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nob because be is a debater , for the Duke of Argyll ranks as next bore to Lord Monteagle in the Lords ' chamber . Why , then , is the Duke of Argyll in the Cabinet ? The territorial influence of the Campbells is not as necessary to Queen Victoria as it was to George . the First , and the Duke of Argyll is not a man to have family influence . A -son-in-law of the Duchess of Sutherland has , of course , fine prospects in this self-governed country , and Lord Aberdeen would probably not be indisposed , on a hint , to promote his
young friend from the Western Highlands . But there would still be a mystery , as the Whigs would have had a veto when the Coalition was formed ; and no truth ought to be attached to the story that Lord John let in the Duko of Argyll on condition of Sir Charles Wood being endured by the Peclites . The Duke of Argyll belonged as much to the Whigs as to the Peelites ; in reality he was of neither party , of no party , and was just the man no one would have calculated on either Lord John or Lord Aberdeen running after . The name of the new Lord Privy Seal astounded and perplexed people ; and no appointment
is good which astonishes . The quidnuncs affected to trace the taste of the Prince Consort in the choice ; but in this self-governed country , where the Government is as much an affair of mystery as it is in Russia , if not more , the quidnuncs are always wrong . The appointment was , to the governed classes , inexplicable , and , for that class , still remains so , which renders a portrait of the Duke of Argyll peculiarly apposite to a series with the moral attached to the present . A Cabinet Minister about whom nobody knows anything , is surely an interesting study for a self-governed country ?
An old head on . young shoulders is a disfigurement , of course ; but it is a difigurement which may be redeemed . It may be redeemed by the old head being a clever old head . It is made worse and more unsightly when the old head put on the young shoulders is a commonplace old head . When a young man has an old head on his shoulders , and the old head gives you nothing but the impression of age , his appearance displeases in the same way as the appearance displeases of an old woman with a young ringleted " front . " Such
an impression of incongruity is what the Duke of Argyll invariably produces . He is a young man who has never had youth ; and that sort of young man is never popular . Eternally the world , however moral , will prefer the Tom Joneses to the Blifils ; and the young gentlemen who have never gone through 11 course of husbandry with wild oats , seldom attain to the acquisition of such laurels as are worth having . It was clever , no doubt , of the Duke of Argyll to write , at nineteen , a pamphlet on the question whether Bishops are more
lovoable than Presbyters ; but the world , with unerring instincts , distrusts young men who do such things at the age when they should bo ruining their constitutions , and getting philosophic views of life . You admire children who , at ton , can repeat a book of the yHnoid , and bent you at chess ; but you would prefer that they should be spoiling their clothes and rolling . savagely in ditches . It indicates a bizarre ambition , —a young Duke seeking position among polemics and archreoWists .
It is quite right that a young D ,, ke should bring himself up piously ; and n Scotch young duko could scarcely avoid the contagion of ccclesiastico-scorbu tic-n peculiar to that land of passionate Christians , and careful traders . But Mac Cullum Moore wagging his pow in a pulpit ! We live in an ago when we are not startled to hoar the last of tho I'lantageiiets , the Marquis of Clmndos , praised as " a man of business ; " but tho ambition of being " useful" is an ambition in which tho spirit of tho times will sympathise , —the ambit ion of tho Marquis of Lorn to sbaro fiuno with Scotch IHs-Henting canters was a vulgarity which the good tasto of tho timcH condemns . And that first net of tho lii ' o of tho Duko of Argyll may bo dwelt ; upon , because at nineteen ho was old , and at thirty he is just ; the man ho wns nt ijfnetceTQ .- Ah ho commenced ho wont ; on , and i fl , £ « ' mj K on-: nad lllo * Pukt ) . of Argyll , at thirty , may b / j described an a young- ninn who ] ia » gone into tho iW&inot , nOt iXH ^ U (? otgi \< rW tho Whig , nor m tho m ^ an ' df thqU' ory po ^ y ^ 'biut , simply nnd grandly , ni > ^ - v ¦ . ' ¦ / ¦ ' ¦ \ ¦ ' . , '¦" . / ^'¦ S 'iv ^ ¦ S-i *~ yf . ill
the organ of—the Tea Party . The Coalition includes all parties ; and perhaps that is why the Duke of Argyll was made Privy Seal . You see , at a glance , when you go into the House of Lordsj ' any night in Session , that the Duke of Argyll is , of all the young men r of this country , eminently fitted to excel in that party . You see that he is clever , but that it is commonplace cleverness . You can see such a head as his—large without being massive , and not
