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mmBmiBimm m 3 £ SKKSSSS 5 SJSJS' ««" s r ? S ^ l hSr character than any which , ordinary statesmen , or solders , ., fl * TO * SSo enjoy . In India , and in Spain and Portugal , ^ M ^ ie ? and he ^ ^ ^ To * ed his arinies , and to
verna . ^^ I ^ flS ^^ nominally engaged , obedient and favourable to his cause , he ^ as « bliged . to ,. br » n ^ into action aU those great quaUtieg of . mind which ^ government of mankind . Every intricate question of finance ^ the various . an * perplexing operations of trade , thfe effects tff ^ very institution , eommereialv ^ ol ^ cali of law and administration ,- ^ all had to be understood , weighed ; watched , an * applied , while he led the arhries of England , and in i ^ ct governed the people of Spain and Portugal . The vast combinations needed for his grieat oampaigns , made hliii famiiiar with eveiry operation of gOyeynnient j and the ^ uhar _ region in which hestood to the people of Spain and Portugal , and their various , rulers , called into action every , faculty of Ms mind , and made him profoundly , skffled in the difficult art of leading and , controlling : men of . all glasses and of ja , U
characters / ' . - .. . , ¦ •<¦>¦• • v •¦ : '¦ •' ¦ ¦ - '¦ " . ¦ ;¦ ' - ¦¦ . . . . '¦ ' ' // Here is an amusing passage , ^ OTft . ^ p ^ gV' ^^ drai ^ g-i ^' E *^ . ^ debate : — '"" ¦ ' ¦ ¦• ' .. . .. .. . .. . ¦ ¦¦¦ . ¦ •• : .. - -s- ¦ ¦ ¦ .. - ' " The real party move respecting reform was ma 4 e by IiOrd John . Ru ^ ell ,, who , on the 23 rd of February , asked for leave to bring in a bill 'to enable the towns of Manchester , Leeds , and Birnurigham to return representativesto serve in parliament / A more harmless change cannotbe conceived- —and while harmless , it had every appearance of fairness and reasonableness . Hftlf-a * dozen membeTSi even if elected by universal suffrage , would not have changed the real character ^ f the House . The landed interests would have stiii been / undoubtedly dominant : . The
votes of Gatton would alone haveneutralized those of Birmingham , and the majority would still ' have obeyed the commands of tfte small number of proprietors , who , really returned the House of Commons . While the reality was thus to be unchanged , an appearance of fairness would have been gained of infinite ^ service to the possessors , of this mighty monopoly . They would \ on all occasions have been ., able to , point to these popular representatives when any attack was made on the composition of the House . ¦ '¦ , * Who can-say ,. ' they would : have triumphantly asked , « that the large towns are not represented- ^ -lbok afc I < ondon , ' ¦ ¦ at . Leeds , Birmingham , Manchester , Liverpool , Bristol / If to these , Glasgow and Sheffield had bee » added , this question would have proved a serious and lasting obstacle in the path of all succeeding reformers . Fortunately , the opponents of reform were short-sighted
and timid . They feared the proposal , because it was a change . Any alteration they dreaded , because thereby the prestige of an unalterable , inviolable nature would no longer have attended on the House of " Commons .- ' Once begin / they exclaimed , ' ' and we do not know when there will be a stop ! ' The medley of reasons for opposing the motion was curious and instructive . Lord Sandon opposed it by moving an amendment in the words of the resolution brought forward by Lord John Buasell himself in a previous year , and by which it was proposed to transfer the franchise from places convicted of bribery and corruption to certain large towns . This plan had been many times proposed , and had as often been defeated either in the House of Commons or Lords . Lord Sandon ; and apparently on that account , moved onco again to adopt ii . He objected to the present plan of
Lord J . Russell , because it had no denned limit : 'If you give the franchise to Leeds because of its populousness , why not also to Sheffield , which is already more populous ?—why not to any other town which may hereafter become so ? But if you still go on , you will increase the numbers of the House of Commons , already too great / Ho therefore proposed the oft-defeated plan of exchange , Mr . Twigs opposed both the original motion and the amendment , because he considered them both ^ an infringement of the acts of union with Scotland and Ireland . Iiord Valletort opposed the motion of Lord John Russell , because he saw that noble lord ' s name in the minority on Lord Blftndford ' s motion . In such a ca « e he judged of measures by the men who proposed them . Sir George Murray was determined to
