI
a;, most intimate personal friend and poiitic"'aiN
.Ia,,a h,va avoided committing himself 10 all up
s-...,I ~ Mr. Chamberlains doctrines Inat no
shon,a condemn them was not to be expec'ed' 1. Is
oomethinc that he should not sanction tie"|
a;rsc, answer to Mr. Chamberlain has peeh ih''
bv any Cabinet Minister ,;,,o,,,
There are however, two memoers oi '"'
nortv whose influence with the party ls Supe''o'
that Of most Cabinet Mlnisters-Mr. ro,s'0r
~" coschen. Mr.. Forster's relation to Mr.. Chau-
berlain may make him hesitate 10 speaS o'''
forced 70. He is the object of his former COZ
,e,o,s hitter d,slike-most men believe, ALSO the
,,;ot;m of a cabal to which Mr.. Chamberlain was
~. str,nccr He NAV scruple, therefore TO AT
tack ON public grounds man whose conuuct "
,,,so,f be is entitled to resent. Mr.. Forster Is
MAJ, Tn whom real magnamnhy would be natu'a''
he made no direct alIusion to his old enemy III S
br;ef s,eecb at Bradford On SATURDAY, III w'i'' nc
sa,d about the recent wild talk about property may
he supposed to refer TO the President I'll the po"O
~ Trade that is not Mr.. Forstor's fault. 80 ol MS
,omarl that it would be bettor II those VINO '",A
so much now about the nights ol "'iN-
incmen and the rights OF other ci"ssen
wond only convert the word He'
into the word duty That, said Mt FORSTER.
would do quite as much good and wonid aNe''
much harm. .. ,.to. Ia
likes and has said it with great paInness OF SpcecH
at Edinburgh. The occasion vas such as 10 ni'Ae
+ba nro,est the moro welghty. Mr.. Goschen had
boo, invited 10 address the electors OF Edinburgh
9TH n view 10 becoming candidate for one OF the
divisions Of that city under the new Redistribution
of Seats Bill. man naturally might seek III these
circumstances 10 be cOnciiiatory. III Is not to MS
interest 70 rouse the hostility Of any section "l 'he
party from which he wants votes MI ooNcncn
maid not the least attention TO CONCENTRATIONS VI
This sort He has proved his independence ana as
Intermediates Of. en- before He Geclined Cabinet
Office under this Government became hewas against
,he large measure of enfranchisement they were
known TO contemplate The m'aslre once passed
he accepts il as a thing Accomplished ana Wo"iu
be necessary member of any LlDeIai NapI"o'
hereafter that should aim at representing the whole
Liberal partv Mr.. GOschen, 1T Is true, Is greater
force N the House of Commons than III the country
He ,acts some of the more fllmsy arts of popular
sneaker and to those of the denago-ue has never
stooped. With him principles arc more than eA-
red,encv. He has convictions, and he adheres 70
them and acts on them. 1t would he diihcuit 70
conceive of Mr. GOschen as makiug up MS
mind that the two millions OF new eicc'ots'
who will vote for the hiSV 'in'
at the next general election, are gong
in fer po!icy of piunder and so efernS himself 10
then as ready TO lead a crusade against properly
landed cr other.
What he has done at Edinburgh shows you 'he
man. He has made 10 personal attack on M''
Chamberlain but he has condemned his doct'h'a'
exposed his faIlacies. refuted his argunehts-ho''
rerbans. without q tcuch of coutemptnousress for
The rash ignorance shown in the handling oi certain
ouestious. He has contributed good phrase TO
the current politics OF the day; phrase which de-
scr,hes In two words the more Objectionable oi
those remedies for alleged social evils when
Mir. Chamberlain has either proposed or indirectly
advocated He calls them " crude p9Daceas ana
among them are land naturalization and iand
eeurta TO fix rents And Mr. GOschen briefly says ne
Is but advancing al old Radical doctrine Wh'n Inc
pleads the cause Of freedom against state inter-
ference He quotes MIR. ChamberlaiAs dehnl5lon oil
the existing system ofStaxatlon as one that
hears hardly on the poor and hardly at all on
tho rich, and asks whose system 1t is winch
is thus caricatured. ut is the system OF
the greatest financial genius Of this century-his
whose magic wand has touched o'H finances and
brought them to a point which makes them the ad
mfratl0n OF every country III EutVPoi- III '"o
system of Mr.. GladstoneD Mr. Chamberlain, it is
charitable to presume, did not know that he was
assaiIng his own chief when he spoke as he did ST
the system created by sir. Gladstone. But, before
eriticisng the existing scheme of taxation he might
have taken the tronbie to read the Financial
Statements" in which it IL sxDOunded. Mr. Cham
beran is understood to bold that the history Of Eng
land begins with the Reform Bill of S32, bat these
are subsequent TO that date II is not even neces-
sary to disinter them from the pages of Hansard.
They exist in volume which, though scarce is
procurable for no very extravagant price; Murray
published it IN 1884. The very first speech in the
book deals with tho Income Tax, one OF those taxes
Oh which Mr.. Chamberlain turned the full weight