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Show IIOOTIMI AT 1 1ll: rilKMICIt. There It ono publlo man In this llfo whotesltuatloii la more itcullarthan that of aoy other man and ho Is truly a great one William JX Gladatone. It Is no longer questionable, II I a certainly, cer-tainly, that he 1 mole sincerely beloved be-loved and profoundly hated, more un-felgnodly un-felgnodly respected aud thoroughly despised, more popular and unpopular, more and leat Influential among a wider circle of peoile than any other man ot our times living or deal. How It It that at a time of lifo when moat people woo tho qulctu to of privacy II not teclutlon, Mr, Gladstone la If pos-title pos-title more of a ttormy petrel than at any time In hit younger dtyt; hott It It that he can command a majority In support of an unpopular measure from a populace which bestows as a rule more cf abuio than of praise upon him; and bow It It that he can ao bring together and unko coherent In support of hit policy ttruggllng and lucoii giuous elemonta when those who oppose op-pose hloi and bla government aro really abler and etronger than bis own following, are robloma which are not easy to solve We can only wonder and let It rest with that. It la proper to aay, however, that thosu Englishmen who tako ndvaot-ago ndvaot-ago of the venorablo promler't appearance appear-ance In publlo places to bis and hoot and howl at him are not giving themselves nor their country a very good reputation abroad. Wearoiuppoa-id Wearoiuppoa-id to be tomowbat untrammelod over here, and yet no crowd could be found In thla country ao lent to every point of decency and eulf-rcapcct aa to treat the Prealdentof tho United Htatei that uay, or even hla nor clary ol slate. Let the ropulaco look upon the man at they may, hit position In lifj and In thu nation, bla gray halre and wrinkled brow and the eminent tcrvlcet rendered bit country In the day of the luob't father and grandfather! grand-father! at well aa during their own time, should cximpt lilin from tuch Indecent lutbriaks. If they cannot or do not appreciate bin), they ought to remember that the Utter olatria of their own jiople aud Ihe civilized world do, and let their opposition be confined to roper placet and methoJt, |
