, 1873-12-27

qnn1roling nscrn gatno Of nlarlIloa, than h Peer
at tho rea!". dohatins Il, slie lto"ac Of I.or's.
tl.at I:'"' - ''''' '''''"' ''' !" 'o''s '"0 "'a
SHEER 1struDENeE,
n''ti nothing o'|. was tho cof elsaractcrialo Of
uor'y wan loat'or OF tho Conservative party.
llo "as ono OF tho two OF three really great pas-
laiaoiltary tobatcrs Of tho limo, mid although
not ro'Aeshod Of any remarkable capacity aa q
Of l''a party BY Ifs enoEgy, hi. forco Of eharae.
long expeelerce Of public hfraiyr, anl
an hs II ne5erf3ts ecatx cHnsa # n,e0lye m
Earl ot Derby Of whom Nfacaufay Bail tint tle
Hcsonco Of parliaMnnln,y debate came to him by
Instinct; and ho Ind boon fnnlous, whom ho Bat
" tue tlouaa Of conanaons as Lord Stanley. by
he'd It's own asayt TINT IN M ot debate, Da,i-
icl oconncll, wh6 had crushed up Disracll IN y
stoam.halaincr 11ti might ctllsl, cocoanut: Tho
younE pnEn H Of Argyll had tho te.aerity beiose
Earl Of Derby. Ttse Poets wcye ~ rnucl, ~
tonlahcti aa tic spectators round tho tiIt-yar in
" Ivnnlloo" when thoy, snw tho ntrnngn young
Knight atrito with lls lanco'H point tho rhcla II
vas Mt frat perfectly bowildored by tho ,ls,ex-
rcctod ye'leInonce Of hin inexperienced young
oppunent. But o soon made mp Ills mind,
FAIRLY WENT fon MAC cALLuM NoiaE.
a;ne G '0fe ; doWn M IT,, upon fax,o tue Duke aaor, Of
invoctivo which ho could summon 10 his aid.
For tho hour tito Duko Of Argyll VIVA Ms COM
plotoly oyortlrown as II he lad got Into tho way
Of charge Of cavalry. lie wyas IN meterlorical
poors smiled grayo'y, nilools their hoatls, said
| they know how IL would bc, and congratulated
| themselves that tlcro was Oh e.l Of tho impu-
| dent young Scotchinan. But they were quito
.utn oTn1t
he Ind been sonnasy bcaton, but ho did not eare.
| Ho got up agaln and wont i'll Just 90 IT nothing
had happened. Ills courage was not broken;
liis sclfconiitlenco moulted no feather. After
| while llo began 10 shDw That there was
| 4 GREAT DEAL IN 1a1M
moro than solf-concoit. Tho House Of Lords
found that Tho roa-hairad Ind really know groat
tseal ana had y wonderfully clover head, md
they learned to endure liis dogmatic and pro.
tho Nouue If Lords. and believe ia not pop
| ulnr anywlloro His style IN far too sof-aHslrol
anil pedantc, his faith In his own aupariority 10
everybody osso ia too evident, to allow Of Ills
having MANY enthusiastic admirers. Moreover,
though tho Duko OF Argyll llns shown himsolr h
much soAndor A.id bottor man than most poopo
| Mt irBt believed him to bo he il fnr iudecti from
ls|dsl!g tho place which his manner would Beom
to oniln aa Il right. lIo never could be in poll
| ties moro than Il Hecond-ciasH man +; md lie III
not eyon remarkably good Accontl-class man.
| Every commentator TINT is given linn
MUST DE QuAL1rlEn.
llo l,aa written ono Or two remarkable books--
politcian-for Duke. tie is good speaker
| for one who l,aB nosor hal any oratorical gift.
| Or MI thu noblonson who hnye bucu put into
high olico during my Amo, merely because
lhe' wl.olo. tho aIiest and tito boat. Dit
lie has nothing like tho solid ability and general
information OF tho present Earl Derby, who ia
now fniry set down us only, socond-caas man.
