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j a = ssLSS ®; iaSwM 9 Se ^ w ^ r San ^ y the Siagem ^ t of cases , S ^ Br ^ s , , yet ; & * Mfl& fc-& ** . «? £ & £ Tti& lawyer is' de * med . capable of governing , while , *^^^ Jf S ^ pe ^ action ^ nd not in talk , is considered unversedoin ^ rha t ; are ^ e ^ the cMl alls of state . The training of the Duke of Wellington was however of a much higher character than any which Ordinary statesmen , * or sobers , ^ law ^ can hope to enjoy I * India , and in Spain ariaPp ^^ li ^^ toies fttid-he governed nations ' To feed his armies ; , and . to kee ^ fltfJjoy le ^^ heyas nominally engaged , obedient and favourable ; to ; h ^^ eause , he ^^ bliged ;* o bring . . i . . 11 it . .- ¦ ¦¦ ¦ •__! . « .-i : 4-r '^ a > vP Yv ^^ rt ' wVii ^ Vi' o-ro . Tip ^ npa for xne toracticail uituuic uv ? ir
—, into action au unose great ^ -o ; ^^^ - . v . ^ £ * ;| . ^ . ~ i r ;^ - — . - . rr- ^ . - , »¦ -r 'vs j government of maiikind . ' TE ^ i ^ i ^!^' W perplexing operations of ^ rade , ; t ^ : e « bcte , /) f ; eye ^ in ^^ , cojnnier ^ a ^ j Roli ^ cal , of law and administration ,- ^ -all . had tohe understood , \ sfeiglied , wat ^ he <^ a ^ d applied , while he led , the armies of England , ; and < in fe ? tgpverned the people of Spain and Portugal . The vast combinations , needed , for his great , campaigns , made him familiar with every operation of go \* rnment s and / the peculiar , xelatadn in which he stood to the people of Spain and Portugal , and their Various rulers , called into action every faculty of his iniiid , and made him profoundly skilled m the difficult art of leading : and controlling ' ' men of afl' cesses ; Md of ^ H characters / ' . [\ ' -. ' , . ' ¦ ,, " ..-. < . .. <;' ' -. u&r ¦ : . ¦ : * •* .: - v > "w : Here is an amusing passage , worth keeping in mind during the present debate : — ¦ ¦ -. ¦¦¦ • • . *• • ¦ ¦¦¦¦ - ¦ : ¦¦¦¦¦ - / " .: ; . ' '' C .
. _ . , " The real party move respecting reform w&s' made by iJortf Jdh . iT Russell ; Mi * , on the 23 rd of February , askedforleaveto bring in a bill ^ to eriabie ; the-towns of Manchester , Leeds * and Birmingham : to return representatives to serve in parliament . ' A more harmless change cannot be cpn ^ eived--and-while harml ess , it had every appearance of fairness , and reasonableness . Half-a-dojsenjiiembers , eve » if elected by umversal suftVage ,. would not have changed the real-character , of , th > House . The landed interests would have still been , undoubtedly f dominant . ^ The votes of Gatton : would alone have neutralized those of Birmingham , ? and the majority would still have obeyed the commands of the smallnumber of prop ? ie € oirs , who really returned the House of Commons . While the redHty was thus to berunehanged ,
an appearance of fairness would have been gained of infinite iservids to tfas possessors of this mighty monopoly . They would -on all occasions 'hare be ^ ri able -t 6 point to these popular representatives when any ^^ attack wa . ? riade on ^ bfe ' cOinpoMition of the House . / Who cstn " . ' say / they- would , bave . tri ^ p hantly-. fekedi , «^ t ^ t the large towns are ndt represents Manchester , Liverpool , Bristol . ' If to tnese , ^ asgb ^ added , this question would Tiave 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 4 he proposal , because it was a change . Any alteration they dreaded , because thereby the presti ge of an unalterable , inviolable nature would no longer have attended on the House of -Commons . ' Once begin / they exclaimed , ' and we do not knowwhen there will be'a stopV ' The medley of 1
reasons for opposing the motionwas curibus arid instructive Lord Sandott opposed it by moving an amendment in the words of the resolution brought fdrwiird'by Lord John Russell himself in a previous year , and : ; bywhich it ' was proposed fid transfer the franchise from places convicted of bribery and corruption tt ) 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 . Sandpn , an # apparentl y on that account , moved once again to adopt it , Hepbjected iq the , present plan Qf Lord J . Russell , because it had no defined limit : ' If you give the franchise to Leeds becausp of its populousness , why not also to Sheffield , which is already more populous P—why not to any other town which may horeaf ter becrone so P / But if you still go on , you will increase the numbers of the House of Commons , already too great . ' He therefore proposed the oft-defeated plan of exchange . Mr : Twiss opposed both the original motion and the ainendihent ; because ho coiisid ^ red them with Scotland and IrelandLord Valle
both an infringement of the acts of union . - tort opposed the motion of Lord John Russell , because ho saw'that ' hoblo lord ' s name in the minority on Lord Blandford ' s motion . In such a case he judged of mctisures by the men who proposed them . Sir George Murray was determined to give his vote against the plan , spito of his having admitted the catholics , and spite of his willingness to transfer the franchise from corrupt to incorrupt places , first because he did not like increasing the numbers of the House , and ne ^ t because he 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 waB anything sacred in the union with Ireland , it was that the proportion of representatives then established Should lie maintained in favour of the weaker party . He therefore opposed the original motion . It would , he said , * totally change the character of its representation , ( viz ., of the ' 'House , ) and would render it more tumultuous , and less adapted for business than it , is
now . '" Before quoting the passage to come , we wish to place a romark on the strango lingering of the barbarian nature which may bo tracod 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 people , placed by fortune above , suspicion of corruption , conspicuous in their lives for their attachment to what is mhnty , straightforward , and digniiied , even they will condescend to lie , and ho unblushingly , to an unblushing audience , when , called upon to express , a public opinion of the man Whom they perhaps abhor , as / Well as aoHpisc .
