Orleans independent standard. [volume] (Irasburgh, Vt.) 1856-1871, 1869-04-27

Lord Stanley's solidity and caution; but
he had much more of original ability; he
had brilliant ideas, great readiness in de-
bate, and perfect genius for saying bitter
things in the bitterest tone. The younger
son of wealthy peer, he had, In conse-
quence of dispute with his father, man
fully accepted honorable poverty, and was
glad, for no short time, to help out his
means by the use of his pen. He wrote in
the Quarterly Review" the time honored
organ of Toryism and after while GER
tain political articles regularly appearing
in that periodical became identified with
his name. One great object of these arti-
cles seemed to be to denounce Mr.. Disraeli
and warn the Tory party against him as a
traitor, certain in the end to sell and sur
render their principles. Lord Robert Ce-
Gil was an ultra Tory-or at least thought
himself sol feel convinced that his intel
lect and his experience will set him free
one day. He was Tory on principle and
would listen to no compromise. People
did not at first see how much ability there
was in him-very few indeed saw how
much of genuine manhood and nObleness
there was in him. His tall, bent, awkward
figure; his prematurely bald crown, his
face with an outline and beard that re-
minded one of Jew peddler from the Mi
nories, his ungainly gestures, his unmelo-
dious voice, and the extraordinary and wan
ton bitterness of his tongue, set the ordina-
nv observer strongly against him. He
seemed to delight in being gratuitously of
fensive. Let me give one illustration. He
assailed Mr.. Gladstone's financial policy
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of a pettifogging attorney. This was rath-
er coarse, and it was received with loud
murmurs Of disapprobation, but Lord Rob
ert went on unheeding. Next night, how
ever, when the debate was resumed, he rose
and said he feared he had used language
the previous evening which was calculated
to give offense, and which he could not JUS
| tify. There were murmurs of encouraging
pplause-nothing delights the House of
Commons like an unsolicited and manly
apology Yes, he had, on the previous
night, in moment of excitement, compar-
ed the policy of the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer to the practice of a pettifogging
attorney That was language which on
sober considerations he felt he could not
Justify and ought not to have used, "and
therefore" said Lord Robert, i beg leave
| W OI6T luN SlllCGIG dpOlOSN wi
Gladstone half rose from his seat, with face
of eager generosity, ready to pardon even
before fully asked" beg leave to tender
my sincere apologize the attorneys p
Half the House rOared with laughter, the
other with anger.-and Gladstone threw
| himself back in his seat with an expression
or mingled disappointment, pity and scorn,
on his pallid, noble features.
| THE EARL OF DERBY.
1t may seem paradoxical, but | at least
am unable to get out of my mind the con-
viction that there is a solid basis Of stupid
ty in the mind of the great Conservative
Chief Lord Derby. Let me explain what
| mean. The Earl of Derby is in one sense
a highly accomplished man, He is a good
classical scholar, and can make a speech in
Latin. He has produced some very spirit
ed translations from Horace; and | like his
version of the Iliad better on the whole
than any other [ know. He is a splendid
debater-Macaulay said very truly that
with Lord Derby the science of debate was
an instinct. He will roll out resonant, ro-
tund, verbose sentences by the hour, by the
ward he is great at making hits and points
he mas immense power of reply and repair
tee-Of certain easy and obvious kind
his voice Is fine his manner is noble, his
Iinvective is powerful But he has no ideas
The light he throws out is pOlarized light
He adds nothing new to the political thought
of the age. have heard many of his finest
speeches; and | can remember that they
were then very telling, in a Parliamentary
point of view; but | cannot remember any
thing he said. He is always interpreting
into eloquence and effective words the com
monplace Philistine notions, the hereditary
Iconventionalities of his party-and nothing
more. His mind is not open to new i'm
lpressions, and he is not able to appreciate
the cause, the purpose or the tendency of
change This | hold to be the essential
characteristic Of stupidity and this is al
attribute of Lord Derby, with all his Greek
his Latin, his lmpetuOus rhetoric, his de
batting skill and his audaciOus blunders
which sometimes almost deceive one int
thinking him a man of genius. Now The
Earl Of Derby is the greatest Tory living
and if I have fairly described the highes
type of Tory, one can easily form some con
ception Of what the average Tory must be
Every one likes Lord Derby, and | fully
believe it to be the fact that those wh(
know him best like him best | cannot i'm
, agine Lord Derby doing a mean thing;
cannot imagine him naughty to poorman
or patronizingly offensive to timid visito
of humble birth Look at Lord DERBY
through the wrong end of the intellectual
telescope and you have the average British
Tory The Tory's knowledge is confined
to classics and field sports-when he knows
anything. Even Lord Derby has beer
| guilty of the most fragrant mistakes in geo
| graphy and modern history. People arr
; never tired of abiding to a famous blunde
, of his about Tamboy in Russia. 1t is ais,
told of him that he once spoke in Parlia
t ment of Demerara as an island; and whel
one of his colleagues afterwards remOnstrat
ed with him on the mistake, he asked will
t ingenuousness and n0jUete How on eartl
, was | to know that Demerara was not al
: island ?" He once, at a public meeting
spoke of himself very frankly as havin:
| been born in the pre-scientife period :
the period but too recently closed whel
E English Universities and high class school
: troubled themselves only about Greek ant
/ Latin, and thought it beneath their digni
: ty to show much interest in such vulgar
e practical studies as chemistry and natura
4 history, to say nothing of that ungentle
e manly and ungenerous study, the scienc
t of political economy. The average Britisl
: Tory is Lord Derby without elOquence
: brains, official habits and political expe
s rience Justin Ma Carthy IN Nay GALAXY
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