The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1870-06-22
Public Opinion of the Quarrel.

The London Times OF June thinks 1t imprudent
on the part Of Mr.. Goodwin Smith to recognize in the
character portrayed by Mr.. Disraeli In his 40
thair an embodiment OF his own social opinion and
conduct.
The London Times OF June 10 thinks Goodwin
Smith has, in hisietter to DsraeIi shown his accus.
toned unwisdom by appropriating to himself one
THAR Public curiosity, II adds would be much re-
lieved II the prototypes OF Mr. Phebus and Mr. Pinto
would also reveal themselves"
The London Standard says Mr.. smiths 'vi0lent
and abusive letter goes far to confirm the very char
ne es more
come from Mr.: Goodwin Smith himself than his letter
to Mr.. Dsraeli"
[From the London Telegraph, June 81
In the letter which Professor Goodwin Smith has
addressed to Mr.. Disraeli another note Olnsut has
been struck In most unseemly squabbe. The quar-
rel between the Professor and the leader OF the con-
sentative party Is of Old standing. Years ago Mr..
Smith accused Mr.. Disraeh Of unscrupuI0usness;
and In his lectures OH Pym, Cromwell and Pitt he
well-abused statesman. Mr.. Dlsraet retorted by
calling Mr.. Smith ''that wild man, Selling the
occasion OF MI. Dsraels accession to the Premier
ship. the Professor published letter in which the
statesman's early flight from radlcasm to tory
s ns attacks ,h on fee and ms
OF household suffrage were reviewed with q
wealth OF invective TO which the political writing OF
the age can present few parallels Returning to the
charge, Mr. Goodwin Smith, in the second edition OF
his lectures said that the days OF Bolingbroke
HOt tIo last tlille Ill WHICH u easy VIZ
tue' and 'unscrupulous ecclesiascs" leagued them
selves together to attain their common ends Finally
In public Speech referring to the conduct OF Mr..
Dsrae he said that the irish Church was so bad as
to require IN its supporters seven stronger stmu-
lants than fanaticism' To that long string OF in
suits Mr.. Dsraei replied by sketching, in his 80
thair,n an "Oxl0rd Professor who was democrat
on paper and 'social parasite among men. The
sketcn was pltier put u was certainly NOT unpro,
that In letter to Mr. Disrael he brands the asper-
sons OF the novelist as 'he stingess insults OF o
engaged in the most extravaganza and doubtful of
competitive examinations in which the initiative
has been taken by the Professor.
[From the Pail Mall Gazette. June 81
The author OF .'Lothair' perhaps anticipated the
attacks OF The critics; at least he had hard word
Tor them beforehand-''the critics, the men who
have failed in literature and art" He could hardly
however have been prepared for such an onslaught
as that or Back,oood In 1868 highl, laudatory
biography of Mr.. Disrael began to appear in that
magazine. 1t cOntrasted him. greatly Of course TO
MS advantage with Gladstone and Pee, praised him
or Manner" '.force and clearness Of rea-
soning,n and other qualities OF craftsmanship.
incidentally Peel was abused for his mistake In not
distributing his patronage to bind men OF ability
to the party and the duty OF "uolng something for
rising talent was strongly asserted. This biography
was commenced Just about the time when Mr.. DIS.
raeli became Prime Minister. Only three chapters
were printed; the rest never appeared After an In
tervai OF two years BtdcfooO0d now assalls Its
idol as ''madman In plush breeches," 'jack-
pudding" whose latest novel resembles the ''glnn-
spired dreams of the assistant fashionable ha
berdasher and recalls the vender of old clO" Mr.
Goodwin Smiths lunge at "LOthair" Is more INTEL
ligible. Everybody knew that the professor OF the
story, ga social parasite" was intended for Mr..
Goodwin Smith. certainly not on account of that
offensive and absurdly false epthet as applied to
such man, but on account Oh various minor cir
cumstances with which the character was connected
Mr. Smith. it must be confessed, has never spared
Mr.. Disraeli In his invecves, but at least he did
not, as he says shelter himself under the literary
forms OF OF fiction. Mr.. Disraeli's asperslOns
he calls the ''Sinyles5 insults OF coward" but
sing!ess is not exactly appropriate seeing that the
Professor has been stung INTO very angry reply.
From the London Globe, June 81
Mr.. Goodwin Smith was certainly an
Oxford professor, and has emigrated to America,
but Is he ''social parasite?" Mr. Goodwin Smith
talks of the s'stingless insults OF coward" But
why, If there Is nothing to write about, write9 We
think of Byron with his curled lip and thin skin,
of Pope writing as he perused the scalding
critiques OF his works, which he called his ''diver-
siOns." Are professors. then, 'genus lrritabe''
as well as bardsY What would not MI. Goodwin
Smith have written If ne mad lived through the
taunts which Mr.. Disraell has, with perfect manll-
and selt-respect, proved to be 'stinglessn by
never having been provoked to call them s09
MIR. Disraeips Health.
Especial Telegram from London to the Irish Times.
LONDON, June 9, 1870.
Mr.. Disraeli, after nearly three weeks absence
appeared in the House Of Commons tonight, look
ing remarkably WE'LL His recent indispOsitOn seems
to have entirely passed away, and judging by the
with