England Under Lord Beaconsfield the Political History of Six Years From the End
England Under Lord Beaconsfield the Political History of Six Years From the End
Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902
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There were thirty- three Scotch members for the Eesolution and only twenty against it. Of the Irish members forty-nine were for the Government and only twenty for Mr. Gladstone ; and of English members a hundred and seventy sup- ported his Eesolution and two hundred and eighty- five voted against it. " And now, what has the House of Commons voted ? " asked Mr. Gladstone, speaking to a vast meeting in Bingley Hall, Birming- ham, on the last day of May. " What is the motion it has passed ? Examin...e the elements of it. There are two things only to be done ; the House refused to say that moral support should be withdrawn from Turkey ; it refused to say that it was dissatisfied with the contemptuous treatment of Lord Derby's despatch condemning the Bulgarian massacres. Why did it refuse ? It refused for the fear that we should be doing — what? Prosecuting the great purpose of philanthropy and honour in making the British name loved and revered for labours and exploits in the cause of humanity and freedom?
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