, 1870-06-24
NIX. Goldyytn smish,s Letter.

The letter Of Prof. Goodwin Smith, replying
TO LIT. Disracns anonymous assault upon his
character, IN Lo1tasr, has created Tory de-
cided sensation in London. The papors Of
June =, without exception, have something to
say Of it.
The Nc1cs says that g this calumny, more II
diculous in HI. Diatae1i's fantastic story, ia
not too severely rcnuked by its object when he
denonnce8 it as the sl2nder Of a coward It
recalls the vituperahon of Runnymede. Mr.
couaiets With NJ Goldvin Smith. The fscs
that be has betalen himself in this SOL
itary instance to poisoned weapons
show q consciousness Of having
legitimate arms. He calls Mr.. Goodwin Smith
be Of all others the moat foreign to the nature
and odious to the feelings Of his adversary,
and thinks that the fmputatlon will give the
greatest amount OF pain. He is probably mis-
taken. The folly Of the accusation, in the
truth Of which II: Dia9aeli himself does not,
ID saaiioo. Coward Is = word whieh a s1 Is not ct
ordinarily applied to Mr. Disraeli. But he has
earned it in this case, and, Writha and W1isgle
a. be may, he cannot escape the strong hand
which brands him with it."
The Same paper, on the following dsy, hsd
the following:
"Mr. Diarae1i responded to structures upon
his political conduct and character by alleging
without believing, and, indeed, with the means
OF knowing the untIuth Of what he s1id. that
his opponent vas social parasits. Mr.. Dis
raeli however, ia u Iittls Of an EngiishmAn
as his Highnaaa the Msharsjah Dhuieep Singh,
who is country gentleman, county magis-
trate, and, perhaps, . chnrch warden, not M
deed in Buckinghamshire, but in Norfolk. He
bad net yet learned the limits which divide the
strongest and most scornful invecfve against
political conduct and character, from
comment upon private hfe. Thisher
having the knowledge which j. needful to
check Misrepresentation; snd thither, for
that reason among others, an honorable eue-
my will not Beck 10 lead the public. Mr. Dis
fseh would have been called to order il be
had said in debate what he hxs said in print,
and he could net have uttered il in tho society
himself rebnke aud disgrace When the dis
tlnction which he has for once forgotten ceases
to BE- understood, political discussion nill be
banished to the pothouse."
Tho Telegraph, on June 8, used the follow
lug language:
leader Of the Conservative party is OF old
standing. Yeara ago HI. Smith accused Mr.
D'eTaeli Of unBerupulousnesa; and in his lee
lures on Pym,, Cromwell, and Pitt, be aimed
mora than one shAft OF ssrcazm Ut the sAne
we'll abused statesman. Mr. Disraeli retorted
by calling Mr.. Smith that wild mAn.' geizing
the occasion Of Ar. Diarael'a AcceaEen to the
Premiership, the Professor published letter
IN which the statesrnan's early flight from
Radieslism to 1ozJisn, his attacks On Peel
and his sudden convention to the CONSERVATIVE
principle Of household suffrage, we're resleMea
cai writing Of tho go c.n present feT
parallels. Returning to the charge, ~. Gola-
win Smith. III the second edition Of bis lectures,
said thal de days Of Bolipsbeoks sese not the
last time n xh'eh aeeseis,t e ~
tbems.t1es ~ together to attain their common
IL eondnet of Il: b3srsoli, he said. ahat fho
Gish Church was 70 lad a to require In its
supporters. seye1 stronger stmnlants than
M. nsraeh replied by stretching, in his Lc-
!hsir,' an Oxford Profoeaor, who was al