The Charleston daily news. (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, November 14, 1866, Page 2, Image 2
WEDNESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 14, 16CG.
STROLLER'S SONG.
11? .UJCE CABY.
Tim clouds oil round the Hky aro black,
Ae it nnvoT would i hine again ;
mit ra sUii" niv wallet over my back,
And if UK'P) H? n0 s,Ur to Ku,,l?
- My feet whon day ?? S<>,,n> ..
VII shirt my woll<t 0>* otho* side,
Anti trudge right on and on.
For this of n truth I always note.
And ehupo my cou mo thereby,
That Nutrir.) lins never nu overcoat
To seep her furrows dry.
And how should tho hills bo clothed with grain.
The vnles with flowers bo crowned,
But for Ibu chain of tho bilvor raiu
Thot draws from out of the ground.
Bo i will trudgo with heart elate,
And foot with cuurago shod,
For that which men call Chance and Fate
Is tho handiwork of God.
?fhoro's a Umo for tho night ns well as tho morn,
Por tho dark as tho shlnlug sky;
.Hie grain of tho corn and tho flower unborn
Hovo rights as well as I.
FOUR BRITISH STATESMEN.
I?Y r.ICUAKI) OBANT WHITE.
Tho recent chango which has taken place in the
Administration of tito British Govornmotit louds
au lnturest to Mr. H at ton's book upon tho leading
politicians of Grout Britain iu addition to that
which ita insight and its impressivo and pictnr
osiino elylo would give it at any timo.* It is high?
probable that Earl Rnoeoll and Mr. Gladstone did
not go ont und tho Euri of Derby and Mr. Disraeli
come in in ordor to enhance tho valuo of Mr. Hut
ton's labors; but, nevertheless, this they did, and
they are not the only men who bavo unknowingly
dono a good deed whilo thoy woro engaged upon
somo other of has cerlain merit. Mr. Hutton
pataco in review eeronteen British statesmen, and
he saya, with reason, that his book does not pro
toiul to exhaust, or half exhaust, the number of
stfttesmt n fairly entitled to bo called leading poli
ticiana of the day. Yet it ia worthy of noto that
of tlio eevoiiiccD who-o personal and political
traits he sketches with ouch firm, dolicato, know
ing lonches of his pon-pencil, almost all, certaiolv
toUrt?CU, ftro we'l kuowu by repntation in this
country. Coold fourteen of our leading politicians,
Souators or Members ot tho Houae. be named who
haYO Eur. pen? reputations ? Could eov?n ? That
"tnt-y COP?d uolm?? beattrib??o? uj ??tti? per50nB
to the stolid iudifiorencoof all buta few uuusunlly
intelligent and impressible minds in Enropo to
everything in this country which docs not affect
trade and commerce. There is no doubt that thii
moBt nngracions and petty-petty beoaoBO, plain
ly enough, partly affected indifference is at the
bottom of not a littlooftbe ignoranoo constantly
exhibited in regard to the Unitod States by Euro
peans who are well inform? d enough on all other
subjects. But oould wo ourselves point out seven
teen pol?tie{*ne of Buob commanding influence iu
Congress that their names would be recognized
by onr own publi . at onoo as thoso of leaders of
political opinion ? It would be very difficult to do
so. Becaneo this is tho case it docs not follow
that in tho grade of civilization, in tho science of
fovernment, or in the diffusion of oulture, we are
ebind any people of Enrope. Our lack in this
respect may be moro than madonp by advantages
higher in quality, moro endnring and more gene
? -^ v.. ?II moy lu uo vimiai i DU OJ UIU avtiuj ui
conspionous statesmon. Still, the fact in question
is significant.
Earl Bussell, according tri Mr. Hatton, has lost
the position which he held BO firmly many years
ago, because the middle classes havo seen that he
failed conspicuously, first in finance, next and
"worst in party loyalty, and last as a diplomatist.
The ideal of the middle class itself baa changed
since a quarter of a century ago, as Mr. Hatton
tells UB in the following passage, which, like John
Leech's bCBt drawings, lias an exquisite savor of
caricaturo without tho least perceptible touch of
exaggeration :
?H tudlco in Parliament : A series of Sketches of Load
ing Politicians. By R. H. Hutton. London: Longmans.
"Then his unquestionable 'earnestness,' which
was not the ICBB a popular quality to the former
generation that it combined a Whig nobleman's
m. impcriousness with just a flavor of tho favorite
dissenting minister of the district, his strength of
conviotiou, which excited thoir confidence, and
the touch of priggishness in its expression, which
mado it a familiar feamro without annoying thoir
taste-theso were qualities wbioh were muoh moro
in popular request during the era of I/rd John
Bussell'? ascendancy than they hivo been eiuco
Lord PnlmoiaioH passed him in the race."
Tbo middle-class Bri'ish mind is not now "in
earnest," and returning to its old Jove for oakes
and ?lu, it took up with jaunty, jeer) Palmerston,
who united bonhomme und arrogance, tho nicest
political tact with the otter lack of any political
principio, and who administered the govoroment
on the vaguo general plan of making tho best of
ovorything; keeping all the while u sharp lookout
for every npportuuitv to maintain British interest
and honor, especially the former. lu Mr. Hi.t
ton's judgment, of all British statesmen of his
generation, Lord Bu?soll has shown tho most
deep and ingrained sympathy with popular free
dom. He draws a nico distinction between vho
Earl nnd Mr. Gladstono in this particular. The
latter "is more tender and humane, has a far
deeper horror of popular suffering, and therefore
Of mr, than Lord Bussell:" to which distinction
Mr. Hutton adds tim subtle remark, character
istic of his mind, and of a kind which often ap
poors in tho columna of the London "Spectator,"
of which ho ia o-iitor-"Lord Busscll's sympathy
with freedom, l'ko all true sympathy, has some
thing a littlo sharp and stern about it-a little of
tho old Puritau carelessness whethor it be happy
or unhappy freedom. This is a mood of mind
which tin- present sgo is almost learning to ig
noro." Hut Iiord Bussell dosf-rts his allies, aB he
did when ho refused to stand up and tako his
share of the punishment about tho blunders in
tho Crimea; and ho betrays thoir secrets, na ho
did whon bo exposed to the Houso of Commons a
personal quarrel, in 1851, betweou the Queen and
Lord I'ulni. rston, about the internal affairs of the
palace. Palmerston himsolf is praised for his
"loyalty" in this respect. A British Administra
tion apparently lia* muoh more solittarite than
ours. It seems to bo for tho time a sort of sworn
broth? rbood. With ui a mau is of course oxpect
ed to keep faith, unless he wishes to bo marked
as a Lia. k kb?ep, und to hear aU?p responsibility
of his own acts; but ?o don't exJKt him to stand
up and Uko punishment with A., B. and 0.,uiere
.fli yteatu? be wai m their comuauy, for faults
widen lie ?uuesily nrged them not to commit.
