The Aberdeen examiner. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1866-current, 1881-04-28
The Deatla Of Earl Beae


In the death of the Earl Of Bea-
cousfeld the verld has lost one Of
the greatest and brightest men of
all "the history makers" of modern
times. A leader loved by his party
and dreaded more than hated by his
opponents, his control over men of
mind and spirit was teriously
wonderful. Commencing at the bot.
tom of the ladder and fighting his
way up, round by round, he lived to
create the Empire Of the Indies out Of
the humbled provinces that the
arms of England had dep rived Of
Nationality and in time of greatest
peril, when the world in helpless
amaze beheld the approach of the
Gar to the goal Of his ambition, the
possession of Constantinople and the
control of the Black Sea, this magi>
clan to the astonishment of Europe
summoned an army from this now
made Empire which gave promise Of
supplying half million men to fight
the battles of its British Empress if
needed, and the troops of the Gar
were halted, aud the Berlin confer
ence that preserved "the balance of
power" became possible.
This man who planned and schemed
for British mastery while other
Britons slunbered, aroused the world
one day by putting his country in
possession of the controlling inter
est in the Suez Canal, which, with
the possession of the entrance to the
mediterranean Sea at Gibraltar, gave
it mastery of all the gateways, aud
route to India with every gate UNI
dor its guns and in the hands of its
lieutenants, while henceforth the
Mediterranean and the Red Seas were
to be to oil iutents and purposes
mere British lakes--a grand water
way to Italy, and France, and Spain,
and Turkey, and Russia and the
Empires and municipalities upon the
Danube, that could be close d at any
time, at either mouth, by British
orders. And not content with hold
ing the formidable midway station
Of Malta, this great caterer to Eng
lands defence obtained for her the
golden gilt Of the isle of Cypress,
thus making her hold upon the in
land seas that skirt her rivals, per-
feet and complete.
That the scientific boundary" in |
Afghanistan that was to clearly de-
fine and forever check the conquer.
ing advance of Russia, did not prove
a success, was due to the passing of
the reins to weaker and more timid
hands than those that guided when
her troops advanced into the nouns
tain strongholds that were to be
fortified against the Cossack.
In the height Of his power and
success, he dared fate by d ssolving
Parliament and ordering new cleo
ton in order to test the popularity
If his plans and schemes with the
,oters. The result is well remem-
,ored by our readers--his party had
,een in SO long that it was easy for
he opposition to saddle it with all
,he crop failures, and to bring to
pear all the demagoguery of "the
puts, and the radical element, under
the leadership Of that timid blunder-
81, Gladstone, came into place, and
England sank again into the position
,f second class power SO far as
ler influence upon the course Of
fairs in Europe is concerned.
Wien Gladstone accepted Office,
va predicted that in less than two
ears his great rival would be recall
d to power by almost the unani~
nous voice of the Nation, but the
nigel of death has barred the way to
he fulflment Of the prophecy and,
oaded with years and honors, the
Id man eloquent who for more than
generation has been the trusty !
eader Of great party, in victory and
u defeat always gallant, brave and |