. 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. tress and of the country the Liberal party which they represent may atleast challenge contradiction when they say that their term of forty yearsleaves the throne, the laws, and the institutions of the country, not weaker,but stronger than it found them. Such, gentlemen, is the issue placed beforeyou and before the nation fo
. 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. tress and of the country the Liberal party which they represent may atleast challenge contradiction when they say that their term of forty yearsleaves the throne, the laws, and the institutions of the country, not weaker,but stronger than it found them. Such, gentlemen, is the issue placed beforeyou and before the nation for your decision. If the trust of this adminis- 502 LIKE AND TIMES OF WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE. tration be by ihe effect of the present elections virtually renewed, I, forone, will serve you, for what remains of my time, faithfully; if the confi-dence of the country be taken from us and handed over to others whomyou may judge more worthy, I, for one, shall accept cheerfully my dis-missal. To this effective pronunciamento Mr. Disraeli appeared with a counteraddress to the electors of Buckinghamshire. This paper also was markedwith much ability and with the usual wit. Of the recent dissolution of Par-liament he said : Whether this step has been taken as a means of avoiding. INCIDENT OF GLADSTONES CAMPAIGNING. the humbling confession by the prime minister that he has, in a fresh viola-tion of constitutional law, persisted in retaining for several months a seatto which he was no longer entitled, or has been resorted to by his govern-ment in order to postpone or evade the day of reckoning for a war carriedon without communication with Parliament, and the expenditure for whichParliament has not sanctioned, it is unnecessary to consider. Such was thetone of Mr. Disraelis manifesto at the beginning, and the remainder was insimilar vein. Nor need we in this connection summarize the variouscharges which the leader of the opposition brought against the Liberalgovernment, or the subtile reasons
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