Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-05-26
BeaconsfieId on His Early Career
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The Preston Herald states that at a meet
ing of the Preston Conservative Working
Mems Club, the Rev. A. B. Beaven read Il
letter from Lord Beaconsfield. hitherto
unpublished. Mr.. Beaven has sent to Mr..
DlsraeG the materials for a biography of
the Conservative leader, especially deal
ing with Mr.. Disraeli's change from Rad
icalism to Conservatism, and in reply he
received the following letter:
HUGHENDEN MANOR. Jan. II, 1874.
DEAR SIR ought to apologize for not
sooner acknowledging your letter, but |
have been wandering about and have
large arrears of correspondence, and was
unwilling you should be replied to by a
secretary. l believe your statement to be
strictly accurate. There is one fact
omitted which is, think, tolerablv con-
elusive. On the loss of my election in 1882
| started for the county and issued my adj
dress on the same day that Mr.. Scott MUIR
ray, unknown to me, agreed to become a
candidate. L acted throughout the wy
cOmbe election and on this occasion en-
tlrely with the approval and under the
advice of Lord ChandOs, then one of the
principal leaders of the Tory party. We felt
it would not do for me to stand i'm the
way of Mr.. Scott Murray, gentleman of
high estate. He was an amiable man.
totally unfit to be county candidate in
those stormy days, and lost his election,
which seemed difficult, as there was no
doubt, from the enthusiasm of the farmers
in my favor, | should have been returned
by 800 or 600 majority. Though it is now
mere point of historical curiosity, |
must observe that | advocated the ballot
in 1892 because it was the part of the Tory
scheme Of a century before, and for the
same reasons as it was suggested by
Sir w. Windham, and particularly Sir
John Hinde Cotton, almost as dis
tinguished leader of the country party.
in the days of the first Georges. it
seemed to me that the borough cOnstitu
ency of Lord Grey was essentially, and
purposely, dissenting and low Wing
constituency, consisting of the principal
employers of labor, ana that the ballot
was the only instrument to extricate us
from these difficulties. / do not know. AT
this moment, whether Sir John Hinde
Cotton ever brought forward the ballot as
a substantive proposition in the House of
Commons, but he advocated it, and the
suggestion was favOrably received, espe-
ciallY by the church. / hope you MAY
make this out, Notwithstanding my pen.
L write thus fully because | have marked
for some time, with interest, your intelIi-
gent labors. Political history is not suffj
ciently known now, but when | started in
lltelt is not an eXaggeratiOn to say that the
mind OF the country, even in the House of
Parliament, was complete blank upon
it. The Tory party had lost all their tra-
ditiOns, and this led to their fall-to the
mess they made about the Roman Catho-
lie and Parliamentary reform. / have for
forty years been laboring to replace the
Tory party in their natural and historical
position in this country. l am in the sun
set of life, but l do not despair of seeing
my purpose effected, Yours truly, d.
p. S.-Understand my country address.
was printed and published. l have no
Bucks Herald and papers of the time, l
doubt not.