Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1881-05-06
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DEATH or LORD BEAooNsFIELD.

DEA7 TIT or LORD BEA CONsFTELD
This wonderful old man, who has lived
through the greater part Of the Nine
teenth Century, and for many years one
of its most conspicuous figures, has passed
away. His death was not unexpected,
though many of his friends labored under
the impression that his extraordinary ner-
vous strength would eventually pull him
through his sickness and preserve him for
few years to come But the man who was
wont to conquer all obstacles has at length
succumbed. His career is a catalogue of
brilliant achievements and discouraging
failures, a monument of energy and pluck,
and perfectly unique in rounding out the
early conception of glorious manhood
formed by lad, and watched in its develop
ment by constantly increasing numbers, un-
Til at last it became the marvel of the whole
world.
II can hardly be said that Lord Beacons-
field was born in obscurity, Tor the literary
fame of his illustrlous father prepared the
way for his own entree into the world of
letters. Like John Stuart Mill, he appeared
to be, in the scope of his intellect, the fruit
and perfection Of the purpose and tendency
of his parent. His life was the fulfllment, in
II measure, of his fathers mission, but the
son was vastly the greater man of the two
Unlike Mill, who had been camped and
l IN. a
all but the intellectual qualities Of his ma
tnre, young Dsraeli was furnished with the
weapons Of a liberal education and sent into
the arena TO fight as he chose. The very
first of his literary works, "Viyian Grey
gave him conspicuous position in literary
circles. The exuberant extravaganza of his
style, the remarkable originality of his con
captions and his daring imagination startled
the thinking world with the recognition
that bright and shining light had sud
denly risen above the horizon.
His political life, no less than his literary
development, had been unique In this
country, where opportunities of strength of
character to assert itself in statecralt are
plentiful and where, as the case of johnson,
Lincoln and Garfield, men WHO have risen
| from the humblest station to the Presidency
such II life as Lord Beaconsfield's may not
appear so singular as it does in Europe
! When, however, the conditions of English
political life are considered, when the preju-
dices Of race and caste and the steady CON
] - Iii u.
weighed against the intellect of an humble
man Of letters, some idea of the difficulties
that he surmounted may be reached. He
began life az many men of active brain do,
AS II radical whose "forte was scdition."
When he entered Parliament in 1887 it was
as conservative. During the long reign
of Victoria his Torysm has been consistent
Lord Beaconsiicld's Toryism, however was
ingrained, an unmistakable element Of the
mans natare. The mark he has left upon
the history Of the world cannot be mistaken.
His dream was Empire and he sought to
reproduce IL in fact by all the methods Of
aggression that the traditions Of the party
sanctioned. Realizing that England's great
ness depended upon her commerce, the army
and the navy became the pioneers of the
merchant. India was erected into an En-
pire. BY force Of arms every road leading
TO it, every strategic point upon those
roads was purchased or wrested from its
owner Vast tracts Of foreign soil were
seized or annexed. British troops were
making war from one end of the world to |
the other TO clear the way for British rner-
chants British cruisers and floating bat
teries threatened every point which seemed
to interpose an obstacle; the British EN-
pirc was extended in every possible direc-
ton, and wherever It's flag floated n constant
increase Of territory and expansion Of in.
fuence followed
IL was a consistent daring and splendid |
policy which insisted that Europe should
hold no council in which the voice of Eng
land was unheard that Asia should realize |
that the same island controlled lis destinies,
that by and by Africa should speak the inn
partial language and practice the English
civilization, and finally that the Anglo |
Sax0n's influence should 0yershadow the |
earth. II was n dream worthy Of the |
author Of "Vivian Grey" But Is II pracica.
bleY Can this enormous Empire be held TO-
gethcrY Car few hundred men sitting ia |
Westminster legislate for two.thirds Of the |
globe and enforce their lawsg Already the |
greatest OF living economists raises the |
question whether India alone is not too |
heavy n burden 30 be borne by England, |
and whether her true policy IL not rather 10 |
perfect the civilization and ethics Of her |
own 3J,0O0OD0 Of people instead of dilFus.
iDg their energies in leayening the degenrr
ate races Of Asia and Africa such i policy /
as I.orl B,aconsGelds Is apt 10 dazz'e aud
bewiIder our own generation.
For years Lord BcaconsfieId aud Glad.
stone, two men of opposite methods aud
eonvIcN)ns, have hattled before the world
Il hns lecn y struggle Of intellectual giants
arfl history wi perhaps mark the Victorian
epoch ~ having produced two Of the great.
cot Of Engl1sl, statesmen In conflict that her
soil has yol yloldal This annigonism Il The
more rcmarIIible since the representative Of
warm romaniicism has championed the Con-
scryaiiyc cause, and the classic scholar has
led the Liberal cohorts.
Is TBE SICK RoON.--Undcr all circum-
stances keep the refreshments intended for |
the use Of The invalid covered. Mix Is /
ready absorbent There arc cooling drinks,
jelies, bancmanges, and a variety Of liquids /
usually seen At the inyalid's bedside, which |
are all more or less absorbent These should /
be kept covered. | once visited an invalid |
who had her bedside table supplied with an
array Of glasses, cups, tumbicra, etc.. the |
contents Of not one of which could we scc,
all being covered with a most amusing yar.
oty Of glasz and porcelain Ida Theinyalid
liked 10 forget The contcutsof each, and wa