The New York herald., 1870-06-14

far, an emanaiion OF spite and disappointed greet,
which Is memorable only as nonstrosiv OF spaeeh
monument OF bascues3. Below noice IN regard OF
composition or ability tins sinister article acquires
Its Importance hom the traditions OF the pages IN
which i has appeareah hays ior pd"bnSiy ,SIS lHs r
presented conservative opinion. Henceforth, how
ever, all the honor, all the maniiness all tho
high and proper spirit OF the. country must be
Interested in knowing whether. after such long and
splendid service from It's chosen leader, such faith
M devotion Of his powers 70 her cause as ss 81 mean ea
tory party or Impudently mtsrepresents the con-
scryatiyes OF our own day. For ourselves, we have
raejl, ana might, indeed remark with King Henry
", s'You are assured, methlnks. We love you not.n
section among the conservatives II they are
neither The nalgnancy OF private spite nor yet the
hystercai violence OF q nioribund tory magazine,
but really the outbreak or dls0yai sentiment-then
all we can say Is, that Mr.. D5raeli Is punished tar
more severely IN our Judgment, than his brilliant
no man genius hire out his capacities to faction
which pays the wages or loyalty Just so long as those
capacities confer place or the hope OF place:
the bread which the tories give their leaders; Peel
learned what their 'honorp and "dev0tion' were
less in the hard measure eted out 10 the great Sir
Robert" Is inding 10 hts cost, that authO.ity for.
gets dying KING" In those ranks where "loYalty
aud ndetityh are words yelled out al ndusea1n.
They discovered nothing to blame, these tme-sery-
ing critics. III their masters BOOKS or their masters
blood, when he led them ever the ruins OF MI. Glad
stoneis Reform bill TO power and pelf They were
silent enough When he ruled the country Premier,
entertaining royalty and seated, by his own auda-
cious genius, In heights from which his srlendor
warmed the ranks TO which he had lent the use OF
his brains. No bitter words were whispered OF his
novels then; and, had he boen the wandering Jew
himself, no squire Or squire's provider would have
jeered at him on tile score that his name
and lineage recall people designated on
But now, when nothing moro can well be
gained out or his 1ertie and brilliant mnd
when the memory OF his great achievements lies
heavy on that which represents the conscience OF
hts followers, the word Is apparently given for this
most base and dsgracelul attack upon his name aud
fame and out OF the statutes which they once raised
to Their Seanus H,tnt u,ceOtt, pelueS, su'tagO
pdtetlH--blasphemou jokes and dirty satire are
fabricated. We protest that unless promptly and
Indignantly disayowed, this outDurst OF hatred
against the man 10 whom the conservatives owe
their lingering existence Is among The worst signs
which ever under Our notice OF the rotenneS5
OF all lofty and noble traditions among the "country
party" ~Toryism is even worse than dead II such
ana stanchest servants in the hour or dis
comlture The political atmosphere Is abso-
utely tainted by the Infection OF such shame
less baseness and mean ingrattude; bat
tie creatures which thus plague lion that has not
lost his strength may yet find themselves taught de-
ceucy. MIR. Dlsraes career Is not ended; and some
0ace numbered IN the ranks of his 3'party' have
perhaps shown him little prematurely what tate
is reserved among them for great men worn out III
alien duties. He cannot alter his name and extrac.
tion take back the lavish gifts OF etoquence and
generalship with which he has, in past years, en-
rcted their losing cause; but he may ind before his
close the occasion for "Eoble penttence;' and, II
that occasion come. to seize II would be but just
teach those who stand by "Church and State" a
little more caution, reverence and decOrum, together
with That which Jew ana Gentle alike understand
10y the grand old name OF gentleman"