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Show CHARLES BRADLAU0H. His commanding presence and his fervid eloquence made him a conspicuous conspicu-ous 'ligure on the platform while the severe simplicity aud unbending virtue f his life won for him tho respect of his adversaries. But. even as he went beyond Bright, the modern school of English democrats went beyond P.rad-laugh P.rad-laugh aud left him before his Uath, save in the respect dim to his service, as "a black number." Brooklyn Time'. Br.vllatigh was a true radical. He would not disguise his infidelity to secure se-cure admission to the home of commons, com-mons, nor would he veil in the least his contempt for royalty and aristocracy. He aimed at a British republic and the rule of the masses, aud he held the devotion devo-tion of his conslituluents to the last of no leader not wholly honest and fullas native power aud manhood could ever have done. Cleveland Leader. Thouirh an ardent social reformer, ISradlaiigh was a vigorous anti-socialist. In fact, he propounded the hardest question to the socialists which they were ever called on to answer. He said, in effect: "When you have established estab-lished your social commonwealth, will vou allow me tho use of your public hall in which to argue against socialism? If not what becomes of individual liberty?" lib-erty?" HulValo Courier. The fear was that the Northampton shoemakers, who form the bulk of the working population of that town, had sent a man lo represent them who would bo true to the name he assumed when ho entered on his intidel crusade, and be an iconociast in all things. Instead of this his radicalism has been somewhat some-what conservative, and he has accomplished accom-plished some excellent work. Roches-tor Roches-tor Herald. Charles Uradlaugh's death ends a career made more prominent by beeom involved with a principle of nublie right than forporsonal views. Merely as an inlidel Hr.arilauuh would never have obtained tho fame given him by becoming the exponeut of the right of constituencies to send exactly the class of men they choose to represent them, without reference to their beliefs. Pittsburg Dispatch. In Mr. Bradlaugh the right of a constituency con-stituency to be represented by any individual in-dividual whom they chaso to send to parliament, no heed what his religious views, was at stake. It was that tight for eloctoral freedom that Mr. Brad-laugh Brad-laugh successfully cngaeed in, and for that ho will be remembered when bis manv intellectual and political vagaries shall have been long forgotten. New Yord Star. Bradlaugh was a great fighter. He bad that spirit of a bull-dog tenacity iu him which the Knglish have learned to admire in their generals and which appeals to them so strongly outside the army. His reckless atheism shocked them, but the pertiancily with which he fought the government and opposed the oath always lent him the halo of personal fascination. Boston Record. The death of Charles Bradlaugh does not cause a ripple on the surface of political life iu England. Yet only a few years ago he stirred it lo its depths. He has the embodiment of a form of agitation which is always short lived because it wears itself out bv excess of .. 1 .! II - ..." - .1 . enemy ami eiuoiion. no was noming if not radical revolutionary, denunciatory. denuncia-tory. Pittsburg Times. The scenes in the house of commons attending his repeated exclusions he- came of his refusal to take an oalh are memorable. He was linally seated upon his aflirmation. He was a man j of marked abilities and an able orator. His voice was always in behalf of the! oppressed of all nations. Svrreuso i Herald. ltradlaugh had much in c minion with j our own "l!ob" Ingersoll his zeal, his earnestness, his kindness, his iconoclasm and a measure at least of his eloquence. The ''atheist," so hated and despised ten years ago, died loved by bis friends and respecied by his enemies. Now York Herald. Tho press does not admire atheists, but it does admire the late Mr. l'.rad-laugh, l'.rad-laugh, atheist as he was, because he had the courage of his non-religious eon-victions eon-victions aud was willing to sulfur for them many limes. A man who is a man is about the must interesting sort of man in this world. New York Press. At the time he was elected to parliament parlia-ment he was the most radical of reformers. reform-ers. Now there are hundreds more radical than hewaathen, and it is probable prob-able that he did more for tho advancement advance-ment of republicanism out of parliament parlia-ment than he would have done, iu that body. Dutch News. That he has lived until all classes in j F.ngland have come to recognize, in varying degrees, his worth, was his j greatest reward while living and is the : liest tribute to his memory. New York I .Sun. ' When the Knglish republic come, as j come it will some ''ay. possibly without ; the use of force, Charles Hraillaugli will he one nf its greatly honored names. j Milwaukee Wisconsin. The cause of republicanism in Kng- j land has lost a strong advocate in the 1 death of Bradlaugh. llis republicanism j was no part of his atheistic nature. Providence Telegram. He had many strong and good characteristics char-acteristics and thus gradually won the respect and good will even of his political politi-cal and clerical foes. ItuH'alo Commercial. |