Finally, Mr. Gladstone declares that he prefers the "indi- vidual
freedom and corporate efficiency" of the Liberal Party to the "high regimental discipline which sends the two minorities" —the Tories and Parnellites—" each in a well-fused mass, into the voting lobby." "Doubtless there are many Liberals who would
decline to countersign all my opinions, nor could I undertake to be responsible for all theirs. But no section constitutes the Liberal Party. Each section constitutes an element of the Liberal Party; and it is by the mixture and composition of its elements, not by the unchecked dominance of any one among them, that its results have been and will be attained. I have found honourable co-operation with Liberals of all sections, especially during the last five arduous years, for great public purposes—such as the extension of the franchise—perfectly attainable in the past ; and, were I a younger man, I should hope that it might long continue in the future."
