The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-07-20

made the notorious fiasco which the eXtant
report Of his maiden speech shows TO have
been we'll deserved. and it was not til two
years later, in 1889, that he was listened TO
with some attention. For some time his
course in Parliament was marked by the
most reckless Inconsistency and ter
givcrsation. In the session of 1911 no
was convert of Sir ROBERT PEEL,
and passionate advocate Of free
trade. Three years aftcrward he attacked
the same statesman with u violence and ar
rogancc that provoked murmur of indigna-
ton in the House of Commons, yet ii was ON
this occasion that DrsRAFI conclusivcly
established his supreme ability In debate.
Accordingly, when Lord GEORGE BENrINcK
died in 1873 the protcctOnists saw thcm-
selves constrained to accept a. their leader
in the House a man whose origin they de-
tested and whose principles they regarded
with dstrlst There Is little doubt
that Tory Ministry would have come
In upon Lord RrssELL's resignation
I'm 1851 but for the unwillngncss
Of eminent Conservatives to take office
with one rcputcd so faithlcss MS DIS
RAELr The author Of "Vivian Grey" was
riod Of power, or Of scarcely less distin-
guishcd place on the front bench OF the OPP
position, lay before him, yet the faint upon
his brilliant reputation was slow to fade
away. For many years D1sRAELI was to be
viliied by his opponents as a charlatan, and
to be looked upon askance by his own party
as a man in whose convention Of public life
the sole object was personal aggrandizc-
ment, and the only instrument was in
trguc.
But the supple arts Of a politician are not
Incompatible with breadth Of statesman
ship; sometimes. indeed they are tho nee
cssary adjuncts or Indispensable pre-
cursors To the exercise Of statccraft
The questionable steps by which n RICHIE
LIEU or an ALBERoNI rose TO power are for
gotten IN the solid and far-rcaching worth
OF their foreign and home policy. When we
consider who D1sRAELI was and what diff
iicultics bcset his path we must conccdc
that no man in history, whether court
Ter or demagoguc, ever had more fire.
qucnt or urgent need To supplement
leonine resolve with feline cunning, or,
as one Of his contemporaries has eX-
pressed IT, to exc out the lions skin with the
fuX's. II Is equally certain that, since the
withdrawal Of the late Lord DERBY from
public life in 1868 left DIsRAELI the arbitcr
Of Conservative councils, the politician has
seemed TO vanish behind the states
man, and steady purpose has been
visible, especially since 1874, in the
foreign policy Of the Tory Premier
to lay broad and lasting groundwork for
a great reputation in the heightened and
consolidated grandeur Of the English nation.
1t is not easy to dazzle with mock victories
the most phlcgmatic. most astutc, and most
iulicious people on the globe The cnthu-
siasm Of Engli5hmcn Is not excited by high
sounding manilcstocs and stage effects;
their gratitude is not purchased with a toy.
The rapturous welcome which awaited Ben
JAMGN DisRAELI on Dover quay, and which
broke forth afrcsh on Thursday evening at
st. stephens, which has been echoed
by the press and repeated from
the throne, stands for something
more than giddy and transient cbulition
Of national complccucy. II represents the
intutiyc and widespread recognition OF SUI
pcrlathc services, such rs no other British
Prime Minister has ever rendered. Of n
statcsmanlikc genius such as hardly any
former ruler oil England has ever displayed.
Ard il is indeed wonderful fact that by
virtue Of his abilities and his success, this
Jewish advcntnrcr, at the end Of his long
career wcds in that free and enlightened
country far greater power than any auto
cratic monarch can boast ~ in tho most
dcspotic and scrvilc regions 81 the globe