New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-05-24
GLADSTONE ON AMERICA.
HIS VIEW OF THIS COUNTRY AS KIN BE-
YOND SEA"

YOND SEA"
To the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir: Gladstone has just ended his iong ana ".os.
arduous and most glorious career. unsurpas'eo IL
not unequaled by that OF any other statesman III
Che long history OF civil and religious liberty III
all Chrtstendom lie as he Is called In your
editorial columns Of Thursday, Tho greatest
Englshman since Chatham and Pitt" his death
Is a loss to the noble idealism that mas lhspireu
what ia best in the civilization OF the century
.qn volume and utility surpasslng the acn'e'e-
ments Of any other statesman. equaHy s''"'
as commoner and fnancer
In his "Gleanings Of Past Years" lsi3-'S' occur
some passages that may serve to confirm ana Illus
trate your estimate OF his pre-eminent aoi'i'ies,
Part VIII kin Beyond Sea-" some forty-hVe
pages presents admirably the spirit ana s'yie Oh
the Grand OLD Man. o,,
Higher and deeper than the concern OF the Old
world large in the thirteen Coon,es , n TsSroqss
l. the special interest OF England in their cono'-
ton and prospects o.,,,, tim. can
and probably vii wrest from En neaaby her become
nbat we are now he head servant in the great
household OF the world. the empower o, a a IND
s sSisst ''s'@'' ,,.,.. e., ~. TRANQUIL do
main Of political philosophy will have much 10 say
in the way Of comparison between American ana
There Is no parallel in all the records OF tho
world TO the case OF that prolific BRITISH no,ne,
ali i'O the earth 10 be the founders of half dozen
empires. 49,, l.. on. .,ovs n,acs
and history is !. sq 1Bs sdyst
born She has. taking the CAPACITY Of her land
into view as well n as It's mfre continuous empire
ever established by man The development which
the Republic has effected has been re,
have doubled most rsbed their t popSnlnti0n
she has risen during one ceninfy ns OF to FIVE
4 is "a hs 90 h
FAR achieved series for the future; and, reckon
ing upon this basis suppose that the very NEXT Ss
world certainly the wsalhes Of al the na rs
The huge snfs OF pov an b@ ANNUAL INCOME
Of the United Kingdom, has been reached at a
S saying whs s We
started forty or nifty wears ago from zero at me
reached our present position But while we nave
even now the work Of searching the soil and the
bowels Of the Go ana e hfr In e
infancy. The England and the America or the
present are probably the two strongest nations OF
In many and the most fundamental respects the
Ing clearness tho. notes of resemblance that be-
sesh Sss fo and saS and
grave the drawbacks under which IN one or hoth
Of bs wo shd made the most eec,ua
toward the true aim OF rational politics. Ia.
that the force in which all government takes effect
Is to be constantly tasksd and as it were r bv
are governments. not of force only. but of per-
Many moro are the concords. and not less vital
than these Of the two nations as expressed in
70 the abstract They tolerate opinion with only
a reserve behalf Of decency; and they desire
to leave thought, as such. entirely free They Get
hsh to valve %. f for s ise Tn
reliance in the people, and they deem self-help TO
be UNNECESSARILY superior TO help IN any other
They m!strust and mislke the GENERALIZATION Of
They regard publicity a. the vital air Of potS S
In England inequality lies imbeddsa n the very
late insidentai unresognized product not OF trs-
steps Hereby seated as an Idea in the heart.
Is susaned By ose Of
m moral IS y Witch f the the
traversed the Atlantic as II Il had been some
up their carsoes Equality combined with liberty
and renewable at each descent from one genera
ton TO another. was the groundwork of their 60
The infancy Of the States had been upon the
c cped and rspu6cap es Their IS
ton Of liberties inherited and possessed-a
sentative revolution.
indeed the % tRan the re-
sembiances Of the nations. Tho one is thing
the other. poesis: the one the offspring OF ten
dency and indeterminate time the other OF choice
and OF an epoch. But as the British Constitution
n tho most subtle organism which has proceeded
from the womb and the long CESSATION Of pro-
greSsive history. the American Constitution is,
50 far as can see. the most wonderful work ever
struck of at given time by the brain and pur-
should fail. in looking at the institutions of
with the naked eye.
Now the above brief quotations while not en-
dDo and consecutive. may suffice to turn the at
tendon Of your most intelligent readers to tho
whole article kin Beyond Sea-" as a most in
6tFuotive. luminous and concise view OF the like
moss and unlikeness Of the two governments It
e . finished sketch by the masters hand IN the
rapouess or his consummate power II Is timely
now. and Will grow more valuable in future years
no< now distant, when tho mutual relations Of
the9o most powerful governments and most pow
erfu1 nations, practically one. now and from the
oufset. In the paramount essentials Of race
language. literature, liberties laws and religion,
uaGy become tho inscparable and fraternal rela-
lions between two Of the great Giving nations" Of
tho world
Lord Salisbury has Just described these great
countries Of enormous power growing in power
every year. growing in wealth. growing In do
mtn1on. growing in the perfection OF their or
ganixadon." given in his speech in London on
May l. with vivid force and startling novelty Of
anafysis for which we hardly know where 10
find . parallel. turning the searchlight Of truth
with astonishing effect the nations at large. IL
va may Judge by the comments of some European
statesmen. We welcome such light We mot
Of the night, nor Of darkness"
Brooklyn. May 10. 1893 LEVI WELLS HART.
FINE SOLDIERS THESE. INDEED
To tho Editor Of The Tribune
Sir: ! find this In a morning paper to-day:
satished regiments is being fostered by the Demo
orats. who see in 1t possible loss OF several thou