Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1850-08-22
CHARACTERS AND CAREER OF PEEL AND
BRnUGiIAM

Twenty years AGO. he rval paines in office and np
position were Id by two the d>sinsr in char.
arirr and sentiment, hut who might equally clam thu
meu Of having talsrd themselves BY their own ability
and perseverance, Ia the distinguished p sliuns which they
held. Sir Robert Peel ministerial leader # the
House of Commons; aud Henry Brougham chief Of
The Liberal opposition. tn have passed away
from popular aht though hardly as yet from popu af Ia
membrance D1lh have colssd II sway the thoughts
aud acs IT men. The oue by premature fte has alb
suluely been removed from the turmoil OF a troubled
world; while the other by still more heavy dispensa-
tion has been allowed survive the flesh his own
moral aud political Xlinclian.
II hardly violates. therefore the maxim Of the classic
sag that The true estimate ot cannot be tuned
I'll their career IN life has closed. If venture com
pare the characters Of III distinguished individuals
and To contrast their relative services 10 their Country
Crcuns ances gave each early opportunity Of display
my the peculiar gifts wherewlth nature had endowed
HIM Is Ire entering the Arena of public lite. the one
had gained as high reputation for classical scholarship
as tho Other had iar scientific ananments Both SEEMED
al starting 10 ressesn eminant degree the faculty II
elolneuce; aud it difficult To say which of the two
was the more Indefagably industrious. Between heir
en'ry into Parliament there gtpat Interval
| # time. The oxonian started supporter Of thr
Tory occupants If power; the Edinburgh Reviewer
aouwed himself candidate r the past If future spikes
MN Of the poweress AMI that time nmJsl hop IS
Whigs.
Bighry imputed to Peel as a proach; sed ton
was the muuertd aun perpatuay IN the lips Of Irou
gham's enemies. Neither probably was Just The youth
tu secretary Tor Ireland found himself fang lion,
den, Ond the accusation against him is thai he made
friends Of the Orange beasts If prov and eventual
tanned them. In like manner. when meeting AT The
Ctnwn and Anchor crowd AT contested election
10 be amused, excited, and sent quietly home without
doing themselves any body else any mischief lIrau
ham The readiest and verbally the most reckless man
here cam was ~ he got up and at the tine lei
fl, Mostly but harmessy. there SCARCELY he found
match flr hin. lie was n once boiler aud safety
valves anl this double function well underst nd and
apprecaled by The cdlmer aud earnest II thu
party whose ors he wore. II curious and not IN
Instructive ni of nbance. however, that Will,
tn two champions were for years tho appaudv,
and caresscd men heir respective camps, neither
ever alb" to win that personal loyalty which many per
cnulaSsedly helr inferior III every intellectual
sprct known have inspired. From slmo cause o
other personal confidence appears to have been always
wanting. Peel seldom cansersed. aud still more rarely
wrote, even To his mos intimate friends, the plaudrs
about church aseendency the maintenance 81 andar
monopoly, Which twice year his ,siti N CURED him
II put forth IN his place IN Parliament. The zealo,
dared not repndnte aud yet they could not cordially
him They tired to persuade anither that IL a.
consummaie shfewdness Of their llusrruus leaders part
but they necessarily ANXIOUS perplrSei. aud un
happy his m1tyell my slefousness. Who has for
COTTON the early mpltnre Il the crehrated 1nlinecr
VIII Was INFINITELY destined Ia overthrow the olator
ship OF nssrva'ls'u! o. whu does II remember the
tai II wdniug that lnievlls during his
ing cign, Int "lhr cause WAS IN dingc2'
5, tom, with tie vehement camufpt OF the vind alton
4 an injured q lohn- the uesraiaablc advnca OF edu
cation reform and the eXulant blaster when candidate
for the West Riding. thai he sought he sufr,ges # lhg
people the ground that he scssed neither property
slati H. nor nlleGcr Had his laugh his ro leagues
la their really thinking their royal eluot Innocent neye,
been oveThead-hal his future deseriIun If the
four UNIVERSITIES been t9fet I'D had his latent arg
Ing at er llla AID rank been self betrayed to all who
had opportunities Of Iujgmt-IIelry Bmuahan would