MR GLADSTONE.
(by electric telegraph—copyright. London, March 22. Mr Gladstone, in a lettter to Mr John Cowan, chairman ot his MicU lothian Committee, virtually bid a stately and pathetic farewell to his constituents, and warns them that democracy is entering on a period of great moral danger, and had better beware of its temptations. He urges them to give preference to the into* rests of the whole instead of a part of the community. Dr. Nettleship certifies that Mr Gladstone has a cataract in each eye. Mr Gladstone, replying to an ads dress presented to him by the Scotch Liberals, declared his career 'was chargeable with many errors of judg« ment, but was governed by uprightness of intention, His future attendance in Parlia* ment, he said, would be uncertain, as after 60 years of contention he was glad for relief from active conflict.
The attitude of the House of Lords regarding the Liberals, he thought, demanded the early decision of the country. He concluded by stating that Lord Rosebery was a new spirit, aiming to improve the workers' lot in England, but the greatest danger of overgrown population was if they were permitted to remain ignorant,
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Waikato Times, Volume XLII, Issue 3391, 24 March 1894, Page 9
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