Evening journal., 1898-05-25

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the Mfe-service which Mn |
Gladstone gave to The people of Eng |
gland when he held the dual Cab- /
me- Offices. First Lord of the Treasury |
and Chancellor Cf the lExChcquer he |
sacrificed aha cmoiument Of the one Of |
fee, bOuh being equal, and retained the !
other. Neither did he ever banker af- |
ter a title, for his oft-repeated rejec- !
jectiOn of the same is a matter CT his !
tory The tlnsel and trappings of q !
titular fame Ilever had any attraction
for Mr.. Gladstone. He was born VIII |
liam Ewart Gladstone and he died the
same. Another notable characteristic
cf Jhis great statesman was his terri
Bile oarnestnsss in whatever he under
took, no matter whWhCr it consisted
Of the fellipg of q tree or the telling
of some political opponent. Mr.. Glad
stones capacity for work, 10th mental
ard physical, has never been equaAed
by any public probably never
viii be equalled. He was alike a men
tai and physical phenomenon. The
frivOlities and contemplate inanitios
Of life had no place in this men5al
giants world of labor and Thought. No
breath of scandal ever sped its viper
Olls cOulse over the fair domestic
rdmc and escutCheOn of Mr.. Glad
stone: Neither was THE home life Of
this statesman ever married by amy os-
tentaticus or worldly display. Mr. Glad
stcne was knOwn to the world as a
pre-eminently religious character, his
religion being of THE species which pcr-
haps borders somewhat hysterioally on
prCdeslnatiOIA He was wont. when
ever the opportunity presented itself.
DO take an active part in THE services
Of the village church of Hawarden.
close TO the statesmans casule-home
There were periods, however. i'm MIR
GladgtOne's public career, and that.
too, Notwithstanding his sincere preten-
sions to piety, when he was the hest
hated man in England But that is
ontsrtimes proof sufficient of a mans
greatness, for it IFS only your man Of
whom an speak well who is a ment
noentity and a crawling, cbseo- lis
parasite. Mr. Gladstone was W.. q
the least clement of doubt, and in U..e
recognized acceptation OF the term. "a
coed man. But there were glaring in
constituencies even in his political life:
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fore ard after him, e0ught 1.-THE bubble
reputation even at the cann-n' $
mouth" We all know That Mr.. Glad
stone was largely responsible for the
/ Crimean War a most unjust and un-
necessary war; i'm opposition to THE Will
Of mem, some Of whom were 10 lesser
parliamentarians than he himself, and
who possessed an equally clear and
! Qf D. lf
| rg up to that war. IL Is cn,y fair 10
SKATE, however, THAT in iIhe Alabama az
| fair, and when the gOvenment and
people of England desired TO w3r with
/ the United States Mr.. Gladstone insis.-
cd upon that affair going to arbitra-
| ton. We are not aware than an atone
ment of a successful character can be
made by amy man. no matter how CO.
icssal that mans gifts or attainments
may be, who is either directly on indi-
rectly responsible for war, especially an
unjust, an unprovOcative and an un-
righteous war But if amy atonement
can be made for the commission of So
| grave an offense, as also for uhe
| IChangeabie and dilatOry policy respon-
sible for the death of General Gordon
at Khartoum. then Mr.. Gladstone made
ulldl dloUtlutWl ny preventing "a NDulllt
between England and the United States
in the Alabama affair.
One or two American journals, com.
menting editOrially upon the death o
The great Liberal, have dubbed MIR
Gladstone as the greates man of th,
century. We beg to take exception &,
so broad and sweeping an assertion
We cannot believe we stand alone whei
we assert that Mr. Gladstone was no
The greatest man of the century. w
Swill undertake 10 cite a greater-nama
ly-Abraham Lincoln. when th
mighty Lincoln knocked the shackle
from of the COrpOreal body of tia
black man, and when he gave the biacl
man his eternal and everlasting earthl
freedom, he cOnsummated the creates
act of either this or any other century
an act which will ever cause the mem
, ory of Abraham Lincoln TO scimtillate a
with the resplendence OF the nOOnda'
+ sun. Were we asked TO name the fOu
greatest men. There is no fifbh-we us
Uhe adjectiven NOT in it's popular, but Il
, it's most intrinsic sense-were we ask
: cd TO name the four greatest men q
e this dying century, men who STAN
! lhead and shoulders above the Ordinar
@ | ruck of humanity we would cite th
y names of Abraham Lincoln Wllliar
a Ewart Gladstone, Prince Bismarck an