The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1876-04-06
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Mr.. Disneli prepared with some inge-
uuity couple of surprises IN the Queens
speech, the one to dazzle the Phi6stines, on
whose active sympathy he confidently cal
culates, the other TO get hrm an : his admin
istration out of y serious difficulty. The
solemn announcement that the queen deemed
the present fitting opportunity for making
formal addition to her style and titles, in
respect that the direct government of India
had been transferred to the crown some
twenty years ago, has been received with
acclamation by all the retired shopkeepers
and 3lla-occupiers in England. and with
regret by everybody else. Any trifie regard
ing royalty, even an unveracious scrap OF
news picked up by fashionable prints
through the servants hall, is read with in
terest by many well-to~do Epglshmen and
Englishwomen. A morsel of gossip about
the precedency of the Duchess OF Edirburgh,
or the domestic doiugs of the Marquis of
Lorne and the Princess Louise, is greedily
devoured by these people This sort of
thing delights them and engrosses them
more than the gravest piece of political in
telligence. No one knows this better than
Mr.. Disraeh. Whether it he due TO the in-
sight of genius, or to some obscurer cause,
| do not know, but it is an undoubted fact
that the creator of Mr.. aud Mrs. Putney
Giles has a keener appreciation than most
people of what will take with that numeri-
oally not insignificant class OF Bntons to
which Mr.. Thackeray has assigned The namo
OF Snob. Years ago, when the present
prime minister of England was clerk in a
solicitor Office, he displayed this pecu ilrity
of his genius. He used 70 come down to
his office, the story goes, dav by day. and sit
there listlessly reading Sponsors "Faery
Queen" He had no turn for parchment
deeds and musty documents, and, but for
regard for his family, the head OF .he firm
would have parted with him before hls ap-
premiership was over. But there came n
turn in the tide of his fortunes. The tifm
was called upon TO draw up prospectuses
for companies, and by good luck II fell to
the istless student OF the "Faery Queen" to
try his hand on these. He acquitted him
seIfto perfection. He turned the sentences
and threw out the bait 10 catch the British
Philistine of tic day with an adroitness that
charmed and amazsd the head of the firm,
who, no doubt, good man, was caught him
self. Aud, from that day to this, during
full half-century of time, Mr.. Disraeli has
been drawing prospeotuses with an expert
enced hand, and dazzling Philistines with
increased success. Just consider the Vari-
Gus incidents with which Mr. DisraelI'a
name has been prominently associated dur
ing the last five or six years--the coming of
the phrase "Sdnitds Sdbitdtun Omnia sdhi.
tds," the Bath letter; the reference to the
''Straits of Malacca" in his address to the
Buckinghamshire electors; the support OF a
''bill to put down ritualism;" the telegram
announcing that the Messrs. Rothschild had
bought the "road to India;" ard now the
''formal addition to the styles and titles"
of the queen. What are these but so many .
paragraphs or marks of exclamation in Mr..
Disraeli's prospectusesl '"
Analyzc these emotional interiectious, or
analyze the whole of Mr.. Dsraeli's political
life, and you will find it all of piece--all tin
sci and spangles, and theatrical effects An-
alyze his novels, and you will find the Same
ingredients. He is well aware that this ar
tifcial glitter, when applied to politics, acts
upon the half educated Briton who Vegetables
in villa like gaudy fly thrown over
| sluggish salmon IN pool. The salmon
can not resist it, neither can a Britoh. b
Sensible people in America must read
| with amazement, not unmixed with some
| thing like contempt, discussions in Par
Lament, like that of last Thursday, on
the propriety Of the queen calling herself by
this title or by that. The while proceeding
must have an air of unreality, almost of SER
| Witty, about it in the eyes of your hard
headed, practical people. When the para
graph in the queen's speech upon the sub
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! official dinners the night before Parliament,
opened, whether at the duke of Richmond's
| or Lord Grahville's do not know, young
| peer was overheard To say in loud whisper,
'tqueen of England and begun of India"
among the inextinguishable laughter OF the
] assembled magnates. That light-hearted
sally represents, not unfairly, the feelings OF
4 the majority of sensible people whom you
meet. Mr.. Disraell, they say, having crea-
ted three dukes, which is one more than
any other prime minister ever managed, is
4 Unsuitable. He now wishes to create an en-
press before he dies, and accordingly has
taken the opportunity of making royalty RI
diculous. The matter was unconsciously
| brought to its proper proportions in the
discussion when Sir George Campbell sug-
| gested that the queen should be regarded
1 as the great mognl ana the Indian princes
as the great Msccullum. London CorrespoSs-
dence Of the Nation. e,