The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1868-12-22

to reason. The pride OF many Is gratned when the
secsDn 70 which they belong achieves special as
inc successful issue Of battle Il their own regL
mens took no part IN the action. The captain
to ought that the conduct OF his men and the
Qualities OF his ship had direct influence IN pa
tlcuhr naval victory. With every desire thai me
caue OF which they approve should triumph, men
naturally wish that Its success should be specially
associated with their individual efforts. Hence 1t il
that he defeat alike Of the working class candidates
and 81 the professed representatives OF modern uni
versfy training has been considered by many 70 be
los 80 aeporanle as 70 shake tneI commence An
Some OF the disappointed have selected Tor reveng-
ing taer failure the course OF dscreditng the merits
wealth is considerable and whose years are many.
In this contest the friends OF the University radicals
Before the public IN v way the worInsmen
cannot emulate. They can bring the powers OF their
learning and their literary skill into play SO as to
render ridiculous those who have been preferred
nicklames 0' have been invented and others
Elderly soap boiler" an epithet which, novel
as II may sound was common enough IN the
RSea Of ws and ms Woad age
thrown away were we seriously to attempt to
prove that an "eldery soap boiler is not necessa-
may fairly do, however, is to protest against the
practice OF regarding mans status In life as the
sole standard by which To measure his political apt-
tude. II would be absurd to send man to Parlla-
ment because he was skinul In boiling soap. The
absuriity is heightened, II possible, by considering
his success as soap boiler in itself bar TO parll
amenary career.
We admit that the leaven OF young members is a
most desirable ingredient IN he composition OF a
new Parliament In the ranks Of the younger poll
ticans the statesmen OF the future must be sought
II is certainly discouraging to those wno while I'M
BIASED by prepossessons OF birth or culture Tore
cast the course OF events to see the
| existing prep0nderance OF the elder over the
| younger members. Formerly 1t was otherwise. The
statesmen whose names and deeds are immortalized
in history entered the House OF Commons at an
| early age. The most pointed OF the utterances
| attributed to Pitt was made in defence OF
| what he termed "the atrocious crime OF being
man. William n PIT I lad Ss himself saas open en-
had just completed his twenty year, mace MS
| great speech Parliamentary reform when he
Excheauer a year afterwards and became Prime
| Minister at the age OF twenty-four. charles
Fox oasdd MN IN n s respei seehg ny ta a
| jority. Sheridan was twenty nine when he entered
| Parliament. Burke was thirty-dye. Lord Liver
one, and Premier for fifteen years, was
twenty when first returned for Rye, Earl
Grey became member LOT s aama aSa Rar
Russell first entered the House OF Commons as men,
mer for Tavistock. To this list the names OF many
however to observe that what we have said with re-
gard y Pitt, Fox and Grey is equally true Of Sir
cation applies also to two other men--the one the
most eloquent Of essayists and historians the other
the supreme master OF all the oratorical arts; for
ment a, member for Calne, and John Bright was
| thrty-tyO when he first sat for Durham
The facilities afforded by the pocket b0r0ughs for
| returning young men have induced many to advo-
| cate their retention on that ground alone. With
| this, however, we cannot concur. II ID doing evil
that good may follow Sometimes the owner Of q
pocket borough deserves well OF the country
| by the proprietv OF his choice; but more FIRE.
quently the choice falls on tool who Will
faithfully serve his MASTER 1t Is a mistake to at
tribute the existence OF these byways to Parlla-
ment tie eminence afterwards reached by those
| who passed through them in their youth Another
branch II the system formerly prevailing chiefly
rbutedtO the desirable result. This consisted In
OF position becoming the sponsors for and supervising
| the parliamentary training OF the young members
| whose abilities they believed to be marked. When
Canning entered the House OF Commons It was
| expected that he would place himself under the
| care OF Sheridan, but he preferred the tutelage
| him by The great c0lnmoner. AT present some-
| thing OF the same kind might be revived with adj
| vantage. But what Is chiefly required is the ex-
1 isence OF seats for which young men can compete
| with success. How this can be secured involves
| the discussion OF more questions tnan can be
| treated at the end of an article. When the tory
reform act Is amended by o liberal government
when the constitution OF the House OF Lords shall be
altered In accordance with the demands Of the age,
| and when the expenses connected with a seat In
Parliament shall be borne by the constituency, we
| may expect to see young men aspiring to become
legislators with greater success than they have had
| in the election just completed
Quakers In the New British Parliament.
The Friend OF this month in n letter signed