The New York herald., 1868-03-01


have nothing but greenbacks, and so, after all,
with the failure OF the impeachment the New
York Convention may be compelled to fall
back upon Andrew Johnson and diversion
of the main battle to the negro question
Disraei's Aucestry-The Premier and the
Peerngc.
The English journalists accept Mr.. Disraeli's
elevation to the Premiership of Great Britain
in a tone of agreeable complacency, and pay
very full measure OF justice to the talents,
industry, tact and political pluck OF the right
honorable gentleman when conveying their
announcements of the will of her Majesty
Queen Victoria in his regard TO the people.
The completeness OF their acknowledgements,
as well as the value of their public compli-
ments, are marred considerably, however, by
the assertion of very prominent but errone
GUS statement, and the nsinuation of covert
and most probably damaging inference,
applying to him in the past and future the
one that he is man of no lineage or
ancestry, or, as it is expressed at the Carlton
Club, "a man without father;" and the
other, thathe will be gazetted to and accept
British peerage. In this the London edi-
tors betray either wonderful ignorance
of history, or confession of the
fact that they are not heartily reconciled to
the rule of a selfmadc man-ln truth, that the
majority of them, like the publisher OF that
daily record Of the sayings and doings of tho
home aristocracy, the London Post, regret lis
advent
This is all wrong In point Of fact, however
excusable it may be In point OF feeling. Mr.
Disraeli comes of q race and can boast OF
lineage more ancient, illustrious, persistent,
courageous and universal than can any
baron OF Britain; for when we remember
the foundation of his house by The just and
God-fcaring father Abraham in Mesopotama-
himself descendant of the patriarch Shem-
it certainly must appear to plain and truth
loving people like ourselves that in the matter
of ancestral comparison with him the posterity
Of the Conqueror are very little older than
parvenus, while in the material essentials of
physical power and intellect they appear posi-.
lively decrepit in contrast with the inlesruc-
tiblity of race presented by Disraeii and
his people. It appears but yesterday
we can almost imagine, indeed, that we hear
his call to boot and saddle "-since William
led his spearmen from the vineyards Of Nor
mandy on his grand filibusiering expedition to
Britain but we have to revert far into the
venerable past to behold Abraham, "who be-
lieved the word Of God" taking his departure
from his country and journeying, pfiysim and
stranger, to the promised land.
Thus in the matters Of lineage and ancestral
history Mr.. Disrael takes the lead of every earl
and lord in the united kngdom-a fact which
must have made itself apparent to the most
exalted nobleman in their ranks, the Prince of
Wales, during his recent visit to the field of
Machpelah, near Hebron, when he looked into
the cave in which are enshrined the ashes and
banner of the patriarch and warrior. From
such source comes Premier Dlsraeli; and as tho
stream flowed on from his forefathers towards
his father it was made gloriously brilliant
by the production Of kings, lawgivers, SOL
diers, poets, priests and writer's to an extent
which renders the contributions OF the Norman,
the Plantagene.s, the Tudors, the Lancasters,
the Stuarts, the Guelphs and the others very
unfruitful indeed. Do the English writers
forget Moses, Solomon, David, Joseph, Ben
! jamin, Esau, Judith and Deborah: Or do
| they intend to compare with them in
splendor, royalty, valor, disinterestedness Of
purpose and wisdom William the Conqueror,
Richard the Lion-Hearted, the Black Prince,
Burleigh, Blackstone, Elizabeth, Anne, or even
Victoria? We certainly hope not. Why, the
| young widow Judith, on the maternal side
of Mr. Disraeli's house, exhibited quite as much
nerve as Richard or the Black Prince, and
more promptitude OF execution than did the
Duke OF Wellington; for she no. only killed the
frs. captain OF her day, but she cut his
head clean cf at once, instead OF placing
him TO pine to death on q desert island.
| Esau, the frat fnancier and commercial man
OF the line, became rich and powerful and
| created his sons dukes and gave kings to
Eiom before the merchant princes Of England
were dreamed Of SO that. In every point of
pedigree, we think Mr.. Disraeli stands fully
equal, II not superior, to the mobiles and aristo-
Gratis who surround him.
The subject matter of a peerage for Mr..
Disraeli is easily disposed Of II will not be
proposed, for the very good reason that
he would not accep! IL. The day after
he was gazetted as Lord Hughenden, or some
other equally unpronounceable title, be
would cease 70 be Benjamin Disraeli; and
although envious and jealous politicians may