The evening world., 1889-03-27
JOHN BRIGHT.

lands differences with Russia could be settled
Bright was was one OF those at a meeting At which 1t
to the Emperor Nicholas to try and win him to a
peace policy, How kindly TIE a,eputstton was
was declared against Russia in March, 1854,
and peAef was not proclaimed pRtl April
checked In his public career by serious illpess-a
neryous pr9stration approaching parnl yH,si- ,,i-
raven black, became suddenly white as snow;
For GGnsdors6le period he took I no g. sctiye part
mont was dissolved, Mr.. Bright was then in
oSh hot Rs
Ess sFeP at its hsis5t and I 65isht VI. re-
sslf NJ 9cr % Birmips ea' poSit @ ion % Whic he
years. AZ member for Birmingh he took a
suffrage. =, But what has specially endeared his
darEst hours @ tRan II that of ts St triumph S1n was
he he the bold and active advocate Of the cause Of
he was entertained at a banquet amid consider
fSs demonstrGtonS PIT his ttTo1E stern
both Of Mr.. Gladstones Cabinets he had a seat,
with the same ofice-Chancellor of the Duchy
Of Lancaster. The office, the salary of which is
been held by Lord Holland. Lord Campbell and
Lord Drfferin, and by many other eminent men
rAlthpnsh E member Of the Society FGf
it il true, but in 40 determined and energetic a
spirit that the London Times once asked: - Is
there absolutely no conceivable world in which
II suggests the decisive and undaunted charac-
ter OF the man, He was for a long time regarded
Rret orator ' eveE SeH % a1psrior to Mr Gad
tSRs foPRctten M that Mr ladssons many 1
many nights, His favorite author was Milton, a
copy Of which he always carried with him;
Thought and expression, no added much to
oonssepses; S5s ssHs@s9 VIII coSrase raIe
claims of religion as well as to those Of hu-
%snty and he ipyoke1 the SANCTION Of the
question: II dare claim for this bill the support
Sf all so9d and aSSqgmg ws hs
SsPG s SSs S:.nf Hs i' 1Ha Ts1
stce Gve and mercy WHICH, Which, are m s the siorons sttr
butes Of his eternal reign, 1t must have cost
Mr. Bright a painful struggle to ;eparSGte G from
idolatry. Since that separation Mr.. Gladstone
BrEhts sar r ssdmsd on thu %ane TEe GOV
ernment's policy in Egypt was the particular
occasion Of Mr.. Brights secession from Glad
turned to Parliament from Birmingham, he
never again bsCSme thoroqghiy en ,,gqppoEt with
the Grand Old Man. The Irish question divided
their paths finally.
His attitude, on this subject, indeed, contra
dicted his whole public career,
in the political history of England; Even IN
his later years, under the growing intrmities I
SSsa h P brow ' the nS hs TSp
the clear-b blue. honest Saxon eye, aud when he
rose in the House; There came up% lion oC1 out
in one Of those brilliant sketches with which he
has, adorned literaturc, says Of hlmEwe do not
cloquence may be compared to the. glow Of a
clear tTe, steadily burning almost to white
heat The solemn and the sportlve are inter.
woven naturally, as the serious and comic
scenes in one OF Shakcspeares masterpieces
Mr. Bright coined almost az many adhehye
phrases Ms DisrAeli, IL was he who first employed
" the Cave Of AdullAm as a metaphor for the
refuge Of the disSffCcted, and who compared the
Adul amites themselves to the Scotch terrier, Of
which II was dlhcult to say what portion formed
the head and what the tail. :.
Indeed it was gSt herd for those near him 70 g.
towards the end. The world of politics had grown
world too vide
hs sGrnp6 sasaE AMI h Gs ar.be bany ppS S0io'
And whistles In his sound
He had been transformed from the old man
eloquent into the old man garrulous; and he
took pleasure in listening to the senseless chat:
ter Of others. At the clubs he was the centre of
a set of coteries who understood his weakness,
and, while they dcspiscd IT, yet valued IL for its
usefulness. They knew that with the masses
his was a name yet to conjure with, Every idle
turned to momeptaTy advantages for party pur-
poses WAS poured into the porches Of his ear,
and his credulity knew no reasonable bounds
He was not imbecile, but his oyer-great conf
dence rendered him almost Az irresponsible as
though his mind had been entirely overthrown.
utteTancea and the clear. strong sentenced OF
MIR, Gladstone was painfully apparent His
the eH-P H-Premier's speeches compelled Mr.: Glad;