The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1858-11-04
DISRAELI.

In the January number Of the Southern Lit
eTGry journal, just twenty years ago, We find a
brilliant comparison OF Bulwer and Disraeli "a
noveilsts 1t is, we learn, from the pen of our
gifted fellow. citizen, George s. Bryan, ESQ
Disraeii Is now playing great part in the the
atre oil the worlds history-a statesman Of no
ordinary sagacity and influence. He ia every
where theme of conversation, and we have
deemed it matter of general interest to repro
duce portion Of this article, not doubling our
readers will be highly gratifed at the perusal-
Charleston Mercury.
If we mistake not, the voice of fashion and
The will OF the ma ority have constituted Bulwer
KING oil the modern novelists. Ii seems To he
almost settled point that he excels all his con
temporaries, and has succeeded Il the throne Of
the Wizard OF the North. But it NAV be. as ii
has been before, that the majority is in error
and that most infallible Judge, fashion itself
mistaken. Though we submit ourselves no in
duty bound, to the powers that be, vet we CON
Tess ourselves OF the minority, who wonld give
the crown to Disraeli, and displace the mon
arch OF King Numbers. We think Nature has
been more bountilul to him. She has endowed
MIN win an lntenser spirit; she has gifted him
with larger share of that creative power which
the world has baptised genius Tbroupbon,
the works OF Bulwer, over al his pages. can be
seen refined taste, controlling harmonizinp.
composing; reducing his varied materials 10
order, and disposing them with efFect. from
n-erv Stnart.sr l,riEi ss,rassrssi -
an author OF some genius, you are Rlso CONVEX
sing with the pages Of one OF still greater talent
and art. The ccpyist too often arrests your at
tention. The voice Of another is too often rae.
ognised. You cannot sccede to him the high
est merit-originality. And it is precisely in
the points upon which he pumes himself-his
sentiment and imagery-that he is most a MA
glarist and least original. And these are the
chief charm OF his writings. In them lies the
spell which holds the world bound. But his
talisman came to him at second hand. and il At
best thing of partnership, compost and a
manufacture, and we are swayed not nv the
form in which it greets our vision, or the dra.
perry with which he has disguised it, but by the
intrinsic virtue, whose creation and vitality was
the work of another
DlsrseH Yields a talisman all his own He
neither bought it, borrowed it, nor stole IL II
came to him the free gift of Nature-as much
his own as the song of the nightingale, as dis.
tinct from any other as the notes of the night
ingale from those of the lark You are the subiect
OF new spell, and stand entranced by song Won
never heard before; its ike, even, you have neye-
listened to, and it recalls no other voice He hRs
opened to the world an intellectual region, IA
virgin as that which greets the children of the
orth, when from out the waves rose upon their
delIgh senses the fiowery and odorous shores
OF Florida its sweeps of decorated prairie and
gorgeous savanuas of oriental growth: its re-
splendent skies of quvering snowy lustre its
balmy gale7, dissolVing the spirit ia luxury. and
We DING 1t to soft repose. SO surprised and de-
lighted was the world when Vivian GREY made
It's appearance; and the ocean tossed stranger
did not roam the sunny fields of the new found
and with more eager and startled curiosity.
Lhan did the reading world hurry through the
wild, vivid pages of Vivian GREY.
In point of novelty and freshness, we con-
meet it with one incident in our experience. II
calls TO mind when, for the first time. in tho
same land Of flowers, flock of paroq uets. ike
A cloud of gold and green, with their bright
olumage glancing in the sun, darted, with chat
ering Loise, by us. We stood in mute amsze
md, with chlld-ike wonder, followed the bril-
iant winged spectacle till it vanished from our
light. Ii came upon our vision--a revelation.
It spoke OF another cline it told Of anothar
Jun and brighter skies. And not only in nov.
lily, but in similarity of character. NAV the
genius of Disraeli be compared to the brilliant
pectacle we have recalled, and to the CAV land
q which we witnessed it. His spirit belongsto
he Sonth and TO the East Their birds glitter
lot with more gorgeous plumage nor sine q
more wltchIng song their sky CLOVIS not with
more vivid lustre; their gales are burdened
nth no richer odor; in all, and over ALI. thar
'roods not more disssolving yoluptuonsnass
.uxuriancs, prodigslity, and waste: a wild
angling and confusion of delights; eccentric.
rrsnt, wanton, bewildering maze but life ia
mere, lie IN Its intensity the very riot and rev.
Try OF iife-the earth glowing, teeming, reioic-
az beneath the quickening chances Gifts burn-
ng sun. 1t is in this attribute Of life. and tho
fe-givlng power, that Dsraeli outstrips Bul.
'er. 1t Is In this incommunicable gift, which
anhot be purchased by labor, which study NAV
vain attempt TO win before which men fold
heir arms, and are content to despair. and tn
dmire wherever it manifests itself whether in
he voice OF the orator, or the wondrous forma
the sculptor, or the ardent creations of the
Is In this power and quality, which
lay be mimicked and initiated, but cannot be
sached, which comes to q privileged few, the
race and bounty of Nature, a distinction.
lgnity, flowing from royal prerogative. and
ranted at her queenly pleasure"
The Providence Journal explains the diff.
atty which has occurred between the facuItv
nd students of Brown University. A custem
as long prevailed in the College, and has LAT.
riy increased, Of "hazing" the Freshmen.
t hrst the ceremony was little more than a
armiess pleasantly, and though always dis
ountensnced and forbidden, was not seyerelv
,buked. The Journal says: "But, as ia too
ten the case with such abuses, the hazinos
as grown more severe, and this year il IN
nded not only smoking the Freshmen out of
'eir own rooms with tobacco-such OF them as