The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-12-19

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following statement OF facts. draw
from authentic sources and from touI
mails OF the time. The frst OF the youne
err Disraeli's unsuccessful attempts :
enter Parliament was made In June, 1873.
when he offered himself for the boroug
Of High Wycombe Tor Chipping Wy
combe. as it Is also cailed). In the prect
ding month Sir Il. Barring, one Of the sii
ting members, had given notice Of hi
intention TO leave High 'Wycombe, Il
order to contest Hampshire. Mr.. Dis
raeli at once came forward, and ther
seems no reason 10 doubt that h
did so rs a Radical. Letters OF re
commentator from eminent Radical
were printed and issued by MI
Disraeli to the Electors of High Wycombe
Sir r. Burdett was sorry that be bad n
personal opportunity OF assisting Mr.. Dis
raeli, whom he described as a person o
much merit. Mr.. O'Connell wrote TO Mr.
Lytton Bulwer. afterwards Lord Lytton
ut grieves me TO be unable to serve hin
on his canvass. am as convinced as vol
are OF the great advantage the cause o
genuine reform would obtain from his re
turn"
The election came of on the 28th o.
June, and very entertaining 1t must have
been. The town was greatly excited. The
candidates were Colonel Grey. son OF Ear
Grey, and Mr.. Benjamin Disraeli, Of
Bramden House. The principal supporters
Of the latter were Radicals Though be also
obtained some Tory yotes). the Wings
supporting Colonel Grey. In his speech
at the nomination, Mr.. Disraeli claimed
that he was an independent man,
but went on to say Reform was a
means 10 great end. He expected to
derive from It financial. ecclesiastical, and
legal reform. These were the measures he
would promote and pursue. He would
also seek the amelioration Of the condition
OF the poor" He was charged with re-
ceiving Tory support; but while glad that
the Tories for once were on the side OF the
people, he had held no communication
with The Duke Of Buckingham, OF would
they recognize each other ii they passed in
the road. Then came touch Of his
high-fown oratory: "He was first
IN the held, and with his foot in
the stirrup and bis lance in the
rest. he could not retire without paint
ing his chivalry on bis escutcheon." On
the day OF polling Mr.. Disraeli retired
from t,e contest at about O'Clock. The
poll at the close was: Grey, 28; Disraeli,
16. The latter clslmed that he had a ma
iority OF the resident voters, but the actual
were: Grey tresidents), IL; Dis
raeli, z. There were two more to poll in
the Grey interest The Bucks Gazette was
he
whom II described as "the flash man
OF Wycombe." "Whaf his conquests
have been among the electors" OBJ
served this journal, ''let the issue of
the contest bear witness TO; but il Is
said that this Adonis OF the sable
cheek found many among the other sex
who were his jealous partisans and most
eager to exhibit their devotion. Nor NAV
he, should qualm of modest feeling come
over him, complain OF our allusion to bis
personal qualifications. He who at an elec-
ton challenges attention to himself by
his wrists with cambria, his
bosom with lace, who puts blue band
round his hat, where the vulgar wear
black one; who carries a black cane
With a gold head, whose coat is lined
with pink silk. and who, before he
essays to speak on the hustings.
formally adjusts his rlnglets; whose
duty IL assigned them on his brow.
such q man-we had almost said such a
popinjay to deliver himself SYM
In his speeches he Is very COM
monplace or very inflated. He must vastly
Improve before any but his friends will
award him the palm Of even talking well.
When the praise OF acting well will be his
we cannot divine. We see no such pros
pect." fhe young candidate was deeply
CALLED at the criticisms passed upon him, but
he had more than his revenge upwards OF
forty years later, when his Wycombe an
tagonist was the bearer of the Queens
misslye offering him the premiership.
Before the close OF the same year, 1892,
Mr.. Disraei made asecond attempt at Chip
ping Wycombe. This time he came for
ward, as he expressly said, wearing the
badge OF no party and the livery of no
faction" But he passed on TO remark that
he should support the ballot, which would
preserve them from an unprincipled system
OF terrorism, and that he was in favor OF
trienniai Parliaments. Retrenchment and
economy he also supported. and with re-
gard TO the Corn Laws, he would support
any change the basis of which was to re-
lieye the customer without injuring the
farmer. The communication OF tithes and
the repeal OF the taxes on knowledge he
also advocated, and these and many other
political doctrines which he enumerated
certainly could not be said 10 be points OF
the Tory faith.
At the nomination on the 10th OF De.
cember Mr.. Disraeli delivered a speech,
whose very theatrical opening was received
with burst OF universal laughter. He
made one more struggle. be said. for The
Independence OF the people. Then he AZ.
sailed his old enemies, the Wings. and
with regard TO the Tories, remarked: The
Tories had rendered him their support
and II they were inclined TO serve the pul-
poses Of the people and help them 10 oh.
tain their object, would he, az q friend OF
the people, be justified ia rejecting their
aidy This would clearly show that the
Tories We're not his actual friends, but his
Incidental supporters. He did not come
forward In their interests. Turning 10
the Wings Mr.. Dislaeli showed how badly
they had treated Mr. Hume, and thelI
hatred OF himself. arose no said, from the
fact that he was not nobly born.
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lam began Ia 1884. AT the close OF that
year Mr. Disrseli made third attempt q,
Wycombe, and his address was subse.
quen,ly published under the title Of 'sThs
Present Crisis Examined" The pamphlet
WAS DESERVED as being by "DIsnell ia,
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