Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-04-19
GLADSTONE'S TRIBUTE.
An Eloquent fuiogy upon the Life 81
John Hrtghts

! Bright in tho house OF commons the other
day, from which we make the following
extracts.
"Slr. Bright has been, TO a worry remark
able degree, happy in the moment OF his
removal from among US. He lived 10 SEQ
the triumph OF almost every great cause 10
which be specially devoted his heart and
ind. He Las established a special claim
to the admiral on of those from whom he
differed through his long political life, by
marked concurren C with them upon the
prominent and dominant question OF the
hour. While he has in that way opened
the minds and hearts of those with whom
he differed To an appreciat ION OF his merits,
no has lost nothing by that concord with
them on the particular suo ect we 80 mucn
represent. Though Mr.. Bright came to be
separated from the great bulk Of the Liber-
ais on the Irish question, on no single occa-
sion has there been any word OF disparage-
ment. | acknowledge that 1 have not
through my who political irte fully EN-.
! braced the character Of Mr.. Bright, and
the value OF that character TO the country.
i say thus because IL was al the particular
epoch Of the Crimean war that j came
more to understand than before the posi-
ton he'd by him and some OF his friends,
| and the hold they h q laid upon the conn
dence OF the people. | was one OF those
VINO did not agree with the particular views
he took OF TIE Crimean contest, but felt
profoundly and never ceased 10 tnlnk What
must have been the moral elevation OF men
who, nurturo1 all their lives in the temple
oil popular approval. could at moments
nOlce consent 20 part with The whoIe OF
That favor they enjoyed, which opponents
might hink the very breath o. the nostrlls.
They accepted doubted appropriately, for
tn I war commanded the enormous approx
al OF the people. IL W at that time that,
although we had known much OF Mr..
Bright, we learned more. We had known
OF his great mental gifts, his courage, his
1 pnffH e.
had not known how high was the moral tone
OF those popular leaders and what sp endld
examples they could set their contempor-
aries. Amongst other gifts, MIR. Bright
was delighted 20 be one OF the chief guard
ians Of the purity Of the Engl sh tongue.
He knew how the character Of "a nation 10
associated with its language He was en-
| abed, as an Englishman profoundly at
tached To his country, the tongue OF the
people being TO him almost an Dect OF
worship, 10 preserve the purity OF the Ian
gu ge of Shakespeare and Milton.
"AnOthCr crcums ance in his ca
reer il better known 10 me than any
other person present Everybody is aware
that o1ce had no attract ons for aim. But
Few can be aware Whit extra EFFORTS were
required to induce him 10 be, ONE servant
of the crown. When the crisis Of 1865,
when the fate of the Irish church hung in
/ balance, 1t was my duty TO propose TO Mr..
Bright that he be ONE "a minister, never
uuitrlObh SO ulIlituiL IL tbSA- rum II
, O'Clock at night until one o'clock in the
morning we steadily debated the subject.
But at the last moment he found IL possible
TO set aside the repuguancc tnai he felt at
doing anything that might, IN the eyes OF
anyone, even of the more ignorant class OF
his countrymen, appear t. de .ract In the
slightest degree FROM That lsfty lndepend-
ence of character which have mentioned,
end which never, throughout hrs career,
was he in doubt.
tractive qualIt es. If | had TO dwell uron
them alone. l should present a dazzling
picture 10 the world. II WIS q happier lot
to teach moral lessons by simplicity, con
sistency, upfailng courage and constancy
Of life, thus presenting IL combination OF
qualities that carried us to u higher atnos-
phere.
His sympathies were not strong only,
but active; not sympathies avail ing calls
TO be made upon tn IN, but sympathies OF a
man seeking o. Gets upon whion to bestow
the inestimable advantages OF eloquence
and courage. In lrel nd, when support
OF the native cause was rarer still; in
America at the time when Mr.. Bright
foreseelng the ultimate ISSUE OF the great
struggle of 1851, stood as the representative
of an exceeding small portion OF the educat
Ell community of the country, although IN
doubleday representing u largo portion OF
the national sentiment In al these cases
Mr.. Bright went far outside the necessities
of his calling. Whatever touched him rs q
man Of the great Anglo Saxon race, what
ever touched him as sub cot, obta ned, I'M
asked, his sincere, earnest and enLhuiasto
aid
IAN causes having his powerful advocacy
made a distinct advance IN the estimation
OF the world and distln progress toward
triumphant success Thus q Ia 8 come
about that he is entitled 10 IL higher eulogy
than is due to success. OF mere success,
indeed, he was conspicuous example. In
intellect he might claim the most distin-
guished place. But his charac er lies deep
or In II intellect deeper than anything that
can he described or that can be seen upon
The surface. The supreIe eulogy that is
h due is that he eleVa ed political life TO
the highest point-to "a loitier standard
than il had evcr re cael. He has belueath-
G TO his country q character that cannot
only be made a sub ect for admiration and
gratitude. but-and j do not exaggerate
when say it-that can become an bIect OF
reverential coutempla ion. In the encomi.
ums that come from every quarter there is
not a no e of dissonapce. | do not know of
any statesman OF my time who had the hap
pines OF receiving, on removal from this
passing world, the honor of approval at
once so enthusiastic, so universal and so IN
broken. Yet none could better dispense
! wi h the tr.b utes OF the moment, because
the triumphs of his life were trumphs re-
corded in the advance OF bis country and
its people. His name is indelib v written
in the annals of time and on the hearts of
the great an over spre lding ra e TO which
he belonged, whose wide extension he re-
joced 10 see and whose power aud prorni-
hence he bel eyed 20 ee full OF promises and
glory for the best interests Of mankind"
The japanese students or the university
recently celebrated the adoption of the
japanese constitution and passed a resolu
tion directing a commi toe 10 scnd letter
of congr tulation 20 the emperor through
the minister of the imperial court
"The Disease proceeds silently amid MP
parent health That il what VIM. Rob
crts, NJ d., Physic an 70 TIC Manchester
! lnfrmpry and Lunatic Hospital, Professor
of Medicine in Owen $ olloge says in re.
gard To Bright's Disease. Is Il necessary
10 give any further warming, III not, use
Warmers Safe Cure before your kidney
malady becomes too far advanced.
j. IL Daring, a lumber do lcr OF Harbor
/ Springs. his disappeared. lea ing a mum.
Der of anxious credi ors In the lurch.