The New York herald., 1878-11-18
NEW YORK HERALD MONDAY NOVEMBER 1s ls7sTRPIE

irresponsible critics But Lord Beaconseld and Lord
Salisbury know well enough that the only really
formidable attacks of which the latter has had to
complain We're those to which he found himself ex-
posed in the Cabinet from his chief when he was
being foiled and fooled by Turkish pachas on the
statesmanlike aspirations run entirely smooth Lord
Salisbury has differed from Lord Beaconsheld on mat
tiers no less important than the meeting of the
Cabinet and the precise nature of the instructions to
be sent to Lord Lytton But the desire OF power has
been oyermastering instinct and the prospect Of
power has been the consideration which has induced
Lord Salisbury 70 stie the spirit OF personal resent
ment and to subdue the rancorous impulses OF
proud and outraged nature.
BAD CHARACTER.
There is not single public statement OF any inn
portance made by Lord Salisbury in the last eighteen
months that he has not falsied in acton--not sim
gle declaration Of policy from whose principle he has
failed to apostatize As Sir William Harcourt said
with perfect truth at Scarborough last week. nothing
more be known of Lord Salisburys opinions than
that the views which he expresses to-day he will
probably contradict tomorrow II it inconven-
lent to have Foreign Secretary official who def
erentialiy informed the deputations which mobbed
the Foreign ONCE that he their servant. there
Inconvenience scarcely less obvious in having
Foreign Secretary who is the slave of his capri
cousy despotc spirit. ''The Earl of Beaconsheld is
staying with the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury
at Hatfield. That is the brief statement which explains
everything The lust OF power has silenced the re-
proaches of plant pride. The disloya thwartings
and intrigues. of which thernemory of the Consan-
tinopie conference IS the monument, the ignatien
alliance. the supercilious protests against the Rus
sian in Asia-ail these Lord Salisbury has put
completely out of sight he has the spirit and the
letter Of his famous Circular In the space of
eighteen months he has been educated by Lord
Beaconsheld as completely as the great party to
which he belongs. Under this compelling influence
he has. witness the Salisbury -Schouvalof Conven-
ton. intrigued like Greek of the Lower Empire.
and, witness the ambiguous utterances on the Marvin
revelations stopped to the equvocatons that he
bitterly stgmase suited only to the ethics OF tho
political adventurer. Lord Salisbury. therefore is
ripe for the succession to Lord Beaconsfeld. and
the nheritor OF his and the egatee of his
thority he is now being visited by Lord Beaconsheld
at Hatfield.
THERE'S MANY SLIP"
Lord Salisbury has failed to do what the Prime
Minister has long since DONE He has not been mind
full of the words inscribed upon the tripod at Delphi
he has not known himself. Nature intended him for
apostle OF political virtue; he has chosen to be the
hireling disciple of political expedicncy. He should
have been confesor he has preferred to attempt the
r0is of conjuror. Imagine Mr.. SclaterBooth essayng
performance the tight rope of zazel and has
incorrect idea Of the effect produced by the effort
of Cecil to emulate q Dsraeh. These bunders
which the English people in their jealous respect for
their public and for those traits which they most
profoundly honor in the character of public men,
not quick to forgive When they hear Lord Salisbury
denouncing the England of commerce and preaching
the glories of the Imperialism their minds IRE
sstibly revert to the days when Lord Robert Cecil
believed in the England of stopkeepers, the CONNER
cal enterprise of aerated bread associations and in
| ternational land companies Since then the secret
of NJ. Langrand Dumonceau has been buried in the
discreet breasts of official Hquidaors. But the whis
pered tradition remains and the analogy which it sug
gests between the young nobeman before his success
sion to the Salisbury cOronet was assured, and the
tured statesman that the compact, guaranteeing
his succession to the Beaconsfield premiership has
been sealed is startlngy close that cannot be
missed. For foe that he has dished, how many
Of his friends has Lord Beaconsfied duped? Lord
Salisbury may yet have reason to complain that the
treatment which he has received from Lord Beacons
field is compounded in equal parts of the two pro-
cesses--that he has been dished the enemy and
duped as the friend.