kly papers do justice to the merits and amiable character of the Into Lord who will descend to posterity English worthy, irrespective of hie achievements as a statesman, The title of seems to be given to him by uni eral consent of the English press, and although such epithets when once published ud again by wri as though original, in this case this would dead earl. fancy this estimate of career, from the Spectator, is pretty near the trath been chief in 1874 instead of Mr. have had something more deen, foreign policy of Lord Bea-ssu policy of the Ixte Lord Abercoustield, His political ideal was tranquil, Ho would have paid off debt, and kept the pi and made friends with the United States, ut down Irish obstruction, and maintained the Union, and magni fied the House of Lorde, and kept all the older national institutions very much what the have been for the last century, if be could, And to him, we imagine, it was a great trea: able to have to become responsible for hous hold suffrage, and for the histrionic policy of Lord Beaconsfield in India and on the Continent of Europe. But he evidently admired a type of mind with which he bad himeelf little sympathy, and admired it too loyally to desert his bold ier when the latter got into scrapes. Loyalty to his colleagues in him was perhaps almost a fault, But then he bal a genius for it, and doubtless it was as much as anything that genius for loyalty which has wou him auch true affection in the bosoms of the rauk and file of the Conserv: tive Party. He "coached" leader whom many aman with his knowledge would have inflicts that may I fei wars is (0-day placed beyond and It may be said, that as German; is not desirous of invading France, and rance is to invade Germany, ther will, in spite be no war," That is possible, of course, and if there wore no standing armies, we should thi it even Slaughter of their own children, ite eudlons probable. Both'the people dread war, ite expenditure, tiful riske, at a time when the combatants announce before the battle that if victors, they will bleed the vanquished to death, The two countries, Bioreover, are so armoured in fortresser, that rush is hardly possible, and if time is necessary, time leaves opportunity for fully weighing consequences, But, uufortuuatel the armies are ready; they exercise ponderant influence on action, and they will hot listen for years on end to opinions like Prince Bismarck's without demanding at last that the situation sual close.
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