The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-04-21
A PRIME mrN1srER.s DsEAsE,

PRIME azENIsrER-s DREAgE.
A PROPHECY THAT QUEEN VICTORIA
WILL DE EMPRESS OF THE EASTERN
HEMISPHERE.
lLondon Correspondent of the New York
World, Feb. 29th
Here is story tor which ! do not
youch and for which would not wish
to make You responsible, but which is
yet SO curious, and withal dovetails ill.,
to some particulars of modern history
SO ingenionsly, that it is at least worth
the pains of putting it upon paper. 1t
concerns the maker of Dukes in novels
and in Parliament, and substantiates
the club gossip, often heard, that Mr..
Disracli, though belonging to tile estab-
lished Church, is none the less son of
Shem for that; has, as he himself often
says, tie blood of the mystic East in his
veins, and is Hebrew quite as much
in his superstitions as in his skepticisms.
Where other men would calm to be
guided by instinct or helped by luck !,
the true jew thinks himself following
that supernatural leadership which is
implied in the name of Bath kol, ssthe
daughter of voice" - in other words,
he implicitly believes in diyination.
It begins to be clearly seen that Mr..
Disraeli is pursuing distinctly marked
policy in regard to India, aud that this
is radically different from any past poll
cy followed by British leaders. IN
making the Queen of England Empress
Of India, he is treating the Indian En-
pirc as no longer an appanage of the
crown, and simply a conspicuous jewel,
that may be lost without more than
impairing ornamental perfection, but as
a vital part of the crown itself, and
more important than any of the other
parts. In other words, the British En-
pire, and not England or Great Britain,
is treated as the essential fact III Dis
raeli's Government.
Now, the story which has come to
me-not at first, but as club gossip cir
culates around-is this: Some years
ago distinguished gentleman, whose
name must Withhold, was travelling in
Palestine, when he Glanced to meet
there the venerable Sir Moses Monte
fore on one of his frequent visits to the
sacred soil that owes him SO much. Sir
Moses made the distinguished gentle
man Join his party, and together they
travelled for some weeks. One starlit
uight, lying under a tent pitched on the
pleasant slopes near Bethlehem, the
conversation turned upon Mr. Disraeli,
and the distinguished gentleman said
he had often wondered why the bril-
liant novelist lad virtually given up
his literary career with all its splendid
promises, aud after all its splendid suc-
cesses, to essay tile difficult and thorny
path of politics. After pause, Sir
Moses said, substantially, what follows:
i GIllstlgS 4 CSSa NCiA 90As = y 40 1slAStAA0
to understand mems motives, and not
always safe TO accept their statement of
them, but once asked Mr.. Disraeli the
very question which puzzles you, and ]
will give you his answer as nearly rs
can. We had been dining together, he
and /, and were III the confidential
mood that is apt to succeed a good re-
past, .sMr. Disraeli,' said |, t'pray
tell me what made you go into Iarlia-
ment and persist, in spite Of SO many
mortifying failures; in aspiring to the
leadership you have won You had a
success of one sort, yet you risked IL TO
win q success OF another sort far less
agreeable. I can't understand it, but
perhaps that's because am benight-
ed Jew. You, who are Christian,
must enlighten me- He laughed.
because we are both Hebrews he
said 81 believe can afford to tell you,
but you must not publish my secret, for
people would not believe and they
would laugh at me, and in this country
where people think themselves so thick
skinned. it is better 20 be hanged than
laughed at. became q politician from
motives OF patriotism, and I owe the
awakening Of my patriotic impulse TO q
dream. Hear me before you laugh.
g a word before ] speak oflny dream:
You have noticed, have yon not, that
all permanent conquest comes from the