Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-01-05


which he had ample means to furnish.
lie was sent to the hest preparatory |
schools in England, and when trans
ferred to Elton he had begun already |
to realize early expectations He had |
been there but a short time when he |
was looked upon as the ablest man
among the students of the institution |
At JXford he took almost Immediately !
front rank; was looked upon as one to
reflect glory upon his class; became
the intimate associate of the sons of
,le Oldest families in the united king
dom; was received by them with open
arms and all WED with each other to
show him the greatest marks of atten
tion. Such were the promising abili-
ties of the future great statesman of
England. Add to this a fine form, a
graceful and digntfied department, a
lustrous eye, a fine modulated voice.
great eloquence and equally great
knowledge, with prospects of leader
ship in his party (such were his early
promises) and one can conceive the re-
ception which Gladstone received ev-
erywhere--even in his early days.
Space, of which have already occu-
pied too much, will not allow me to
dwell too largely on Gladstone's car
eer from his entrance into parliament
till his retirement owing to his ad-
vanced years.
He had barely left his college rooms
when the Duke of Newcastle present
ed his name in 1882 to the borough of
Newark as a member for parliament,
at the age of 23. Successful, his
maiden speech in that most critical
body was well received and justified
the high expectations generally held of
the man. Nor were his subsequent
addresses less highly thought Of
One may judge of Gladstones sue
cess in parliament, when at the age of
25, in the year 1884, he was appointed
junior lord of the treasury, and the
| following year, under Secretary of the
Colonies, a post of considerable re-
| sponsibility and influence, and one
which required large capabilities. In
| lS43 he was again promoted to the
presidency of the board of trade and
the following year he was made Secre-
tary of Parliament Colonies. The
promises of his early years were each
day becoming more fully realized, and
he was beginning to be looked upon as
one of the ablest men and leaders of
men in parliament.
When in 1852 he opposed Disraell's
budget, thus placing himself into the
opposition ranks, and defeated by his
attack the administration, he became
under Lord Aberdeen the successful
Chancellor, and occupied that same of
flee under Lord Palmerston. 1t was in
A.. % tnat he made that fatal speech at
Newcastle which alienated from him
for some years the affectionate regard
that we had entertained for Gladstone
When Gladstone in December, 1863
took Office as England's Premier, and
thus became the Liberal party's official
leader, the greatest and best they had
mad for three generations he had at
last freed himself from all previous
political convictions and prejudices
He had become convinced, a strictly
conservative party meant a reaction
ary one To stand still, and try to
preserve intact the doctrines of a past
generation means for n people, ma
ton, a retrograding movement. The
and so must a people to be successful
Gladstone became thenceforth one OF
the most liberal leaders of England's s
Liberal party. In and out of Office, not
only the people of his own country
but the oppressed peoples CT every
country in the world had his sym
pathy, his kind words and his help.
He had begun to look upon our great
republic as the successful mode for his
guide. He tried to atone for his
wrongs toward us from 1862 to 1865 by
showing on every subsequent occasion
the sorrow he felt for his former er.
roneOus convictions and actions. He
had come to the conclusion That the
people who could so successfully bear
the strain that had been put upon u.
from 1861 till the last of 1865, must be
a great people, and equally great q
government that could so successfully
and speedily recover and with such
elasticity from such sacrifices.
The fragments and the threads thai
had for three generations been gener.
ating on the stratum of our social ant
commercial intercourse, he fructifiet
by the pollen of his great influence
Into that close friendship that makes
England open wide her arms to re.
ceive rs and give greater liberty and
better government to the oppressed
people of the world.
When Gladstone died. after battling
for the betterment of mankind, in of.
flee and out of office, during the bal.
ance of his earthly career, there left It's
earthly tenement soul that while so
Iourning therein manifested by its
great and lofty aspirations the earthly
vibration of It's immortality. |. p.
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