St. Paul daily globe., 1886-06-29
MASSES VS.. GLASSES.
Premier Gladstone Makes Telling Ad-
dress to Several Thousand Blec-
tors of Liverpool.
he Declares That if the People Are
With Him, He Will Surely Win
the Fight.
land Must Accept the
Verdict.
Mr.. Cyrus w. Field Brings Editor
Labouchere to Terns--Ba.
varia's Regent.
Gladstone at Liverpool.

LONDON, June 2S.-Mr. Gladstone this
afternoon addressed the electors of Liver
pool in Hengler's circus. He was received
with boundleSS enthusiasm. The circus
was crowded to its utmost capacity, 5000
persons being present. Hundreds of people.
unable to gain admittance, crowded around
outside.
Mr.. Gladstone said the enthusiasm in favor
OF home-rule surpassed anything he had wit
messed during his life. Despite the long
purses of his opponents he looked forward to
the result OF the election with confidence 1t
was true that he denounced the NationaliStS
in 1881, but it was because he thought they
were in the wrong. He supported them now
because he thought and knew they were in
the right. He now proposed to give statu-
tory parliament to Ireland, to deal exclu-
sively with Irish affairs. His opponents pre-
tended that such a grant would be the break
ing down of Irish allegiance to the imperial
parliament, but, said the premier, their ale
glance mad been given grudglngly and half
heartedly heretofore, and sometimes it had
not been given az all. The Liberals wished to
destroy that sort of allegiance and make
1rishmen revere the imperial parliament like
Scotchmen and Englishmen, from the heart
and mind. He
STOUTLY DENIED
that they were refusing privileges which they
were giving elsewhere. On the contrary they
were willing to listen to any suggestion in be-
half of Ulster. They were willing to make
exceptional proposals if they were likely, TO be
adopted. Again they were told that the land
purchase proper meant taking British tax
payers money. 1t meant nothing of the
kind. 1t was one thing to spend their money
md another thing to invest it, If he thought
that land purchase meant more than invest
ment he would be no party to the scheme.
The Liberal party, he said, was, as rule, not
supported by dukes, Squires, clergymen of
the established church, officers of the army,
ETC. Wherever there was highly privileged,
publicly endowed profession almost every
member was an anti-Liberal. But from the
legal and medical professions. which were
now open, the Liberals received fair share
OF support. The question was whether the
masses, were able constitutionally to over
bear the classes, because it had always been
shown that wherever truth, justice and hu-
manity were concerned, -
THE MASSES WERE IN THE RIGHT.
and the classes in the wrong. He would show
this by reference to Lord Randolph Churchill,
whose name he had not mentioned before
during the canvass, and which he did not sup
pose he would use again. He had been told
that Lord Randolph Churchill had had a good
deal to say about him, but he (Mr. Gladstone)
had not taken the trouble to inquire. 1t was
very difficult to describe Churchill, but if he
could cut out One-half of his qualities he
might make out OF the other half valuable
and distinguished public servant. Churchill,
however, admitted that the classes might go
wrong, that the Pail Mall clubs might go
wrong, but that the people never erred. Mr.
Gladstone hoped they would not on this occa-
sion. Parliament, he said had been paralyzed
because of the Irish question, and it would
remain paralyzed unless some measure of
justice were passed. Ireland had struggled
to bring her case in the front, and had sue
ceeded. She was now backed not only by
her own members, but by Il vast number
of English people, He believed that the
measures proposed would be to promote the
growth of prosperity in Ireland The Lib
erals were told that the result would be that
England would have to hold Ireland by force
but this she was doing now. He hoped to hold
her in future by love. Cheers Mr.. Glad
etone concluded amid loud cheers with Wig
orous denunciaton of the manner in which
the act OF union was affected. The Rev.
Henry Ward Beecher was on the platform
while Mr.. Gladstone was speaking.