The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1878-08-01

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The Earl Of BeacOns1leld.
ENGLAND yesterday paid distin-
guishcd hOnOrs to a man whose career
is one of the most extraordinary in En-
glish history. Benjamin Disraeli. now
nearly seventy-three years old, has
been before the English public as a
literary man or as a politician for fifty
four years. He began life with neither
wealth or title nor family influence to aid
him. He achieved extraordinary sue
cess as an author, became the leader of
the House of Commons, then Minister
of Finance, then Prime Minister, then
leader of the Government party, and,
finally, Prime Minister again. Now,
with the rank of Earl, and honored as
one of the most brilliant of European
diplomatists, he returns from Berlin,
the scene of his triumphs. the most
popular man in England.
Disraeli' Jewish ancestors went from
Spain to Venice in the fifteenth centu-
ry, and, giving up their family name,
took that of Disraeli. His grandfather
removed to England in 1748, where his
father was born, in 1866. OF Jewish
descent, BENJAMIN Disraeli has been
most thoroughly an Englishman in his
instincts, prejudices and ambitions, and
from the time he wrote "Vivian Gray"
in 1926, he has been favorite in En-
glish society. In his earlier political
struggles his opponents tainted him
with being Jew, and the celebrated
O'Connell said of him: ''For aught l
know, the present Disraeli is the true
heir-at-law of the impenitent thief who
died on the cross" For this, or on &C
count of the quarrel that grew out of
it, Disraeli challenged O'Connell's son,
but the challenge was not accepted.
In 1881 Disraeli made an attempt to
enter Parliament as Tory Radical,
but was defeated. In 1884 he made
another attempt, and was again de-
feated. In May, 1885, he made another
attempt. as a thorough-going Conserv-
alive, and was again defeated. At last,
in 1887, in the first Parliament of the
reign of Queen Victoria, he entered the
House of Commons as Conservative.
His maiden speech was complete fail
ure, and the House, refusing to listen,
clamored him down. 1t was on this
occasion he said, II shall sit down
now, but the time will come when you
will hear me-" Four years later Dis
raeli was a rising member, and his
speeches were praised for their ability.
In 1847 he began to take leading part
in the House of Commons, and in 1849
he became the recognized leader of the
Conservative party, and had the repu-
tatiOn of being one of the most
powerful debaters in the Kingd ON. In
1852 he was made Chancellor of the
Exchequer, and became the leader of
the Ministerial party in the House of
Commons. He went out of Office with
the Derby Ministry, but returned to
Office in 1858, and in 1859 brought for
ward his plan of electoral reform,
which extended suffrage to the whole
body of the educated class without re-
gard 20 property. This was defeated.
In 1866 Disraeli was the leader of the
opposition in the House, but again be-
came Chancellor in 1867, and pressed
his Electoral-Reform bill in modified
form to successful issue. In Febru-
airy, 1868, Disraeli became Prime Min
lister, but was succeeded by Gladstone
in December. He became Prime Minis
ter again in 1874, and since that date
has shaped the policy of the Govern
ment. and has carried England, with
out risk, through great European
crisis, securing the greatest diplomatic
triumph of the century.
People who have read and studied
Disraeli's novels, and the majority arc
Of a political or philosophical character,
have found in them hints as to his
diplomatic methods. More than. any
other man in England, he had studied
the "mysterious diplomacy of Russia,
which has SO often COMPOUNDED and
overreached Western Europe" and had
given quite as much attention ito the
character of Turkish civilization. So,
when his opportunity came, he aban-
doned the stupid policy of his predeces-
sors, and, using his knowledge of Rus
sian intrigues, schemes and ambitions,
met Russian diplomacy on its own
ground, and, joining hands with Russia,
made sure of his objects weeks before the
Berlin Congress met. The results are
simply dazzling. Instead of upholding
an effete Empire, he lifts the garden Of
Asia, which has lain PROSTATE at the
feet of the Turk for centuries, again
into the light of European civilization,
and circumstances indicate that, with
Russia's aid, he has settled the. vexed
Eastern question for all time.
Why should not England honor such
man? He has led an unexceptionally
pure life. His married life, extending
over a period of thirty-three years, was
like dream of pcesy, and when, in
1872, bare-headed old man walked in
the rain, following the remains of his
"perfect wife, to the grave, all En-
gland was touched. Pure in life, sue
cessful in literature, a leader in poll
tics and master in diplomacy-such
is Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beacons-
field and England honors herself in
honoring him. Chicago Inter- Ocean.
He quoted Scripture when he said
to his father who stood at one end of
the switch and asked his son to catch
the other end on the fly, "It is better
to give than to receive" But he found
q passage in Shakespeare equally ap-
propriate when, finding that the game
Of give and catch was prolonged beyond
endurance, he murmured, "This is very
like q whale."-N T. Herald.