Yet. Ins. ?i? v? fl?l| ?RUBBOU'S deficiencies, our
author regaids him as ?i?v?ng tiii^neb?.??nabiy
CfTOM metis frr.ni Ui?a gout ration (han any Jiving
RUtcfetu .n. Ha ban d.mo this by hie supremo de
votio:i o tho ptinci I ? of roli^i >u? "taeration, by
his s'.oidv r?sistance til sacordotsl tyranny, und
by his kcepiUK (ire.it Britain truo io ibu causo ot
freedom on hut h sides of tho Atlantic, even in a
futile, help] BS w.iv in Denmark und Poland~aud,
might wo not add, in America ?-which it a<<MlH
has n quired no lit: lo courage But his chiol
claim to irr&Utndeia tnat "DO has carried the
Constitution titnniphautly through its greatest
criais, h ml rendered it SB dear to, as it was once
hatolul t., i ho English niifldloobiss " This sounds
very well, but ? hat docs it mean ? In other words,
Earl KUMI :i w r, cid? fly ins1 rum? ntal in comploio
ly chan-iii!! ci rtiin of th iseuaagos wbioh are cull
ed tho Hu.m, Costitution, and in tubsiituting
somo thitun. aceeptablo to, f..r Bomo that woio
batt rill to, ii,., |>,j,?N|, uiiddle-clasH. Arter all thii
has beeu wnitin, Irom Delolme to Mr B'geh>t.
nron the subject, it is nndooiable that the Uriiinli
Const it m? uni, u," "j], "|thu H.maoof ilommoiiH
for the lime bi lu,... WH, ,, a bodv has the pow. ?
pfenisigi..g ibu -nncliire, of redistributing B-uU
in iarn.munt, Hiei ann ufrhangiliq tho ?u.l?s
ion to the crown by a himplo v"t?., it is ?lifH ub. 11
discover what n ti,,. Invfofblo ontily bv whh-h that
boi y is Boppnsi d ("bo enotrollod. ami which ir
called a w11 atitut'on. And when all thea? ques
tions, V.VII any ?thura may bo deeideil, mid placed
bcymid th,i?..ni",.,| poner of ?too highest oonrt,
by tho vol of,, majority of a body which rep.o
acnta a Bina 11, i ,, r, y "f tho citizen? and taxpay
ers, tho li nor eoutioQily expressed among s
nooploHog.v ,,.,. ,(.r UM brutal rulo of tho ?na
joruy in ihr U ?i??d states-win ro ?.von unanimi.y
in tho if-_i-i,iivo ","|y ,,H""ot mak0 t,ial j^?
either iu nation I or heil ?ff.irs which ia not es
.peelaUj ji<r ovti-tl hy two OoiiB'itutit.ns-teems lo
Tdioiu tpthihUion of Briiiah ignoranoo and pre
Mr. Gladatono is manifestly a far more complex
and delicate machine than his late colloaguo and
co-leader, and indeed it waa his eonaitivoneaa, and
tho many pointa on which be ia sensitivo, tbat en
abled his assailants to worry him eo aorely in tho
recent atrugelo which ended in hie resigning
oflico Mr. Hutton comparos his naturo in its
complexity to a Chinese puzzle, and saya in effect
that his sympathies lie aliko with arietocratio
oynicitim and democratic progresa, with the ultra
commercial and tho ultra-ooclesiastioal deinem
in tho stite, with tho aggressivo mon who aro for
a spirited forcira policv and with i ho penco part?-.
"Ho unites." Mr. Hutton ?aye, "cotton with cul
ture; Manch"stor with Oxford; tho deep, classical
joy over tho I'alian resurrection and Greek indo*
pondouce, with tho deep English interest in the
amount of ?lu >y on Zanto raisins and Ita li? II
rags." Tho-o who Inivi? r?Hd the speechos of the
late Chancellor of tho Exchequer oiirotuliy must
have observed how constantly ho brinda up moral
question?, when treating o' linanct?, and mnteri.il
inter.sts ?hon his thooto is reli-ion or education.
Ho treats money mattera like m conscion'i >ns lint
prudent clorgymtn, and morilla like mi evangeli
cal mau of uu?iiics_. This, tempered of eburno,
in tho ?lylo of ritiimt- it, by the tasto of a highly
cultivated man. Ht ii I, lhere ia alway. flavu*
enough ?if t.io parent! in hie Bpoochos to justify
Disraeli's aiircantio allusion to "the pomowhat
B-notinioiiioua el qnnneo of tho Chancellor of tho
Ixohrquor." Mr. Button ?inda tho aecret of Mr
Gluds'oue's pcouliaritica of mind and of position
in the fact thr.t, his aympathioa ar?, as a man with
Lancashire, as n thinker with Oxford, and OH a
politician wih Peel. Ho describes thus, truly
thero cm hardly bo a doubt, the groat Chancellor
of the Exchequ- r on* hie calculating, waye-aud
means-providing aide :
"The L mcasniro feeling for capital ia strong in
Mr. Gladstone. Ile ni ne o s on tho money mar_'?t;
he loves to ponder on tho resources which a low
rnto of interest might open to tho Government, in
tho night-watches. Ho does his work at tho
Troaeury, not aa a matter of business, but as a
matter of love. As a novelist's mind ewarma ex
pedients for brin, iug out the poiuts o'his favor
ite characters, Mr. Gladstone's mind swarms
financial ideas small and great. He Ihiuke of the
revenu end tho productivo powor of ihn ooiintry
as a manufacturer thinks of bia manufactory, and
the chance of striking a now vein of prout. And
bia invontivo power is greater than bia judgment
thniinh this is, however, io some extent ateadiod
by the instinct of tho orator, which tells him
which of bia ideas it will bo easy, and which im
possible, to present in a tolling and popular form
to the country. It is in groat measure theo
oratorical iuatincts which oblige him to dwell on
the moral aspects of niaorial wealth-tho only as
pect? in which economy becomes a really popular
topic."