give his vote against the plan , spite of his having admitted the catholics , and spite of his willingness to transfer the franchise from corrupt to incorrupt places , first becauso ho did not like increasing the numbers of the House , and next because lie was afraid of introducing a demagogue influence which might sway their determinations . Mr . Wynn feared increasing indefinitely the numbers , of the members , and considered that if there was anything sacred in the union with Ireland , it / was that the proportion of representatives then established should bo maintained in favour of the weaker party . He therefore opposed the original motion . It would , he said , * totally chango the character of its representation , ( viz ., of the Houso , ) and would render it more tumultuous , and less adapted for business than it is
now / " Before quoting the passage to como , wo wish to place a romark on tlip fltrango lingering of the barbarian nature which may be traced in the lying spirit of eulogies . Not only do many critics write fulsome praises of works they do not admire , and of men whom they despise , but high , honourable , and official peqplo , placed by fortune above suspicion of corruption , conspicuous in their lives for thoir attachment to what is inanly , < straightforward , and dignified , cvon they will ¦ condescend to lie , and ho
unblushingly , to an unblushing audience , whon called upon to express a public opinion of tho man , whom they perhaps abhor , as well as despise . How is" it that the statosmW is as timorous of speaking his T < Fal opinion , and desirous of disguising it under a cloud of grandiloquent eulogy , as the literary qritic is of telling tho celebrated Mr . Jones that hjs novpjs are nauseous , or tho powerful Mr . Smith that his versos a . ro unreadable P It is because both retain that barbarian tendency to lie , which only'high moral culture can oradicato ; because both are afraid of truth as dangerous , and would rather utter what is not only a lie , but what they know will be accepted as such by all who hoar it , than simply abstain from speaking at all . For it is a lie to give false eulogy . " Among the smaller duties of life , " said Sydney Smith , " I hardly know any one moire important than
necessary ! to giye ^ pai njM ^ ii ^ h'Ms ^ praise . ^ Wheii the reader next rises to propose the hea ^ tfrS some ripened mediocrity in , the ehay > lei ^^ ^^^ cif . ^ pasjjyevritae ; ekae ge ^ bjfotf * ' ^ u $ ic ^^^^ Ci ^ % CimW ^ J ^/ iTO ^^ % fw h ' e ^ s pen MJ ^ friend ' s book ' / iM / him iry tliis effect ojt ^ , elQflu ^ nm < > £ lieartily where h ^ l ^ tily aajttires ,: sjatiijg c ^ eatfy Wiip * # o ^<> es ; not admSe ^ fter thi ^ we may ; g ive Sir . Jtofterfcj lteeyi ? ^ % wsl ^ g . a ^ d j ^^ frbr ite"deuibgy'bTi George IV .:-f T : \; , , \) . f . ; > .. ' , * : * .. ?¦*& . ui , *) « x •>¦; ^ ., ' ., f "
"' Posterity wUl f ^ tained tlie-honour , and ^ periodof his delegated trust , or of his rieignjias ^ wished to exercise , a prerogative of the £ rown except for the advantage of his pimple . . I am , not overstepping the ? foundsof ^ p be ^ ^ uth ^ eni ^^ gt ^ . thgthis Majes ^ V ^ s- # » # 'g ^^ W ® nd i ^ k ^ > ^^^ MxW ^ - ^ ^ smi ^ i ! i ^ , 9 Hbexaf patronof the finearts ; and . lcairfrp ;^ assert that Ms heart w , as ever , open to , any ' appeal whicfoTrovld vbe ; ^ and to the saying of humanlife , or the mitigation of '' hwman-Buflfefing //^ , ; ::.- / -
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on the scene . " . ,:.. ^ , ^ :, . . ¦ . >• h ' ^ - '' J ! S - ;! ( j : - ' - ^ Margaret . ^ ullei ? . w ^ 8 a Boston Corjnne > fFkere Wj | S something ? in ^ her writingr and much more in her . conversatioB ; and ^ general be ^^ giwhicK lent itself to ridicule . She had the faults ^ d ' :: ^ e ^ tidii ^ ^ r ^^^ K ^ K minded-woman ^ toad- ^ emancipated fe / triale * "She ^ as ped ^ tic ^ ^ 6 jgknl riasali unhttndBOme , Attd affected j : but ' uhdehieath $ tatS ^ e ^ uJ ^^ j ^ t | v exterior lived atrue and noble heart , aquickb # j ^ i #$ ! t ^^^^^^ aas after tioblelitl ^ aind ^ c ^ tu ^ int ^ feence ;;^ thosei'whii annrbached hen
of > 3 ^ irets , ; 1 bUf ^ - ^ andVpf ' i p ^ ' : j ^^ 'h ^ u ^ im ^ M . ^ Su ^^ ejEson ^ l && quaintence aa Me h ^ h . ^ .. c . bWpiiii y ^ fc ^^ contact wks by . no means fay durable , as , maj be g just been said ; we feel bound , however , to add that the nearer glinrbse of her character these volumes give us , { bare akogetker deepened iam corrected that isuperficialappreoiatiori , •¦ aiid nmde ^ iiwafe 1 " 'bf ^ n ^ % a tffiV nbf is that appreeiatfctt-ie ^ s Avarnii We Otope , ; Tbecscuse - 'tl ii 6 ^ i ]^^|^ ' % !»» . 94 H
