Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1886-02-21

TO lotn tnttr former cnict IN mis- latest en-
terprlse. But he Is grand old man. lie
win march without them. He will have
Joe Chamberlain for his lieulenant the
rhlegmatic llarcourt for bis BOSOM friend,
and the untried John Morley for his jour
nalistic fnouthplece. Chamberlain Is his
strongest officer. The member for
Birmingham Is live politician and may
make great statesman. lie has the
courage Of his opinions and is not trim
mer. When he sat In the former Glad
stone cabinet with the weight OF Office on
his shoulders, he was stlll the
same Republican Joe Chamberlain NJ u
old. lie wore his orchid In his button
hoic, served the queen and preached
Republicanism Just the same as when he
was Joe Chamberlain Of Birmingham and
no more. lwould admire his character,
whatever his political opinions. He Is a
man, not mere wcathcrcock; repre-
sentative, nota thing. You will hear a.
great deal ot the re-. Hon. Joseph Cham.
berlain, and | don't think you win ever
hear of him as mere ofllce-seeker, as a
minister who Is at the beck and call OF
circumstances. Hers before his time In
something, has an INSCRIPTIONS tongue,
is not very tender hearted, but he Is
neither fiabby nor Jesuitical. He knows
his own mind, and IL liz his own mind, not
an instrument for men TO play upon, and
ho Is not afraid to have the nature of It's
music heard and understood. Joe Cham
herlain and Lord Salisbury are the two
strongest and most capable statesmen In
England at this moment; but unhapily
for this country they are rowing In differ
emit boats.
UE DORIS NOT UNITE rHE LInkRAI PARTY,
When MIR. Gladstone made his last pill
grimage TO Midlothian you will remember
that he said he went with but one object
Ito promote and, II possible, 20 restore
the unity OF the liberal party. Up TO
that moment the Daily News and other
Liberal journals declared that the re-
ports of division in the Liberal camp were
Tory ISLANDERS, But even the potentially OF
great newspaper Is not strong enough
TO smother the truth. Mr. Gladstone did
great deal 30 close up the scattered
ranks. He Is a subtle and at the same
time 4 powerful orator No speaker can
make black appear so white as Gladstone
can. His speech is silyern and golden
too. Ii Is syrenic. IL sets men dream.
ing, II is like strange music, II
you have never heard Gladstone speak
you do not know the persuasive
power OF oloquence. MIR. Chauncey De-
pew is a fine orator, but it Is the oratory
OF intellect and fancy. Ingersoll has the
voice OF the trumpet. Poor Emery
| Storrs tickled you with amusing stories,
but Gladstone has the knack OF enlisting
| his heart In alliance with his brain. lie
can make himself believe that he is IN
earnest, can force his heart into his
voice. he is intellectual, and can yet be
emotional and impassioned; he knows
how 10 make his great scholarship sub
servient TO the smallest intrigue; he has
tones In his voice that can draw tears or
arouse men to violence; he is more
anxious 10 win the applause OF an
audience than TO instruct II; more
anxious Tor its admiration than for the
| support of Its honest convictions; he Is
the smallest great man, | should think,
| the world has ever seen. And by
the time you read these words,
to approve OF them or TO dsa-
gree with them, he will once more
be at the head OF our English ministry.
"For how long2" you ask As long as 1t
answers the purpose Of Mr.. Parnell TO
keep him in office. He did great deal
towards uniting the Liberal party ut
Midlothian He thought he had done It..
. IutH it OuiN Nuuttu VIZ lhIHtlllNths i "
secure them he gave out through Master
Herbert aud others that he was IN favor
OF an Irish parliament and home rule.
This OF course was sop enough for Par
nell. But IL broke up again the tbinly
healed breach The Liberal party was
once more ga house divided against IT,
self" For the time being, however, the
| parnell support was enough. IL enabled
| Gladstone, on side issue aud through Il
convenient tool one Ceilings, to support
the Salisbury ministry. lie counted on
this success TO bring his old friends
around him. He has counted without
his host; so that when the real tug of
war comes he will either fall by com.
bination Of Conservatives, moderate
! Liberals and Wings, or by an alliance Of
| Parnellitos and Tories. The position Is
a curious and pitiful one; and IN the end
must lead to another dissolution and
another general election.
A RADICAL GOVERNMENT.
AZ the same time Mr.. Gladstone mag
| be said TO have fulfilled the hopes and
predictions Of the Radical party, though
no pointedly rejected their programme In
| his Midlothian speeches and refused TO
| Join In their attack upon The established
church, leading Radicals said: al ever
| he holds office again IL will be with a Rad
| zeal ministry.n Mr. Chamberlain declared
In public that he (Chamberlain) would
never Join any cabinet that turned It's
back npon certain foremost claims OF re-
folm that belong TO the Radical pro.
gramne. lie also threatened the
clergy and the church party, tell
| ing them that having come out and fought
against the Radicals purely on religions
| grounds, the Radicals would no longer
/ temporlze with the question Of dlsestab
| lishment OF the church, but would take IL
in hand on the first opportunity, Pressed
| hard in this direction, Mr.. Gladstone
contentcd himself with the remark that
the question was not yet within the pale
OF practical politics, But the Radical
government prophecy Is being fulfilled,
and much more quickly than was hoped
on one side or feared on the other. When
this letter reaches you, Radical ministry
VIII be In Office under Mr., Gladstone,
who, having been Tory, Wing and Llber-
81 In succession, perhaps only adapts
himself TO the new spirit OF the age BY
becoming Radical nt last, renegade
and time-server, but still at the top Ui
the tree. The trouble about this latest
change IL that Mr.. Gladstone has
nobody's confidence. For veal or woe
It would be better, II we are 70 have q
Radical government, that we should prove
strong and a sincere one, with the kadi
cal leader at It's head. For my own part
would sooner trust the sincere, carnes
Radical, who has been Radical from th,
Grst, than would trust the clever, prac
tiscd "old hand" who has been OIL thing
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