IN forcc ind brilllancy he is not to DO compared
unlikely, despite nil Lis PROMISE oyor to attaiu
place in tho first claaa. Tho Duke OF Argyll.
however, soon got into Lgh Office. Will his
ra,'l, his taonts. and his enorgy, such thing
wau inevitable. lie joined the Government Of
| Lord Aberdeen in 1862 rs Lord priyy Soul, AZ,
Office Of great dignity but 10 special llltics the
occupant OF which therefore laa ony to giyo his
ashstanco in council anl in general dcbata.
Since That limo tho Duke Of Argyll has l,old
hia various departments. Enough to gny TINT
wlonevor tho Liberala nro IN power the Duke Of
| Argyll always ms matter Of course
| HOLDB SOME lIldl1 oFr1uE.
| Tho ptaco llo at present lult1s-thnt OF Hecrc-
| tary Of Stnto for hl1ia-iH ono OF tho highest
md most important in tho aorvco OF tile Crown.
When Mr.. Gladstone beeatno Primo Minister, in
1868. ho oltorcd tho plNeo Of SecretAry for Iudia
! to JOHN Bright, who ha1 always tnken great i'll
terost in tho Govorninont OF Hinlostnn. But
| Drigllts views ycre peculiar, md ho neither saw
lls was to carry them ont, nor cared to tako tho
Office 1t he could not realizo thou. mud, there
forc, he declined the ollor. Mr. alatlstono thon
tonderol the oflico to tlte Duke OF Argyll, who
accepted it, and llas discharged its duties sinco
| without discrodt, but without any marked B,,c-
coss. I hayo already compared tho Duke of Ar
gyl' with tho Marquis Of Salisbury, whom llo re-
| fombloB In h certain bruBaileneas OF solf-assur-
! tien. asd who held tho olco OF Secretary for
| india unior tho Tory Governmont shortly be-
| foro it passed. into Tue hanla Of the subject Of
thia sl;otcil. But the Marquis OF Salisbury, Tory
| and rcactouist thougl, ho bo, showed capacity
| l,lm-n sympathetic faculty Of understanding
| tic wants Of foreign raco. aud OF aening from
their point Of view, such as do uot suppose tho
+ Duke Of Argyll has evor displayed.
! 1uspito tho tranquillizing dignity OF growing
years, the Duko OF Argyll still bursts out every
| now and tl.on into ono Of those
EnuL1Iy1ONS OF FEnY0E
%s aHoso ts ouse Gf Loran 80 much
qt,onco was to orithot bestowed upon ono Of
the Duko's spoeches NOT long since by tho coyor
Tory lawyer, Lord Cairns. But TIC apeccll--
Which Aoard-was rather like that part Of tho
tempest, Which y made up Of the sudden anl
speech I'll which tho Duke Of Argyll 20 far foygot
! himself tho plnco, and tho respect due to I}gh
oso ard + fGat t}age ~ 10 anpy a} tho
Eori Rsasi' cSiai Jssieo 'St Il I Englsad nd
nyainst n certuln unlueliy law-appontment malo
by Mr.. Glatlslono. Tho Duke Of Argyll apolo-
gizotl almost Immediately, after for thu unparal
le)esl rnGe1loss OF lis language, aud peore OH
the whole woro rn.ior alnazod than otherwise at
tic unexpected display Of tho old yoAomonco
returning al 10 ineonyenieut md inappropriate
IL time. When tue Duke Of Argyll is not yelld-
1nent iIa IL
RATHER AN uN1NTEHEsTlNa BpEAKEn.
llo is Auent, but formal aud pedautic, and Ills
speeches aro not lrightoEod by fancy or lu,nur.
Az au attor-dinnor speaker he is especially inef
foetive. 10 bo hoarl to advantage, he should
10 takon oithpr in lilo sudden heat OF some Par
llancntnry contest, or else whom addressiug from
the lecturers platform aome sciontiIlc or pllilo-
soplical society. Tn.poitical lilo la Inns "gyon
llis,,neasuro, und think wo may safely assume
that lio will never bo a great atatcsmar.
1t is trno that many English public mon roacaetl
III ago far exceeding tint Of lhe Duke Of Argyll
without having given my eylaonco of Tho To-
narkablo capAuity which they afterwards dis
played. Tho Duko Of Argyll ia only 10 yonln
old, md not many Of our public mon haye inuo,
ohanco Of distinguishing themselves III tho
higher patts Of craftsmanship before TINT age.
Or our rising llen, thoao whom wo consider our