Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-03-29

Scrati, of the colleges" whore he attained
The highest honors OF the university,
graduating double first. His university
life attached MIN more strongly to con-
servatism in politics and religion, and re-
tarded his emergence from Tory and High
Church exclusiyism to clearer and health
Ter Liberalism. Oxford, which Morley
characterzes az "that famous home OF so
many bad causes" has been prominent IN
resisting educational, political, and eccle-
siasticai reform, and has magnified the
royal prcrogative. preached passive obedi-
ence, and sentenced to the flames the
works of modern Constituencies 1.-The
atmosphere of Oxford was unfavorable to
liberty and gave bias TO intolerance and
bigotry."
QUEER GLORY.
On the day of Russells execution Ok
ford in full conyocatIoD passed a decree
hromulgating or pain of infamy here and
hamnation hereafter the doctrines OF d.
vine right aud passive obedience, and ana
thematizing twenty-seyen propositions
from Milton, Baxter, Goodwin, Bellarmine,
Buchanan, and Hobbies as seditlous, scam
dalous, impious. blasphemous, heretical,
and damnahle. Macaulay, in tho Edinburgh
J,ect7o. in 1885. said "the glory of being
farther behind the age than any other
class Of British people is one which the
University of Oxford acquired early and
Aas never lost"
HUMAN LIBERTY.
In 1878 Gladstone made this confession:
VI trace in the education of Oxford of my
OWN time one great defect. Perhaps it was
nly own fault: bat must admit that did
mot learn when at Oxford that which /
have learned since--viZ.. TO set due value
on the imperishable and inestimable princi-
pies Of human liberty. The temper,
which | think. prevailed too much
IN academic circles, was that hber,
ty was regarded with jealousy, and
fear could not be wholly dispensed
with" Such forebodings and fears, dis
trust OF the people, adherence TO proscrip-
ton, slavery to usage and prejudice, long
fettered his intellect aud opinions. not
withstanding his varied scholarship, the
solidty of his understanding and his in
nate love of investigation. Because of
home and academic training the young
man found his intimate associates and
party affiliations among Tories and high
churchmon.
HOME LIFE.
His father being the most rigid Of Tories
home, school, and church tended 10 keep
the son under the sway of tradition and
authority: Thus home life, social forces,
personal friendships. the potencies OF col
'1ege influence combined to put the earlier
career on tho trend directly adverse to what
manhood and old age have wrought.
ON the other hand, the fathers
strength Of will. business integ-
rity, large experience. honorable ac-
simultaneously, commercial connections,
the mothers gentleness, conscientious
ness and susceptibility 10 impressions,
the scholarly tastes and love of letters
with which his mind had been early i'm
buod. the refined and cultured society
of the university, the early practice of
composition and OF debate, the habit of
observation and widening OF sympathies,
and of intelligence produced by travel,
combined to fit him, in IN unusual de-
gree. for his subsequent life.
II PARLIAMENT.
.
The reform law disappointed the vati-
cinations of those who saw in il insecurity
OF property and overthrow Of the Crown.
AS happened in 1885. the Reformed House