Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1876-08-27
LORD BEAUONSFIELD.
The Great Bohemian, STA ,esman and
Parliamentary Leader uuk in
What Breath has Made
and May Unmake.
D.sraeli's Elevation TO the Peerage an
Actual Abasement-A Loss TO the
House OF Commons No Gain
TO the House Of Lords.
New York World.l


LONDON, August II The papers GER
tainly mzDsged to give the pnblic q
genuine surprise this morning. II they
had announced that the queen had Ebdi-
Gated, they could scarcely have pro-
duced C greater sensation than by sta
tiug thst |Mr. Disraeli had stood fog the
last time on tle fl Dor Of the house OF
commons, and will be st once raised to
tbs psersge by the title Of Earl Of
B sacOnsfie'6.H Il is q most astOu0dir <
step for Mr.. DisTaeli TO have taken. II
he is, as the Times suggests, anxious to
gain "relief from the hRrsssing cares Of
bis present lesdership," how much be-.
ter for him 10 have Withdrawn at once
into private Ifs. Toe name OF D.sraeli
would always have brought a man
greater homer and renOwn than the
proudest title which could be selected
from the peersRe. What distinction Of
any kind, political or social, 10 any part
OF the world, ecu d be accorded to the
earl OF Beacon sieldn which would have
been denied TO "Mr. Disraeh?" The
premier has thrown away 6 name Of
which he ought TO De PR I'D, for Brum-
msRen titi@-has deliberately given
away a diamond for a bit Of cut.
glass. Whist the temptation could
this passes all conjecture. he gains no
distinction. He has 40 son to inherit
his title. he is seventy-tSO yesrs OF
age, and the satisfaction CT dragging out
a few deerepit years as an ''esrin caunot
be very great. In the-house Of lords he
can only be q melancholy ghost OF the
b amin D;sr4en who made go great
and memorable figure ia the house Of
commons for upward OF thirty years. II.
indeed, be is weary Of public life, and
wishes to retire, why do it in q way
which will provoke nothing but quiet
snsers or open Iidicule? Was it worth
while sacrificing so much merely for
the sake OF joining class who, as Mr..
Dsraeli has himself said, won their
wealth and their cor9nets by plund r
ing churches aud be;rsyiOE Ribgs? Per-
haps you may recall ar. Dsrseli's own
satire ia 'SyOii'' on the great Marney
family. Lord Marney, we are told,
''disd ia the full faith of dukeism;" be
"expired leaning, as it were, Oh his
white wand ard bsbbling OF strawberry
leaves" And that is to be the way in
wh Disraeli also Is 10 quit the stsgeI
There are many who will s3y that it is
no more than you had rig t to expect
from him-thEt he was always a
"humbug" and as''chs r,sta1," and that
he hiss now acted according to his in
stiRcts In now gTsspipg AZ title, and
proving thst be, TOO, joins in
that atjsct worsbip Of the arts
tocras y which he has SO bittsrly sstir-
lied | cannot, however, pss this Ian
guage or hold these opininrs. have al
ways regarde! Mr. Disraei as truly
great man, aud IL he has 10 " committed
an unworthy-sct and sold his name for
q mesa OF pottage, l incline 10 the belief
that IL because The Disrseii Of 1876 is got
the DjsTaeli CT his younger day S, before
a great private bereavement and failing
health and old sgs broke his spirit and
psrIlyzed his Judgment. Long have
stories b5en rife of mis- utter break down.
Strange tales are told Of him which
have not chosen to repeat, for believe
them to be idle gossip and scandal. His
speeches in the mouse Of commons, II
not so brilliant as OF old, have at least
beea vigorous and telling, ard such as
no pubic msn need be ashamed Of
There has been nothing in his private or
public life to prepare one to see him
make the public announcement that
literary fame, political renown, great
power, unbouDded Influence, are al E 8
dust in the baIsnce compared with til
tie In the British peers gs-thst peerage
in which scarcely half dozen titles rep.
resent real merit or distinction, or even
ancient birth or lineage. Til e Oldest fam.
lilies in this country BTe to be found, not
in the house Of lords, but among the
squires who have no desire t "spOliRte
churches aud be!Tay kings" and Vho
have sc dJm been fired a higher tide
than that of barouet. With air. Dis
raeli, the last OF the CREST members Of
the house OF commons-ihs men who
knew it in the period of its greatest
brillispcy, and who had g lofty sense of
its traditions has disappeared. Mr.
Gladstone practically retired some
months ago. Toe new generation"
will now come in, and we sball see what
the Vernon HaTcouTis and Trevelysns
tain, and that is that we shall see many
great changes during the next few years.
Tnere is now ne leader in the house of
commons who will carry with him ths
influence which Sir r )bert Peel, Lord
Palmerston, SIR. Gladstone and Mr.. Dis
raeli successively exercised l DO not
mention Earl Russell, bscsuSe he never
had any infiueEcs worth mentioning in
the house of commons. A. d since he
became Earl Russell how many people
could tell you whether he is awe ct
dead? Tfauslation" to the peersgs in
eviIably involves either compare
tive or complete extinction. The ut M
under which man achieved his
reputation or popularity is forgos-
ten. There is not one E ,glishmso 10 a
thou 'aod who, to save his life, cou it ii
you what were the names, as com mou-
ers, OF Lord SsFathnsirn or Lord SeiDorDe
or Lord Lyvedsn or Lord Absrdare, and
Yet thsse were men all mCre Of less "a
military known. II il said That when
the Marquis of Salisbury bad to go to
the hcu of lords, In c)0se quence OF the
death of bis 70 her, biz wife, 3 very clevs
ecwoman, ours: iato tears aud lsme1ted
that her hush 4nd's promising career was
brought to sudden end Perhaps Mr..
Disraeii msy not be quite for sotten n
the political tomb which he has chJsen
u enter, but he viii never sgain be able
90 co9jIre with his old power. The peers
among whom he gOss will secretly de-
spise him-tae mi )rity OF his country-
men wilt think Of aim with regret aud