New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-04-30

what do you think Of y0nr Chiefs panP Not
knowing exactly what 10 say, but taking up
phrase which mas been used IN the nou'e, oo-
served, Well, | suppose it - great and compre,
hensive plan. Ohp he replied, we kno" all
about it it offered TO us IL IS not BIS plan;
IT, PPoPkn 2n N1a Is EnG 20 the 20 cog g S
10" Lord Beaconsfeld also Ike sydney smith,
loved sometimes 10 hug drol idea, and develop 10
through series of IllustratI0ns. Everybody re-
members Sydney smiths witty description "
certain tat lady You ght walk rOgnd her 70
get up an appetite; OF you might people colony
WIN nor or you might read tLe RIOT Act and as
pei sc heI" More picturesque If not quite 50 coml-
cal. Is Mr. Dsraeis witty description al slough Of
tle collapse or the debate on the Indian policy OK
the Derby Government, IN 1888. IL has often been
quoted. but VIII bear quoting again: Il" We were all
assembled our benches wiCh their serried rlnks
seemed e. rival those OF our proud opponents. when
suddenly 1here arose wall of distress-but not
from Ms. / can only hken the scene TO the mutny
of the Bengal Army. Regiment after regiment
corps after corps, General alter General, all ac-
knOwledged that they could not march through
Coventry with her Maestys Opposition. IL was
Ike 4 CONFUSION Of nature rather than any
ordinary transaction of human life. | was re-
nded by 70 OF one OF those earthquakes which
take place IN Caabra or Peru. There was q
rumblng murmur--a groan-a shrek "a sound OF
distant thunder. No one knew whether It came
from the top or the lotion Of the house. There
was rent a assure IN the ground aud then
village disappeared. then tan tower topped
down. and the whole Oi the Opposition Lenche5
became one great ci,solvIng view or anarchy
Another OF the charms Of Lord Beaconsheids
OratOry was his happy knack of coming phrases
which contained IN miniature whole argument.
or stereOtyped some REGULARITY or characteristic OF
an opponent. he denounced Mr.. Gladstone as a
penuriOus pr0digal.' because ne was Obliged as
Chancellor of the Exchequer IN Lord PalDerstons
Government, to md money Tor an eXtravagant and
wastefu expenditure which he 80 the same time
condemned. Sr. BeresfOrd Hope will never be able
10 nd himsel of the BatavIan grace with which
Mr.. DisTaelI endowed him; and poor Mr. Honman
carried with him co the grave the eplthet Of
superior person" which Mr. DIsraeli gave HIM in
the Denmark debate IN s04 The most savage of
these bdrbed phrases that remember occurs IN
one OF his retOrts on Mr.. Lowe. whom he Will not
advise to retire to his cave" bat "a more cyni-
cal place. To have hidden his opponent 20 10 his
kennel would, even II Parliamentary, have OUT
ragged the audience and recolled on the orator him.
self. But Nr DisraelI cOntrlved 20 say precisely
the same thing by his adrOt of the word
specimen of these deXterOus unexpected thrnsts
which used to be so enjoyable 10 hear. and which
made up small portion Of the charm oil hls ora
tory. And We believe that bis best things Ct this
sort were really lmprCmptus; certainly thus WAS
true Of what be used himself 20 characterize az hiS
best mot namely, his retort on the Taunton elector
when he was standing for that borough ON the
day Of nomination the opposing candidate uttered
a string Of platltudes upon which he declared him
sci! determined % " stand" " And what do you
stand upon T. cried man In the crowd. hen Il
came to Alr. DIeraelIs turn To speak. - Slr., was
the Immediate reply, stand upon my head"