The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-01-28

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ssIsr AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES A.
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Tbe.correspondentp 81 The New YORK VI e
bvn1 xritinc from London and reviewing
the itit OF Lord .gosh Campbell-a Won
consisting OF selections from his au'o'Nog'
rsnby, Eary and letiers3 aitcd by his dsugh'
Ter. Mrs. Hardcast,e-gi&es the foiio~int
about Cxnpbeifs entrance upon active me
BEFORE the end al ,tTs9 he bad dehnney
resolved an the law as profession ana oi'
iournal,sp as o means OF support during
his study for the bar. The reportership nc
had r, iec,sa so scornfully,6 year before he
SOW iostuuy accepts. The future Lofd
Chief Justice and Lord Chancellor OF Eng
Iaod is attached TO the Jf4Sing ChrOnsCte
al three puipsas a week. TO Deta'seo 'o'ou,
duHpp the se-sion, wbcG hI business VIII
no. tjke ,Jobpsun's, the reportfg OF ParIia-
mepta,y debates. The pay wa very goou
nav fer those ,dsgs; 10 the penAiess ocpt II
seemed sfliuenco--a word M ma.e tist onVe
uses In describins his siiuatlon. Ssut u y U.S.
tincilys descent from the position OF plIla,,c
,utor. which he then quilted. aDG II entails
reads Strangely enough in these days. 10
his father Campbell writes: "B&ore you
receive this shai base entered upon the
offis~ O, rerorter 10 a newspaper. kash'
besds,rong. ungrateful boy you WI say
sis Tins tbe return you make me Tor AL my
kindnrssf, Judge me not uDheard.N his
great dssideratunl is eligible society. ana
he g. hates TO drink with parcel oil e'ssl-
mated repofters's of whom he speaks ho'
much more kindly Than be does cf seot-
land. At which HE filings are mes
SAINT. He regrets the impossibility 81
copcealing his vocation, ana VIE
draws himself from The society OF bis fellow
students in law lest they discover his con
neclion With the Chronicle aud turn him out
of their company. lie w0uM not De
ashamed of his business, be declares, II ne
could make known the whole OF his 81 ua'
ton. but so late as 1902 he bnds The 0Osta'
cles thrown In the way OF SUCCESS by beng
a reporter become daily mere Formidable
81 am absolutely prevented from forming
any acquaintance with my fellow'stuCents,
and l am constantly in terror when
Obliged to be among them 1et
at this time he has been two years
n Journalist. and has "reachcd the sum-
nit OF newspaper reputation" and v0%S
never to enter The gallery as reporter more
..No future success could compensate lor
ny present feelings; and to continue III
this line would be 10 render my chance OF
success lin the law altogether desperate"
Considering whist has been The success OF
two journalists named Dickens ana Ihack-
cray, aud OF two Others known as the Mar
aus OF Salisbury and Lord sberbr00ke-
the latter much better known as Robert
Lowe-and OF half the most prominent men
at the bar, we may be entitled to conclude
that a connection with journalism is not
now quite so disreputabe and distressing a
thing as 1t was in the beginning Of the GEN.
tury.
The determined resolution which was one
OF the strongest traits Of Campbell through
out his life is early manifested. The letter
10 his sister announcing his purpose to take
TO the law is stamped in every line with that
assurance OF success that comes TO man
who knows himself capable OF immense and
long. continued efforts. "UpOn mature,
sober, deliberate, dispassiOnate, and cool
consideration, | am firmly convinced that
ought 10 turn nv sole and undivided at
tention to the law. ] declare TO
you most seriously that have scarcely a
doubt that | should RE at The English bar.
Although friendless at present,
/ do not think that Lord Thurl0w. Lord
Loughborough, Lord Kenyon, or Lord
Eldon had q better chance al my age OF hlt-
ing their high offices than i now have oil
succeeding them. There is nothing like
aiming at something great" From This
tine on TO The period when bis success be-
came certain his confidence never really
gave way, and the story OF his struggles Is
iulI OF interest TO the reader and OF credit
TO Campbell. 1t is less creditable to him
that be should have allowed bis resolve 10
spring, in part, FROM that contemptuouS
dislike TO his native k,nd when l men
tined a mOmen, age. when &c dfeahcO
OF literary career in London he calmly
remarks TO his father: In scotland Shai
De nearly cut of from the streams OF Hell
con (which Campbeli seems TO have sup
posed river or fopntaiu]; in London
have only to drink my 6ll.' SO when he
settled upon reading for she English bar ht
justified himself by The ob>ely aticn that
:. giving evidence Of the profoundest ebiIi
tics In Scotland is like a flower wasting lis
fragrance In the desert, or gem sparkling
at The bottom OF the ocean, whose lH>tre /:
marked only by the stupid inhabitants Of
the Deep; which will hardly enhance
Campbeiis popularity with the descend
ants Of his " stupid" fellow-countrymen.
OLD.TIME THE1RiES OF REFORMING.
He continued reporting speeches TIL The
end VI the session OF 1902; and hateful a.
the work was TO him he did 1t thoroughly
well. What he SAID on the art Of reporting
IS still worth the consideration Of reporters
great as has since been the development OF
shorthand, and great as will be tbesurprist
OF shorthand writers TO be told that theil
hof II
report good speech:
"For three sessions continued 10 attend
in the gallery OF the House OF CommonS
when any debate OF importance was eX.
pected. Iacquired great facility and con.
siderable skill in reporting, and The bes'
speakers were assigned TO me. knew no.
thing and did not desire to know anything
OF shorthand. Shorthand &riters are very
psefui 10 taking down evidence rs given In
q court OF justice, but they are wholly In
competent 10 report good speech. They
attend 10 words without entering into the
thoughts OF the speaker. They cannot by
any, means take down al full length oil that
isxttcred BY speaker OF ordinary rapidly,
and II they did, they would convey very
amperf.ct notion OF tse spirlt and effect al
che speech"
Then, after saying that Pitt the younger
~ss probably the Only parliamentary de-
ba.er In whose language there were no
faults, Campbell adds that although " II Pitt
ensfd have been taken down verbatim, all
!. has senten1es, however long aud involved,
kwosie have been found complete and gram.
mstiesl, and the whole Grafton iDeihodlcal
and Gmsheds yet IL would have been some.
times sf54f aud cumbrous aud yspid. even
when, asimpted by tis delivery, Il had elee.
trlded the House,; and proceeds 10 give