The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-07 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY. MARCH 7.

JOHN BRIGHT.

No public man has better reason than Mr.
Deicer to complain of the manner in which he
has been praised by injudicious friends and calum-
niated by malicious foes. The wonder is that be
should have been so slightly affected alike by the
mistaken flattery• and the undeserved censure. The
misfortune is that the public has been misled. It
is the belief of a large section of the community
that Mr. BRIGHT is a modern Orr F*w►ss. A
smaller section regard him in the light of a sa-
viour of society. By the one, it is supposed that ,
his object is to " Americanise our institutions."
The other will have it that the adoption of his prin-
ciples would instantly bring about the contentment
of this country and the peace of the world. Indeed,
the Mr. limiter about whom people talk is a man
bearing very little resemblance to the original.
Were ho in reality what so many suppose him to
be, he would never have been talked about. He is
a puzzle to the hasty analyst of character, because
the ordinary rubs do not apply in his case. Other
men have shown equal ardour in the service of the
people ; but they have had either a personal am-
bition to gratify, or a position to win. A great
deal of English patriotism has had its origin in
poverty. Very few of our tribunes of the
people have declined • pension or a peer-
age. Hardly one among those who have
been stigmatised as demagogues has refrained from
attacking the Sovereign while advocating the rights
of the people. Neither the partisan nor the oppo-
nent of Mr. BRIGHT can allege with truth that be
has served his country in order to be ennobled and
enriched, or that he failed in paying due honour to
the Crown at the time when he strove to introduce
sweeping changes in the Constitution.
of we take an isolated speech, a detached sen-
tence, a single phrase, we might easily give an
explanation of Mr. BRIGHT'S conduct and character.
linch an explanation, however, would be one of
these half-truths which are more mischievous than
wilful falsehoods. It would leave the problem of
Mr. BRIGHT'S career unsolved, because it would
tome the circumstances which have determined
and.moulded that career. With regard to most
public men, it would be impertinent to inquire
about the religious views they entertain ; besides,
mach an investigation could yield no tangible
recline, .insomuch as piety is as often dissociated
from, as it is a condition of, statesmanship. Not
so, however, in the case of Mr. Bemire His
religion is the rule of his life, and his life is the
reflex of his religion. When advocating the prac-
tical Sevellieg of artificial barriers between classes
and striving/or the social improvement of the poor
and lowly, le is but carrying into effect the doc-
trines of his sect. He has given public utterance to
his " belief in the equality of all men in the sight
"of Heaven, sad of the rights of all men before all
" earthly governments," and he has stated that
in these maxims ho was educated. They coortittne
the principles of the Society of Friends of
which he is a member, seed, however Utopian
they may appear to men of the world,
they .are and have been the exciting motives to
action of men whose lives are patterns of excel-
lence and whose actions have been types of self -
sacrifice. In these days it is more common to
approve of speculative goodness than to practise
it. Men sire ready to reverence a martyr for what
be holds to be the truth, bat they are slow to imi-
tate his example. Compromise is thought to be as
rational as conviction. Should a man disdain
paltering with his conscience, and boldly face
the logical consequences of his opinions he will be
sneered at by one section of society and ridi-
culed by another. Through this ordeal Mr.
BRIGHT luta passed.
Fewer mistakes would have been made concern-
ing him, had be been a less natural orator. When
he speaks, hie feelings find an outlet, and his judg-
ment is mute. He thinks more about urging the
cause he has at heart than conciliating opponent*
and converting waverers. Were he one of the I
finished rhetoricians whose speeches are modelled
on those of Dsmoortimens or Clew), he would
command the attention of the majority to whom'
commonplaces are more welcome than zeal. Al it
is, he gives vent to opinions couched in '
strong language, and the strength of the lan-