111r. Wright has aggravated his offence by misapplying,. in order
to abuse one dead man, the words of another. If Lord Milner were alive we would wager that Mr. Wright would never have quoted as supporting his vile insinuations some alleged words about Mr. Gladstone being "governed by his seraglio." We do not know the supposed context, but if Lord Milner used the words, he was obviously referring to the ladies of Mr. Gladstone's family and making no worse charge than probably a jesting one that Mr. Gladstone was influenced by his wife and daughters in public affairs. This really recoils upon Mr. Wright as a tribute to an intimate family life which could not be consistent with the slanders, and so supports the third of Lord Gladstone's frank epithets. The others will stand for the future as undisputed unless Mr. Wright disposes of them in a Court of Law.
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