How is it that the statesman is as timorous of speaking his real opinion , and desirous of disguising it under a cloud of grandiloquent eulogy , as the literary critic is of telling the celebrated : Mr . Jones that his novels arc nausoous , or tho powerful Mr . Smith that liis verses aro unreadable P It is because both retain that barbarian tendency to lie , which only high moral culture can eradicate ; because both are afraid of truth as dangerous , and would rather utter what is not only a lie , but what they know will bo accepted as such by all who hoar it , than simply abstain from speaking at all . For it tV a lie to give false eulogy . " Among tho smaller duties of life / ' said Sydney Smith , "I hardly know any one more important than
that of not praising where praise is not due . It may not be al » fl necessary'fax gi ^ e pam by dispraise , but it is always necessary to abat ^ f 5 rom false praise . ^ ; TOien tifae reader next ^ sesr to propjose the healthv ^ some ripened mediocrity in the chair , let him check , if possible , the exa £ geration of ^ piiblic 8 peaking >' and lay <^ e effect « if honest truth •^ -t ^* he takes ^ peri m hand > to sp&Uc through letter or tbjtnigh periodical of ? friend ' s book , let him trrtneeffectof ^ heartily where he heai * ily . admires , stating ^ © fearly what he does notMmff . After thisi ive inay- ^ Te ; Sir Robert PeeVs kjtoriishiiig and braze ? frdnt ^> eu ! 6 | y i ) w < ieoi ^ e : IiV ' i :- r- ' : ' ^' : * - ; ' ;¦* -, ¦ ¦¦ v . ,. ; . ¦ ' .: u } m . ^¦' ' .--r : '; ,- . - , n "
"' Posterity will regard Kis late 'Majesty as a sbyereigni'wn 6 ; during war mafe ta ined ^! W ' hm )^ antt' feidvancecf * tMe % 16 ry o ^ 'Etighm ^ d ^ ho 'teSg the tS ' £ © & ' of ^ Ms ^ ta wished to exercise , a prerogative of the Grown Except ' fei * Me a ^ vani ! age of i ^ people . I am not overstepping the ?« bounds of sober truth when I state that his Mojes ^ was iRnenli ^ tened fi ^ d of Jibe ^ ttb *^ - *« Wf # 'tfaw- ^ tlia * Kfi ^ heatt w ^ eVe ¥ ^ ent to appeal wfti 6 ht ^ til ^ Tie ^^ de fciWbenevolence and to the saving of ¦ Bumab ' life ; ^ '
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lent itselfWiidiBiifel' "' t ^ l ^ ' ^ fa ^ j ^ nd af ^ tat §^ Joithe ¦« strong . Imy ^^ ;^ a |^ un ^ ridapme , jand ^ exterior lived atrue and ribble heart , aquickbricfet mw ^ a '^ eiierous yearning after ^ Q ^ ble ^ e # and , aeulitured mte those ^ hoi approached heTi so ^ that she teeated ^ fofc herself not only a circle of adniiieEs , but a fea&d of ^ tactie and hearty friends . ^ ' sStich ^ personal acqwaintance as we ^ had vwith hOTi ^ aslirtiitedT ^ her ^ bMpany > at ; Garlyl ^' s } the ^ contact' wias bf ^ nq-nfea ^ lust beeii stidr wefeel'bbtmd ^ hoWeter , to add that ' i ^^ n ^ arer gh ^ n | se of hevcharacter these roltimes give us , haye _ altogether deepened and
cor-& ^^ h ^ . < ^ re ^^ i j ^ r ^ tes ^ , pjm we' hbpp , ^ ec ^ is ^' thp intpr ^ siaic-n «^ made upon hev : seemst ; to iiaVe TJeein , far ifbm ^ at ^ erjpg , , a # recorded in her account tiiereof ^ There is , perliaps , an > extra eource pfnintear » s * we- derive from the ^ ery lessoix the book teaches of the danger / ofHai ' sh -and , hasty judgments . iv Many ^^ natures show ^ ^ their gayest , sweeteist aspects first— -they wear theirgraces- "in ^ 'compliment 'eK . tern&f ' ^ 6 * hBr'natures' ^ reflent aiQU « h , unatniabl 0 husk which must be broken thrb ^ g h ^ and"then ! thekernel is fburid sw ^ et ; whoilesbme , worthy preservation . 'Margaret Fuller was of ¦ ¦ thelatte ^ « 1 ^ 8 S ;' - '' -H ^ r vaility' was not simplV ' ' ' colossal , ^ it Vraw 3 arrbgaht and offensive ^ a ) ad it ob truded : itself tijbn Vbu til | ybu resented it . People , wh , en ttey came to kn , ow' Jier , ceased to be disturbed' by her * ' very mountainous me * ' as Emerson , who knew and loved her , calls it ; butjat the
