, 1873-12-27

Ing with groat tlloor|os alll great ngtncs hrings
bncli Tho memory of tho earlior 1ays wllon tllo
aAtona|loa poora henrIl their strongest chan,-
oaao at aet It tn pnagn @ i Sy o eosa arepd sens: yon
Duke from Scotland. "Tiio Kogn Of faw II
liko everything olao tho Duke Of Argyll door.
II " far nbovo nvorngc work. 1t wonld la suro
tsrtn to 10 se'S viii n 1tton'Sn ion eyen 4 IT, IT. were M s
BOOTS tint foroo themselves upon tlo
public. It Ia ono Of tho bookA that, al-
though good cliongh In themselves md worthy
Of careful roadfhg when onco tl1oy arc fouul
push thonl into notice. The nn,hc Of tho D,1ka
Of Argyll did this for "1'ho 1luign Of Law"
The book IL like Its author. The Duke Of Argyll
Inns undoubtedly nlado . worry good Cnblnot Min.
Cabinet Minister il ho Ind not boon Dnko ol
Argyll to begln with.
l have hoArd tho Du1o Of Argyll spoken Of b5
1.-THE RADICAL DuKE."
IIe IL nadical in q manner, that 10. for o Duke
But llo IL not what Americans would seriously
cal 1latlical if ti>oy were to compare h'a politc
opinions will, tlloAo OF any Englishn1an Of. ths
advanced party flo tnay he called Radical whcr
With It extreme ds T1Gs s d u n @
aophical 1antllcaliam which IL 10 mitch cul,
tlvasol OF 1ato, and which nny nobloMnn mn5
naopt' If, itke the Dnko Of Argyll, lc has insci.
genne and culture; tor at tho prosont moment il
cl!ni1go. According to Maj. pendennis, Kc'
patrloian Iii oarly 1to." 10 ] philosophical s Rads:
5;1a eal'am s'ts protily enough on peor in mature
foil cnro will 10 talon TINT It ia put asib If auy
OCCASION shall nriBo for doing roal work. The
Duke Of Argyll 1lRB, however, always nhown him
sell atoady Liberal, md gono properly with lii
cl'iofa. lilo doHerves great credit Tor hayina
been bottor than aomo or most Of Ills ohiofs dur.
ing tho American civil TAr. for
lie TooK THE HIGHT SIDE
anl hold to 1t mnnlully. Ono Of tlle beat Hpocct.
cs eyor Heard tho Duke Of Argyll deliver wss
mado in honor Of tllat right sto utter it Ind sue
ccedod !; nnd tho Dnlo was entitled to Join In
celebrating its SUCCESS for ho was one Of il,e foy
who had tplievcd tt whom failure seemed poasi-
bic, and who la1 upheld it whom Httcll upoiling
was tn England taHs Of something llko olii,ni.
Tho speech to which rofcrwas malc on tic oc-
sion Of public breakfast gwen In st. James
Hall, London, to Alr. William Lloyd Gnrripou,
Of Boston. Tho ocension wns remarkable ii,
ITSELF. 1t waH inado still moro 30 by some Of tho
ctair, aud deliyorel-it waa not worry long be.
fore hs illness and broa1down-tllo last renlly
groat speech Of that long ohupter in bis career.
1t was vol described by Tho London Spectator
in which moro woight OF moral passion is con-
.ceiltratcd thau any othor living orator IL capable
Of expressing" II WAS delivered III low. thrill
ing tono-almost nlonotono--as Bnothored ~
II The orator feared tho strength OF ls owl,
emotions md tho force Of l!s own words, a,ul
Kept butll down l,ulDr n continued restraint.
Every word foil with measured emphasis On tho
oar
SLOW, so1EafS, MuaroAL.
Enrl Russell WIS tlleto and appko with quito lln-
wontc1 energy and vigor, when ho roIractcd and
innllfully expressed regret for hin miatnllou
Judgment Of President Lincoln and tho pulley
Of tho American Government. John Stuart Mill
delivered ono Of those maryeIouslv touching
t11hn a1 III fJ0fr oIf
all rhetorical gracc, but which beco1no positively
eloquent by tho ylrtno Of lofty thought. goncr-
Gus fecling, and puro lucid English. Tho late
llov. Frederick Maurico was thero 80 was Prof.
