Show till OLD 11 ll liv rev ward hard Be echers iceson 1 al of gladstone 1 learnine Learn lne on nay my arrival in liver pool that wits was to speak ak on Mon dayI concluded to wait ovand enjoy the opportunity of becony and hearing him I 1 accordingly secured tickets for the platform at circus a building capi cap ble of holding several thousand per so tons n s tho the meeting moat lafi was to be in tile afternoons after noonA sort of 0 invisible excitement seemed to pervade tho the whole city of liverpool in that gladstone was to make a speech the last of it his Is cam campaign speeches when I 1 drew near to the building tho the were aled with scattering bands banda growing thicker us its one approached approach od tile the circus but with some difficulty 0 under inder the convoy of a I 1 effected nil all entrance in the iho par rear i and was admitted to tile the stage ins ing upon my sympathy Byn apathy with mr gladstone the audience soon soon recognized nihed g give t ve some arii cheers at the request of the committee ruit tee however I 1 I 1 repaired to nn an antoro annb rooan oba in order to meet mr gladstone Glad stank prompt to the hour ho he appeared together with arf mr glad stobo and a abw abow I 1 idles of alp ilp hla party lie ile boro bore tile llie marks of tile the I 1 com through which hi ha had jonea gone and hla his voice vai ai quite husky busky lie he had wrapped around hirn him a sort af pf I 1 tippet fo 0 o protect his haneck and throat mrs gladstone glad Gla tone seemed to havo aln in special charro charge and like a mother fin nurse ise watched over him and chock check sit 1 any person that thal wanted to itala talk witty with himfar him for fear thatis that it would hurt liia his voice she also alao tint slit near him during hla his abdrea ad drea kind and tie he frequently turned to her either because of sumo some that ebb might t have made or from the familiar habit baba t of coil courteous oteous deference renca to tp her TOO to storm pf af applause whenn d ho tl ascended upon pon the platform c uld hardly ba bave v e been bean surpassed rby roars and chiero rolled iloni and doudand loud lou lind dand it was V ath Y tb cutty culty sad after some rable capsor lap Beof of ime that the audience was wag reduced to anything like generous bat bag in tho the front Arow on the platform where by turning him phad I 1 had a full fullview view of t the 13 great reat orator ilia voice showed evidence 0 much use in opeti open air speaking yet while its itil finer qualities were OWL obscured ared it was wai re ri so illan and adne could easily see bill it wasa alco oilA pled fa j tit aliu vt V t pir posea luses or of ora oratory tofy ue lie held belli his but flu fience deonce for an hour 0 or r more wl with th perfect control ha charmo charmed them he with an v en at urda the oa applause burst into an u n coil trot Biru atre oln abri which refused to lo be up or checked checke deven even I 1 dagnot waa not capable of judging uil giu of lioy of thit the thedles th the enles in traducer traduced trad I 1 had not the tha local know lege lea lie ho seemed however to touch all the springs necessary abe to be affected and he be left the impression on my mind that he ha would te ie invincible there were wera very slight shades shade of ol humor in his spee ch but its pres characteristic wal that 0 of i profound convictions inoval whatever his discourse may have played upon the burbace Bur fitce seemed most ta to be stirred tho the P ala of morality tamo tame I 1 r hj wr chere were dp an there was waa noth luif fuir of the element of combative combat lilg anil and the 0 la Inform formation aton were JIM be the tha an orator to convince 1 it ma may te be aad that on this occasion od himself to be a master a oratory br oratory atory i taking the adolte address iii As a what whale and comparing it with the ahe elaborate ela borata efforts an adan l e let iel webster Webb ter or with boino ir alth old greek orators it c could scarcely bo be said to have the form and finish that applies to many of the master 1 pieces ec 8 of elO eloquence Luence judging of its ts effect upon myself a stronger stranger a not well versell versed in the details which discussed I 1 found myself nevertheless glowing lowane with the sympathy of the tha audience and in full fui iad admiration not ration of this remarkable man What whatever evir may bo bb the issue of the great treat question upon which he has gobles be lear Jaad lil his lail great lifes W work ork the emancipation of ireland k there here can it do ie no doubt that gladstone jg Is pr pro E eminently the tha central cen trl floure figow in th the 1 politics of great britain Url tain and that a taita also Is or i hai haa been a leading the affairs of all europe I 1 ills ilia versatility la Is proverbial lis his I 1 1 knowledge W languages and of modern languages language wh which edh is 19 not ao p profound or so ao minu toas aa that of many other merl as Is nevertheless remarkably remark abla there arg fw subjects which interest moa mem to da alay about wiloh he ladiao wisely and in instructively memory li something e ahls command in and of material mt lerial wry very Atri striking king abbi hl accuracy in Impre isea na as ai a lai farseeing achig and statesmen ata vold void of alm he arts arl i of in deep ear alsand with aidoo alt moral cin vic eions mr gladstone tone seems to bo sinia a man u I 1 old Y about dy alta 0 feet feat too ten inc hes K in height lie la active sup bull pie erect capable cit pable of enduring endur lne ar at ep spirit Irit acdal al I ila head aart ti be it 1 I 1 ad wt but in 0 o my t be itei wil that refries upon tha face ate str miti a features are large and being nearl bald tho the impression iou athe of the fore forehead hadd la Is apt to be a mouth uth line fine the chin only coo madir fler t abely tte 1 y full altogether Alt Bether a head and ehg I 1 met hiria ugly at hla his own dwelling in Lon doulat breakfast ile was waa deiy very simple and un ua in ills hla manner grave iii aad very ury I 1 say fly that ho he la Is a good food conver but he la Is fin an excellent eicel lent talker although there hero were sever til al geril lemen present pretty much all I 1 alm ilm lie fell from his lips mr fins not escaped cpr tho hatred tir of bini on oil nome montio hided li intense and ravi 11 even iw hm not flot virulent crille imi it is 19 pro probably bablo ih lint at no state inin for the last hundred hund reil years eara it ani iq botn bot n to greater abuse and vindictive misrepresentations to 1119 ho he seemed like alko a great man seeking great ende end and by very no hlo inoa and from pure mo coo tives lives whatever may he ha it tha e c outcome t or of tile the present g Ble le I 1 think it beyond till nil con controversy sy that whon the bights of ireland are arc acknowledged and nil fill men will see that tile the redeeming rade emine measures must bo ba traced hack back to tile tha wisdom of william E glad stone philadelphia press |