New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-16
The Rise and Position Of Disraeii'

The Rise and Position oil D'srae"'
Prom TIE Lon1on Ila'es
Next week Mr. Disraeli, as Minister VI .ne
c,oun will meet the Parliament winch 10 pi ooo
upon bis policy snd his Pretesons ,,cn, the 5eliv
have occurred suspend Tor inonlJh' t ,h f,e
e. ~ tbet particular exposition On "I9ci SIe !A'
Ga CABINET may depend, but then, N ns os
and responsible caPseny e 49,, cn,-e by which he has
cscbed his signal elevation ia so remarkable a. 70 tus
cot en- inquiry into the merits OF aceTeInsh. eNsiI
flifed in 90 striking success WIZ NJ r. ~ ~
darcororlshedf how has be cOmpassed he endsf anu
,ybst q the moral 10 be drawn from the story
In The foremost place of an Mr.. DsraeI I'M auanej
the great object Of political aspirants u
s,ste He has acquired asccndancy for MS party ana
fce Cor himself He il in actual verify the Right Hon
BENJAMIN DisreeE. Chancellor OF the ExehequeF' anu
lesder Of the House Of Commons, with Paranen'ary
following least as powerful as Is possessed Dy any
Ie, rbef Of marty This 40 itself is nc0ns iera5lc
performance Great men, and great statesmen 100 nave
missed the triumph. Mr. Fox cen scarcely pe San 20
have achieved it. SO numerous are the VcilsIaucs o.
poitical conflict that the result a. in war often dcpends
npop combination of accidents rather than concert OF
nieasures Perhaps the very case before US Il no bad
Illustration of the sds which fortune, IN Parliamentary
carnpaignine may bring 10 dcseIfs bet IN simple truth
the mere snccess of which speak conveys no ade
cuate idea Of the exploits by which was attained Inc
difficulties Of such victory, always scrous, were mere
prOdQiOusy enhanced by the conditions OF the coOat
Seven short years ago Mr.. Dsraeh was deprecated
follower of one of the powerful Minister'S ever
known in England. This Minister not only offended
thet the alternative sceneA submission despair B.
fore the House and the country stood Premier OF cii
suumste experience and kill pronouncing for poh,y
which, while IL dsplessed his immeiate supporters,
commanded the assent Of his political opponents, and
established him nj orcc in the confidence OF the nnon
a. LARGE He carried with him in lIs conversion not
only bic Cabinet, but al the knowledgc, skill, AMI adj
ninifirttive capacity 81 his party nor was though
poeehle that any considerable section OF his following
could resist hs sway maintain an effective in1epeni
ence TO organize third party IN the presence OF Two
IN. Pail
sTy field has always been regarded by politicians az an
inpracucnbe nc iievement Sir Robert Peel stu pro.
leseed 10 lead the Conservative and Lord John Russell
the Whigs The Seccders had neither q name or
chief and they possessed principle, it was ono which
lent no strength 20 their cause Tncy were opposing
not only their leader, but this lee ers reforms, AMI
were eIuhGrkng in Of action without promise
or precedent Many people dmliked the Reform Bill,
many more the Emancipation Act but neither against
tie Emancipation Act nor the Reform BIZ was any pos
tlumoue agitation maintained.
Such mcasures are always taken IN ths country lot
pshod fncs and RENTED 70 the tcst OF expo
Renee alone. The idea that malcontcnt section OF
Conservatives could cstab Themselves IN permanent
or influential opposition and impress the force OF their
protcis the policy OF the county, was almost 700 tu
dncious be entertained Yet 10 this emergency Mr.
Dsraeli proved himself cqui1. At the very moment OF
rupture be up the standard Of independence, and
hurting his indignant nvectives against the Cicnllng
chicl, he rallied the bewderod and disconite1 mem
bers ofhis party, brcoihed the spirit OF political intch
gence into the frame of n Bontinck and arrsyed Il com
pact and formi able opposition tor the hour OF trla
The Of the pending measure nc could not pre-
vent but lac necessarily assaed his former leaer with
sarcfm and epreach kept alive the hopes and snmoH
" Of the secedcTs and speedily eitthe Minister thus
deprived Of his natural supporters 20 fall
Office when the incidental concurrence OF ms adversacs
| he'd been withdrawn.
lie then in spite OF vicious principle and in defiance
Of e,s which were daily rendering his position nfe-
ien,ihe succeeded in keeping this anomalous party
more wholly together than any other party In the state
efthbh he'd in the place of the egtmis' Conservavc
carried il Office and reduced the famous following 1t
Rolert Peei-that renowned and experienced phianX
of ftat smento The hopecssness OF political noncnty
Never was there a triumph moro signal or co.npc.e
than that In virtue of which Mr. Dsrael will next week
address new Parliament rom the seat OF power
Il would be doing Mr. Dsrael lees than justice ii we
omitted ray that hs has been independent of
the aids of birth conneNiop, and that no
has commended himself 20 the peculiar spirit OF Eng
hfhmon by relying the resources OF his own genius
and power In genuine talent he II NJ least equal - the
Chancelors OF the Exchequer Of the last 50 years with
the exception Of Sir Robert Peel and the ynpahics Of
the natl, go naturally with who has raised him
self 10 office by the exercise Of intellect alone Yet
with all there advantages, his position II more embsr'
raised than that OF any Of his predecessors and the
4 dilemma in which he has placed himself by the per.
verify OF his course Is a subject of almost udicrous
notoIeiy That he VIII relieve himselfb by brllancy Of
exposition, and even by bold innovations on ConscrV-
alive traditions, 10 highly probable, but he cannot
escape the alternative Of penance or failure II he main
tans Protection, he must fall he surrenders IT, ne
must eoliets his error policy which after six years
usl has so confirmed itsclf 10 be unassaabe by is
opponents even when invested with official power, IL
manifesiy policy which should never have been OPP
posed all II Mr. Disraeh is Free trader in 1852
u proof positive tibet Sir Robert Peel rightly Free
trader In 1916 and that the antsgonism between these
! politicians had no justification in principle
Til. sntagonsm has Tesulted in Mr. Dlsraes snccoss
tut la been productive Of scrOus disadvantage 20 the
/ state For long time il destroyed the possibility OF
thosc alterations of power which Mr.. DsreeiI himself
! hes described "tEe likelihood OF Parliamentary
| Government, and the safeguard Of Constitutional
! Monarchy" The Constitution, in fact paralyzel
/ ~ the mortiicbton OF one OF is members, and the
State machinery particular occasion was actually
brought u standsti In the late elections IL left the
county without any guiding principles of choice. Hal
tic Cpon been offered OF Protection Free Trade tie
constituencies would lave known which % take had
Free Trade been csnddly adopted by the Government,
1 they would have known bow 10 choose between Con
selS6lycs snd Liberals But the Protectonisis Refused
60 ocwe forward protcCtonifs, though FOR the pur
pose Of securing pIotcction. votes they promised en-
certain contingency 10 declare for Pno.6c.0n that
eecor could tell with certainty for what policy ne
voting. Thee cCniTGGittlG will be crsctualiy
! terminated by what Elone, perhaps, could terminate
| tbC.-S Free Trade Administration but, though Nc
| Dsracl's potiosl victory hss bocn undoubtedly brI
liant It be sotisisCtcn Statesman 10 reject
that he has pcded the progress OF the nation through
Elk lopg years, Tor the sake OF principle which h i
compelled 10 dscard in the fret moment Of pEictirs
! success.
sunday Recrcstions.
iiom The Loo Ion Tlnsc-
A meeting was held on Thursday which illus
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