It is for us a particularly interesting fact that
this man, who is the ablest financial manager
Great Britain has had for half a century, and who
is ropreaented aa Iyinn* awake at night to ponder
on the reaonrooa which a low rate of interest
might opon to the Government, ?H one of the most
thorough and clemant .chotara in England, and
perhaps tho mont eloquent man--rertainly ex
cepting Mr. Bright, tho moat eloquent map in
Parliament. Wc havo no hl?ft Of till, .ort in pub
lic ljfo_ but j_ Cm* Britain they have them not a
few. it may bo that if politics in this country
could be made to seem to cultivated men either _
Eloa Bant Sold of labor, or one in which thoy could
o of material service to the country, wo should
produce Buch men; for io cannot bo that freedom
from restraint ??a a PJQ.re diffus?- culture havo
dwarfod or deteriorate*, the English mind in this
country. But tho fact that wa now bave no euoh
mon remains nono tho lora to be gravely consider
ed. From Mr. Gladstone, who baa, as it was
epifzrammatii-ally enid of him, "a eecond-rato in
tellect in a fint-rato Btate of cfTervesneno?," we
pass to the head of tho newly installed British
Cabinet.
Tho Earl of Derby ia to us in this country the
representativo English nobleman of the timo. Ho
has what may oe called the distinctive English
tillo-Earl; he is the thirteenth of bia family who
has borno it. Hia name, although common enough
among us, and that of onn of onr own gonerala of
?IIV?M?OU in the Into war, alwavs bringa up Bhak
spearo, ?menai a AH. auu x> 'HU" M iii nom,* an.iii.
manner iu pr?valo and in the House of Lords, aa
we hear of it, hu H just that mingling of real, offon
nivo arrogance-with surface courtesy which, in the
popular Judgment, ia obaraoteriatio of the whole
British arist-icracy, but which, in faot, pertainB
only to a minority of it in tho present generation.
The insolont British manner, which British critica
themaelvea have at last been compelled to reoog
nize, ia found oftener in a merchant than in a
marquis. Besides his otber well-known traits.
Lord Derby ia great upon tho turf; and he has
made what ia really the moat readable and faith
ful translation of Homr r'd great poem that exists
in our language; and an, as be is also a leading
politician, ho stands oeforo us quite the model of
the all-accoropliahed English nobleman. But ac
cording to Mr. Button, who seems to be very
aoundin his judgment?, the Earl has, from tho
very beginning of hia political life, with all hia
brilliant euceeas, "ahown H. profound incapacity
for large and statesmanlike views of political
principles;" which incapacity the author, with a
characteristic BUhtlety ana penetration which
soems loBe like tho use of faculties common to all
iii-ii than the manifestation of an extremely deli
cate mental nensitiv. nose and impressibility pecu
liar to himself, attributes to "a disposition almost
feinii.iin--id -s that word Resorts with hia gene
ral character-to follow tbe tantes and impulses
of tho moment instead of firming a clear and
comprehensive judgment on tho principle involv
ed." Punob'B iixcellont cartoon, "Derbye hya
etraite lytte," -Linces at tbe new Premier's ino i
nation lo fiud hia Kuide in the .mpnlaea of the mo
ment rather thuu iu principle, Tbe Earl ia arm
ing as his ancestor might have armed for Boa
worth field. His aquire ia of course "Dizzy." But
alaa I tho Euri has out-grown bia old panoply.
Greaves und cnisseB are too short; breast-plate,
nack-pleco, r.nd gorget aro too small. His faoe
becomes apoplectic with the strain, hia Angora
curl up in tho agony of suflocati m. He aa.va to
hia squire, aa the latter knots a soarf inscribed
"Tory ?ie-18-tf-" abont him: "Mothiuks, good
Beujamin, we have in some sort outgrown our an
cient liamena "
??There are twenty-six Stanleys in the Now York Direct
ory alone. Thoy are clarks, machinist-, milliner-, black
smiths, tailors, waiters, masons, liquor doalera, lawyers
and sawyers.
To which Drzzy answers : "May, good my lord,
r-itli wo can find nono other, yon cannot choo-o
but wear it." Lord Derby in probiblv moro an
nuyod than pleased at lindin,? himself agaiu in
power at the hoad of the Bruii-h Government.
Hia incl?n ition to and fitness for what Mr. Hutton
cull? the ornimont.il uid.. of politics, bia "facility
ol' thought, reudinosa in illustration, aptne-8 iu
reply, cinganco in htylo, and a certain imperious
force of m inner," in which hie-trenuth boa, fit
i iin well to lead the Tory opposition iu tho uri-to
era io [{ouse nf l'ai li .mniu- ; but to bo made re
sponsible for tho carry i n J: on of Hor Majority's
Government, ri-apnu-iblo to hia party as well as
re.?p msiblu to Ibo country, toen luro ibo ccrBeless
quebtiiriuiigaiid bothering ?ml bidgoring of what
our Iii it ml? oiuuma BO oddly call "lit r Maji sty'.-?
opposition"-this nu. v vv.ll mi li o a m in of Lord
Di-ibv'a age, tastea. rank and .?rtuno, wish to
forswear poitica. Tho h mor of being Primior ?
Hu h m bid iii a once, win n li nh he and hie par
ty were belter ?bio to nae power than thoy aro
uowj whoi tiny so. m li'.ely io como in for all tin
worry and the rrapnne.biliiy, and fuw or nono of
the advantages tit oflioo, which tlioy must bo con
scious all tim whil ? thev uro lioldini? on euffor
anco. ALd what io tho in' ro honor of buing fir.! 1
minister that a man should give np for?' c?r.ya and
inghia to hard and uureqqitiug labor ? Lord
Drm'i) poliuci*,! ?..flilQil?ej.d. at i ibutui. by OOr au
th r chiolly to his -luring stroui-ly tho tastea and
pi-* jo lieos f a CIMBS, while puBsesaina a literary
.oeiiug too r.-tiiird to admit of hie expression
tiie-o prejudices in any Krone and revolting way.
