Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1859-04-28

la- The Manchester Guardian thus
dsguerreotypes Disraeli while making his
great speech on the Reform bill in the
House Of Commons February 2sth 1859.
"The tins wiH come pAcn you WiN hear
me.' The utterer Of the prophecy is on
his legs, and is in possession ofthe floor
II wss true saying, and the thoughts Of
his audience are irresistibly carried back
to the moment when
The wondrous boy
Who wrote Alroy
writhed under the bursts Of laughter which
were extorted by his extravagant action
and forced and unnatural gestures. The
old hatitues pretend that be dressed at
this moment Of bis triumph exactly %
when he sat down, overwhelmed with con.
fusion and vexation, after hurting his
prophecy at bis hilarious and incredulous
audience. He certainly resembled more
than usual bis portrait taken about that
time. No cut away brown or green coat
hangs upon his shoulders, but black sur.
tout, artistically made, conceals a white
waiscoa,, and . quiet dark brown neither
garment envelopes his lower man. The
deep white collar (no all-rounder or
shapeless dog collar, but cambria. with .
flow Of line, and the black nrckte, fast.
ened with easy, careless negligence, car
ried us back to those days of halcyon in.
nocence, when the fashionable young nov
elist was writing Young Dukes" and
was only immagining how old Marquises
could be bamboozled, and how easy it was
for young fellow of parts and invention
to open the political world, like his oyster.
The time had come when not only the
House of commons, but every civilized
State, was to hear him. for was not every
telegraph clerk, from Moorgate street to
Vienna and Constantinoplc, at this mo.
ment waiting for the "click" Of the wire,
that was to give him work to do?
The orator is pale, but perfectly self
possessed. His voice at first /: low, calm
unimpassioned. More than any other
speaker Mr.. Disraeli studies those modu.
lations OF the voice that give relief and
pleasure to the auditory nerve, and tn at it
is that the audience listen to him, from
twenty minutes to five o'clock until five
minutes to eight, without any other sensa.
ton of WEAKNESS than is inevitable from
disclosures forestaled and a want of con.
densation in the language employed. The
cheers are few and far between. The tone
Of the speech is low. The speaker is new.
er exulted or defiant. He cannot reckon
upon the enthusiasm of his own side. and
will be satisfied if he can avoid the des.-
i've Interruptions of the other. Between
the Scylla Of tro- murmurs and Charybdis
of Radical dcrisi on the Chancellor Of the
Exchequer steers his bark with great dex.
terity. Now he wins cheers from tn. Lib.
erals-anon he has bon.Jon for the Con-
servatives. He gets the most fun out of
the fifteen condemned seats. He is artful-
ly coy, like some beauty who wishes to
consent, but who wishes also to be pressed.
TO name them might be painful to some
Hon. members. The House laughs, and
members cry, Name, name :" the Chan
ce''or yieids to the VIII OF the House. with
pretended reluctance. and unfolds,he death
warrant. When the name of "WeIls ia
read out from the fatal list the House
laughs and looks at Sir r. Hayter, and
laughs still more when that rich Ho,
gentleman suddenly darts from his seat.
and walks down the floor of the House
Yet, Sir Goodenough lIay,er does not es.
cape rom the House to hide his emotions.
As the laughers effect to believe: bu: mere.
~ hnrries to the telegraph office. and sends
the news to the chairman Of bis committee
at Wells. The perora,ion is of the short
est, not consisting of more sentences: and
when Mr.. Disracli sits down, he obtains q
general cheer from all sides, in ackaowl.
edgement of his ability and his modes,
hearing. Men differed from the politician
bat they honored the prophet, and gloriti.
cd IN him the nstitutions Of country
does not Withhold its highest prizes Of 20,
itical influence and power from men of
genius, whatever their rank and descent.
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