The weekly Floridian. [volume] (Tallahassee, Fla.) 1867-19??, 1886-07-15

dustin Mccarthy. N. r.. in the New York Herald1
LONGFoRD, July TO-" Boutwell, is down"
saws ClaverhOuse in SCOTS Old Mortality
and many pretty fellow with him
Boutwell, is down in the elections here, and
many pretty fellow with Boutwell,. Goschen
is dOwn-has been flung clear out of his saddle
at Edinburgh Trevelyan is down.
As an Irish member and Home Ruler am
bound to rejoice over Goschcn's fall lie was
a worse enemy of the Irish cause by far than
Chamberlain. Every one knows Chamberlain
to be an ambitious politician in your American
sense OF the word-a man determined 10 succeed
in Parliamentary life--to succeed honestly il he
could but to succeed anyhow.
Goschen, on the other hand, goes in for rugged
independence processes not To care a rap for
office; is Tor the Independent English principle
only. don't say that is my opinion Of Goschen,
but it is the common opinion certainly il is the
opinion GOschen likes spread abroad concerning
his political character and purposes. Therefore,
when Goschen spoke up against Gladstone and
home rule a certain class of persons declared
that GOschen spoke in the voice Oi English pub
lie opinion, and was England's fearless and pro.
phetc guide.
| cannot help rejoicing that the Edinburgh
constituency which elected Goschen a few
months ago by n large majority has rejected him
now by a majority still larger. The issue was
distinctly home rule or no home rule. Goschen
pronounced against home rule his constituency
have pronounced against him.
Another pretty fellow down is Sir Charles
| Dixie am sorry Tor Dixie. He is Home
Ruler on principle has been for ever 80
many years. 1t must have cost him keen pang
| to separate from Chamberlain on this question
| OF home rule They were strong, close friends
| when the Gladstone Government was formed, in
| 1880. Dixie, theh man of far greater mark
| than Chamberlain, refused TO join the Admins
| traton unless Chamberlain was offered place
(ah; LODI of fret
| He afterward agreed to bikes terms for the
sake of securing Dixie, SO Chamberlain became
| a member of the Cabinet, while Dixie was
tent 10 hold position In the Administration out
side the charmed circle Of the Cabinet Dixie
rose to a Cabinet Office in good time, but ii is TO
his credit that he preferred his friend before him.
self and lifted Chamberlain by one push to
place it would otherwise have cost Chamber
lain years and years 10 attain.
| Now they separate. Dixie goes one way
| Chamberlain another-Dilke out of Parlia-
ment, Chamberlain in; Dixie the victim of an
improved accusation, the scapegoat OF the Brit
| ish public in one Of what Macaulay called its
periodical fits of morality"
| Nothing whatever is proved against Dixie
only man said woman told him something.
| That was the whole story. That was the reason
| why the public and the publicans of Chelsea
would not elect Dixie; not because he was a
| Home Ruler.
|
| ty fellow, toO-is Joseph Cowen, of Newcastle
| Cowen is not conquered. He merely falls out
OF the ranks, drops behind, not being inclined
or rather not able, to carry arms in the fight any
longer.
| Cowen is in feeble health and failing sight
He is comparatively young man in political
| life, but OF modest, shrinking temperament and
| not quite content with the recent way of man.
aging political affairs through the caucus.
The House of Commons loses in COwen one
of its very finest speakers; more than that
| one of its greatest orators / am not sure if
COwen is not one of the very best of Great En-
| glish popular orators. A thorough friend of
Ireland and Irelands cause in the darkest days
| ever a better friend as the days grew darker, we
shall miss him in times 10 come, be they never
so promising and prosperous
For the hour, suppose, they will not be alto
gether prosperous, so far as Ireland is concerned
but Ireland may be well content. Her Cause is
safe and she can afford TO wait still little Ion
yer.
Home Rule must be carried. No administra-
| ton, led by Salisbury or any other, can attempt
to carry on the business of legislation until the
| Home Rule question is settled. The alliance be-
tween Salisbury and the Secessionist Liberals
cannot last The two SETS will soon fall out,
| and, when Conservatives and Liberal Secession
| ist fall out honest men-that is, Homer Rulers
get their own