His int? lit ot IM c mmmplice, but his will ii impe
rious, Hill his porcc-p iona aro moro aensitivo aud
his ia?.us moro cultivated than thoso of hin ord?i*
l?enera?y, H neo his viows seem to havo mun
nrilght and v.iluo than thoy really have. Lord
D -rby'a oratory, iho atylo of which Bulwer Lytton
happily ci-raoWi- ni in his well known personal
mottph r, "Th_ Rupert of Donate." and which,
until tho appearance of ht_ "Homer," wa? his
chief claim ti? moro than mero domoatio dislino
non, owo_ ita aUJ-'ea?, in tim ?>pnii?.n of his oritlo,
to "tho p irtii nan aid ioiperi ma mould in whicti
i' ia cast," and to ia "-irap:i<:ity of form." Hare
again Mr. Hutton Httnbnt.s in tho Eail feminine
triuts or mind H?> nays lint "h-aatylu not uufi*? -
. pi? nly t-uiige-lB that of anublo, imperious wo
rn m " To lu . exe i il IIL* il?uao?io.s is attribut? d
m a gie.n mo mu io ilio itopularity of ids oratory,
li. orumi it gives hi.- h.:nrei? a doublo or treb'eop
iroriiiuily ot catching alniont. nil tho iirineipl
p int. iii ovory xentcueo, tho Hainn idea br iug .ve
pente.i I Wo ti'r ?hr- ??. Unie ? in d Jf.-rent plT ise.
Win tv< r di-tii.c'ioi* Loiil Derby'- adinlni-lrA
tion in iy u.-lnevo it will probably o'wo in no small
measure io the i.bilay of ni* non, Lord Manley.
TO havo tho faillir 1'riDIO .Mitunter mid ihn noli
Foreign ?. ceiotary, is a ?irmt and ?no-t uuusiiai
-InnH of powor lor ono family ; hut thero ia not H
| i.nu ly in Borland that n\n ..{ um it with a b *i to
i ?race, or IO whom l-nubelim n won d with mon
[ confiuenoa and ploadtuo ave it. ?waidud, thin the |
0? *.'.' f.C.'-.
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Stanleys. Lord Stanloy and his fathor are singu
larly nnliko. The father is a wealthy and highlv
cultivated oountry gontloman, a county magnate,
an accompliahod scholar and a koen sportsman,
who goes into party politico bocauso it bocomos
the representativo of bis family to make a figuro
in Parliament, and to preservo if not add to tho
Derby inllucnco, and who goes in ou tho Tory sido
beoauao that is tho most becoming sido for him to
toko undor tho circumstances. Hut Lord Stanley
livos in mid for tho higher politics. Ho l>oli- vos
in nppc ding to tho reason of mon, in taking caro
for their best interests and in showing them that
you do so ; ho do ?Is littlo with eontunotit, IIHB lit
tle regard for prejudices ; ho s-tks first raota, mid
then to deal with them in tho light ol'cool reason.
No fe ir of tho appearance of the Feminine element
in any of his a ?inga. Ho in greedy ol'statistics,
mid with bil o.'iorni ins appetite fur them Lui? an
equal p >wer of digi slim. Yara stories aro told,
otro o Inn tr?valo, of bim and Earl Derby, which
distinguish Ilia two men w.ll. L >r.l Stanley is
said to boto i?lworved, "Myfather would ?>o avery
aide man-if ho onl.. know anything ;" and Loi?l
Delby to hare said that whoa iii? Iran-dation of
tho Iliad waa priniod in p.oso and p uMiahod in
tho f. nu of .i i> no book, ho should HI ml a copy to
his oon. Thoso etoiios show lho diff r.nco of the
i WO mon, and alao a certain unsympitbizing
?oornfolneea for what docs not tint-rest them,
Willoh th?-y havo in commun. Lord Stanley takos
nffieu aa a prominent in? mber of a Tory Cabinet
Hut ho ia uota Tory, nor, although liber I in his
views, is ho a Liberal. Ilo cannot properly bo said
to otlnng io any p>rty ; his mind being of thit
cast which refus? s to accept a courso of aetloo pre
scribid by others. Mr. Hutton, whoao symp v
thioa are very wide, eo wide, in fact, that ihoy
aoom ?juin' uoundl-sa, has yot, it is cloar, n? Iel
low fueling for Lord Stanley ; whoso plain com
mon BOaaa and cool ro ?sou stem to rop'.l his critic,
?li), like his own Lord D- rby, his a good dcil ot
iho feminine element iu hia p ditical oonstim'ion.
though quito of another kiud from thit iu Lord
Derby's. Ho plainly bolioves in governing people,
?is women govern children and sometimes ra??n, b?
liumoiiug whim and yiouliug to prcjudico, t?y RB
Burning an atiiludj of sympathy and respoct, in
sip rt, by carrying tho social tact by which somo
pernio' choose to get on iu society into the wider
liold of poi'ics. Bat L>rd Stanley would say to
putiplo, Look ! ii you do thus yon will commit
?Web a ?roug, or you ?ill loan so much money, or
you will sacrifico such an id vantage ; if, ou the
other hand, yon do thus, you will do what ia right,
or you will gain so mara, or you acquiro so muc'i
additional power. Mr. Hutton says of Lord Stan
ley, evidently in a tone of reproach, that ho "ia
as lucapablo of refusing a common Bonso reform
from any fear of the abstract dangar of change, as
of joining iu a demaud for reform from any anti
cipation of Utopian bonofita or any chivalrio devo
tion to abstract justice." But this, although
hardly tho temper iu which ona would liku to bo
meVby one's wife or friend about a mattor of per
sonal feeling, seems eminonUy suited to states
manship under a constitutional govornmont in a
country advanced in civilization, aud among a
people of Anglo-Saxon blood and high intelligence.
