Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1881-04-20
The fireman.
MONTPELIER VT.
WEDNESDAY. APRIL 20. 1881.
Lord Beaesnsfield.

LOiu DCdCeusuCius
Benj1min Disraeli. Earl of Beaconsield,
died yesterday morning after few days
sickness. His career was perhaps the
most remarkable of any in the present
age and in thinking of him gone England
must have something Of the regret which
Charles Dudley Warner says one feels in
leaving the Orient that though its glory
Is largely tinsel its absence is felt rs a loss
by one who has seen the east tinsel and all.
Disraeli was an Oriental moving in the
Occident-his conservatism went back of
preserving the things that were from Will
liam the Conqnerer to those of ancient
Jewry He had no regard for things new
nor for things that most others called
old: he held the doctrine that there was
nothing new under the sun and the only
one we can imagine he thought worthy of
imitation was Solomon the wise and mag
nificcnt.
He was born in London December 81,
1901 and was the son OF Isaac Disraeli,
writer of some note, perhaps best known
as the author of Curiosities of Liera.
ture." lie was named for his grandfather,
Benjamin Disraeli, a Jewish merchant,
who was, we believe, the first of the fam-
ly to live in England. Young Disraeli
was though full blooded ISraelte earlvs
baptized intothe Christian church whereby
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without gaining that of the Christians
He was privately educated and travelled
early on the continent.
On his return he published in 1925 his
first novel. Vivian Grey, and in 1891 the
Young Duke, CnntPrini Fleming. Henri.
eta Temple. Vpnptia. and many others
followed before 1910. Meantime he tried
first in 1882, to get elected to parliament
ms radical but was defeated. During
these years he was fop in his own wav
and with his coal black curs. strange face
and loud dress wns noticeable figure. In
1883 he was elected tN parliament and on
the 7th Of December of 'hnt wear was boot
ed down in the house of commons when
he tried to make his first speech It was
then that he told the house he was mot sur
prised ut his reception. that he had several
tim"s begun many things and often src
cceded ut last. al will sit down now hut
the time will come when you will hear
me-
In 1899 he married Mary Anne, widow
Of his colleague. Wvndham Lewis She
WIS older than he. wealthy and they had
No children. He gave her the praise of
being the perfect wifi" and in 1868
when peerrge was offrod him declined
il and asked that Mrs Disraoli he made
Vis'ountess Of Res ,onsfrld. This honor
was given her and she lived five Years
thor after in its eniovmont She died in
1873 In 1876 D;>racli became The Earl
of pcaconefielh and was given further honor
after the Berlin conference in 1879.
He was twice premier of England. in
1863 frs and for short time; then from
1874 to 1890. In two administrations
before 1868 he was virtually the Tory
leader His pen was husv-hut we can
only note the dates of two or three Of
his host known works-Coniugslov. 1874
Lothian. 1871: and Endvmion 1880.
lie was such m1n as Clrlyle hnted
though whether CARLYLE dislikpd Dizzy =
we cannot saw The fierce Scot often mad,
mistake as to where the things he liked ~
dislkel were to be found. But after all
while CARLYLE wrote Of great men DSrael
managed great men, made them do wha
he wanted.
And Of all the brilliant or rather ghastlv
strokes of statecraft ever done on the stag,
Of Europe the greatest was his introduc
tion Of the Asiatic specter into the polite
brought her Indian troops into the Meai
terrlnean region in 1878 her cnemip
turned white. 1t was Beaconsfied VIII
did it
He is said to have been without princi
pie and he certainly held the doctrine thu
consistency is the vice of small minds
But his private life was good and II ins
estimate Of him as n statesman can bette
be made after few years have passed.
is vet too curly to see clearly what wa
tinsel and what was real
H. has brother, Ralph Disraeli, t
whom he wills half his property. Thi
brother hns SON. Coningshv, but the 1T
ran by its patent only to his children an
unless the queen sees fit to honor his rela
lives for his sake there will he no Jesse
Enrl of Beaconsfeld. 1t would however h
very graceful thing for the dead man
old opponent, Mr. Gladstone, to ask of Il
green thu this title or some other |
granted to his nearest kin.