The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1894-03-13

after puDlic career of siXty~twO years,
voluntarily lays down the burdens and
cares of office, and seeks the rest which
he has so nobly earned.
At the age of twenty-three, in 1882,
Mr. Gladstone entered the house of com
mons, six years before Victoria assembled
the throne. He soon entered the tory
cabinet of Sir Robert Peel. and so i'm
pressed his personality upon the public
that Macaulay spoke of him as "A young
man of unblemished characteristic ris-
ing hope of the stern and unbending
tories who followed Sir Robert Peel"
About this time his first book, estate
Relations to the Church" made him IA
nous as Il political writer. He served
as president of the board of trade and
colonial secretary, becoming in the mean
time q strong advocate of free trade.
In 1917 oxford sent him to parliament,
and he continued to represent that Dor
ough eighteen years. In 1882 he became
chancellor of the cXchequcr in the Earl
of Abcrdecn'S ministry, and went over
to the liberals. AS the leader of that
party in 1866 he defeated Earl RuSSells
ministry on the Irish reform bill, and
at once went to the front as the con-
trolling force in British politics. In 1868
he became first lord of the treasury,
and u year later his disestablishment
Of the Irish church sent the DiSraeli
ministry out of power
Mr. Gladstone made Il thorough study
of the irish situation. and recognized
the gross injustice of compelling Il
n. IL, - i'm,
ci~n Protestant church. with c0nilsca-
ton and imprisonment as penalties for
disobedence. IN 1870 the Irish land
bill passed. Il measure which gave ten
ants the right to carry on litigation with
their landlords. besides providing for
peasant proprietOrship and the encour-
Hgcmcnt of real estate Improvements.
Tho Gladstone ministry went ont when
parliament was dissolved in 1874, but
in 1880, when the Irish question came
to the front again, Disraoi went out
and Gladstone succeeded him again. In
1886 the home rule bill claimed his at
tcution, and has over since been his ia
vorite measure of reform.
During his long and active public
car Ger Nh Gladstone has written many
works of such enduring fame us Homer
and the HomHric Age" ''Juventus Mum
ii" and Heroes of the Heroic Age
His capacity for work bias always seem
ed to be unlimited and some of his
speeches in his eighty fourth year are
fully equal TO his best efforts when he
was in his prime He retircs when ut
the zenith OF his power. full of honors
r,,J e, Iis.J W, ctr uCrth
and failing eycSight warn him that he
should call Il younger man to the leader
ship of his party, and in Lord Roseherry
he has found Il man who is eminently
fitted to succeed him and carry out his
policy.
Roscbcrry has been called the Blaine
of British politics. He is magnetic and
Il man of the world. az well as q diplo-
mat. He is comparatively young man.
and at the age of forty-seyen is appa-
rently ut his best. His ability was gen
orally recognized in parliament before
he was twenty-five, but be did not make
a serious business of politics until re-
cent years. His marriage to Miss Han
nah Rothschild allied him with the
strongest banking house in the world.
Since that lady's death it has been ru-
morcd that be would marry 4 daughter
of the prince of Wales, but he is appa-
rently in no hurry to take Il second wife.
Nobody. except LabOuchere and Il few
radicals, believe that Roseberry will de
part in the slightest degree from Glad
stones policy. Although a peer he is
consistent liberal. and it is probable that
he will carry or the liberal programme
OF dcprivinG the upper house Of its veto
power. but it is not likely that he favOrS
the abolition of the house. Irish leaders,
like Justin Mccarthy, are perfectly will
ing to accept the new premier, and if
there are any breakers ahead they are
not in sight Unlike Gladstone, he is
lingo and advocates vigorous foreign
policy. This will only strengthen his
popularity with all classes Of English
men.
Upon the whole, the general verdict is
that the grand old man will be succeeded
by the man of all others who is best
fitted to take his place. Fortunately, the
change does not deprive England of Mr..
GladStOneS services. He Shll remains
the great cOmmOncr.