The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-04-09

for an audience yesterday. The scenes and
incidents Of the occasion, as given in our
cablegrams, make an historic picture that is
seen but seldom, and which stirs the heart
to its profoundest depths when it is
seen. The tribute to the Grand Old Man, in
80 far as it had personal cast, was mag
nifcent one, enough to put an inextinguish-
able halo about the head that has
been uncovered to so many political storms,
but which is now the chief feat
ure in CONFUSION greater and
more far-reaching in its consequences than
any that ever rocked and swayed the British
empire The ovation to the Premier as he
passed from his home in Downing street to
Westminster far outdid the theatrical demon
stration that greeted Beaconsfeld at Charing
Cross when he returned from Berlin as the
apostle of 'peace with honor But the cheers
that filed the streets of London and the
palace at Westminster, and which are
now reverberating around the whole
round earth, have in them much more than
honor to Mr.. Gladstone. That matchless man
could be the wizard Of oratory he is; he could
be the scholar he is; he could be able to range
the literature and science Of the world as he
is; he could be able to embellish the English
tongue with his writings and speeches
as he is, and yet not evoke the enthu-
siasm that greeted him yesterday. The
applause that preceded and followed
him into the House of Commons
was because he was the embodiment, for the
time, of a principle that finds an echo in the
heart Of all true men and lovers Of freedom
everywhere, whether in England, Ireland,
America or in the islands of the sea. The
cheers that entered into Mr. Gladstone's ears
yesterday had in them the moral quality of
that shot Of the embattled farmers that was
heard round the world.
1t is not worth while now and here to at
tempt to discuss the details of the measure
presented to Parliament by Mr. Gladstone
AhuC0u ~ Aiuo0iA says VIC piA Ia uSAoiy
tentative, and that he throws 1t into the
House for consideration and discussion, and
for the possible evolution Of plan that will
attain the desired object. But it is worth the
saying that revolutions never 60 backward;
and the revolution set on foot by the Irish par
liamentary party, and given such tremendous
impetus by Mr.. Gladstone yesterday, will
never stop until it has turned and overturned,
and brought equal and exact justice to the
misgoverned people in whose interest it has
enough to think, either, that home rule will
come without much misgiving on the one hand,
and without much cause for misgiving on the
other. The Irish people will not, all of them,
prove themselves fit for self-governmcnt in
a day; but Mr.. Gladstone has predicated
his measure upon the only cure and
enduring foundation, and through the quicker
or slower processes Of education, and of develop
ment, and Of evolution, the time will come
when Ireland shall have fully exchanged
beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning
and the garment Of praise for the spirit of
heaviness. 1t will be Mr.. Gladstone's crown
of glory that he has contributed so greatly to
the enfranchisement and disenthrallment of a
great and generous people,