Cañon City record., 1897-07-08


! ful purpose, prosecuting his design
with untiring perseverance, and energy
lie was educated AT Oxford, his college
life being marked by a predilection for
oIatory and the classics Receiving Il
government position under Walpole his
genius and honesty soon. commanded
the attention of the public. At the
age of rs he entered parliment. Here
was first manifested those intellectual
qualities which were TO leave such an
impress on British politics. At this
time the anamosities existing between
George III and his son, the Prince of
Wales, was at the utmost tension. The
latter, surrounded by a coterie OF sym
pathising and congenial friends, estab-
lished rival court. and openly carried
Oh hostiIities. Young Pitt was
staunch supported of the prince, his
first effort in parliment being for
recognition of the princes claims by
that body. The opposit,Sn were start
led into fright by the power and elo
quence of the young orator From
that time on he was a feared antago-
mist in debate Heretofore intrigue.
corruption and violence had held the
masses in subjection Young Pitt
earnestly championed their cause. earn
| ing for himself the title of the Great
| Commoner. Herein lies the crowning
glory of his life's history. and from it
dates the inception of the present trend
/ do IN.
Britain. He was surrounded by every
| influence which had so successfully re
sisted any attempt TO recognize the
voice of the masses. Humanity was
not an attribute of craftsmanship
| The ignoble ends of fortune dominated
IN ParIiment Pitt diseerned the in
! justice the ingratItude and inhuman-
| ity of the times and threw himself INTO
the contest with all the vehemence of a
highly aituned and magnetic nature
As has been written of him, He bent
and broke every heart but his own
Opposition was but plaything to be
toyed with as lovers play at coqueir,
yet with never disposition to torture
The yicissitudes of English politics
at that time forced the King to call
Pitt 10 the ministry in order to avert
the dangers whic,. threatened the en-
pire. Here he was again successful
safely plotting his country through her
embarassments. The King becoming
jealous of his success desired his re-
moval. which was consequently ac-
complished.
..The enforced taxafiena III the Amer
lean colonies '7y tieosge ID was strong
iy resisted by Pitt. He pldl3ed against
the injustice OF ilasa6~ in. ,esms famii.
lar to most American readers. While
regretting the threat OF the colonies to
separate from the mother country,
as must have been deprecated by every
other patriot of the time, he vigorously
denied the prerogative uf the King to
tax, declaring that To do SO would dis
sever the ,fairest Inheritance of tie
empire
He possessed personality both
picturesque and unique. and when
aroused TO intellectual Indignation as
sumed poise almost beyond the ken
of dramatic conception. Indeed few
men have been so largely endowed with
those correlated attributes of true
oratory and successful craftsmanship
..For young Puts conduct in the
Spanish convention the dowager Ouch
ess of Marlborough bestowed upon him
legacy of el0ooO which, by the way
had much to with ms future success,
permitting him to Law aside the ankle
ties and cares of bssiness and devote
his talents to the momentoas ISSUES
! involving the welfare of his country
| The gift was a surprise to both the
friends and enemies of the Duchess,
being in such striking contrast to the
| prevailing opinion of this brilliant
and dashing woman-a woman whose
intrieues and couspiracies, whose loves
hates had brought disgrace to half the
ministers at the royal court. Even her
generosity toward Pitt has not deferred
Macaulay from calling her a 'malig-
nant old hag.
at is a melancholy fact that the SYM
metry of greatness is sometimes marred
by some ungraceful circumstance at
the close This was indeed the termi-
nation of Pitts career, Being recalled
to the ministry, a series of unfortunate
blunders greatly crippled his pupular-
ity, chief among which was his accept
ance of coronet The Great Com
moner' became the Earl of Chatham.
. Gheesafull ,hn
inng it as "A fall upstairs,
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