The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-10-10
NIX. GLADSTONE AT HOME.
INTERVIEWED BY MIR. GILL, AN
IBIsH NATIONALIST.
Mistaken View OF the Grand Old
Man as TO the Public Opinion
OF the South.

NEW YORK, October THE Tribun
rublishss, as furnished by the N6rtn
American Cable Company, the follow
leg interview with NJ. Gladstone b,
Mr.. Gill, an Iiish Natif na!s memt 81
| of Parliament:
After luncheon Mr.. Glad.t1ne, put
ting on a low crowned hst aud ssizit 8
a stout walking ftick, led few of his
guess on an exn'ora ion of some Of
the beauties OF Hawsrden Park. On
our way We passed again Through
bis private study, "Ihe Temple vi
Peace" as he Cal it. There are three
writing disks in this beautiful room.
At one he does his political writing, at
another, fer peassnter nook, clear y
the fsvorite, looking out upon circle
OF noble lines which 20 by the name
OF Sir Johns dressing room, his lit
ersry work ia done. The third desk is
Mrs. Gladstole's. Books were every
where about this room, not only on
the walls, but in cases standing at
right angles from the regular shelves
u am very vain, f" said orr lost, "of
my pa ent for stacking books. Lthink
that can get more books iuto given
space than any man | know, but Il t us
take advantage OF thu tupshine and
get into the park"
We made for the ruins Of the old
baronial castle of Ha warden, audins
on lofty eminfn nee to the west OF the
mo 'ern ca tie. M. Gladstone Wa ksd
20 eagerly ard briskly uD The hin that
he soon outdstauc-d our small party,
some of whom, although young enough
10 bH + is children, found tbs Climb Il
pretty stiff trial OF cir wind.
That old fortrs SIS" he said, point
ing to the rain with his stick, sis one
of the emblems Of the difficulty the
English bad in ruling the Welsh. In
FORMER times they had 10 er, CT their
strcngho'ds all along the Welth bor.
der; now the Welsh are the most
"a lily governed people in the whole
world. Why? Because they govern
themselves. Like the Scotch, they
lave prsct cal autonomy. All the
Welsh are o splendid people; their
enthusiasm in our Gauss is msgulfi-
cent"
81 bavs heard of that" 1 remal ked,
"from some of my ctlh agues who
were in Wales dur ng the lac cleo.
ton. They said that the warmth Of
Welsh sympathy with The Irish caus e
was an astonishing revelation.
eyes" said Mr.. Gladstone, pausing
moment in his Climb, shat enthusi.
asm misled me. Our managers, rely
ing too much upon it, neglected organ
i2ation, but it is Tremendous grow
ing for, Q. From what l know l am
certain if there were an election to-
morrow tho five Last Tories who rep
resent Welsh constituencies would b )
thrown out"
Latsr Oh, in referring to the Irish
question again, spoke OF the interest
and sympathy Mr.. Gladstone's alton
in introducing the home rule bill had
aroused over the world, and NJ.
Gladstone mentioned az sn instance
the abbot Of an Austrian monattery
he had visi' ed during his recent CONT.
mental tour who was a strong Home
Ruler, able to ditcu with him details
of his scheme end wanting to know
when the second reading of MIR. Pa
Dell's bill was coming of.
By this time we had viewed the ca :
tie, and while returning by another
pa b 10 the house the lady May ress
OF Dublin bad been urging Mr.. Glad
s'one to visit Ireland.
sat my tine If life," he said, smil-
iDgly, in answer, sit dee not d to play
tr. cks with what God has let u. /
should delight to visit lie and, but
fear unle's there were some ractical
objec. in view that it would MT be
wise to attempt the under king."
Then you would hardly thin k OF
wishing America" l said, Enough il
you went the American people would
give you such a reception as they
never gave any stranger since La
fsyette."
"Ah Amer,c,," be said, "America
has given us noble moral help With
the exceI ton of tina South thers has
bsen absolute unanimity in support Of
our measure, but in the Southern
States l think-don't you-t there has
been some difference of opinion.
Count Munster recently TO me that
the Americans i'll Paris are not by
any means unanimous upon the mat
ter, and sac you will find the dis
ssntients are chi' fly Southetners
Mr.. Gladstone's vie " in this matter,
FASTENED TO assure him, was unjust
to the south, as far as all that was
reputable in tie press wen. The
Sou h, l said, was ss strongly with
him as the North. This assurance
plea'ed him greatly, aud he then
mentioned that he uoderstCol that
Mr. Lowell, the late American Minis
ter, WAS in favor OF his bill, while be
had herd that Mr.. Phelps was against
1t.
"Iwnuld like t. appeal to YOU as ON
Irish Nationalist" Mr.. Gladstone
raid at an ther period OF the day, ito
consider the post on of en- English
Minister before Irel-nd sent majo
ty Of her representatives. irto Parlia-
ment pledged to demand home rule.
Had che sent in only twenty or thirty
Nationalist out OF her 100 mem.
berH, instead of sending eighty,
l frankly till you l could not have
touched the question whatever !
might have thought. l would be il
logical in doing so. The majority Of
the Irish represer tatives, the consti-
tutional voice OF Ireland in fact, W ould
be against me, and England would moi
listen 10 a plea made upon such ques.
tionable sanctiop. 1t is a grave thing
stirring deep and vital issues between
nat GUS"
In giving the foregoing remarks Of
Mr.. Gladstone it win be understood
that have selected from his conver-
sation only such remarks as / know
he wou d not object to have pub.
lished, ard that l quote them not
| from note, but from memory,