Qne value or Mr, Hutton's mind as a polit irai test,
is ita \\1?6 sympathy and ita extremo sensitiveness
to any chill. Ho shrinks from that which is mere
ly cool aud clear. A nlnngo bath of puro reason
would bo the death of him. Uenoo, he detects at
once what will offend the prejudices or repel the
sympathies of any ?lnw or any people. But on
the other hand, this trait makes him too impressi
ble bv the exhibition of imaginative and creativo
traits of statesmanship. He wroto much up >n
our war and onr polities during the war, aod v?ry
ably, in a friendly and an ominontly candia spirit ;
bnt he is now evidently captivated by the p dicv
of the extremo "radicals," and fails tu see why, i *
we fonght such a war to preserve tho republic
and extinguish slavery, we should not remodel
our Constitution so as to make Congress an impe
rial body like Parliamout, and oar society eo as to
admit the negro to the ballot box, the parlor, and
tho marriage bud. Wbcn Jlr. Hutton wrote his
appreciation of Lord Stanley, there was no appa
rent probability that tho latter wonld Boon be
called upon to take < ffico ; bnt in that apprecia
tion ho suid that if Lord Stanloy were Prime Min
ister the .british public w.mld distrust his foreign |
Policy ; tbcf 1?.??1 *???o fu?-ling that- ha ropro?Tu
iho true British character ; there is no confidence
that he wonld keep up the legitimato influence of
England abroad." If be should not. so mach the
better for the British people. For "legitimate in
fluence" means, of course (not with Mr. Hutton,
bnt with the maturity of hie country mon who have
votes), the iiin .ice of the British Government sa
a first-rate power in the regulation of the affaire
of Enrope, and its predominance in China, the
Indii s, and in island savagodom generally. Not
until the Briti h people otiaso their craving tor
this kind of influence will they bo ablo to do awav
with tnur army and nav., which Mr. Bright, with
such cutting Batir?, stigmatized aa "a gig au tie
system of oui door relief for the British aristocra
cy." Not until they can bring themselves to re
nard the growing prosperity and strength of other
nation? without fear or envy will ih> y bo able to
devoto the whole of their own great energy and
tin ir owu prout wealth to the moral and ma erial
well bung of the whole of their own people. In
our ?Imlinns with the Bl ili-b Qovernment Me shall
piobably find Lord Stanley ready to meet as just
iu the spirit we like-that of common sense, ftir
neBB and xnatnal respect. He will not be tho man
on the one hand to yield anything to which ho
bas a reasonable claim, or to attempt to ?ootha
us with smooth words which mean nothing, or on
he other baud to meet a respectful request for
arbitration in a matter a* to which we have suf
fered greatly at Briii>-h bands with the n ply that
"England is tho guardian of her own honor."
It ia not probable, however, if Lord Stanley fol
lows the for taara of the Ministry of whian he is
one, that he will continue lung enough at the
hoad of the Foreign Oflioo to moud iho coming
po.icy of tho British Government towai da the
United States. Tho power of which John Brigh?
is the salient representativo already shakes Lord
Derby's Ministry iu tho teats which they hav?>
?.careely taken. It ia the fashion with all parties
in England to underrate Mr. Bright. Not to un
derrate his charaoter, his oapacity, or his oratory;
none of tli.ure quite foolish ?nough to do that
But none OJ them H em to reougniz > him as tho
ri prcrtont iiivo ot tho only posiiivo furco now at
work in Sunland in opposition to that represented
fir the uonco by tho Earl of Derby. Even tho
educated Lioorala look upon him as a purpostiesJ
agitator. lh-y say that all that lib attains or at
tempts by bis oratory is abuse of the aristocracy;
that he duos nothing ; propobos nothing ; that his
inspiration is not Jovu for the labornm olass, but
hatred lur tho House of-Lords. Mr. Huttou him
self, liberal among Lib? raia, aiid at} wo have al
ready remarked, witu sjuip-ithy that seems un
bounded, says of Mr. Bright, iu ins tre nob ant way,
"All ho duos is to ui.-piro his followers witheinbu
siaain and his foes with wrath." Those Liberals,
even tho niaulioat and most philanthropic of them
do not seo thai; tho only real reform, the ouly re
torna that will "stay reformed" in England, is one
which di en away with rank :.nd pii\ilo"e, and not
only with thoso but with the political retOgnlM?n
ot olass inturost8. It is a puny fancy, tiu.-i Libe
ral notion or a fair, moponion ao representation
of every class in tho 1-gisla Ivo body, hut nie Ooly
a pretty fancy. If loaiizud for too moment, the
reality would quickly resolve itsolf into nuntin i
ouduriug, hi cause aimpo, form of. political ?true
turo, iu ?s IJIO.I tue lo^i-lativo body n pi osante, not
all classes, but the aggr-gate of tax p?yiug rill?
gene, oath reckoned and rated us tho other. Tim
cry Tor reform will navel still uutil privilege and
established distiuolious of olass am-irg uuizuiis
aro destroyed ? nyfl until then, whatever political
?ituctur- ^__ up will lean upon sc^ft'-lding, no1
rest opon roundaltona. John Bright'?? muctioa is
to cry out o^aaolosaly for Ihn destruction. That
ouoe accomplished, tho rest follows oasilv and as
mattor of curse ; and from that day too functions
of guv? rninriit will bo gradually circumscribed,
statesmanship like Mr. Gladstone's will decline
from disuse, and elevar politicians li ;o Lor i Palm
erston bro mo of less and lesa account lu Eiigl.ind.
For real statesmanship coucorus its' li wah first
pi'imipies ; bat wnuu all fiist principies aro sot
no 1, as they would m England, and as thuy aro
with us, wuat have noliticiaua io do but to fr.iiuo
and adniiiusttr laws based upon those principios 7
Heneo iho comparativo barrenness of our debat?s
lu Congress, and tim compt dut of Europoau oril
les tina our politicians all talk liku l.vwyers aud du
nut discuss grunt pr.ncipli B. This n quito inn,
but no ground for fault finding, oxcipt in so far a s
nur Enropjau ir lends aro dopiived of au iutoiloot
uil exercise. Waua they havo got on far enough
tu rest tm ir pi lities upon that principo?, their
pohtieidiis Will talk luto lawyers too. Tiitir gio it
d?bitos ?m? pirie of tho alruggle yot going uu in
Kuropo between two mighty uuiagoiiistio forces.
1?. ia ?fun u Ki-.iiia epoctaolu ; but meantime tim
p o|il ? peiish.