outset iii was exasperating . . Indoed-rand herfyiends , here bear testimony -rr-her surface faults : were repulsive ; but her . deeper nature contained a kernel such as justified the love and sympathy she metr with .- ¦ ¦; Another source-of interest is in the materials afibrded toi ; he student of character . Margaret Fuller had a great reputation in ! America , as Kancl had in Berlin and Northern Germany ; : but that reputation ia in no sense justified by her published 1 writings : This ^^ bipgraphy ' may hel |» us ; to a clue . It franMy confesses thathetriower lay rather'in don ^ ergtAtioii than , t « 1
, ,, Wr ^ fiiig an'd dwblls ivith enthusiasinbn '' $$ . ** & $ & . W '^ r manner , tho in % en < fe she , exercised ' bye ' r ! th , pgie' who ¦ , ajpprpiached ,, her , the wit , the g lancing imagination ,. and ^ the stores o ^ f culture ab , prpflwajly flun 6 " 7 ? into conyersaiion ; ajpi ; whic ^ . can beia « cepte 4 ; as in , , the main accurato enough . ; Po we not all . know some brilliant i talker , « whose pen has never justified the promise of , his tongue P Hava . 'we notr quite recently seen an illustration , in John Sterlings whose talk wa » of the ) finest , but whose works ** were writin ' water"P ¦ • - ¦ >'>• >¦ ¦ ¦ - ; . ¦ ¦¦< ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ - m- •¦' ¦>¦ >{ u iic / : ! ' ¦ . " ¦ '' ' ' ¦ ' ' ,
The distinction we take to be this * Itt thefin © writer we have Intellect di « rengiigM froin the Emotions ; and dekiri ^' frefelV " with its Subject with such mKster ' y ^ s'is giVen'to it ; ii ^ the ' fihe ' talker the Tn , tellect moves m allianc ^ with tho Emotions , ahd Reals' with' its ^ ubject , nbf according to t ^ e demands pf tho ^ subject , but according to the impulses of the feelings , so that instead of . jnastoring the sutjec ^ the talker jua mastered by his emotions ; he gives utterance to what he ; fools—if . lie feels strongly , ho communicates that to us—vveha , ve little time to scan and scrutinize his reasons , we are captivated by an image , ^^ rtled by an epigram ^ puazled by & PJr J ' dox , iborne dbwn by oyo , gesture , voice ; we > quit I him daiszledv dohgnt ea » with a sense of his powtJr ; wesboak of Ms ; brilliant talk ; a rid if we . tTy ™ remember anything he Baid , it seems so pboir and insigiiiifioant . that wo
who had never soon the dimhing splendour of the rocket in tho night air . Fino wWtcrs arc BOTnotim ' os , not always , fine talkers ; but a man may bo incompar ^ blq as a talker yot inaign ^ icant cifi awritp ' r . ' Margaret fuller did not strike us as rom . arlcablp 3 but the testimony pf so many P erf ?< >"; cannot bo gainsaid . Slio was an " infant prodigy , " whoso bram was mo » unwisely tasked by a proud father , and whoso lioalth sufforod greatly w con $ equonce . liookinfr to the notices tlieao Volunios give us of her oorjy culture , her bad health , her sensibility and impulsiveness—tho <> x * . fo of ill 'health ; and to use Emerson ' s words , " the manner in which her i " heaped itself in high and happy momonts , which wore avenged by laS 81 tu " and pain "—tho alternations of excitement und depression—the stro « h longing after Art , and tho feebleness of her capacity as an" Artist—w
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Leader (1850-1860), Feb. 14, 1852, page 158, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1922/page/18/
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