The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1882-1884, 1883-04-12

in the England Of 1879.
While many man is meanly
ashamed Of his poor relations, let it
be recorded to the honor of Benjamin
Disraeli. that, throughout a long
career, he never blushed to own
brotherhood with an insulted nation.
! 2. Again. NAV we u0t admire the
reticence of his later years, and the
almost unbrOken silence and self,
control with which, during his pre-
miership, he endured storm of OBJ
loquv ! At more than one period Of
his life he was subject to attacks OF
Itne most envnOmed bitterness. and
to ACQUISITIONS of which some might
have been rebntted by a word. But
IN the closing period of his career he
generally left the word unspoken,
and trusted that his countrymen
would, in the long run, judge with
fairness of his acts and motives.
The Right honorable gentlemen"
| once heard lin say, after a severe
attack from Mr.. Robert Lowe (now
Lord Sherbrook) in the House Of
Commons, was extremely exuberant
in his comments upon my character
and career. l have sat in the House
more than thirty years, and can truly
say that. during that time. comments
upon my character and career have
been tolerably free. But the House
has been the jury Of my life, and it
allows me here to address it, and,
therefore, here is not the place in
which think it necessary to Justify
myself
And | think that this power Of re-
manning silent under attacks arose
from his superiority to transient pop
ularity. They say. What say
they Let them say is a motto
which would we'll have suited hi,
strong selfreliance.
In one Of his latest speeches he ex-
pres ed his contempt for that ihces
SAINT babblement of crude condem-
nations, that "weak, washy, everlast-
inc food" Of dogmatism upon mat
ters of which the writer's are pro-
foundly ignorant, which in one OF
his characteristic phrases. ne called
''the harebrained chatter of IRE spon-
sible frivoIity."
He might have fairly said with the
great Lord Mansfield, Il will do my
duty unawed. What am | to fear
Is it that menduc iMfumiu from the
press which daily coins false facts
and false motives !? The lies of
icalumny carry no terror to me. J
wish popularity, but it is that popu'
Eiaritv, which sooner or later never
fails to do justice to the pursuit OF
noble ends by noble means"
| am sure that not one of his con.
temporaries surpassed Lord Beacons
field in his indifference to that
mushroom popularity which is raised
without merit aud lost without a
crime p that present, passing, evan.
escent popularity which is cut the
''echo of folly and the shadow of re
inown." and which often falls for a
brief season to the meane,t of man
kind.
8 Again, it was the clearly defined
individuality of Lord Beaeonsfield
which deepened the ad niration OF
his contemporaries. And in days
, like these this isolation, this alOOf
ness, this markedness Of character
are the more valuable, because they
are SO rare.
+ We are all getting more and more
r apt to run in grooves; to say the
same tMngs in the same phrases tt
do the same things in the same ways
to echo the same current cries; tc
adopt the same foolish fashions tt
shout in chorus against the unpOpu
lar man or the unpopular opinion o
3 the hour; to pride ourselves on being
at the dead level Of conventionalism
and mediocrity to take the dictun
> of the majority for an oracle; and tht
shout of the noisiesr for truths.
Let us hail cedar here and there
, among the fir trees-much more annie
these wind. shaken reeds of the will
= derness. these quivering grasses o
= the plain. We are all such echoes
; and reflections of one another, sucl
=. repeaters of mechanical shibbOleths
= and slaves OF general traditions, tina
o it is gain to national life when WI
find man who amid the jostllngs o
;, opinion will believe in himse f, hi
own genius, his own determination
who looks for the star of destiny ir
. his own bosom who. knowing tina
;, the view Of the multitude does bu
= represent the opinion of the collec
p tive med!ocrity, dares to be in tL'
right with two or three.
t Honor to the man who feels th'
8 dignity of seperate manhood WIN
q can hold his own in silence anon!
il angry oppositos, and whether sue
cess:ul or unsuccessful can still b.
n true to, can still fal. back upon, him
y self.
e 4. In this marked individuaiit.
q nothing was more remarkable thar
e Lord Beacons6eld's strength of will
' He has set to MANY q generation al
example of what steadfastness cal
c dc. Young men.may learn from hin
e how invincible is the spirit which ha
:. the strength to say. Il will"
I'll Nothing is more deDlOrable tfal