Tho book which ia the occasion of this artiolo is
hareby of eufiloiunt goneral iutercst to ho reprint
ed litro ; but it is uno ih it our political jouruaiisis
m ty Well study. Moat of Hum are too old and too
busy to begin to acquire tho i ducuion tint must
of thuin lauft; but ii iney havo any lit in a? for theil
oiii'iipation, any on acity or learning, thoy oauiiot
f iii ti profit by studying tnii boob, and by li nu inn
in it insu notion, by ex?inph-, how to think and
how to write atiuut politics ami pditiriaiis. For
Mr. Button's volumii is modo up of articles wrn
ttu, jiiii aa theirs aro writtca, for tbu columna of
f . I
a dally paper-the "Pall Mall Gazette." And yet
wo havo not tho heart to cimparo their writing
with his ; nor wonld it bo quito just to do BO, con
eidorioR tho difloronco > otwoen tho audiences
which ho and thoy address. Such oompariaona
w li not bo Just uutil wo havo a eot of picked m<-n
writing for a select public ; or, until they havo a
set of avcrago men addressing tho whole commu
nity, including costormongors and farm lobon-re.
Mr. ITuttoa baa a raro faculty for tho uso of thnso
dangerous, but when well used, most cflVctivo
rhetorics I resources, motaphor and H?III?IO. They
do moro in his h uni" than illustrato hin tlioutrbt".
They give it light and life. 1II*BI.VS, for example,
of Lord Cr.iti borne, a critical di balor, that "his
?pr?ches aro always intended as solvent? for the ?
creed of his ant-igonislH, nevor a H mit i-f (?es to I
preserve tint of bis Irienls," und, vi>ry linely, of
Mr. Bright'- grand irony, that "ho contrive.*?,
with ?n art that ho exercise? a -OK-HI timon ni
every one of bis great orations, to bind tho notion
which ho wishes to rid eulo as a huiii'li.it.il cap
tivo to tho car of that which he intends to tri
umph." But Mr. Hutton'? facility and hie usual
fulicily in thin style ?ometimnH lead bim into ob
scurity, nay, "into tho ground." For ex uni.le, it
is, at least, quite dilli-ult to find ont what lie
moana hy saying that Lord Oranhnrno alun-et
ajivaya ?pnftkis "as if hiB mimi were lltted with a
falso bottom n good deal nearer t li o enrf.ico than
tho Bpritms of his thought ;" and, if his remark
a'?out Lord Granville, tha' ho "decretes that cou
cilia'orv oil which li ia nothing slipper*, or gr m y
ab mt ii" moana anything, it mc-iiH Konnihini*
not at all ploasinr. Mr. Disraeli gives Mr. Hut
ton an opportunity of exhibiting bath his charac
teristic excellence aud woakness in this rospeot.
Ho says of tho Hebrow Tory that he i-? n. foreign
body in his torpid party, and that ho "will some
day soon bo ejocted from it in some unexpected
part, as a needle that !un beon ?wallowed years
a?o vill su'ldonlv work out"-so far woll, adiniru
blo ; but tho writ?-r goes on, "and not wit hont
pain, and gathering and inilammitiuu in ?he
floshv part of tho arra, or tho leg, or oven at tho
foot." Why du! ho stop ? Why did ho not con
tinue-"or in tho hard part of tho heel, or felo
niously, in tho great too V" This fault is noticea
ble in many British writors of tho day : and, I* .bia
article wero writton in a criresronding apri? lo
i hat which seems to possess every Briti*?.. critic
the moment ho takes up a book writ'.- " in this
country, wo should spouk of tho fault :.ot simply
OH a faull, but make it tho occasion of ene era ut
tho falling away from a puro Eng-ieh 6tylo amo:g
British writers. Wo ahonltl c:?)l it not bad but
British. And, indeed, thero could bo a little
book much bott? r than eithor "Tho Queen'? Eu
glir-h" or "Tho Deau'a English," and far moro
amnsiog, written upon British Em*lieh HH qoni
pared with American English-writers of tonnte
nilly farnieuing examples on both sides, and the
standards of comparison and ruloa of judgment
boiog thoso received in both countriea ; for nunn
this point thero ia no diff.ironco. But wo shall be
tempted int-i no auch folly, aud we point out these
alight blemishes upon a clear, rioh and suggcativo
Btyle, merely au examploa of an exoese into which
all writers who use figurative language havo ?he
opportunity of filling. Mr. Hutton'? stylo has
been crilled by some of bia most faatidioiiB" critics
affected. Thej mismtmo a peculiarity which they
dimly discern. It ii not ftflp-etoiJ, but at timos, it
ia conscious. There ia _ style of ?vi itinn; which be?
trays a conBciouanoss, not of effort, far from it,
but a eeniaQtoHSPesa of revelation ; as when a fair
womm liria her vail. This, Mr. Hatton some
times exhibits. Ho knows,-lite the ftif w\>_ian,
ho cannot bolo but -DOW,-th_t which bo reveals
will gtfe na pleasure : and his style flushes with
the conecionanc-js. His book ia a very valuable
contribution to tbo political history of the day ;
and beside its interesting portraith of prominent
Britidb atatesmon, which, with the freedom of
?ke.tcheB, eoem to havo tho minute faithfulness i f
studi-a, it gives m ro inBight than any other book
known to na into the actual working of tbo va
rious claa? motives and perso* al reelings which
always influenco and Bomoiimea ountrol tho action
of the British Parliament
?i'l.U-AJ- N?TlOE?
?_r AWA? WITH BPEOTAOUSB.-OLD E_EB
nade DOW, witbout Speotaole?, Doctor or Medicine
eampblet mailed free on receipt of ten cant-. AO-xew
a. B. FOOTK, _L a, No. 1180 Broadway, Hew York.
November 9
??arABTlFICLAL E_E&-AB-TFIOIAL Hu
HAN ETES made to order and lneerted by Dru. V.
OADOB and P. GO?GF.LMANN (formerly employed by
ao_noi<i?-_v, of Parla), No. 599Broadway. New York.
