The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-10-25

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London Mr.. Gladstone eaid I'VE who
then saw Gsribaldi for the first time can
many of us never forget the marvellou.
eject produced upon all minds nv ,bs
simple nobility OF his demeanor. hy he
manners and his acts Besides his sple,,,,,
integrity and his wide and universal svnn,.
tines, besides that seductive simpUc,.r
OF manner which never departed 'r,,,
him. and that Unborn and native rrso,
which seemed to attend all his action,
would almost seisct from every other a,,a,,y
this, which was in apparent contrss, I'm,
real harmony in Garibaldi-the union If
the most profound and tender humanity
with his fiery valor
On the whole, it was in 1862 that N,
Gladstone must be held TO have mad.
his greatest speech on Italian affairs q
am ashamed to say" he told the Hops.
that. for a long time I, like MANY WITH.
held my assent and approval from Ital.
ian yearnings," He proceeded tn atom.
amply for his hardness His expour. q,
Naples, where perjury had been the ira.
dition OF its kings; OF the government Of
the Pope in the Romagna, where the com.
had been handed over to Austrian soldierv.
of the stupid and execrable lawe.enes.
Of the Duke Of Modena; of the attitude q,
Austria az q dominant and con1uerino
nation overa subject and conquered race
all this stamped a decisive impression on
the minds Of his hearers Mr. Morlev
thinks that. along with his speech on reform
in 1884, and that on the Irish Church in tho
spring Of 1866, 1t secured Mr.. Gacstones
hold upon all of the rising generation Of
Liberals who cared for the influence and
the good name Of Great Britain in Europe
and who were capable Of sympathixins
with popular feeling and the Claims Of
national Justice
vi.
1t seems strange to us now that an Eng.
lish statesman who in 1850 could respond
30 quickly and 80 fervently to the appeal
Of the Italians, should have been unable
in ls8l-os to find in his heart any SYM
pathy for the cause of the Union. during
our civil war 1t is well known that on
Oct. 7, 1852, at banquet in the Town Hall
Of Newcastle. Mr.. Gladstone, being then
Chancellor Of the Exchequer in the Palmers-
ton Government. let fall sentence about
the American civil war of which he was
destined never to hear the last: 'We know
quite well that the people Of the Northern
States have not yet drunk OF the CUP
they are still trying to hold it far from their
lips--which all the rest Of the world sea
they nevertheless must drink Of. We NAV
have our own opinions about slavery; We
may be for or against the South; but there
is no doubt that Jefferson Davis and other
leaders of the South have made an army;
they arc making, it appears, navy; and
they have made. what Is more than either
they have made a nation The sensa-
ton which these words produced was,
naturally, immediate and profound All
the world took 80 pointed an utterance
to mean that the British Government were
about to recognize the independence Of
the South. Mr.. Charles Francis Adams,
then our Minister in London, wrote on the
following day in his diary: II Gladstone
be any exponent at all Of the views Of the
Cabinet, then is my term likely to be very
short. The animus, as it respects Mr..
Davis and the recognition of the rebel
cause, is very apparent
There is no doubt that Mr.. Gladstone
went further than the Premier, Lord
Palmerston, or the Secretary for Foreign
Affairs. Lord John Russell. had authorized
him to 60. Lord John Russell wrote: -You
must allow me to say that think you went
beyond the latitude which all speakers must
be allowed when you said that JEFF DAVE
had made a nation. Recognition would
seem to follow. and for that step think
the Cabinet is not prepared A week
after the deliverance at Newcastle, Sir e..
Cornewal! Lewis, apparently at lord
Palmerston's request, put things right
in a speech at Hereford. The Southern
States, he said, had not de fdcto established
their Independence and were not entitled
to recognition on any accepted principles
OF public law From other data. which
Mr. Morley very properly considers II his
duty to set forth, it is evident that as late
az November Of the year Just named, Mr..
Gladst one personally desired all interpo-
sition on the part of England, France and
Russia between the South and the North.
About two years before his death Mr..
Gladstone himself put on record in frag-
mentary note his own estimate OF an error
that. in view Of his official position, might
have had lamentable consequences. !
have vet 10 record" he wrote IN july IS%'
IAN undoubted error. the most singular
md palpable NAV add, the least excts-
able Of them all, especially since II Ta'
committed 80 late as the year lS02, wneh
| had outlived half a century. In the
autumn OF that year, and in speech de-
livered after public dinner AT Newcastle
on-Tvne, | declared III the heat Of ne
American struggle tina, Jefferson Davis
had made a nation, that is TO saw, that me
division Of the American Republic HH me
establishment of Southern or Secession
State was an accomplished fact Nj
Gladstone went on to admit that, not "nIF
was this a mis- judgment of the case N0''
even if il had been otherwise, he was not
the person TO make the declaration. lha'
NV opinion was founded upon falls" e1'''
mate of the facts was the very least part ~
nv fault did not perceive the gross
Improperly of such an utterance from
Cabinet Minister Of Power allied III Nio"l
and language and bound 10 loyal n"H-
rraluy. the case being further exaggera'e'
ny the fact that we were already, :" %
sneak, under indict ment before the worn
for no, las was allegedl having ~'r'"N
enforced he laws Of neutrality in the mater
Of the. cruisers. My offence was, j" e'"
only a mistake. but one of incredible <
moss and with such consequences OF o0''''
and alarm attached to it that my iaiIlIH Wv