The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1867-05-02
Pon-Pictures Of Gladstone, Disraeli, and
Bright. Lord Amberley'S Debut.

The debates upon the Reform bill have
thrown into violent contrast the disting
uishing characteristics of the two politi-
cal chiefs, f1r. Disraeli and Mr. Glad
stone. Perhaps the vicissitudes of pub
lie life in England have never brought
into such prominent and direct opposi-
ton two men SO unlike in taste, habits
of mind, ard moral qualities 1t would
be to misunderstood the Chancellor of the
Exchequer in the first essential of his
nature, to suppose he either hates or de-
spises Mr.. Gladstone; and it would be to
err equally to imagine the Liberal chief
could regard with anything but indignant
contempt and aversion a leader of the
Tories. Had you been present at the sit
tings of this week and last, you would
have seen what | mean. Once more a
murmur is heard among the Liberals
against Mr.. Gladstone impetuosity.
Every one says he is destitute of tact.
Much of the criticism | should explain
in a line: Mr.. Gladstone is an earnest
man, endeavoring to carry through a
great change in the midst of an insincere
Parliament. This explains nearly all.
Still there is a want of self control at
times, not necessarily accompanying earn
estness, and which initiates against the
Liberal leader. Mr.. Disraeli said the 9TH
er night, Il do not like that the Right
Honorable gentleman opposite-divided
though we may be by a tolerably broad
piece of furniture Ia table)-should ad-
dress me with the tone and voice of a
Familiar OF the lnquisition," and the
House cheered the saying. As l sat
there few evenings ago, and saw Mr.
Gladstone leap, not rise, to his feet, and
,~f,, INT, he al
which he is, able, and denounce MIR. Dis
raeli's policy, while looking him in the
face, in torrent of polished and shining
flowed, felt that political party might
be hurried on faster than was prudent by
such chief Let me confess, too, that
I whispered to myself ''What revolu-
tionary orator he would make" Mr..
Gladstone 5 defects are those of nature
moved primarily by devotion to what
the reason and conscience declare to be
true, and he chafes and glows with anger
as he watches the cunning and shallow
ness of his rival
Mr. Disraeli in his speech last Tues
day was the perfection of artificially.--
He had to throw overheard the declara
tons Of his colleagues, uttered not TWEEN
ty-four hours before; to announce his
submission to the course dictated to him
by Mr.. Gladstone; to appear to the Lib
erals ready to give extension to popular
liberties, and to his friends determined
to concede nothing of Importance; and
yet with it all he had devil may care
conndent manner, BETTING conqueror
after triumph. His sarcasms flew right
and left. As he touched upon a speech
from the chief proprietor of the ,Sotur-
day Rerte,o, the feminine and m;nc;ne
Mr.: Beresford Hope, I saw the latter
shrink back in his seat instinctively. bnt
though he escaped with the word .,ro.
tesque" applied to his speeches, the
phrase was so apt that it stung his varli-
t. to to the quick. The English have a
word which is somewhat vulgar, but
which, like some other vulgar words, is
expressive; it is ''cocky." Mr.. Disraeli,
on this occasion. was more than audacious
he was 'scocky" OF the labored argu-
mentation with which he has lately wea-
ried the House, we had none; gone were
the dispositions on constitutional tradi-
tione; gone the dragging theories of Asian