The Osceola times., 1881-07-02
No IMAGl>AT on.
Some of the Earl OF Brscon, field's striking
Isuits,
jane Scnbner.

Alt otIlbIeAs
1t may be doubted whether LORD
Beaconsiield had an artistic sensibllity,
or any warmth Of Imagination. There j.
no evidence of either in his recorded
Sp' eches. Events that thrilled the world
neither stIred him to eloauence nor sui-
iu-ed the glow of feeling over bis
rhetoric. The sympathy which he Is
reported to have given the American
Union nthe civil war found no adequate
expression in his oratory. Ear be II
from me, here or elsew here" he said. "to
use any phrase which could be offensive
to eIlher of the parties in that country
who are embarked in that fearful and
Unprecedented Struggle which Is nov
going on. But whatever happens there,
it may be said that they have certainly
increased our confidence in the energy
OF human nature, and that is lreat ex-
plot to have performed" Could more
ylpId comment have been madr? Hear
Whist follow: II think" he continued.
chat we must all feel that their history
has taught Us that for powerful and en-
during community some hing else il
wanted than confidence in human nature.
think that Enllishmen eau not but Te-
member at this moment that whI'e those
who have preceded Us have achieved
as great results as ever were accomplish
cd in America, our predecessors $ did cs.
tSblisn tins state and this society upon
sounder and truer principles.
"tlappy the land " hcie freedom and
reverence 90 hand IN hand, and proud
may EngliShmen be at tits moment
when experience has proved in 50 tran.
Icendent manner that We have solved
The most difficult problem in politics,
and have comb ned not only freedom
with order, but progress with tradition
This has been tie source Of our strength,
and though it does not become Us To
proclaim 1t in violent manner 10 Amer
rams, yet while we treat them with all
respect in this fearful strugg'e, let US s
Eng be proud OF that stroHg so.
ciety of which We are members, and the
, ren.lh Of which can only be attributed
TO the wisdom of the principle on which
it il established"
The complacency of this statement,
which, in the pr, sence of the IRISH land
war, might be exactly reversed to day
would seem to have sprung, not from ex-
cess of patriotism, but from lack of i'm
aginalion. When Abraham Lincoln was
assasslnated, the generous sympathy of
Emilio CASTELAR, inspired one of the most
magnificent ordtions of the century.
Benjamin Disraeli could find nothing
better to say than this: When such
crimes are perpetrated the public mind
is apt to fall into gloom and perple kitty
tor it is ignorant alike OF the causes and
consequences of such deeds. A-sassina-
| ton has never changed the history OF
/ the world with reference 10 the costly
sacrifice of CGsar,' and glib quotations
about Henry " and the Prince If Or
ange, and other flowers from the hot.
hou'e of newspaper leader writers.
| Nor is il the imaginative quality that
shines in his novels. They are master.
works OF the Turkey.carpet school of
| writing. Like all writers who lack ere.
alive power, their author tries to hide
the defect beneath splendor OF embel-
lishment. The result is that, apart from
their wit and knowledge Of the world,
| they differ in no material respect from
| the romaLces OF Ouida."