New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-30

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conrt of appeal on the judicial decisions of the first
common law judge of the day. There is no evil
dence that Lord Peterborough ever did harm to
Campbel whose complaint against him. often re-
pcated. amounts to this only, that Peterborough
was rough in lis manner and made him so nervous
that he could not do justice to himself IN Ellen
borough's Court. Probably Peterborough, on his
part thought that CampbelPs "impudence" had
come ont too soon and too strongly. 1t Is certain
that Peterborough indirectly did him much good.
and nothing but the inoradicablc peryerslty OF
CampbelIs uatdre can account for the pleasure he
takes in this posthumous and peIiidious stab at a
great lawyers fame. 1t is, unhappily, but one OF
very many instances You have only to turn over
the pages of his Lives Of Lyndhurst and Brougham
to understand the evaporation with which both OF
those men looked forward to the prospect OF having
Campbell as their hiographer He takes trial shot
at Brougham in the Autobiography. as follows:
Brouuham that crratic star had appeared above
the horizon, with fear of change pcTplrXIR palUs
tcrs He was tried in cases of libel ana 'sedlcto
and spouted most admirable speeches; but ne maze
no nroprcss in Gaining the confidence of attorneys
who thought lie was more sOlicltOus to display ms
own powers than TO win the verdict; and TIL aiter
the overwhelming TcnOWn he acquired N defending
Queen Caroline, he had very little Nlsl .Prns DuSl-
ness III London
On the wel-knOwn remark about Brougham
when Lord Chancellor" 1t is q pity he does not
know a little law, for then he would know Il ntto
of everything (which Campbell msquotes ne
observes, i'll his twO-edGed way, that he does not
agree in the truth o. it, though he cannot object TO
the point, and adds patroniMngy: " Brousham Das
very good head for law. and can be made to nm
dersand perfectly any point Of law. however DIM
cult and abstrusc,-though must confess should
not like to have great of mine to come he-
fore him sitting alone, if entitled to succeed
ASCENDING THE HILL OF SUCCESS
In August, 1908, we find Campbell rejoicing in
an increase of business, amounting 10 22O gulheaS
for the first half of that year. beside EGO Tor inc
first number of his Reports He honorably scIzes
the first moment of apparent prosperity to beg his
brother to send him no more money, saying: " on
Lave kept my head above water for great number
of years but now | shall 90 on s'rimmingy Gtali-
cizcd by Campbell to show it is joke. believe
YOU have felt the sinccrcst pleasure III assisting me-
but believe you will feel not less i'll knowing that
prohably shall not for the future want any assist
ance" lie changed shortly after to the Oxford Cir
cuit, where business speedily flowed in upon him,
and he had no further anxiety about earning COM
pctence lie already dreams of oratorical fame, at
least of the forensic kind and his Scotch accent is
sore distress to him. He writes:
You think me rather fantaStica alont accent, hut
to NE ii really most grave and serious consldcra
ton. would surrender a considerable portion OF
cent. There are far higher considerations III he
than cocutiOn. and therefore do not strictly AVOID
all society where mine must snt1cr: but w0u!d
much sooner visit house where the VINE Is nau
than where the dialect is bad. Your saying that
you scarcely distinguish Scotchman from an Eng
lishman astOnshcs me not little. would at any
time listen to the sharpening of saw or the cIehK-
ing of Il hinge i'll preference 10 my native diaicct
This is very unlike what Mr.. Emerson narratcs OF
Cary!e-that he cl,ng TO his broad Scotch accent
with evident relish. Campbell adds to he SURE
that unless the Scotch accent is substantially sub
ducd he would rather have it racy than adultcTated
by an admiXture of uncouth English Whether
from accent or Other causes he mentions palpita
ton of the heart-C Campbell did suffer AT times
from nerv business. lie was frightcned naturally
enough at having 10 make an unexpected speech
before the Lords. He was frightened at having to
examine a witness in Court, but adds However,
do not despair Of being one of the most lmpudcnt
fellows of the aye in which live Nor in this, any
more tlan i'll more Crcdltable ASPIRATIONS was ms
confidence i'll his own gifts misplaced or excessive
1t IS droll to find linn lamentlng, about this tine,
that his name never appears III the newspapers.
Yet his letters 10 bis father and brother are filled
with accounts some of them ncedlcssy minute, OF
his professional work They are very aeIccably
diversified with PORTRAITS some Of the best OF which
bring back to life men long since forgotten whist
Others give more clear, brief, and very possibly
more true representations of great Judges whose
lives Campbell afeIward wrote il cannot be sand
with dclibcTat0n, but at length.
From his third year onward, Campbell has
"nourshIng" practice IN lSl2 he was making
{ 900 a year. which by 1916 had risen to Ei,OOO.
The greatest fee ne ever received IT the bar wasfnI
arguing a will case before the Pryy Council, one
thousand guincas and very large rcircshor7-he
does not say how largo-and As much more after
ward as a present from his client. Tins l. much III
ferior to sums known TO have bern paid some OF
Campbells rivals and successors at The common
law bar. These again are much exceeded by the
fees paid Parliamentary couns,l-to Charles Austin
and TO Hope Scott. and to man the Junior OF those
great lights, who Quilted practice early, but who
had received three thousand guineas in Il single
cause when he was of not more chan ten Yeas
standing. AS early as NlG the common saying was.
What lucky fellow that Campbell Is, and this
luck TO grow that ten years after Maule altcrWad
the celebrated wit and judgcl said To hun on cir
cult "YOu have such luck ut present that if you
were to drop ring into the Severn, you would be
helped to a slice of salmon ut dinner tomorrow
with the ring contained in it," Long aftcrward III
1877, We hear OF this Same luck in different
shape: The famous Lady Holland said there
were three great pieces of goOd-luck which had
befallen Ec the first marrying my WIFE, whose
grace and sweetness she justly priced; the second
was the selection of my subject for literary work.
the Lives of the Chancclloro ;; ana the third, pur
chasing Strathcden House."
"TIIh LIGHT, FANTASTIC TOE"
Instead, however. of following CampbclIs work
through his professional career, the incidents of
which are known, prefer to dwell on the period
when he conceived the notion Of the book by which
he is likely TO be longest remembered. pass over
his political career altogether. lie had one or two
striking electoral successes, but he was never an
important figure in political life. These volumes
are full of evidence that he took keen interest IN
public affairs, and contain not a few new ancc-
dotes but lie never came into high place that was
not connected with his profession. | omit many