The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-20

man and others. Meantime the people
q England were starving. and ~ 1919
1000, 600 Of them were subject 70 chart
table relief Another scotchman. Adam
Smith, who had taken mp trade subjects
at the period Of the American Revolu-
ton. was now being studied throughout
the realm. and a cry arose Tor free trade.
particularly In food.
A young manufacturer at Manchester,
Richard Golden. came In abreast OF
Gladstone Meantime what were called
the Chartisis or Republicans wereloudly
agitating. India was distressed from tho
Afghan war
Young Disraeli now appeared as a
rival Of young Gladstone and young
Golden. Gladstone opposed free trade
and wanted home grown corn or wheat
protected. The agricultural interest was
Of course that Of the aristocracy. The
prime minister, Sir Robert Peel, began
10 waver al the distresses, which were
too palpable in the land
The customs list was cut down from
200 articles 20 nearly one-half, and
Gladstone's easy mastery Of trade details
caused him 10 be followed with close In
terest by the oppressed trades and classes.
H. still held ont. however and made
speeches against free corn, but the atti-
tude Of the press. the poets and the cities
was too threatening not 10 be felt.
As president Of the board Of trade nm.
der Peel, Gladstone introduced a bill
in 1913 20 abolish the restrictions on tho
expectation Of machinery. II was then
supposed that 10 let British machinery
be sent 10 other countries would be 10
teach them the manufacturing arts and
iniure British woolens and cottons. He
also assisted 10 pass a liberal railway act
Nevertheless his Scottish and Liver
pool bigoiry prompted him 10 tender his
resignation when Peel granted money TO
Roman Catholic college In Ireland. OF
course there was q Protestant accession
10 his popularity thereupon. Too much
Of an Englishman. however. not 20 fol.
low tho changed channels Of opinion,
Gladstone Published book In his thirty
sixth year intimaiing that the liberali.
zation Of trade had always disappointed
those who opposed II and improved the
public condition.
II has been supposed that Sir Robert
Peel read this book and changed his owl
views suddenly. but II is probable that
Golden and his young manufacturer.
school had altogether more influence oyei
Peel than Mr.. Gladstones essays.
Peel offended the Tories, but no min
istry could be formed without him. an,
when ho reconstructed his cabinet h
gave Gladstone the colonial secretary
, ship, which had just been vacated b.
Lord Stanley. aftorward the Earl O
] Derby.
Thus at 80 Gladstone had altered al
his modes Of thought. As the Duke o
| Newcastle adhered 10 protection on fam
products, Gladstone resigned, but In th
, private capacity went 10 the assistanc
] Of Sir Robert Peel.
) A great Irish famine prccipitate
o events IN 1919. The duty on importe
4 grain was reduced TO 81 quarter II
stead Of nearly g.. Nevertheless a POI
G ton Of this tax remained till 1869.
n In the moment Of his victory Peel wa
O beaten, and In 1877 Gladstone reappeare
!. in parliament for Oxford uniyersit,
He was yet hostile 10 the extreme Iii
7 erals and had himself sworn in a. a sp-
4 cial constable 10 put down the Chartist
i Louis Napoleon, then IN England, WI
J. also sworn In. He opposed the Russo
@ ministry on political grounds rather tina
10 from principle.
" Speaking frequently In parliamel
% and rather straddling the issue. CHA
stone once referred TO Disraeli rs a goo
Is humorcd aud brilliant speaker. The tv
Is men subsequently sincerely dislikcd caC
Ic other.
p. Palmerston, a man very popular In b
day. managed the foreign policy Of En-
W land and was something Of bully
D. small nations like Greece. whercup'
te Gladstone let fly at him
Is I'VE forsooth," said Gladstone, 'ha
pc n mission 20 be the censors Of vice ~
!" folly, u abuse and imperfection amo
" the other countries Of the world"
cr He said that there was a law Of q
"a tions England must observe.
ri II may DO said that probably no In
Is. lishman before Gladstone continued
i" enjoy the fame Of Sir Robert Peel. !
~. statue Is In nearly every important q
nd Of Great Britain, and he Is regarded
Ic. the prime minister who altered the co
plexion Of legislation from eighteen
to century dcspotism 10 nineteenth c,
ic. tury freedom.
80 In tho shifting political condition
ed England young Disraeli was winni
nd the position on tho Tory side that Oh
ms stone had abandoned. Disraeli belioy
io. that England should have nothing to
ek with sentiment. but should control ]
no foreign policy like King David and
en- pharoahs Of old
Ia. Gladstone had so far drifted aw
L. from his high church notions that
nd ridiculed Dill which prohibited
ne popo from giving ecclesiastical titles
20 England. Bright and Golden on {
IA. occasion voted with Gladstone, Russ
Ias and Palmeiston quareling at the III
~. Of the French coup d'etat Of Louis }
nd poleon, which Palmorston had abett'
Lord Derby took the government a
M. asked Gladstone in, but he declined.
ch Gladstone had now resolved 10 becoi
nd sort Of missionary IN foreign COT
". tries on the side Of liberal opinions |
IN Scottish blood drew from the cxamp
ed q Bruce and Wallace a sympathy
at an people engaged In combating d
in potism. In 1850, ut the age u Al,
I'VE took sick daughter 10 Italy aud resi-,
Ich several months In Naples lie yisi
Mt the political prisons aud saw such see
lu, as made him resolve 20 denounco
liz. STANDARDIZATION dcspotiEm In the I
no sicihes A little previous TO this Il
Rome had been reyolutionized by NJ
lini and Garihaldi but this only inn
an tered the condition Of the Neapolit
Ia. ,,.hn ,tsnttiI iutttutn tho gvntnulp m