The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-03-30
VALE, JOHN BRIGHT
IA Fervenf Eulogy by Mr.
Gladstone.
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hxa.s Of commons this svenIng was &c
ruted 70 szI0xtss OF the iass John Bright
Rixhk Hen. wm- Henry 6rnsfh wss the fars
spexxef. Smith Ia q sbdFt speech cezsrfhes
Erfxnf A. EaGu Of thorough honesty O
rnrpose and great eneslry of character Al
though warmly attached 20 the Lafers
pzrfy BE eoald NOT s4rrtaee MS persona
e0nylcrisns for any Of tlagse consideration
whseh have great weight with snost nzea
His memory would lire Icng In the hsartl
% men He woBid go down 70 the grass
followed By the affection and sorrow Of tiss
country.
Gladstone UPON rising wss recesred with
chsers. He said
sssfr Bright has beet 10 a ysrT remark
aisle degree haUpT IL tste moment Of hza
removal from among "a. He lived 80 see
triumph OF almost every greet cknse G
which ne especially de's0tskf bis heart and
rasnG. lie has established special claim
80 the admiration OF tabse from whom h
differed through ais lonF political LIE BY q
marked concurrence With them Upon the
prominent AMI d0FaiuilEs question of tbs
hcur. Though Bright cane % be separated
from she great balk Of The Saserais on ths
Irish question, on no slngse occasion had
theEe been any word Of dtsparage Ezeni
aE8nag the others.
Ms. Bright Vas delighted 60 DC one Of the
chief guardians Of the purity of the En-
xlixh tongue Hear. hear He knew
that tire character Of nation was assoclAt-
cd with its language.
Another Circumstance 81 bis character
u better known 10 me than 20 any other
present Everybody is aware thai Office
had no attraction for bin, but few can b.
aware what extra effogfs were required "a
induce BIN 10 become servant OF the
crown In the crisis OF ISIS, when the
fats 81 the Irish church hung In the bal-
a1ee. |, Was my duty 10 propose 10 Mr..
Bright that he b@EDFfie q minister. /
never undertook 30 ttlffi,suit task From
Ii o'clock at night until / o'clock in the
morning we steadily debated the subject.
it was only ~ the last moment that he
found Ii possible 20 set sstde the repag-
nance he felt 81 doing ANYTHING that might
In the eyes Of anyone. elfen of the most ig-
norant class Of his cotntrymen. appear 70
desfact la the slightest degree from the
lofty Independence OF character which !
hsvc mentioned. aud which never through
out his career was held In doubt
I'll was q happy lot TO unite so many ct.
tfaciiye qualities II i had 10 dwell upon
them alone, should present dazzling
picture 10 the world II was happy lot
10 teach moral lessons ky simplicity, con-
sistency. unlailing couritge and cons.sney
OF life, thus presenting a combination OF
qualities that carried rs % n higher Gtnios-
phere. Hear, hear. His sympslhies
were not strong only, but active: not sym
pathles awaiting q call 70 be made upon
them, bat the syrnpatties of man seek
ing objects upon which TO bestuw the in
estimAble advantages Df eloqEence and
courage. In ireland, when support OF the
irish callse Was rare; irl India. when sup
sui; In America, At the time when Mr..
Bright. foreseelng the ultimate issue of the
great stsnggie of is6i, stood as represent
alive Of an exceedingly small portion of
the educated community, although un-
doubtedly representing u large part of the
national sentiment Ihsar. hear lin al
these cases Mr. Bright went ar outside the
necessity OF his calling. Whatever touched
him as q man OF the great Anglo Saxon
race; whatever touched him as a subject.
obtained anasked his sincere, earnest and
enthusiastic aid Hear, hear. All causes
having his powerful advocacy made dis
tinct advance In the estimation of the
world and distinct pn,gress toward tri-
umphant success. Thus IL has come about
that he Is entitled 10 the highest euIogies
that belong 10 success. OF mere success,
indeed, he was a conspicuous example. In
intellect he might claim the most distin-
guished place, bat his character lies deeper
than anything that can be described or
that can be seen upon tile surface.
The supreme eulogy that Ii his due is that
he elevated political life to the highest
pitch, 10 the Hottest standard that Il had
ever reached. He has bequeathed to his
country q character that cannot only be
made subject for admiration and graft.
tude, and--i don Z exaggeratc when say IL
that can become OF rsserential contem-
plation. In the encolniums that come
from every quarter there IL net note OF
dlssonance. do not kfow of any states
man OF my time who had the happiness OF
receiving on removal from this passing
world honor or approval so enthusiastic, 50
universal or 80 unbsoien hear. hear :
yet no one coald better dispense with the
tributes of the moment, because bis fri-
ufaph was recorded in advance of his
country aud of Its people. His name IS
indelibiy written In the face OF time aud
GA the hearts Of the grcst aud oYersnread-
ing race 20 which be belonged, whose wide
expansion he reloiced 10 see and whose
rover aud prominence he believed TO be
full OF promise ana glory for the best In
tcresfs OF mankind
hr. Gladstone resnmisd hts seat amid
much snbdued cheering.
Justin Mccarthy. whom the absence of
Parnei, spoke FOR the Irish party, associ-
atcd their sentiments with those ex pressed
IN the noble speech OF Gladstone. lie SAID
The memory OF the Jrish people endured
aud IL carried them back 10 the time when
Mr.. Bright championed their cause. lie
therefore claimed the right OF Ireland to
lay an immerfelie upon tue great English
naus grave. sCheersl.