Excerpt from The Present Position of the Conservative Party: Being an Address Delivered by the Right Hon. Lord George Hamilton, M. P., Vice-President of the Council, at the Inaugural Meeting of the Conservative Association of the University of Edinburgh, January 14, 1880; And a Speech Made at Dalkeith, Jan. 16, 188 For any Conservative to speak now in Scotland without in some way noticing Mr Gladstone's indictment would be absurd; it would, however, be equally ridiculous for me in any way to put myself in personal competition with him. Fortunately I, need not adopt either course. Mr Gladstone appealed with confidence from Philip drunk to Philip sober. Adapting the metaphor to modern requirements, I appeal with equal con fidence from Mr Gladstone on the stump to Mr Gladstone in otfice, - for the most effective reply to his words in mid-lothian is to recall his deeds in Downing Street. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.