New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-05-12
TIE pBArH OF 10Ep BRoueHAM.

Of the Right Hon. Henry Brougbam, Baron
Brougham and Yaux and Lord Chancellor
Of England. under Earl Grey from 1880 70
1894, at the ripe age Of nearly ninety
years. His demise took place at his beau
tifll estate near Cannes, IL the south OF
France and overlooking the Mediterranean
where Lord Brongham spent much OF ms
| time since his retirement from otfce'in
1884, engaged in philosophical and hui
manitarian studies. His biography, all
ready for publication. wanting the date
of his death and notice Of the remark
able productions with which he delighted
the people Of England down even to last
year, has lain longer in the pigeon holes of
the great journals than the biography of
any other European or American states
man.
Lord Brougham was the granddaughter
of William Robertson, the historian. He was
educated at the University of Edinburgh,
wrote paper on the reflection and refrac-
ton of light when not yet eighteen years
old which obtained place in the Trans
actions of the Royal Society, was the com
panion and coadjutor Of Homer and JEFF
frey, and for a quarter of century was
one of the principal contributors to the
Edinburgh Reuiel5. In 1908 he was called
to the English bar at Lincolnis Inn, and
two years afterward entered the House Of
Commons as member from the rotten
borough Of Camford.
1. may be said Of Lord BrOugham that
during his long life Of almost nine-tenths Of
century and that the greatest century in
the worlds history, and by far the most
active-he did more work than any
other living man. From his early years,
when he won distinguished academic
honors, he preached the "evangeln of labor
as against genius and that kind of inHpi-
ration upon which too many of our states
men seem to rely. And his deeds were
better even than his words. As an instance
of wonderful physical and mental en-
durance, during the general election which
ensued upon the accession Of William ",
BrOugham spoke at eight different electoral
meetings in one day, travelled one hundred
and twenty miles by stage the same day,
and appeared fresh next morning at the
York Assizes, Like that other great work
er, Lord Bulwer Lytton, he turned away
from the destinations oftravel, of leisure, of
society, even of nobility, and found his
chief delight in those utilitarian studies
and humanitarian pursuits which are at
once the browning benetaction and glory
of the age in which We live. Lord Brough-
am emphatically died in the harness. Even
few months ago he could not be persuaded
by his friends to forego his almost period
ical address before one o.. the great univer-
sites or enc Of the learned associations of
Britain; and although it was painfully
evident that age had begun to impair his
faculties there were yet occasional flashes
Of that intellect which has for so many
decades of years charmed and instructed
not only every Englishman, but every one
speaking the English language
The mere mention of Lord Brougham's
achievements as orator, author, statesman;
as a scientific, social. economical human
itarian philosopher would far transcend
eur limits. Suffice it to say that the name
Of this great Englishman is intimately as
ISOLATED with all those great reforms which
have made glorious the history of the last
sixty years, and the fruits Of which are now
being gathered not only in England and
America, but in every civilized land under
the sun. Lord Brougham defended Leigh
Hunt in his celebrated libel suit. He OBJ
tanned the verdict in favor Of Queen
Caroline, and two Of his speeches in that
celebrated trial have taken place
among the classic specimens ofEnglish ora
tory. 9 The school master is abroad" is
one Of his famous sayings destined to live
as long as the English language shall be
spoken.
Freedom of the press, the suppression of
the slave trade, Roman Catholic emaneipa-
ton, condemnation Of logging in the army,
reform in the government Of India, the
cause Of popular education, the abuse of
public charities, law. reform, colonial
slavery, the corporation and test acts, the
repeal Of the corn laws, these are few of
the great questiOnsupon which he brought
to bear successfully the resources Of his
vast requirements and experience, his I'M
firing industry, and broad, charitable views
of human life.
His Speeches at the Bar and in Par
lament his Sketches Of Statesmen Who
Flourished in the Time of George Ill.,
his Lives Of Men Of Letters and Science
his Speeches on Social and Political Sub
jects," and his miscellaneous addresses,
comprising altogether many remarkable
volumes, we're accompanied BY such intel
leotual reereations as q An Analytical View
Of Sir Isaac Newtons Pfincipia,n annota-
tons upon Paley's Natural Theology a
translation of Demosthenes' a Grafton on
the Crown,p and in 1858 by dissertation
on g Analytical and Experimental Inquiries
on the Cells Of Bees
To the young American ambitions Of
statesmanship and Of those prizes or
society which shall be both brilliant and
enduring, the career Of no other En-
glishman oilers 50 much that is worthy Of
study and initiation. The earthly remains
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