The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1857-10-01

gfNfit, aiM carry IN 1891. the lnckct.borOugh
OF Calnc (the property Of the Wing Mar.
quis Of l.ansdownc,) had the honor of re-
turning Mr.. Macaulay as one Of its represent.
ati,cs. For that borough he sat until DE.
crmber. 1882. when the Reform Bill came
into operation. The newly enir,nchised bor-
0ugh of LsSsls then elected him. and he CON
tinu,,l It's representative until February,
1884, when hc went 10 India lie sat for
Edinburgh. from May, 1889, TO the autumn
Of le4I. (when he was cashier,l 10y the An.
ti-Catholic electors. for voting Tor the fur.
ther endowment Of Maynocth) and was
again elected IN July, 1892. without any so
-llc,!ns.nn on his part M,haal l'& .s.V :ssu.
ing AN addrss to the voters. Over seven
and'twcnty years have passed since Macaulny
cntcrel Parliament but he has had SEAT ia
the Commons for little more than half that
period,
From the very first, he took hading and
striking par, in the debates. md succeeded
in becoming u popular speaker, although he
laborsl under many personal disadvantages.
His delivery was ~ rapid M Shells his
voice shril and rather monotonous and hc
50 much lacked the power of the ready ere.
aivcness, which is half the battle in de-.
bate, that his speeches " smclt of the lnnIp"
very much, and, in fact, wcc cut-and dried
ESSAYS carefully elaborated beforehand and
committed 10 memory. In This h. resen-
bl~l another man OF genius Mr.. Shell
and few parliamentary SPEAKERS Of nny note
followed their example. The HOUSE of Com.
mons which generally objects Ia prepared
ora,ions, was singularly ioI,rn, towards
Macanay and Shell but il canno, bc
doubted that enempore addresses firm, these
politicians, however interior 10 their carefully
composed speeches, would have hal more
weight, 10y II great deal. The liousc listen.
81 10 them, applanded, throngci to hear
them: the public eagerly and almirnelv
pcrIls,d the newspaper rports Of their bril-.
liant sp'clrs -shy.rockrts flashing in the
mnlrI of the debates but plain ready,
practical slssch. cmana'ing on the moment
from almost any other member who had the
EAR Of the liouo would have done more ar.
vic" than the hriian, rhetoric of Macaulay
and She'd.
Some months after he entered Parlamcn,
there was change oi ministry Wclling-
tom retired and Grey came in pledged 10
Parliamentary reform. Macaulay. though
hr bad nadc Only one sI@sIl, and that q brief
"n tn favor of rmorinp the civil disabilities
ol the Jewsl was considered Of 20 much
promise hat tln reform ministry n,a.p him
Joint Secretary of the iuliu Board. This
recognition gave him official status. nor
could the salary ffl 500 year. b. wholly
unlmprtant TO one whpsr income. savo
what b. derived from h,s fellowship and ic.
gal cotnmissoncrshp. was limited for hi.
father. though wealthy. made him small
allowance.
The greatest public excitement prevailed
in Great Britain and ireland in the wears
(ls3l and 1892 during which the Grey
ministry ba,ii'l for parliamentary reform
AMI their own continuance in "Hi~'. some
of the most eiLstIye speeches in a,iypr,,y
Of the mrasurr then called The Second
Magma Charia anil now universally r>b
,icumeI for iis oue .id,-ln, - anI incompkfr
ness were those of Nacaulay. They were
highly declaEa'cyr and ~ r.ssa., ,ia.s. k.y.
they abound'-i IN facts and a'Iroit lluara-
tioB Even ye' they read well, though
very much awakening rrnIni.crfrs@ ~ their
author nanWr ~ Nh 'ssayist. lie spoke
also On the slavery question. the 4 nhioiny
Bin. ,hc Government Of ireland. the over.
grown 1i'bc-iei Church Il Irelsnd, tbo mo
nopoly Of the Fast lpiIa Company apl Other
leWiug subjects. lie WAS always rhetorical
ah fni of information. bn' ~as 10, ready
and could uD, join ~ the 'b.l,a',S
In lsJ2. his s'rvi~r were res ar,le4i lIv
magnificent sppoIn'nvrl H. va. -ent 10
Indra aS fifth ns'niyr ofibc -uprmo roun
ell eith ll0,EtO YEAR ioT fyc YEAR. AMI
sith additional rank aId iroup "a l'yal 1.l.
siar Ia tie Council H. rpiyIr-i his @s,i
for iS-Js nnd we1it ~ IDha in I-3i ON
ht. rturu rsIly 81 ! -}J. bc brought hous a
iprtnne al rssrly Gihi0D6. On rrcuieriGg
Pariam ~ in IA" PRIME Of lii' Do was ~
hi. thir ulu'h wear h. was ina,t -ocretary
al War, Si,h salars q ~ isO y wear he
,fter "a bi- constituents dated from Wily-
sor Casih." ~ ii'-l nYgch -aiirirnl coinIpr,,
~ tis 'inr AMI cGntnorl in that of,io m
th tie break up Df ils' Melbourne Nioistry.
u september l-ll Nbr, Lord John kns-
=. .lr-aiEprl the r'-ss oi GDyrnupu' Ia
J,us.. l-lJ, Mar,nlay agun b~-aHp- t,hi
pi Mnlsi'r, hDsiln2 i'e olio Of Fsynasier
Gelstal o. tie Force a hicii be- fssigis, ,ariy
lu T. "hp hls y Jatlan W III r.ector.p 81
fdiuburyh so him without a -.ai n PsHia
urut. H. iut- not zinc7 iss.,l any ofics
enc. NJ return 10 IAc Hons a. uuimoi's
80 lcJz h- Orsi1rical display s,rr E.w --
iue mssi important on w.. a sTsscb .;
l-;3. aI IrdlaH -. .si.r,r' bon ,ir 'o1n.
Imnys cliart'f -. - nr,~i'4fd aDl rpeved
Nacariay. sI,''iss, after h,s r,urn rom
iplia. pr-T,sri til c!.afac'ersi,c. 81 hi.
tarisr eis,.--I.rhaI~. irbrd. hs dictioo
had mov brilliant haf.. hss ma agiies,io, a
u.or- J,,t'cal expre.ss.oi.. H. or;ainly
aslwrs,i cscry suby1 ~h'eh h. tmcissi.
Wbthrr II sas Ync ty BalIo, ~ iis slc.
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