, 1873-12-28

| 9unifellll8 oVer game OF marn!o6, ttnn feor
10 sponk THO plain truth, tho general I'M
precision OF that Houao for long timo Was
| TINT 7
and nothing elso, was tho olllef characteristic Of
thc young M9cOnllum More. The late Earl Of.
Derby waH loader of tho CONSERVATIVE party
Ilo was ono Of tho two or throe really great Par
! not poHBeHsod Of any remarkable capaoity as
Of his party by bis enorgy his forco Of oharao.
tor, hia wealth .nd territorial rank, ha
his novor..failing conilnanl Of inveotivo
and Of dcolamatory eloquonce. ThiA was the
Earl Of Derby Of whom Macauiay Haid' that tho
science OF Parliamentary debate came to him by
n tho 1louao OF Commons as Lord Stanley, by
tho prolonged pasHago Of arms in which hc falrly
held hlg own against that Titan OF dobatep Dam
iel O'Connoil, who bad crushed up Dlaraoli ns n
atoam-lammor might crush a cocoauut. Tho
young Duke Of Argyll had tho tomerity before
long to MAKO 3 sharp personal attack on tho
Earl OF Derby. Tho peora were as much o.
!" Iyanlioe" whom they saw tho strange You; young ~
Knight Btrike with lis lanco's point tho shold Of
tho formidable Tcmplar. Lord Derby himBolf
was at first perfectly bcwildcrod by tho unex-
% Of his inexperienced yn
sn1 saS'''A'' ou' D0 '''n N'"o' 'p LIN "'o''
FAIRLY WENT FOB MAC oALLuh NonE.
He bore down upon the .Duko Of
Argyll with all THO force Of !scornful
For the hour tho Duke Of Argyll was % COM
pletely overthrown rs ii he 1ad got into tho way
OF charge OF cavalry. He was In metnphorioal
4onao an loft LOTT, for doad upon the fold. Elderly
they know how II would bo aud congratulated
themselves that thero wns an end Of tho impu-
dent young scotehmnn. But they. roro quito
mntaken. Maooallum Moro know Of course that
I q HINT f,1tth hoa
Ho got up again and went III just az II nothing
had Unopened. His courage was not brokon
hts solf-confldence n,oultcd no feather. After 4
while ho began to show that there was
| A GREAT DEAL IN 1I1st
more than sell-concait. Tile House Of Lords
found that The red-haired lad really know great
deal, and had q wonderfully clever head, and
they learned to endure his dogmatio and pro-
fosBorial ways: 10 nover grow 70 bo popular In
the House Of Lords, and belioyo is not pop
ular anywhere. His stylo in far too Holf-assured
and pedantic, his faith In Ills own superiority to
everybody else is too oyidont, to allow Of his
having many enthusiastic admirors. Moreover,
though tho Duko Of Argyll has shown himself .
much aounder and bettor man than most people
at first beloved him to bo, he ia far indeed from
holding tho place which hls manner would seom
to claim % right. Ho mover could be- In poll
tics mora than a second-claBa man nnd ho ia
not even remarkably good Bocond-clnBa man.
Every commondation that is given him
! NusT De QUALIFIED.
Ho lns Writton ono OF tWo remarkable books
for Duko. Hc has been very liberal
Cpolittoian--for Duke. He ia good speaker
Tor one who has mover had any oratorlcal gift.
OF all tho noblemen who have boon put into
they wero noblemen, he is, I think On
the whole, the ablest and tho best. But
he hns nothing Like the solid ability md general
information Of tho present Earl Dorby, who is
now fairly aat down as only q accond~olass map.
In forco ind brilllancy he is not to be compared
with the Marquis ct Salisbury, who now seems
" unlikely, despite all bis PROMISE. ever to attain
place iu. the first class. Tho Duke Of Argyll,
however, soon got into high Office. With hia
rank, his talonts, and his energy, such a thing
was inoyitnblo, He joined tho Government Of
Lord Aberdeen in 1861 as Lord Pr!Yy. Seal, au
Office of groat dignity but no apecial duties, tho
occupant OF which therefore has only to give lis
assistance in council and in general debate.
Since TINT timo tho Duke Of Argyll has held
many Offices. I neod not follow him through
his various departments. Enough to aay that
Whenever tho Liberals ore in power tie Duke Of
Argyll always as matter OF course
no1pB soAIE HIGH oFFIcE.
The place ha at present holds-that Of Secre-
tary of State for. lndia-is ono Of tho highest
aud most important in the service Of tho Grown.
When Slr. Gladstone became Primo Minister, in
1868, he offered the place OF Secretary for India
to John Bright, who had always takon great in-
torost in the Governments Of Hindostan. But
Drighta views were peculiar, and ho neither saw
his way to carry thom out, nor cared to tako the
Office If he could not rcalizo thom and, thero-
ioro, nc aecnnGa .4o olior a. aiaasnohe az % .nen men
accepted y, nna haa dscn1arged lta duties since
without diaefods, nns "lsnous ahy naTaoa @ sue
coss. nave alloaay compares me puNo OF ar
6yll "lsn 'tlo .aai4ne VI na1tspuaS' naoa 10 ~
Holnnlea ~ eetsn1n " nianMuouene g. not. Noae1
ton anu whn nein - tne ollco OF ecelotary JOE
!ndia unaor 5no 1oly uoVernaens r.. an1l!ly DC.
1ofe II paased nto Tue nanus o. sna sun1eGT H. OF
ths sketon. nus " tuo Aaal4uo =. saalspuy Ivy
anu foaetonlst sno1sn 10 W. hhomea ae onPas1ty y
ior governmen., e,aa-mmas % was leess esRecseu OF
nlm-a ssHpasaetio faculty ~ ~ onao!ssanang e;' s1ng
tho wants OF iofeign race. a9a OF seolng dt1m
Inelr POM OF Hlnw susn w n ao mp' 5upposo 'ne
Dospito Tie tranqnlAizlng g dignity MY. OF 1T growing
years, t1e Duko o. Argy.t . st1n Dusass ous every
no" and thon mto ,,o ono o. u, .nose 4.nnon
Enoaltti1Hs W ~ 1Ss us fs"9oh ,,.,
Whlen asto.lsnoa she LOUISE u mosus so n'Ioa sa
IN hs younger 1a days; ,st5 ,Lem5estuoua a 1 elo, 0,