MR GLADSTONE ON HIMSELF.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3189, 9 May 1879, Page 1

MR GLADSTONE ON HIMSELF.

I In refe'r'eti&S fe^aii* invitation'from the editor of ! W'BWgtf^lfer? •GfflWfoe has answered .some questions s which r it w-as ii|wn objjciire \,p.9rtipn|^'ofJ ; Jbiß,.',. l biography-,' "^hejf^rst 4n,qulry|^a»'^.By f ,^R*t," flefttai JBhaiiges, **SRje>WfeeFl>/il sa^ej, dj(4 he consciiously t pass from the CopsfrFati'rp.tp; the Liberal side P " Probably the question was too well-defined", to; irecfei^e an aontrer that could 1 be ? gitenYtfn precise terms. Mr «G4&dstone has-referred .his inquirer, to.h is speech at, the opening,of .thp.Pftlmerston Club, hi Okfordl, W December;'lß7B, from wifieU'-we takeirtliesifoH6%i«j?ll*i,'tfi:trace in the education-of- Oxford of my own time"' J'dne%reit?dfeft<Ji/ |Terh*prit was my own faultbut I musiadmit tbatT did n<ftleiy^i^^fbrd^dkil«cfi I Jiave learned since—namelyn>olset a"'due Value on the imperilhable and inestimable principal! The temper which Vtmtipmti toh^reVaiied in academic circles~Was thai; liberty was reguarded wiffi-3iealßn^yF£M-fearjco.uld not be wholly^disp^tfseal^!'.^^^ . I think that>he,j)rineipleofthe.p.onserratire • P e^leonl£#li4 ldl)y fear ,<; but I think sjhe)" principle 1 -*6f/Hhe ilLiberal'*'parCt"is %uitintfbV^^I oily qualified by prudence., "1 >«can only assure you, gentlemen, tiiat" now I am in front of extended popular privileges"! hare no fearof these enlarge>mentj sfjthe:Gonßtjtutio;njthat sieem to.:be approacbiflg, 7 ,-sOi^-it&^con^rjifyV I hail them with'desire. _I am'hot in the least .degre,e,conji,cious that I hare less reverence foi; antiquity* ; for the beautiful, and good and glorious charges that Our-ancestors hare handed d6wn to vii at a patrimony to our race, tfian >lihdd 'in other days, when I held ether political opinions. I%a¥elcarted to Set thelrueraloe upon human liberty, ;an3 4nwhateTer I have changed, there, tfnd™there only has been the explana*Kiii r'6f ftbe Jtdhange." The second question Was—*' To *hktf Statesman has Mr Gladstone~been most indebted for his tuition in; We '■'prftrfpftiS' of;ltie admistt'aWe^aTF in^politios P " Mr GladiMiClkEe^mtMn^,|ej|gp^Jh^ Question three iconcerhiij the Irish UniTcrsity Bill r -aJui«it-riUiß :—" Was Mr Gladstone reajly, surprised at the fate of Ilhej^rish^fjniverjjitjr Bill,, or did he persist in dealing, with the. subject as a matter ofdntK Uowinc that' he risked Blmost all that foHowedF -Nothing could be more 'ip'rophsftic UianfM'rGlaistane'B answer. He was surprised. Question four: reads, "In the event of carryiffg;tlifoughdiis tftiitfrsityißiirwhatolhtip fr'esU'icheme, if any, was in bis mind ? 'juQ Any further Irish legislationfr*iDiiinM-for' sdljaequent consideration. Questioil Jllrsiwas,:''Does Mr Ohdatohe^nro^M flbil^i(ti|^ rc: -if it be wholly moral, as some ;ti'eßßVeW6titeiia— to Lord^eaj^nMeta^a^froiii^iii attack ; Wa^e oOil'K»f F^'ll.^ill^of more recent origin ?'' ]y The, _de{ifea(e natmre of .this inquiry must be admitted, but it was 'su^^by^a passiß|Hj4: Jft^Vof. Mr Gladstpijies {Oxford'sp.ee.cie^.^n which he 'Mel*deforibed' hims^lf,'!a«* 't^r } .f time at least."in a' s'emipers'onal 'warfare. Mr "Gladstone now^-replied-tiiat-antipathy is not a wbrdrhe'ean admit or recognise as describing his attitude-at any time. The ;lastJrqaeiti'on.ar<sse out,rof:ia passage" in Earl Kussell's " Keeollecdoh^and Sugges'HioM v-l f tffiHfc MB'«MloWiif{«**'fFdr«#hat precise 'refisotf Was the {latfe' 'Eirl "Russell deluded fi-oß'^the 'B^rai'Oabiiiei in JB6l ? " •nMi l'(^lfta3i;(ine tM*Sdliß lwasiaware %TL alsabW'in^LoKi l^fi|&s at " ftiat ; fc^»Mge ;i >reWd l; to Wwm at tbe c|oßei4C>the ! eig > h|,chaiite/^o.f 3 |;a^Russeirs book. The Northern Whig'has r been inifocmejd.Sj.one tbei, bestjAuthprity^'ibat [Mr -iGla'dsfcone'Bianswerii:to,the;i»bqf^que,stions were not gifen for.pu.bKca!ipn«b,ut as aids Hto ia'personnwlio'L was ibfelieTediby; iMr Gladstone to be engaged in^afseritfus study, and that "they bate been used without authority, knd'iu a manner not intended.