Show WE T GRAND OLD MAN was a grand erand occasion idu for ong on who is ia recognized far and wide as a grand man and a good one hon william ewart gladstone Gladston elong long since pa past a t the allotted time of man on eartte is 14 endear endeA bring to make his bis final act fitting consummation to a career along aloa which brU brillant llant achievements ho honorable nor deeds lofty statesmanship and purity of personal conduct glitter and sparkle as the imperishable gems ems bequeathed thed to succeeding generations on his bis last attempt to accomplish a better understanding dundei standing between england as a parent and ireland as a child by adoption by giving to the latter the rights to which the laws of nature and of natures god entitle therapy them without dit dil finishing mini shing hut rather increasing the power and prestige of britannia he was defeated and himself as premier pj emier and his subordinates in the english the unbroken line of precedents retired from the govern in control but gladstone was enough of bf an englishman to arnow that the question had not been fai fairly V ant and therefore not sufficiently y understood by his countrymen country menA and nd be determined that they should be made acquainted with the great situation t to 0 which he is devot lag the rinal final hour of his life to that end the issue is again made up he be appeals to his bis fellow clur zens direct and asks them in the name of common charity and ordinary hu manity if they will permit the irish coercion bill to td become became a part of the statute law of england a measure which proposes to priner amer A mer and more securely bind upon the irish tenantry the oppressions oppress ions and aggressions tot of unrestrained a system stu similar illar to that which the southern states underwent for lor a few years after the war and very like that under which the people of t utah have been nearly and are threatened with being entirely brought the people all 1 workers and m men e n of intelligence wa who t w congregated in hyoe hyde park at that the old mans request and gave to the words of denunciation nuncia tion which proceeded from the speakers stand must have brave been a solace to him now that he no longer seeks preferment as the reward of ambitious partisanship and would overthrow the present ministry not that he might be a successor but that plain and simple justice be done even though th the heavens f till fall gladstone is a great man and now with his life 11 nearly arly all behind him it must make inake h hiyi moyal eyal old heart pulsate with a new joy to know that we nation whose honor has been his con sta slant ut watch watchcase care and the people whose liberties he has never lost sight of lor for an ail instant surround him and uphold his enfeebled hands bands when he be seeks to leave as a legacy to mankind the spectacle of a nation not merely great OR OB land and on sea not only rick rich in its possessions and its treasures aud and not alone strong in the strength of manly men and the abu skillful use of diplomatic power hut great and rich and strong in being merciful upright and juat ast it is ia lor for his own country cou tary for its dependent sufferer that he seeks a eat aati ional onal expression io of approval of his work anti and gaining his he will say pay as he resumes the premiership for perhaps a short time II 11 you are worthy your name bame yours ue oe the honor and the praise those who become men mei are born every day atit there is but oa t glad stone in a generation |