80 many othor distinguished mon who do not
often mako M appearance at political demon.
Htrationg. Tho Duke OF Argyll spoke, aid
spoke admirably. Tho OCCASION to DO common.
to ongago at once his intollcct mud hs fcoliugs,
and thoro seemed to mo to DO mo-
mcnta when ho almost rose to eomotAins
like oratorical dignity. At I'll events, ho came
nonrcr to tlat height than had over known hin.
to do before, or iaye cyor anown lln to do
since.
viii it scom ungracious if, after having SAID
70 mucl., remark that nevertheless most Amer.
leans WHO visit this country appear to mo Ia
form
AN ExTnAvAoAxr OPINION
OF the influence aud intellect Of the Duke Oh
Argyll On tho very occasion which I Aard
been describing, my esteemed frieud Me-. 1arri-
son, whom Nobody can suHpcct OF any ve.aera-
tion for more RINK. doliyorou speech in wllcl,
ho placed the Duko Of Argyll frat and foremost
=" without peer" 4e eaitl-among the Et-
gshmon who tlnring tile American civil war,
"woro abo to understand its naturo, and to giyU
a clear and unequiyocal Testimony III behalf Of
tho right" Them after him, Mr. Garrison
went on to Ray. cano tour respected aud hon-
orod Cl,airnlan, DIr. Bright" and 30 on. I n!l
suao this was Mr. GarrisoMs sincere conyic.ion,--
TINT tho Duke Of Argyll really was tho political
and intellectual Louder Of tho party who stood up
md TINT ljr4ght. Golden, Stuart Mill. aolflwin
Smith. Francis Newman, Prof. Cairns. md otla-
ora, loyalty followed tIeir leador. This is sort
Of n,stako that only stranger could possibly
mako. 1t would be as reasonable to pay that II.
Thiors has beou led by tho Prince dc Joinsillo,
Or that the Germans conquered tho French br
tho genius OF ti,e Grown Prince. who directed
the movements Of AIoltke. Tho Duke Of argyll
deserves hiell honor for tho part ho took Mt that
memorable criais but lia influenza upon En-
gland
WAS s1s1pI.Y NOTHING
when compared with that Of bright or Mill, or
even that Of Goidwit, Smith or Prof. Cairns.
am glad the Dnko OF Argyll waa OH
tho right eide, but it would not
Our Dukon, bo it always nndorstooa. aro only
ornamontal for the most part. Tho Driton ID
content to bow down 10 thotA, md even to adore
thom socially, nitd llo AkeA to llnVe q Duke Az
tho nomsnn lenIer Of every movement. But
pray do not fa1! into the mistake Of suppoaing
thut we in England really think our Dukes aro
npcpRsnrily great mon, or TINT We he}ipyo them
capable Of moving tho political world. Thorsi
stato OF groatnoss, social greatness sltoyolt-
or. When tho real political struggle cosnos 80
only think about the roal politicians aud ssato4-
mon. The Duke OF Argyll il
- Cos1rANAr1yELy 4 RMAIL MAN
in politics a1,l III thought. TLoro is no way Of
measuring him Ivy such men al Gladstone,
and Disraeli, and Mill, aud Carlyle. a Duke is
the most acceptable tlgMrohcad oyen in politics,
MS in tho caso Of Tho Torios anl tho Duko Of
Richmond. But tho ngurohoad docs not mpol
the yosaol, or keep llor in her cor1rao. or bring
Importance in England,-the n.asner n
wl'ici, ,apeoches nre reportst'. Lot tho Dake Of
Dir. Gladstone or Air. Disraeli. or ar. bright Qf
10 wefe oneo naotb figure OH g .platform} wcye
to speals, md which tho papers Ind not spnco
enough 10 report in full. Would tLoy divide tho
spoi's equally, aud give sisnilar condensation
Of Duke mud statesman Not ut all. Tho speech
Of tho statesman would be giyon i'll full, and tho
Dulto wonld get whatever Bpaco was loft. Tho
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