The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-02-08

me oHlce. bitter IrejudiCes, and q spirit
or class hatred to which even Mr..
Brights antipathics arr moderate and
gentle, utterly unfit MIR. Smith to be
teacher of the youth Of the higher
orders. especially In subject in which,
at every turn. his instruction must be-
perverted and distorted by the cxag-
geration of his opinions and the injus-
tice OF his temper" He was opposed
to the increasing athleticism of the
English universities. which did not en-
nance his popularity In them. and he
wrote an American friend after the
oxford Harvard boat race Of 1853, III
you inoculate yourselves with 1t you
will have cause to rue the day" OF
the squires Of the rural neighborhood
which no chose for his vacation he
wrote that he took care to remain on
good terms with them, but they prob
ably regard me as very subtle and
! noxious kind Of poacher." On his visit
In 1864 he had received a particularly
warm American welcome, largely no
doubt on account Of his political SYM
pathy with the Union, but also on his
own personal account. His political
allies in England. excepting Bright.
were dead or In retirement. Gladstone
he distrusted. and Palmerston, who was
Primo Minister when he left England,
he loathcd. and his chief political and
personal aversion. Dizzy, was pres
emily to succeed ralmerston. Mr. Haul
tain adds that from his long and init
mate intercourse he believes that his
chief cherished the ambition OF be-
coming the apostle of the political re-
union Of tho English speaking people
on the western side of the Atlantic.
! That upon the subject OF the union of
Canada and the United States his voice
was that of one crying in the wilder
ness he did not at first suspect, al
though, even when the knowledge OF
II was forced upon him by bitter ex-
perience. involving manifestations of
personal disrespect as we'll as OF polit!-
cal opposition. he by no means forbora
to cry. He was none the less hurt by
the opposition he encountered and In
tended to close his "Reminiscences
with his settling in Canada Il dislike
the country and its people. I shall be
obliged to touch on matters which 4,
would pain me to recall"
The proverb that familiarity breeds
contempt. put concretely in the saying
that no man Is hero to his valet. is
by no means borne out by this volume
To be sure. Mr.. Haultain Is very far
from being valet. He was always
critical Of what his chief said and
thought and much Of his criticism is
shr.wd. And yet he feels forced to
hcstow the highest praise upon his
chiefs disinterestedness. 81 do NO,
suppose that anything In this world
ever during his whole lifetime drew
him away or tempted him from what
he believed to he the right path be
that path political. theological or social.
Why. then. Goodwin Smiths ineifeC-
tua,i,y. for II cannot be denied that
h" was Intellectual? None Of the causes
to which he gave himself prospered
, In no respect can he b. fairly said &c
have left any mark on mis- time. With
absolute Observation-Disclosures. which has
really never been questioned. with
strong convictions from which ne al
ways wrote. with no doubt superior
intelligence and a still more markell,
superior power Of expression. why die
his career as a journalist, or rather
as a pamphleteer In the Old fashioned
, sense and way, have no successes tC
show. but only failures? Mr.. H,utair
goes into these questions at length anc
with intelligence. He finds the root a
the matter In want OF sympathy. Gold
win Smith was all his life. at least al
his cisatlantic life, lonely man. anc
quite all his life u cold man. II.
had no desire for cooperation and
no faculty for organization. To thi.
temperament; no victories are possible
in matters which require cooperation
/, and organization, that Is TO say. in al
, matters which in the politics of a de
mocracy are to be decided by the popu
lar voice. Even the character Of wha
used in our own politics to be called
u sage he by no means perfectlN
iilled. Nobody resorted To him as al
: oracle His intellectual superiority di,
not include freedom from prejudces
sometimes preJudices of the most JONI
|. Bu!lish kind. Such was his aversion
TO the Spanish war that not only Ill,
, he prefer Bryan, even while rating hin
: As n shallow desna gogue. TO McItnle.
!. for the Presidency In 1900 but he KEEP
:, on repeating that the Maine was blown
. up from the inside. in spite Of the Gu
initiative evidence to the contrary s.
. that the American people should b.
: deprived Of any excuse for having en-
, tered upon the war Mr.. Haultair
, notes that while as n journalist he wa
!. keenly interested In everything tina
was going on. In his old age he wa
capable Of as much excitement abou
historical questions long since settle
!, and by other people forgotten as abou
!, the questions Of the hour, and was OF
!. occasions capable Of being as unrea
i, sonable about them; that Is, when the,
i. brought his pre1udices into play. Their
> is little indeed in his writings that ca,
:. be described as dry light" Perhap