Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1872-07-07
HEREDITARY ELOQUENCE.
Sketches Of the Great Debaters in the
English House Of Lords.

L0adou Correspondence OF the Boston Post.
After a little preliminary cOlloquy be
tween Lords OranmOre, Granville and
I Wetbury, old Earl Russell arose amid a
perfect hush, and opened his batteries
upon the ministers. The Earl is more
weaZen and peevish looking, more dried
up and foxy than ever. His snort, stub
bv form eOntrasted singUlarly with his
deep rasping, h~arshly-grating voice; yet,
for a nan now almost fOurscOre, he
spoke with remarkable vim and force.
Tie was alwavs an able debateF, despite
his personal disadvantages, and heneveT
was q better debater than now. He is
as curt and e0Oily ~iusOlent, as Grabbed
and sarcastic a ever. bis speech was
/ really q tremendous and bitter indict-
ment against the Washington treaty,
Z the arbitration, the COurseO of the Cabinet,
and the capacities OF the English Com
4 missioners. There sat Lord RipOn near
him, wh5, for his services As principal
I Commissioner, has been made q Mar
tQuis: and when the old Earl ~impeaehed
the ability Of the "High Joints RipOn
became very fdgety, despite his stOlid
Yorkshire blood. 1t is needless to say
that Lord Russell was especially bitter
against America, and, il his speech were
a responsible one. it would be enough to
Justify it in having nothing more TO do
with the treaty or a reconciliation.
I When he sat down, not in the least eX-
ihausted, it was evident that he had car
Iried q majority Of the Lords in sympathy
with him. Earl Granville began 10 re-
ply in the blandest and suavest accents,
but soon got more warmed up and irri-
tated than J have ever seen him; his
tspeeeh,was really an unexpectedly sharp
and effective one, and he went far to
prove himself one OF the foremost deba-
tiers in the house. He declared-what is
doubtless true-that America regarded
J Earl Russell as q personal enemy IN this
matter, and thatitil became him to be
50 viudictive. After Granville came
! Earl Grey. Earl Grey is certainly the
most peculiar parsonage in the house.
I He is unauestiOnably the very ablest Of
those peers who claim to be wholly in
i dependent of party ties, and who speak
and vote at all times ION their own
hook As the SON and heir of the great
I reform minister, ne has a sort Of pre-
scriptive right to talk, as often and as
long as he pleases; and he certainly
ALWAYS talks well. He is the queerest-
looking old man you ever saw-tsll,
gaunt, round -shouldered, with a peaked
face which, ] hope ] shall be forgiven
Tor saying, would almost justify Of itself
the Darwinian theory, IL so much re-
sembles our ancestor, the monkey. His
manner Of speaking is absolutely iudi-
orous-tO hear Earl Grey speak is 'as
good as a comedy as Charles III used
to saw of a Lords debate. HIS voice
is high, shrill and shEieking, he shutters
and sDutters and founders, he blurts n
spurts, he sWays and swings and stag
gers, and. if YOU forgot his words you
would think he was caricatuTing the
worst speakers In the House Yet his
speeches are not surpassed fOI wit, IN
.veotive, sarcasam, pungeney, and l0gi-
feal force by any living Englishman. his
Grafton on this occasion was strong u
violent against the ministers. Then fol-
lowed the calm and logical Derby, who
is so great a contrast TO his fiery sire, the
stRupert OF Debate and was answered
by the handsome and impetuous Kim
beriey: next came the Marquis of Sails
bury, biliously bitter and intensely
scornful, replied to by RipOn. who had
been waxing indignant all the evening,
and who IN turn was succeeded by the
aEtute Cairns, who always has the air of
being on the point o. using up everybody
and everything in short order, and who
is really the clnsest and most specious
reasoner in the House. When the adj
jOurnment took place the spectators de-
parted. certainly with increased respect
FOR the hereditary chamber; for il is
doubtful If such a debate could occur in
the Commons, even with Gladstone ana
LoWepitted against D'Israeh and Hardy