The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1859-06-28
Rirbmonh pispatthh.
TUESDAY MORNING, JUNE es, ass
uacnu,ay upon Marlborough.

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wacnuiay upon Marlborough.
Ioux Duke of Marlborough, was unques-
.,onah,y the most eminent Englishman of his |
day when all the occupations in which he eA'
celled are taken into consideration, 1t may |
ns doubted whether he was not the most emf !
uent man that England ever produced. As |
warrior he ranks with CESAR and NAPOLEON |
more fortunate than either, he never fought |
hattie that he did not gain IL, and never laid
siege to a town that he did not take it. With
his>name are connected some of the grandest
military achievements that history has record
cd and in this respect no native of the British
isles can stand comparison with him, except,
perhaps, the Duke of WELLINGTON. He en-
GOV Inferred and defeated, one after another, the
ahlest Generals of Louis XIV, Frustrated the
gigantic military power of France, and had
he heen properly seconded by his allies would
have anticipated WELLINGTON by century
and planted the banner of ST. GEORGE upon
The towers of Notre Dame Nor was this all.
He was not only the most skilful diplomatst
OF his age but he was one of the most profound
and saSacous statesmen of any age whatever.
His knowledge of men WAS intuitiye like that
Of the great Generals with whose names We
aAye connected him, and he was not less skill
fnl than either OF them in the selection of his
UAxents Withal, he was the most finished gem
tieman OF his day. and not less remarkable for
l tho beauty OF his person. than for the grace of
his department, tho elegance of his manners,
\and the briliancy of his conversation. Lord
cHRsrHgpIYiD tells his son no was destitute
,nius BLrSHRrM aud FAMILIES give the
%W that statement He adds that he WAS
City uneducated, spelt badly, and knew
fEing of English history but what he had
ned from reading SHAKsPKARE's historical
Avs. If all This true, il would only
make him appear tho more wonderful man,
who could do such mighty things without the
assistance of education. But the fact is, he
received classical education, both read and
spoke Latin, and wrote French much better
than CHRsTREPIgLD himself To MARLso-
ROUGH England WAS indebted, more than to
any one man, not only for those prodigious
military successes which left her without
= yi,al in the world, but for the salvation Of her
liberties and the preservation of the protcs-
tant succession.
1t is impossible for TO understand how
any man, more especially any Engiishman, calr
entertain any other feeling than those Of pro-
found reverence and high admiration for such
a person MARLBoRoUGH undoubtedly Wa, ,
or what pleasure il can give any mind the
4 that obscure the disc of such luminary. To
\ say that MARLBOROUGH was far from being
perfect, is merely to say, in another form, that
he was a man. He was subjected TO trials
! which few mon have ever undergone His
youth was passed in the most profigatc court
known to tho annals of England-a court
whose RIGHTEOUSNESS has been immortalized by
the pen of ANTHONY HAMILTON; a court in
(which religion was habitually scofed at and
Nfrtne openly derided court in which
liRA HMoST was the admiration of noble ladies,
Ind BUCKINGHAM the envy of aspiring youth
In ono word, the court OF CHARLES II. His
inature age was passed in the midst of 4 reyo-
&yfTiion In which none of the actors exactly
cane up to that standard OF morality by which
| ws should try the merits of an applicant for
colonization That he was worse than any OF
them, is certainly not true. That he bet
Ter than the majority, 1t would not be difficult
TO prove. We should think that the feeling
] OF every Emglislnan towards him ought to be-
gratitude mingled with regret; gratitude for
bis inappreciable services regret for the fail
ings to which he was liable i'll common with
the rest Of mankind.
Lord MACAULAY, however thinks very diff
ferently from what we have supposed En-
'gitshmen ought TO think. Except WILLIAM
fENN, no llltif Has met Win SuCH unSna1lHg
denunciation at his hands. He has raked the
cutters and the sewers OF history to find matter
against the object Of his resentment. Every
filthy pamphlet-every anonymous libel gen
Grated By the heat of political fury or per-
sonal hate, has been embalmed for Immortality
- in his pages. 1t is of no consequence that the
Islander obtained no credit in the lifetime of its
author. II it only be bitter enough and base
r,yI,i lie r
impossible TO unders tand this vehement hatred
of O man who was not only in his grave seven
ty years before the historian was born, but
who was by many degrees the most eminent
parsonage that ever belonged TO that party of
which he is himself a member. Strange to saw
tho Wing journals and reviews that have dealt
with MACAULAY's so-called history have
either contented themselves with limiting dis
sent, or have passed the subject over in entire
silence. The Quarterly Rsrieg alone ventured
In the earlier stages OF the controversy, to han
die the historian as he deserved 10 be handled
Oi late, BiaeIpood has taken up the matter
where il was dropped by the Quarterly. In the
June No. OF that periodical there is n column
devoted entirely TO MARLBORO. Gil and the
treatment he receives at the hands of MACAU-
: LAY. We recommend it to the careful perusal
4 ofsevery man who has mbibed the poison OF
the history. Never was there q more trium-
phant refutation or a more thorough exposure.
The first charge against MARLBoRoUGH is
that in his early years he lived upon the wages
Of .nfamy, bestowed upon him by the Ouch
of Cleveland. The authority for this is an
obscene pamphlet Of The day, full of filsehoods
with regard 10 WILLIAM III, 40 scurrilous
that Lord MAOAULAY declines TO repeat them.
This, however, with regard to MARLBoRouGH,
be tAkos care 10 preserve, though why the rule
that the whole evidence Of u witness must be
taken, If any part of ii De, should not hold
good here, as IL does in court OF justice, or
Why that which is good evidence against
man is not good evidence against ano ther it is
impossible TO determine. The writer was a
female, hired by the Tories to abuse MARLBo-
RopGH, and was called by SWIFT of his
.under spur feathers" Beyond the evidence
OF this woman, there is none whatever to
prove this infamous charge aud the silence OF
! DE GRAMaosr with respect the oircum-
stance is proof sufficient that ii is a sheer fab
Tieation.
Another charge that is repeated until the ear
even of the most prejudiced becomes weary of
e7a6iteration, is that MARLBOROUGH was ava
rictous That was the cry Of all the Tory
pamphlets of the day, aud even SWIFT did not
disdain to repeat II. IL once made in the
|Honse Of Lords, in the presence of MARLBo.
RorGH himself, 10y Tory nobleman, who said
he prolonged the war in Flanders for the pur-
pose OF filling his own pockets. The only re-
pig he made was polite invitation TO the
rAer 10 take Il ride with him to Putney Heath
Mnext morning. A pamphleteer, after his
XiiG&h, thinking TO ingratiate himself with
Lord BoLINaBEOKE bv abusing his grent