Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1878-06-22
A Fen Picture OF the late Lord Rms.

Lord RUsSelIS long life aud eventful pr1-
greSS through the world have SUPPLIED a great
1eal Oh material 10 hi tory but not much for the
antcLo.t mOngers. He Is hardly picturesque
inquire lie vas never popular fayorite Ike
falmerSt' Il. though his services 10 hi, counTry
me men %efr ,mmleaSur4bly greater than those of
Inc c.eNeI ulplomatlSt whom trlyie chose tn
style the Ian great Englishm an And in i to
be remarked that IN st of the slyings which
survive are OF his own they are the SArcaSms
Of his tOe~. The johnny who upSat tine coach
Tin 1874 did not make the ,ke a. his own ex
Ien>e, >u!ely; That he was known so com
monty a Johnny - Russell NAV ID. said tn ha
a proof OF thtikind of popularity which bpsfOaS
a1ectlCl are nlcknameS ON is heroes. But il
was 10 init S9 much a. his pigmy height wnich
ga ntu MN tht s0DrIquet. He WAS never a
iaNOTltt OF thr platform: the people who owed
him hall the liberties they enjoyed were hail
cold 70 lhelr benefactOr. They acknowledged
me- me opI, atoms Freely enough. Bat they never
TOOK tht author OF them into their hearts l.
was LOT their fault, it was a defrc; of his ma
Iure; Hhhue predOmlnance OF the Intellect
over tie affections. His nature " ~ NM sy,,
Haiheuc' anu his manner hal little charm
Ills III. InerS Freeze said B.Iwrr Iun.l ,'gn
IN his New TimOn"- 49,
Like OF dislike, he does not care A io,.
heWancS you vote, bu yOu affection not
III ne Ea1 been Emperor of Russia he wou1d
nave Iteutne SeTfS: not from any longing 10 n
atILeE loI lEe sufferer; not GU of an irresiSt
IDLE inn Gt-e of humanity: biIr from a I,.,;coI
c0nYlc, 10 that liberty was better form II "a
Slal y - c. than serfdOm. And he Womb
nave 10 hd a quotation from Fox to prove
thal va good Wing measure
II COZ neither excite the passions of An As
SEN Oily o / SENATE his hearers by his persna
SlNt r"N tiS- But he was one of the hist de-
tat6rS who ever lived. As i'm his disnatcb
hrIting, be had hard, dry way of puftinp his
case, lei client but luminous that cOnvinna5
You aSalTI your Will And he knew rhe
1lohSe OF Immpns as few meI knew il I
never cOu make out precisely what il was in
his speeches that led Mr.. Sumner To Drnnnnnna
them the bgst specimens of reported Oratnrv
curing The last or present generation But a
man need not be orator in order % lead the
House OF 'mmOns. A man so unlike Mr.
Sumner a TIE Duke of Wellington long aao
set Lord 10 IN not less high. To sam RO ,erS
who was reinarking on the array of strong
men opposed to Lord JOhn-Peel Stanley
Graham ,&c--the Duke replied: Lord Holm
Is a hos ia himself" Bruugham saws. AS A
speaker b" Is very gOOd-clear and distinct il
not aiN ay> TO chile; as a debater ouiTe tirst
fate: ard BTOugham'S testim INV is worth
having, because he was at least as ready 10
criticize Us 10 praise. THE atlas of This m
happy a" ministratiOn, y. Mr.. Ticknor calls him
IN lsSs; after having patrOniZed him twenty
years te a. "a young man of "A good deal
OF literary low edge an I taste, from who :
k2SquaiD. ai.Cc have had much . ea>u er, lie
k.ts a lll;lc nal in stature. Puach used To
Idepict bin Ting on his bench in the Hon =.
OF Lords, his legs dar Cling on half way 60 the
roN. Ill, CUuHtenanCe was no more cam
handing than his stature. IL was not hand
some, HUT Eat Is commonly called ariStocra-
tic, but SIioug, hard, self satisfied and imoer-
iOus. 1h" hkenesSeS you will ind in the two
leading !u~iraIed papers of LOniOn are both
good SD- Pr" heh'S London LStterS