thereof . ' Thfte is ; perliaps , an ¦ iektra , s 6 utce or ^^^ . ^ ^ tl ^ e ^ jei ^ P . ^ the yerj lesson the Tbpbk teaches 6 f ' the dagger . of . ^ arisn . an ^ astly , ju ^ gn nients , 'WPW ^ Pi & ty ?^? V . ^ e !^ giarjrest . sweejiest aapejets ^ J ^ Bfc ^ they wear their graces * ' in coitnplimeni externe ; other " natuxesrpresent a tyu ^ kj unamiabl . elj . usk which >; mus . t . be ; ] jrok , ej ^ through , and then : the kernel dg found sweet , wholesome , worthy preservation ! : Margaret JFuller ; was'bf the latter class . Her v . anity wasi not : simply : colossal , it was arrogant and offensive ; arid it obtwftled itself upon you till you resentied it . -Bediplct when theycameto know her , ceased ixyloe distutbe ^ i by her Very ttiotin ^ tainous me" as Emerson , who knew and lbted Keri calls , it : but At' tJies
outset it was exasperating ; IhdeedJ-Iand ner mends here be ^ testimony — -iher surface' faults were repulsive ; but fter deeper' nature p ohtamed a kernel such as justified the love and sympathy phe met ( Wi ] tn ' . . /; .. ' . ,. , ¦' Another source of interest is in the materiala afforded to . 'the student of character . Margaret fuller had a great ; reputation in America , as ! Rahel hadin Berlin and J ^ or thern ( xermany : ; but that rieputationis in < no ; sense justified by her published writings . This biography may help us to a clur * It frankly . iconfeBB «> B ! . iUati bnp , ( power . Jay \ J'atn < iiJi . imrf' « onTxi 4 » i 9 oti ^' than ' ui writing ; and dwells with enthusiasm on the bharm of her manner , tho influence she exercised over those who approached her ; the wit , Xh & glancing imagination , ahd the' stores of culture so prodigally ^ flung bjjr n , er into conversation ; all which can be accepted "as in tneytaai ^ , accurate chough . l > 0 we not all know some brilliant talker ^ jhLO ^ e / pe ^ Jia . 8 f n 7 P justified the promise of his tongue P Have we not ( jui <; ei recently fepn an lliustration m Jolih Sterlmg ^ wj ^ dso ' tallc was ot ihe iinest , bui wjhosp works " were writ in water" ? ' " '"' ' . ' . '¦ "' . "' ¦ ¦ ; . ' . " . ' ' ,.. ... .-, v ¦ to bo
The distii ^ ction we take this : In the ftno writer we . Jiiave Intellect disengaged from the Emotions , and ; dealing ifreely with its subject with such mastery as is given to it ; in the fine talker the Intdlleotmoyetf in alliance with the Emotions , and deals with its subject ^ n 6 t according tj > the demands of the eubject , but according to the impulses'df th , o feelings * so that instead' of mastering the subject , the talkor ^ s mastered by hid emotions ; ho gives utterance to what ho fools '—if ho ffeelB strbjigly , ! ho , communicates that to us— 'we have little time to scan and ' scrutibizenis ; reasons , wo arc captivated by an image , ritartjed by an ppigram ,, ^ wsidepT , oy a paradox , borne down by eye , gesture , yoico ; wip quit him daz ;« le ^ , deligUtP d » with a sense of hi fl power ; wo spbalt , pf , his brftliant , , 'taljk , andi if : we try . to rpraombcr . anytliii » g , ^ o said , , it seems . ao poor and , insignificant ^ that we alirtnl / 1 < ta ar ^ rin fliinlr r \ F nnniin / f -if aa * -vP iMfnaAn ^« . M 4-K ^ . «>^^ 1 i-a 4- a 4 . ir > 1 r "tfi CftlG ir ^
*~ r * a . W MAV « W * * f ** r-fiu , V- >*^*»» K . >» | | t ^ V | ' *^ gi J ( V | , « IP VFJL ViVPVUUUU' . UUU ' & VVILUU'O V ^ V ** - " ** ' who had nevor SQon tho climbing splendour of . the rookofc in tho night air . Fine writers are sometimes , not always , fino talkers i bvtt a man miiy bo incomparable as a talker ydt insignificant as a writer . 11 Marg ' aret ' iFuHdr did not strike us as rentarkable ; but tho testimony of so many person s cannot bo gainsaid . She was an " infant prodigy , " whoso prain was most un . wwely ijaskod by a proud fatjier , and wJiqsq health pufibred'greatly jn consequence . Looking to the notices these volumesgive us of her © ariy culture , her bad health , her sensibility and impulsivonesfl-r-the oxtrefties of ill health , and to Use Emerson ' s words , " tho manner in which her 1 « ° heaped itself in higlLand happy moments , which were avenged by lrtaeiitua ^ and pain "—the alternations of excitement and depresfiion ^ he BtJrbng longing after Art , and tho feebleness of her oa * a 6 ^ a « to'Artifltr- ^ we
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 14, 1852, page 18, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_14021852/page/18/
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