New-York tribune., 1890-06-29

frp UoIgT WIIN a :. toI
celestial spendor was obtained NHllr - i','' o'd
| have Observed the rapt faces o1 Willis der do
blacks set fixed and upfted in speecnless mouu, nd
toward that upPe; resG1 oI marital cga reaeh 50 holly
tranuui and restfu, of such lnihd'i.I"'o % t
stainless purity. that thought ana de'i,,, ,r,,ce ~
preston were altogether TOO uFp ro i' no than our
own neither world of torrd temperature; e'rI ~ ,,I
green. sappy plants. and neNcr-laolns - is and
and vcrdure, with its slva@"rN anu wai "a
dccp stains of blOod-red SIN b thai lol,H 49,
lin1 clad in IFS pure white ralmcnt OF SNOW SUI
rounded by myriadS of dark mouhthns, "m 80 -
bending worshippcrs before the throhr ~ "i".ibod
arch ON whose cold white lace "eIt III, :,
" "Intnitv and Everlanting These moments "
supreme feeling are memorable ior me nj nlT nd
stracton of the mind from oil tnal - soiuI , 90
ipnoble and it, utter absorption IN the PieSenJ !
of unreachabe loftness. indcScrlbapc maJcs' ~
const raining il not only 10 reverenIiaIN ,.I rII
hnt adore in silence, the image OF ue Hnini H1i,
Never can a man he so fit for Heaven as uu, ,lls
sucb moments for however scOrnflu ana lhsoitn'
he NAV have been AT othcr times. he now hSs oc
come as n little child, hllcd with wonder ana Iet
ercncc before what he has conceived 10 be SUI
lime and Divine. We had been strangers Tor
many months to the indulgence oi any 'ho"E,.''
of this character Our senses, netwecu wy =, oI' -
Of sleeping and waking, had been occupt1e1 ooo& 81
the impcrious and imminent nccessitles % eaci,
hour which required unrelaXing vigilance am
forcthought II is true we had neen ,oupie'c :
with the view from the mount cailc1 Tlss'n VI VI
that universal extent Of forest. SpIea.nne out vi
all sides but one 10 many hundreds OF miles w
had been clatHd into hysterla wren, ni'et ~ H.
months immupmcnt in the depths OF IoIr, Iva
v.ilds we once again trod upon green grass anu
rniovcd omen and unlimited views OF our sur
roundinas-tuvuriant Wales. varying hlIl-'2rin'
on all sides, rolling plains, over whlcn tic lo,'s
spring grass seemed to race ano irip ~ ,bn hroo
sweep and tho sil ilvprcd face of Lake AlDert hhu
enjoyed a period Of intense reIolcln2 wneh W We
knew we had reached. after infinite trals inc
bourne and limit Of our journeyings: bnt the de-
sire and involuntary act Of worship were never
provoked nor the emotions stirred 50 deeply rs
when we suddenly looked up and behcld the sEIeH
crests and snowy breasts OF Rnwenzorl uplI'e'
into an inaccessible altitude, like what our con-
ceptions might he OF celestial castle, WIN com
mating battement and leagues upon leagues oi
unscalcablc walls.
Altbonoh the relations OF the rescuer ana the
rescued were greatly strained during the march -
Zanzibar Mr. Stanley makes magnanmouS
attempt 10 do full justice TO the man lot "hoh
he endured the labors privatons and a"oine'
of the three forest journeys through Darkest AZ
rica and the long and percus retreat. lndccisioh'
vacillation. an extraordinary optimism and a
crednlous faith in tie external show or aheota-
tion Of obedience are named among his besettlng
weaknesses as a ruler in Equatorial Africa. Their"
was too little Furnishing and too much forglvin'
Enin's was a nature too prone 10 forgive when
ever an inordiLaie self-esteem was gIatlhed Ihese
qualities of mind, with his scientific tastes ana
defective eycsieht uLftted him IL he n commander
of men in barbarous Africa. Enln was migrate
ful 10 his rcscucr but he receives from ma
unanimous soul So impartial tribute as this:
Tie virtues and noble desires for which We
must in strict justice commend the man are 40
great and Us cTcditable to him a. those Wluch wc
cannot attribute 10 him: AH\ nan s'r!'l.S l"'
the axe of goodness H. do what in him lies 70 de
serve the sWeci approval OF conscience, becomes
armorei with a happy indifference OF all else, ana
herein lies the PachaS merit ana winch mace
bis company grateful - Us when tAe Necessity
for violent action ceased 10 vrN him. We learned
more of his character from his manner ina" from
words. That melancholy shake oi thr Le'd, u"
up,ificd hand, tie composed cam grn'ilS oi
features the uptarning ehes, ana ire Htl'e shr"S
seemed 70 say TO us: " WHAT l. the use You
see an resigned. am Ulvcrsc 20 violence; i't
/: he Why force them? They surely ought !"