effective , because so symmetrical—in any Convocation meeting , for it is eminently the parsonical head ; and such a style as his you can hear at any meeting-house , when half a dozen gentlemen , connected with the Gospel , meet to talk professionally . It is fluent commonplace : good enough , in its way , if offered with the humility of mediocrity , but insufferable , from the air with which the speaker insists upon impressing it upon you , and from the obvious tribune of self-esteem from which
the balmy orator is addressing you . It was said of an emphatic elocutionist that he talked in italics : the Duke of Argyll talks in capital letters , with a note of admiration after each sentence . A Duke has a chance of knowing something of the world , if he passes a not strictly Christian youth , and , in his early manhood , only dwells in decencies when he goes to his castles . But a duke who passes his life in studying the history of Presbytery , and the- strata of the rocks about Inverary , the rocks trodden by Effie Deans and her sister
can have no conception of the thoughts or actions at work in the British empire . And this is visible in the tone of the Duke of Argyll , when he addresses that gourtly House of Peers , which doesn't hiss , and can't laugh . You hear a young gentleman , who is gifted with a certain sort of logical faculty , and who has read several books and all the papers , ( that morning , ) who has got up his subject logically , at secondhand , and who is pouring out his " views" just as Mr . Delarue ' s machine pours out cut envelopes—mechanicall y . Once upon a time
even a Duke would hesitate before he addressed an educated body of men , unless h e were quite sure he had some of the qualities of a public speaker : but the Duke of Argyll , knowing merely that he can talk fluentlyin that lanky , loose , flaccid , Peel style , which is hideous —and that he can remember what he read in the works of that eminent divine , M'Yell , talks to the Lords with the confidence of a Ch atham , and a good deal oftener . All this arises from the simplicity and the good faith
of a good-natured young man , who is coaxed into conceit by bis coterie of relations , and who hasn't the slightest notion either of himself or of other men . As a lecturer at occasional Mechanics' Institutes lie gratifies—the populace is pleased to encounter a Duke who can talk like a book : in the Duke ' s case very like a book . But a Duke among- peers is no great hit ; and the Duke of Argyll lias unconsciously drifted and drivelled into boredom . SrwOi ennui / iu < v .. r , !> : „ unveiled into boredom . Such speaking as hisin
, - deed , is possible nowhere ; half homily , half leading article , it is chokingly dry and dull . Ho has no wit , no humour , no imagination , no originality of ken : it is all the high and dry level of a weary y « rtw-lojjicality , which is not oven generalized , but is minutely -and pedantically accurate ; and all this with an Argyllshire accent which convinces that Mac Calluin More is a great gun in the General Assembly . Why , then , is tho Duke « f Argyll a British Cabinet Minister ? ] STon-Ex , eotoi £ .
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Till ! NOllMSMlSSr Off TRADK . Timm ? nro more-hunts of England who seem PrineoB by < ho Lmico of Uieir own acts . Such is Thomas Halt , of Sali . uiro Kven i tfnonn ^ tho energ y and inlegrity cmontjal f , o bin great isum'KH in life , tho generous naturo of | , ho man ' s hoiiI speaku m what ; he has dono in tho little place ho lound a villas , and liau mndo a town . To lodgo Mio workmen of his new frroufc alpaca factory near Bradford lie linn added to Kultairo ho von hundred Iiouhch . Wido ' Bln-eLs , and Hpucioius mjinuvH , and commodious baths , / 'ivo airiness and health : pleaNanl . frnnUmti and playgrounds plea ™ Mm oyr , | ^ lad tho spirit . ; whilo hcIiooIh teach J-liildren , and a pretty clum-h reminds the peoplo of God Mioothor day the benefactor of this ood work ¦ two
K a dinner party ! o Inn friends . U was a mounter mooting ol guoHl . s : tJiW-o thousand , hovoh hundred -peora , mayors ami workmen- mil , down to the fri nntwi \ m » l . After dinner ' tuo lioHt , onlomi a upeoial ( rain and carriage * for hw friendH , ( U 1 d took then , l , » tff ,. fl «„ ,. £ „•„ H ., 11 , Bedford a . ul ( rea ( ,, < l < h «> f ,, f , rHt . rut , coimort . This was aclinj Ui <> host on a , „„ ,. „ , j , , . , yvnotlior imitatiro of tho tfooil-will of trade . sn . on occurs this week . William I row .., member for HouUi Lam-aslnro , baa given « ix hoUMimd ,, «„„ , !„ , , )| li |( , arttw , ibra ' for ,,, £ ,, ( * Liverpool I .,,. „„ IW ! tH HlaiM , W () 1 , Hi ( J () - , Hi ( Jo . raS K Oi llKlufltry who hm Ulfc fcho Dublin