April 1?_lyr
*tar COLGATE'S HONEY SOAP.-THIS OELE
BRATED Toiiot Soap, In such unlvers-i demand,
. made from the cHolc.nt materials, la mild and
?tnoUlentln Ita nature, fragrantly scented, and
tsitrenaoly beneficial In Ita action upon the skin. Yoi
tale by all Druggists and Fancy Good? Dealer?,
february 1 lyr
?ariroai rrjai ITOHI SOBATCHI
-ORATOHI SOBAT?1I1 WBEATON'S OINTMENT
will cure tho itch In 48 hours. Also corea Salt Rheum,
Ulcers, Chilblains, and all Eruptions of the Skin. Price
SO cents. For sola by all druggists. By ?ending 60
cento to WEEKS b POTT_.lt, Sole Agent?, 170 Washing
ton street Borton, It will bo forwarded by mall, free o
postage, to any part of the United State?.
June 4_?moa
JOHN a I'AIliXEY. RUTLEDGE WILSON
JOHN S. FAIRLEY & CO.,
Wholesale Dealers in
FANCY GOODS, WHITE GOODS,
HOSIERY, ?LOVES,
FURNISHING GOODS, ETC.
INVITE THE ATTENTION OF RETAIL MERCHANTS
IN THE CITY AND THROUGHOUT THE COUN
TRY to their complete as-or-xient of the abovo mention
ed doods, now being opened at
No. 37 HAYNE STREET,
THE OLD STAND OF MESSRS. HYATT, MoBURNEY
b CO. Their Stoolc has been ?elected with great care and
a thorough knowledge of tbo wanta of tho boothera peo
ple, aoquirod during many years experience in burin ces
in this city.
Our bu-lnets motto will bo
Quick Sales and Short Profits.
ORDERS WILL BE CAREFULLY AND PROMPTLY
FILLED.
JOHN S. FAIRLY & CO.
j Tho Bubecribcr Is particularly dosti-us of renewing
business relation? witta the customer- of hi? old house,
MARSHALL, UUIl-E k CO. J. S. FAIRLEY.
October 4 2mo
GRAESEK & McJUNKE?
FACTORS
?VND
Commission Merchants,
OERVAJS STREET,
COI.UMBIA, So. Ca.,
OFFER THEUt SERVICES FOR THE PURCHASE
or Bolo of Oottoa an 1 i'r.Uu.i :,'(.. :ior_lly. Or.k-i
and Conslgnmenta roapoo-'ully -oUcltod.
C. \. G-.AKhKU, W R. M.-irwK'v.
Ootoocr 27 ire
JACOB COHEN & CO.,
Brokers, Auctioneers and General
Commission Agents,
NO. 46 EAST BAY,
(UP sTAina.)
BUY AND 8ELI? ON COMMISSION REAL ESTATE,
STOCKS, BONDS, ko., be. Imp November 0
"WILBUR & SON,
GENERAL AUCTIONEERS
ANO
Commission Merchants,
OFFICC AND SALES ROOM-,
Ho?. 13 and IO S.-uto street and Noa. 1 enid 3
Gbalmon street,
CHARLESTON, 8. C.
Aynll.9 iuwf-|rr
J.-o:-*-?'?->.. Afcrw '' .?'" ?. '' " .
./ _ _ _ ,
WILLIAM G. WHILDEN & CO.,
CORNER OF KING- AND BEATJFAIN STREETS.
STEPHEN THOMAS, JR, . . ' . . WILLIAM S. LANNKAIJ.
TTAVINCi RECEIVED A WIU, SELECTED STOCK OK LADIES AND aBJIBTljEMEWK
WATCHES, JEWELRY, SILVER WARE AND FANCY (?GOBS.
Invite their customers um! the public generally to au Inspection of the H?IHH*.
They have also on bund a full MMOTtmcnt of
SPECTACLES AND EVE OLA8SES
PLATED WAUK
CUT AND PRK8ERVED GLASS DECANTERS. GOBLBT8
CHAMPAGNE, TUMBLER, WINE AND CORDIAL
BYBBY VARIETY OF HOUSE FURND3U1N0 ARTICLEB.
WATCHES AND JEWELRY REPAIRED.
NO. 255 KING-STREET,
CORKER OF BSBAVFAnr,
Novcmbor 1 Hnmwf2mo CIIAltIJ?BTON, BOUTn CAROLINA.
NEW GOODS, NEW GOODS,
AT THE
CHARLESTON HOUSE,
SPOIL, WEBB & CO.,
NO. 287 KING STREET.
WE BEG LEAVE TO INFORM OUR FRIENDS AND
tho public tliat wo bare quito recovered from tim
shock of tho lata lire, having reoeivod large additions in
Stock to each <lcportm?mt.
Wc oro ntill running off some Goods at very low prices,
which are vary dwirablo.
Wo would call special attention to eomo very de
sirable and
SEASONABLE GOODS,
BUCH AB,
A F?LL LINE OF BLACK CLOTH CLOAKS. NEW
8TYLB8
A NEW LOT OF FRENCH KID GLOVES for Gente
and Ladles; wann Glares for Win tor.
BLANKETS, BLANKETS.
PLANTATION BLANKETS in oil qualities
ENGLISH DUFFILL BLANKETS
ENGLISH PLAINS AND KEBSEY8, all Wool
SUPERIOR BED BLANKETB, In oil sizes and qualities.
REAL WELCH FLANNELS.
AMERICAN FLANNELS
IN EVERY QUALITY, RANGING FROM 33 TO 76 CFS.
Consumar? will find it to their advantage to call and
examine tho abovo mentioned Goods.
Wo will guarantee to eell all Goods at ?a LOW PRICES
as they can be bought in the city.
All of tho above Goods will bo sold at low prices, by
SML, WEBB & CO.,
No. 287 King street.
Ntrvcinboi 7
BLANKETS.
ENGLISH DUFFIL AND COLORED BLANKETS.
Also, ENGLISH AND AMERICAN BED BLAN
KETS. For sale low by
JAMES B. BETTS,
November 8_C NO. 262 KINQ-8TRKET.
pWTATiojriLOTmir
LOW PRICED CLOTHING, 8UITABLE FOR FREED
MRN, from M to $10 a suit, ta which wo Invito the
attention of Merchants, Factors and Planters.
EDWIN BATES & CO.,
November 7 30_No. 134 MEETING STREBT.
PLA?AWW?LL?
KERSEYS, SATINETS, BLANKETS. FLANNELS
and other Low Woollens, for plantation use, for
sale by
EDWIN BATES & CO.,
November 7 30 No. 1?4 MEETING STREET.