have seen during these many years that Ought
only their Wri!ar rc. II they REJECT ne, ought 1
to impose myself ana my IDEAS on inen a!aih''
their will ," lie never admitted 50 mHcn, Du' we
aIc free to construc these symptoms according 10
Whatever may have been our own views
of what ought 10 have been done we have AWAY,
q hirL re-, Get for him. We cannot, al a moment
when his own fate lies trembling Oh the balance,
but admire him when Ne gee hlhi aFaiilIg Hl'hS'll
of every opportunity 10 increase MS slore oi ~,
custrine Shells or trOplc plants, eager ior thr
Of q strange brd without regard u lis
color or beauty. ready 10 examine WITH interest
a ucw species Of TAT as he IS m tie iHcasgrrnch'
strange longlcorn, or tFph!"ps I've pi.uk". ~
him. lie forthwith forgctS the couri-martiAl th''
is to decide MS sentence. and seems I" ir ln'lIe
cut whether he - To bc suInin"hci I" of sh"' '\
his sOldicry or 10 be strapped on has auSircp -
be deporicd as prize 10 thc khmiifA al khar'oHm.
When We learn all this about MN, ana htgln -
understand bin, thoueh wondrfihg d, no ,acNr ''i,
strange vagarics of human nature, we are only
conscious that the man IS worth every Nacrlhcc
We cannot proceed BY force 10 save him from
t.lelt Cd
without his permission His position foroi1S 4
our commission does not require II. !" us he
is only honorcd guest scArcctaht 70 whom
IuGcncss Is Oui Of place. WITHOUT 'cIucS' I"'
hcp Wc are helpless.
From oar point OF view we observe I % Pacha,
serene and Tranquil, enclrclcd by Wfaneln4 rcnrl'
and vet I'll along apparently unconscious ol inc
atmosphere of Ieridy III which he liNes-at lel.i
mere inclined 10 resignation than rcSisiln We
feel that were We in his place, we would speedily
upset every ombinatlon against u,, ana are con
tidcnt that only one short rcS0'u'" strlgs!c ~
ueccsso ry 70 gain freedom ana power. liu' re-
2aTding him absorbed IN his GeMson tha' the
fawning ohscqnl0usness oi ms pcTidiouN i"I"W-
crs and troops means devotion, and seeing hi'n en-
ineshed by rcschcry and fraud ana set SO cred
uiou> as 10 believe tlls T. bc hGelliy, We 1rc
struck dumb with a.nazcmcnt ana can pn' 'uli
our eyes toward another. questioning ana
For il was our misfortune th't Say
what we would could not inspire IL hn a
sense Of our conviction that his case was hopeless.
and that his paOplc had cast him of utterly. We
could not tell him that his men looked down on
him with contempt as bird collector that
tlcy Thought hc showed more lnirTcs IN beetles
than in men: that they only paid him the cN-
tcrnals of homage because they thought he was
pleased and satisfied.
II was not easy for man OF action like Mr.
STANLEY TO DO justice 10 one so markedly different
from himself in essential characteristics as the
Serene easy-going and contemplative Governor
OF the Equatorial Provinces Emin lacked de
cison in great emergencies. lie could moi for
many months determine what he would do, and
when NJ last. BETRAYED hy his creduous trust in
his followers, he consented to accompany his de
livercr, bis mind was 0vcrshadowed with bitter
regrets and cynical suspicious Mr Stanley could
not be in sympathy with so irrcsolutc soul bIt
he speaks OF him with sclf-restraint and high
minded tolerance. lie recognizes an ideal unlike
his own but after It's own kind pure and noble
and essentially useful until the conditions of i'm
perious necessity required genius Of another
stamp. While Emns people were faithful he was
equal to the ideal: but when his soldiers revoltrd
IL Mr