New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1886-04-16
NEW PUBLICATIONS.
THE TYNESIDE TRIBUNE.

TIT - a most malicious and interesting biography
cf tho eloquent tribune OF the North couhtic0'
Mir Cowen is ono Of the fow great orators III Iar-
lament His sturdy independence III voting
against his party on questions OF foreign ah"ns anu
irish pol,cy has stood in the way of mis- polticai
advancement and he has never occupied any MIN.
;ster,al Office bat on the floor of the House OF
Com,,ons and on the platform in the North OF Eng
land he is ku own most eloquent ana impicss',o
sneaker and is generally named IN connection win
MIR Gladstone ana Mr.. Bright, lacking the wohuer-
ful voice of the one and the finished manner o 'no
other but surpassing both in intensity oi cal
ness and sustained excellence oil comp"s"o"' ~
specches are characterized by vigor oil thought
wealth of diction and exquisite hnish Oh library
stvle II Is his habit to take EXTRAORDINARY pans
With the addresses which he makes on great occa-
sions and consequently he is sometimes sheereu "s
n library orator whose orations smell OF the lamp
This oerfection of torn mparts permanent value
and Importance to them Mr. COwcn Is pre-cmi-
pcntlv the English orator whose speeches are iresh
md impressive long after the occasion That caiied
them forth has passed out of mems minds.
Mr. Governs father etarted life at tine forge. bnt
being blacksmith of character and industry DC
came a manufacturer of irebricks and gas-retorts'
n coal-owner and landed proprietor ann hnaiy
member of Parliament. lie WAS knighteu III io'i
in acknowledgements of his public services as chair
he wasindiderent to honors bestowed by tue Crown,
and died "a he had lived, sturdy democrat HIS
two sons were bred 10 the same simple, ROBUST
habits of thought and life. Upon the fathers death
=, 1919 they succeeded to an immense business
and large landed estate, but the older allowed the
Younger to assume the entire management OF thelr
;oint property and devoted himself to political
career and the conduct of the influential Jourhai
which hs had established in Newcastle. Joseph
al al NJ hp IniVeTSffV
Edinburgh, where he showed turn for pubic de-
hate and a marked taste for historical studies
Like Mr. Bright he was passionatcy fond OF Eng
lsh poetry but unlike him, was also an adlnlfaDie
classical scholar. He frequently met at Eu'h-
burgh Dr. Chalmers, Dr. Cunningham, and Ut.
Guthrie; the faculty of the University Included
Sir William Hamilton and Professor John wilson
and Macauiay as the representative OIL the borough
freouently spoke the city. III was strong, DIac
ing atmosphere even fora student oil ms tough
intellectual fibre and tended to accimate him to
the controversies of political life. 1t was the KIM
of intellectual training to eluiD man OF his IN
.tincts for a political career OF sturdy lndcpeh-
aence This pauant anecdotc has direct bearing
npon his education:
During his first contest for the representation OF
Newcastle Mr. CoHen was much annseu Oh t o
be- His religious faith was assalled; MS repno.t
can proclvties were denounced anu us noTant
nal training was b"lied. " lie is JUST AL lShoIan'
fellow without any education" said one gentle,
man 20 another in the train between Ne" caste anu
Scot swood lady sat in corner seat Oi tne con-
partuept she leaned slightly forward ana quiety
said on will excuse me but Mr. Cowen was
educated at the Edb Sil t GnveIIyh moent
the train stopped at Scotswood ,he genaicn tLn
hurredly departed One OF them IiNeu nea, d, i h
station and lie sometimes tells the story "' HIS
own expense 49,.
Mr. Governs democratic Jennings and sympathleS
for political refugees were evinced whlie he was
still at the University; Sir james Graham the HON"
Secretary created great sensation III Eh2lahd Nv
openug Mazzni's letters and making known 10 the
Austrian Ambassador information i'll consequence
r. of which the brothers Bauderl were arres'cu anu
snot Mr. Cowen not only denounced tie Home
Secretarv's action in the University debating
soci.tv and in letters the newspapers out wrote
to Mazzini and laid the foundation fcr the'r s"o-
seouept friendship. Political refugees from France
Italy Hungary and Poland made his acquaintance
and secured his sympathy and support. IyncSide
became in time of the centres OF European
revolutionary energy aud Mr.. Governs steps were
logged by spies He was known by repute to every
ae,potic Government aud Continental countr es
ware closed AGAINST him. Kossuth visited him at
Rlavdon: OrsimI lectured under his patronage;
Iouis Blanc was often under his rooi ana puDIlc
demonstrations in honor of Garibaidl were organ
lied by hun lie not only made use 9f his CONNER
rial exchanges with European countries to dissent
nate revolutionary literature, but he even ihHuceu
Tyueside men to enlist under Uarl5aldl, ana pur-
chased arms and chartered ships III aid OF. strug-
linz oatIonaIitics His biosraphcr succnctly
remarks:
,nde.d the experience of MI Cowcn connec-
tion with the leaders OF the movement Tor European
freedom brisles with soul-stTring cpisoaes wh!en
should lie recounted by himself lie was psr tI0
Wysocki and the hungarian leaders WIN Mlcio
slawski aud Worcell. the Polish chieitIlhs Win
D.ls la d
revolutionary party: with Ledru Rollln, LOUIS
Blanc. and many ot;ler French refugees; win
Mazyini Caribaldi and nearly all the Italian pat
riots lie gave his zine and influence with entnn,
siasm their work. aud his means 10 carry OUT
their democratic prosramme Tic ieloicou n uHV,n
successes, shared IN their sorrows partcipeHH ~
their meanC holy pleasures; and friendships
formed during those trying times were among .ne
most valued he contracted. Some OF THESE
men like Garibaldi, lived to see the triumph OF
Their cause The closing hours OF others We're
so:tcned through Mr.. Governs bounty; Many OF
the Uungarans and Poles bad to pay the last pen
smv of their acts while others were doomed to
drag ont a weary and broken hearted existence
u ids "a. life of devotion and disappointment in
Sihsrian graves Nor the efforts OF
Joseph Ccwen in the cause of liberty and human
itv confined to European movements when tle
Southern States of America sought to destroy the
Union and establish separate Government upon
the basis and for the maintenance OF human
slavery he realized the merits OF the controversy.
and with tongue and pen, enlightened the minus
and strengthened the hearts OF the poor, wh o.
almost alone among English classes, were true 10
British traditions. His linpassoned eloquence was
everywhere heard for the Union. from the lees to
the Tweed and his able journal The Nepcaste
CkrOaicle. never falteTed in the cause
One of Mr. Governs earliest political acts after
emerging from Edinburgh was the organization of
the Northern Reform League III 1s5S. The col
lapse of Chartsu the most popular movement
ever known in England, seemed most unpiopi-
tious time for resuscitatng dying cause and ag-
Eating for reform. Deeply imbued with sense OF
The ininstce which was meted out to unrepresented
classes of the English people the young tribune
made their cause his even in the hour OF tail
ure. and for four years conducted most energetic