WEBB & SAGE
I1AVXP?G ADDED TO TIIKIK ALREADY
FULL
A COMPLETE ASSORTMENT OF
FRENCH CHINA
BY DIRECT IMPORTATION,
ABE PREPARED TO SUPPLY THEIR FRIENDS
AND THE PUBLIC AS IN
FORMER YEARS, AT
NO. 5 HAYNE-ST.
Novombi?T 4 Imo
wronT & ?imT,
Machinists, Boiler Mat?is, Blacksmiths,
AND
GENERAL REPAIRERS,
QUEEN STREET, ONE DOOR EAST OF MEETING.
ALL KINDS OF MACHINERY. FIRE ENGH?ES.
HOSE PUMpfe, Ac, Repaired at tho shorloat notice.
BRASS and IRON WORK, all kinds, neatly executed.
JOBBING PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO.
October 17 wf
~MAD?ME~?JTMAKS,~
PROFESSOR OF AST30N0MY, ASTROLOGY, PHRE
' NOLOGY AND PHYSIOGNOMY-four of tho most
publhnn Sciences tli.it ian occupy tbe human mimi-has
looiU-ilut No. 01 BROAD STREET, second door from
Klug BtrooL Sho fil ven a gonaral Invitation to all who ?lo
siro to commit on business of importance. Tii?m la no
question which may not bo accurately answered, and
much misery avoided by a timely inquiry of this Star o?
Aa'rology. Hl>o possesses a mugueUu power of healing,
?nd describes all dis?caos, and tells them at auoo whether
ft ia eurabin, and wyo WA?y dollar?.
October K) law
.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
DISEASES OE THE
EYE AND EAR.
OR. GARDNER,
[FORMERLY OF LONDON, ENGLAND. [
OCULIST AND AURIST,
OPERATOR
ON THE
EYE AND EAR,
T> ?-SPECTTULLY INFORMA THE CITIZENS OF
JLA, Charleston and vicinity that be has taken Rooms ?ti
tilo Charleston Hotel, and will bo prepared to receive
Patients on Thursday, November the 8th, until Thornley,
Novcmbor the 16tb, after which time will visit this i-ilj
a? occ-siou may require, of which due notice will be
given.
OVF-ICI. HOURS FROM 0 A. Bl. TO O P. ML.,
And can be consulted on DEAFNES8, NOISE IN THE
HEAD, OATARRH, DISCHARGES FROM THE BAB,
SCALES IN THE HAR, ACCUMULATION OF W?__ _H
THE EAR, OBSTRUCTION OF THE EU-TAOHIAN
TUBE, and all Acute or Chronic Disensos of the EYE
AND AIR PASSAGES.
ARTIFICIAL EYES
INSERTED WITHOUT PAIN, AND PERFECTLY
RESEMBLING THE NATURAL EYE.
OPERATIONS FOR CATARACT,
STRABISMUS
OB
GROSS _EJ"3T_E3,
Artificial Pupil, &c.?
Skillfully pcrfonuod, and all di_oaso. ol' the
EYE AMD EAR
treated, and overy operation in Aural and Opt-bal- V
mic Surgery performed by "
DOCTOR GARDNER.
Princijal Office, 84 West 48tliL N.T. .
AS- For roferenco, testimonial*?, _,c, send for a
cmcui__R.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.
Tbo Louisville Journal na yu : " The tenUi-rumialu ?ville
Dr. Gardner prenenta to the public could never bave been
obtained, except by the display of groat akill and learn
ing in his profession. One thing especially commendable
in the Doctor's practico is, that bo will not attempt an
incumbi? disoaao for tho ?-ko of a foo, but frankly tells
the patient whether bo can be cured or not. We -ho_r
f ally rocommond Dr. Oardnor to tho attention of nil our
friends who may be suffering from disease? or Hie eye
and ear.
Tho Riohmond Timet eora : "We have no hesitation ia
saying that Dr. Oardnor is the moat scientific aud suc
cessful oye and ear fmrgoon In this country."
Dr. Oardnor'a treatment of the eye and car is wondor
fnl.-Richmond Enquirer.
Wo foci JusUfiod In recommending Dr. Gardner u
tlioso Hoiicring from diseuses of tho eye and oar.
[Riclivxond Whig.
Wo can safely and cordially rocommond Dr. Oardnor,
wbo will fulfill all bo undertakes to porioi-m.
[Rainmore Clipper.
The Now Orleans True Delta says : "Wo can nafol-f
recommend Dr. Gardner as o raeeaaaful operator on tlie
oyo and car. Ho will not undortako to trent a case unloe.
a cure can bo effected.
Tho Wheeling RegitUr n?ya : "Dr. Oardnor ia one of
tlio mont aucooeaful Ocullita and Aurista in the country.
Wo ad viso those s*ii_V?ri_g from tlio di-oasoe of tb$ eye
and car to consult bim."
NovombOT 3__Cmo
THEI/TOST USEFUL ARTICLE
EVER BROUGHT BEFORE TIES PUBLIC.
F?LSKI?'S RUSSIAN HGNT,
FOn REPAIRINO ALL KINDS OF GLA8& CHINA
AND EARTHENWARE, PAR?AN MARULE and
ORNAMENTAL WORK-a uinful article for Dontls,.'?
Meclianl.ial Work. In fact, IT MENDS EVERYTHING
Hold by tho principal druggists iu this city.
Novcmbor 12 _*
PHOTOGRAPHS*
BAltLOW, THE OL?) OPERAlull, l?Afc, THOKOUGH
LY renovated aud tilted up tbo Oki atar Uallory
and is prip-irod io take nil hinds of PORTRAITS. Ho ia
Lhankful for past patronago, andfurther solicits a sha .?of
tbo trade. Ho lia* also Photographs of Coufcdei-to Oon
Di-ls, Oi-dlnunco o? Hoeefslon, Vtuws of City, Humtcr and
Dthcr Kor.i-cations, nt, wholesale and retail, at 8 E 00_?~
KER KING AND MARKET STREETS, Charleston, H. O.
N. U.-Porcelain Porli-i-s and Pictures enlarged om
short notice and In best of style. Tho old prico of Card
Picture-, i 2 half dozen, and *M v-or dozen, will ho con
tinned bat a ebprt tune. NovenibrrJ.
t?<_ j Jiavc;_o? ??roJli? c . . ...'i*r::,./^a j