The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-04-29
TIE DAILY GAZETTE.
WISeFJIANEODS.
D'IsRAxLI.

DIsRAxLI. SOS
Benjamin D'isrsel, or Benjamin Of
Israel, 10 also leader among the Con.
servatives, and political friend Of
Lord Derby. To which Of the twelve
tribes he belongs the writer cannst
state; as he has become a Christian,
the Jews consider him as one Of the
lost tribes. This one Of the most ex.
traordinary individuals Of his time.--
His father, the D'Isr@li, made some
reputation by Ills work, The Curiosi-
ties OF Literature, or anecdotes of lit
erary inen, and had he lived to the
present day, he might have placed his
son in his book as the greatest curios-
ity to be found in its pages, both in
literature and in politics, and styled
him the two fold curiosity Mr..
D'lsrHli was bred to the LAW, hut fnd-
ing that tedious and uncertain pro.
fession, and having been able to get
into some society, from the moderate
literary merit Of his father, he obtain.
ej the hand Of the widow Of a brewer
whose handsome income enabled him
to get into Parliament. In this in
stance
Little Cupid took his stand
Upon vidow's jointu.s land,
although he was probably sharp lit
tie Jewish Cupid. With his literary
career all are acquainted. He is the
author of a few novels, or works Of
fiction, which, uot 10 use so harsh an
expression as trashy, are certainly of
no q eat value. Few rnen Of any
age, risen to such a position With so
triAing :. capital either in talents or
in merit; and he is an excellent illus,
tration Of the manner in which man
may push himself forward when as
sisted ly adyentitious circumstances,
an inflated opinion Of himself and ut
terly destitute OF modesty
Tolerated, nay, even applauded, by
the bitterness and intolerance Of ,arty
feeling amongst the conservatives at
the repeal Of the corn laws, Mr.. D.
Israeli was enabled to sting the feel
ings asd lower the dignity OF the late
Sir Robert Peel, who happened to be
defective in those powers Of blghting
sarcasm by which Pitt or Canning
would easily have put him down. 1t
CALLED Sir Robert that he, repeatedly
Prime Minister, and by whose name
that large and influential party, the
noneyed interest, were in the habit OF
swearing, should be bearded and in
suited by one that he looked upon a.
a vulgar upstart; whose celebrity he
considered to arise from natural impu-
dence and \ want Of decency. From
this period, however, D'lslali became
q useful party man; ne had shown
that he could be insolent, sarcastic
and severely annoying, qualifications
from which, proud and sensitive ma
lures usually shrink. In person Mr.
D'Isrmli 10 rather above the middle
height, with a very Jewish face and
dark brown complexion, which seems
to intimate that soap and water was
not frequently used. The writer has
often felt aroused, at seeing him enter
the House OF Commons with his hair
carefully parted in the middle Of his
head, eopiously oiled and elaborately
curled in small ringlets on each side
Of his head; he recalled to his mem
ory the Persian proverb, a twister OF
rinplets passeth by;' his appearance
was incompatible with superior intel
lsct. Mr.. D'Isreli has beer Chan
cellor of the Exchequer. lie has
been fairly tried and found wanting;
He can I've abusive and sar :astic, and
can be nothing else. That the destiny
Of Great Britain should be greatly in
duenced by such man would pre-
sent but q miserable and unhappy