The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1886-02-12
GLADSTONE ONCR MORE.

,It is possible that some changes may
he made before the meeting OF FarIla-
ment on Thursday in the list OF names
attributed by cable reports TO the ne"
Gladstone Cabinet, OF IN the dIstFlou-
tiOn of the posts assigned to them. Dut
from the known opinions of the mem
hers designated, and the no less sugges-
tive purport of the omissions, we are
able to forecast the relation OF the Nlh-
istry to the crucial question OF holhe
rule. e
On the face of it the composition OF
the Cabinet cOntutes the Tumor that
Oneen Victoria successfully attempted
to imDose. and that Mr.. Gladstone con-
septed to accept. conditions fatal to the
/ ipdependeuce of a Minister. There Is,
! to he sure. nothing absurd to suppose
/ that a parsonage who in her youth pro
voked a Ministerial crisis by an ldlotlc
quarrel about her ladies OF the pea
chamber. NAV have tried 10 extort py
an empty threat of abdicatlon fIom Tue
chief of the Liberals selt-stultlIylhg
! promise to betray his Irish allies. buI
the day has long gone by when such
menace could have terrors for the self
ruIinp British nation, and It would
nrobablv be heard with some quiet sat
isfaction bv the prince of Wales. Al
bert Edward NAV not be the pattern OF
a hIaueless prince, but he keeps his eyes
and ears open. and he knows that roy
al dummy prOpped upon Wao6llng
throne must not be wOoden-heaied, but
/ as nIiabIe as wax in the hands OF con-
stitutiopaI advisers. Nor is 1t likely
that Mr.. Gladstone will prove less self
respecting and intTactaOle than was the
elder Pitt toward her present Majesty S
grandfather, or less conscious thaJ MS
true lord paramount is the people speak
ing with sovereign authority through
, its House of Commons.
we NAV take for granted. therefore
, notwithstanding the unfriendiy GOSSIP
= of Tory clubs and drawing rooms, thai
! Mr.. Gladstone, if he resumes office al
all. will do so with the determination tC
= advocate such measures with regard tC
[ / Ireland as shall commend themselves u
his sense of right and of ability to secure
/ the sanction of the peoples represe nta
t tiyes in Parliament. He will no NOR
j be swaved from his deliberate purpo5
q by a threat of abdicatiOn than was Ear
: Grey by the like irsinceTe and Dluster
S Ing demonstrations Of William "
e against the first Reform bill. That til
G new Cabinet Is organized with desig
8 of dealing In thOroughgolng fashion
i with the Irish question seems clear, a
S negative principles tTaceable in its Tor
IS nation. Net one of the former NOR
u OF less conspicuous Liberals who desert
ed him in the memorable division o
g the Ceilings amendment, and who la
= declared themselves ineXOrably oppose
u 10 an Irish egiSlatuTe-LOTd HaTjlng
3. toll. Mr.. GOschen, Sir Henry james
n and Mr.. /. II. Courtney-has thus "a
.e been mentioned upon either of the Mil
IS isterial lists published We find upO
70 them, on the other hand, the names {
5r those distinguished Liberals who hay
T, publicly advised the restoration to Ire
ID land of legislative Independence-we r.
as fer 10 Mr.. ChIldeTs. to Mr.. John NOTle
and Earl Roseberry-OT of those Whig
l. and Radicals who have lately been con
G, verted to the home rule faith by NJ
ot GIadst0ne's personal Influence or tt
H. pressure of events. like Earl Spence
OF Fail Granville. Sir w. HarcOurt, )
&c T. Herschel. and Mr.. Chamberlain
II | From a Cabinet thus constituted n
I. only Irish patriots, but The dOWn-tTO'
OF den masses of the English commonallt
le have far more 10 hope than they cou
We have from a Ministry including sue
hJ refractory elements as Wings Of Il
IS stiff-necked Harrington order or Libe
he ais of tue Goschen aud Forster type.
he We see, then. that Mr.. Gladstone b
~ called about him men disposed, as '
On have reason to believe, to deal just
with Ireland, and possessed of the po'
er to fulfil their good intentions. L.
men we have named should be able
carry-not next week, or perhaps ne
os month, but at a reasonably early date
o. bill creating an Irish LegislatU
ss through the House of Commons. Al
- when the bill is thrown out, as it dOul
.rs less will be, by the House of Lords, III
"a can enter on the final struggle at I
IN ballot box with bright hopes of succe
I,a " y. Sun, February 3D.