. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. of his office, but in resigning from the ministry in a time ot trial and underthe fire of the opposition. A short time before this Lord Russell had pronounced a eulogium onGladstone, not undeserved. This fact did not deter the speaker, however,from strongly censuring his lordship for his conduct. He showed that aslate as th
. Life and times of William E. Gladstone : an account of his ancestry and boyhood, his career at Eton and Oxford, his entrance into public life, his rise to leadership and fame, his genius as statesman and author, and his influence on the progress of the nineteenth century. of his office, but in resigning from the ministry in a time ot trial and underthe fire of the opposition. A short time before this Lord Russell had pronounced a eulogium onGladstone, not undeserved. This fact did not deter the speaker, however,from strongly censuring his lordship for his conduct. He showed that aslate as the preceding November there had been no formal complaintsagainst the Duke of Newcastle in the administration of his office as warminister. Lord John Russell had himself approved of that administration,declarino; his conxiction that the war office had been as well administered as 244 LIFE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE. might be by anyone under the circumstances. Besides this, Lord Russellhad hardly acted with good faith toward the Earl of Aberdeen ; for as lateas the middle of December he had assured him that he would not ur^eany changes in the department of war. It had thus happened that LordJohn Russells colleagues in the ministry had not known of his intentions. LOKl) PALMEKSTON. to press his purpose of a change, or of his alternative of resignation fromthe cabinet. Under such conditions to resign from the government withoutfirst attempting or advising a reorganization was to treat that governmentwith injustice and contempt. Mr. Gladstone then broke into a passage of extraordinary he said in conclusion was perhaps as powerful as any of his utter-ances. Speaking for the ministry he said that he felt it was not for themcither to attempt to make terms with the House by a reorganization or to ACCESSION OF PALMERSTOK AXD TREATY OF PARIS. 245 shrink from a judgment of the House upon their past acts. If they shouldshrink what sort of epitapli would be written over
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