The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-31

start. His maiden speech" on the
/ education bill, was an admirable piecs
of parliamentary logic:
! While / admit that we have no right ia
/ force any man teaching OF which he
! disa pproves we have 30 ask whether wa
! should provide for every man the religious
| instruction he demands do not think
| we are infringing the right OF conscienos
In refusing to accede to 80 extortionate =
demand as that. The principle l take to be
| that we ought to respect the riEhts OF con
| science so Far ss they do not intsrfere with
the secular interests OF the state. When
they do 80 interfere they ought to be over
| ruled.
| have never thought Il possible or sI-
pedient to bring everything down to one
dead level have never supposed you
| could equalize the capacities and conditions
Of men. The idler the drunkard. the orimi-
nal and the fool must bear the brunt of
their defects. The strong man and the able
man will always be FIRST in the race. But
what I say IL that the community az o
whole. cooperating for the benent OF all,
may do something TO make the lie OF all
Its citizens somewhat better. somewhat
nObler some What happier
IL might have been better to name
Justice, health and comfort as desid-
fIbNd lIlNAf@iu W npDlINN anu FtDDl-
ness. but tho sanity Of the proposition
stands out clear enough that individual
defects Of character and ability do not
relieve the common Government OF re-
sponsibility for all possible control OF
common conditions. Mr.. Chamberlain
long experience in affairs gave point Of
efficacy to his habitual careful test OF
his theories before FORMULATION.
~.
Of all lin respect OF unionl-of the United
states OF America. You have there the
greatest democracy the world has ever
seen and democracy which has known
how to night In order to maintain Its union.
II has fought for and triumphantly main
tanned the imperial union OF the United
states. bat e. has known how to respect
all local differences.
Mr.. chamberlain here reminded the
house how Mr.. Gladstone had coun-
selled "the disintegratfon Of the UNIFIED
States." Mr. Gladstone objected. Cham
berlain:
Nv risht honorable friend says he ala
not counsel It: but he gave the weight OF
his great name 10 the statement that the
Northern and the Southern states had be-
come separate nations. We'll. sir. no on.
doubted a. that time the sincerity OF my
right honorable friend or the purity Of his
motives. Nobodv doub.s them nov. hut
everybody viii admit dare say my right
honorable friend himself would admit--that
IN view OF the situation In the United
states he made a mistake
IMr Gl4dstoue--Hear. hearl
This was in 1886: twenty years later
Mr.. Chamberlain was earnestly preach
ing the need ~ union Of better ANAL
gamated confederation N the empire
In The Last Speech" delivered July Q.
1906. his closing words were The
union of the empire must be- pre-
cedel AMI aC umpanied by a better UNI
derS,andine. by a closer sympathy. To
secure that Is the highest object OF
~tate-mtnShip now at the b. ginning OF
the twentieth century, and II these were
tn" last words that | We're permitted 10
utter to you 7 would rejoice 10 utter
them in your presence and wiki your
approval. T know that the fruition Of
our hopes $ certain"
EnglJnd owes much to Joseph Cham
berlain. by their fruits W. shall know
them The parry politics musk In
stripped away. AID the fruits Of his
long labois are ripening To-day in the
empires time Of trial The loyal Do
min.onS have still much to look for
from the Imperial Government; but t1e
ties OF patriotism are stronger when
they operate At all, than the mechanical
forces ~ federation.