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NOT 1 OKH TO COJfHICSrONDJCNTH . ^ " An TrMi W / i . ( , ionnliH < , " i ' h oorreot i" huj ) 1 ><> h '" K "' , ' . ' ^ ' !< j , ualluddd to tho hhtrionio doinocriU . H who" wo npol < o <» fovcii prnoMonlilo oloniont , ; " imd wo uro tf liul ' <> ' . lll ( l ( . " ' " ' ol ' our (!(> nt ( itni >( . for that jiiiHorubJo JtYonchi / iciiti 0 ' - , ,. j ,, iiH « f Mi : John MiKiin-ot for ' H h «« oiuJ JoMor , < m "'» » 'J , "'" r i () 1 ., m . r OIiih ^ ow , Ih nolliing iMtttor Hum n rvvhnitf / e '" uHnortioim . . . Wo () , 111 , " A I . ovor of 4 r ( , H" will ilncl bin inquiry Htttism' * «» » U 2 , J . U ) , 321 ( Vol . iii . ) , of tho Loader . " A Blnok JPhiloBophor , " In typo ,
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THE EARLY EDITION OF THE " LEADER . " ( To the JEdilor of the Leader . ) Sir , —I am glad that the repeal of tho advertisement duty lias enabled newspaper proprietors to issue two editions without incurring the serious tax of payinpr double duty upon all their advertisements . Employed in a printing-otlice , these matters have come under my notice ; but whatever may have been tho reason which induced you to issue an early Saturday morning o { tho Leader , I , in common with many other working' men , am glud of ifc . In every part of the country tlio advantage by this time must have been felt . The Loader now reaches Glasgow and Edinburgh on ihe Saturday night , and though too Into to be delivered that nif , 'l >' . it can l ) e had on tho Sunday morning in every to" ' in Scotland . Because there ' is no post delivery on Sunday in our towns , many aro not aware that Mio Leader can be had , but any subscriber who directs it to l' » sent , to him can have it on application at <<• " > 1 > os ' oflico , at ) there is always a delivery to applicants licloi " church Unit ) in the morning . li' this was gem'niliy known , I am sure it would bo of advantage to tlio <¦""' dilation of the Leader . It , is more generally n-ii ^ here thsui any other London paper , n \ n \ ' J " ' ' . ' told by ¦ . vork ' nx-n in IOngland that ii , m tlm hmhw " many ofclmr place's . If you think this letter . worM ' J ^ sorting , 1 can send you a / act ; or two illustrative <» ' " •'' assertjon . Yours rcHpcctfully , Vrauu WU . C 0 X .
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THE LAW AS TO SERVANTS' CHARACTERS ( To the Editor of the Leader . ) Sib , —Through the medium of your journal my atten tion was especially directed , in glancing at the table of contents , to the " Law as to Servants' Characters " and upon reading it , my mind forcibl y dwelt upon the injustice , as it appears by this article , affectinothis class of society . The systems in England and Ire " land are totally different ; and I would say , that ih ' e system adopted here is very much superior . We are obliged to give servants , if they have lived for three months with the master or mistress , a written discharge , which . of course the person must substantiate when called upon by a new employer ; but by the custom which the article in your paper depict ? , the ser , vant is wholly and solely dependent upon the character which her former mistress gives to her next one . Now , -then , supposing a servant has been unfortunate , and having displeased her mistress , is dependent for her bread upon the character she may be pleased to give ; it is likely her last mistress will not speak of lier in most favourable terms . She is then kept walking about until , in despair , hunger compels her to seek her sustenance , and alas ! too often in not the most reputable way ; whereas , in this country , if one discharge is prejudicial , she has perhaps five or six from former mistresses , which she produces as a strong proof of hex general character . The idea in this country preponderates as to the virtue of the servants over those of the sister country ; and this system , I feel sure , you will see is calculated to protect our servants . Yours , &c , A HotrsEnoM ) Ei { . 20 , Mary Abbey , Dublin , Sept . 20 , 1853 .
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There is no learned man but will confess he hath-n-m k pronted by reading controversies , his sensls SJakS and nis judgment sharpened . If , then it be Zlh + v ?• for torn to read , why should it not , at leart ~ P tote ? ab I for 2 ns adversary to write . —Milton . miexabie
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[ IS THIS DEPAETMENT , AS All OPINIONS , HOWEVER VXMunn . ABE ALLOWED AW EXPEESSION , THE KDIIQE HECEsS HOLES HIMSELF RESPONSIBLE FOE NONE . ] ¦ nJSV -JlB S . ABn , i
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Leader (1850-1860), Sept. 24, 1853, page 928, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2005/page/16/
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