. 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. the Aberdeenministr\. He proclaimed himself an independent member of the House ofCommons. He said that the question on which he was speaking, namely, aproposed amendment to substitute the word satisfaction for the wordjoy in the address to her majesty was not a great question. He consid-ered the treaty of Paris an honorable
. 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. the Aberdeenministr\. He proclaimed himself an independent member of the House ofCommons. He said that the question on which he was speaking, namely, aproposed amendment to substitute the word satisfaction for the wordjoy in the address to her majesty was not a great question. He consid-ered the treaty of Paris an honorable settlement. The ends had beenreached for which the war was undertaken. He dwelt in particular on theallegation that the signatory powers had agreed to maintain in its integritythe Ottoman empire. He wished to inquire whether the agreement signi-fied only that the powers were pledged to support the political governmentof the sultan, or did it mean that they were bound to uphold Turkey as aMohammedan State .-* At the latter suggestion all of Mr. Gladstones sentiments was a man of the Church of England. If I thought, sir, said he, thatthis treaty of peace is to be an instrument which binds this country and our LAST HALF OF THE SIXTH DECADE. 261 >n r. c. 262 LIl-K AND TIMES OF WILMAM E. GLADSTONE. posterity, as well as our allies, to the maintenance of a set of institutions inFurkey which you are endeavoring to reform if you can, but with respect towhich endeavor few can be sanguine, I should not be content to fall backupon the amendment of m\- noble friend [substituting satisfaction forjoy in the address to the queenj, expressing that I regard the peace withsatisfaction ; but on the contrary I should look out for the most emphaticword in which to express my sense of condemnation of a peace which bindsus to maintain the law and institutions of Turkey as a Mohammedan . The juxtaposition of a people professing the Mohammedan religionwith the rising Christian p
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