Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-03-30
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lBy Anglo-American cable 70 the Diapatch.l
LoVDoN. March pa proposition hes
been made 10 confer the freedom O. the city
Of Edinburgh on Mr.. perneil. A msioriiy
81 the municipal author.te, OF that city are
in favor 81 the proposition.
EUL0GlEs on TgE LATE JOHN ByGur.
LONDON. March 29-The session of the
House Of Commons this evening was DEVOTED
10 culogics OF the late John Bright. When the
Higut Hon. william Henry smith. VINO vas
the FIRST speaker, rose 10 address tho House
All the members doncd their bats. MIR.
Smith, in snort speech. described Nr.
Bright asa man OF thorough honesty OF pur-
pose and great energy OF character. Ii there
was sny defect In his character il was the in
teusity ~ his advocacy of the principles that
| he had adopted. Although warmly attached
| TO the Liberal party. be could not sacrifice
/ his personal convictions for any 81 those
! combinations which have great GIT with
most men. II for a time he parted i,om hB
old associates under q strong sense Ot dutv
! there was no trace Of anger or Of personal
luminosity left lis memory would live long
! In the hearts Of men. lie would % down
70 the grave followed ~ the affection and
sorrow 81 the country.
Mr.. Gladstone. upon rising, was received
with cheers. lie said: "1ir. Bright bas
| been, 10 a very remarkable degree, happy
In the moment o. his removal from amOng
us. lie lived 10 see the triumph OF almost
every great cause 10 which he especially de.
voted bis heart aud mind. lie ha. estsb-
| lished special claim 10 the admiration oil
| those from whom he differed through his
| long political HE by marked concurrence
with them upon prominent and dominant
questions Of the hour. Hear! liesr!J While
| lie hiss in that way opened the minds ana
hearts OF those with whom ne differed 10 the
appreciatiOn OF bis merits, he has lost no.
| thing by that concord wItu them on the par-
| tleular subject we so much represent
| Though Mr.. Bright came 90 be separated
| from the great buik Of The Li0crals on the
| Irish question, on 10 single OCCASION las
there been any word Of dsearagemeut.
| acknowledge that | have not through my
whole political life fully embraced the cha
acter OF Mr.. Bright aud the value Of that
character 10 The country. say this because
il was at particular epoch OF the Crimean
war that came more to understand than be-
fore the position held by him and some 0t
bic friends, and the hold they had laid upon
the confidence OF the people. | was one Of
those who did not agree with the particular
views he took on the Cume8n contest,
but felt profoundly aud never ceased to
think what must have been the moral eleVa-
ton OF men who, nuTiured al their lives In
the temple OF popular approval, c0nld at
moments notice consent to part with the
whole OF that favor they enjoyed. which the
opponents might think were the very breath
Of their nostris. Hear Hear.l They &C.
cepled undou0ted unpopulsrty, Tor that war
commanded the enormous approval OF the
people. II was 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 consistency, and
bis splendid eloquence. We had not known
how nigh was the moral tone OF those pOpu-
la- leaders and what splendid examples they
could set their contemporaries. Amongst
other gifts Mr.. Brlgbt was delighted to be
one OF The chief guardians OF tie purity OF
the English tongue. [Iiear! Hear He
knew how the character Of nation is assO-
cisted with its language. He was enabled,
az an Englishman profoundly attached TO
his country, the tongue Of the people being
10. him almost al object OF worship, 10 pre-
serve the purity OF the language OF Shakes
peare aad Milton. Cheers. Another cir
cumstanee Of his career is better known 10
me than to any other person present. Every
body is aware tbDt once bad no attrsc-
tions for him. But few can be aware what
extra efforts were required to induce him TO
become servant OF the Crown. In the
crisis OF 1868. when the fate Of the Irish
Church huag in the bsisnce. It was my duty
TO propose 10 MIR. Bright that he become u
Minister. never undertook so difficult
task. From IL O'Clock at night until l
o'clock in the morning we steadily de-
bated the subject. II was only az the
last moment that he found It possible
10 set aside the repuenance he felt
at doing anything that might in the eyes OF
any one, even OF the most ignorant class OF
his couutrymen, sppear to detract IN the
slightest degree from that lofty independence
OF character which j have mentioned and
which never throughout his career was held
in doubt. IL was happy LOS to unite 30
many attractive qualities. II bad to dwell
upon them alone should present dazzling
picture TO the world. 1t was happier lot
10 teach moral lessons by simplicity, consis.
tency, unfailipg courage, and eonstsncy OIL
life, thus pTesentinga combination OF quall.
ties that carried Us TO higher atmosphere"
Heart Hsar!1
ellis sympalhIes were not strong only. but
setiye; not sympsthies awaiting calls to be
made upon them, but the sympathiss OF a
man seeking objects upon which to bestow
inestlmsble advantages Of eloquesce and
courage. In Ireland, when the support OF
the Irish cause was rare; in India, when the
support OF the native cause WAS rarer still;
N America, at 4 time when Mr.. Bright
forecast the ultimate issue OF the great strug-
gle OF 1861, he stood as the representative OF
IA exceedingly small portion Of the edu-
Gated community OF the country,
although undoubtedly representing
large part OF the national sentiment.
(Hear Hear ] In all these cases Mr.. Bright
went far outside the necessities oil his CALI
ing. Whatever touched him - 4 man Of the
great Anglo-Saxon race, whatever touch.
ed him as the subject, obtsined uuasked
bis sincere, earnest. and enthusiastic act.
Hear Hear u An causes having bis DOW
ertul sdyocscy made q distinct advance IN
the estimation OF the world and distinct
progress toward triumphant success. Thus
II has come about that he Il entitled TO a
higher eulogy than Is due TO success.
But hs character lies deeper than intellect,
deeper than eioquenee, deeper than anything
that can be described or that can be seen
upon the surface. The supreme eulogy that
IA his due Is that he elevated political life TO
the highest point-tos loitier standard than
IL mad ever reached. He has beqaeathed TO
bis country character that eau ouly be made
the subiecs for admiration aud gratitude. but
do not exsggerate when / say that if can