Lord Brougham is unreasonably covetous of popular renown. He wishes
neither to relinquish the credit of being a friend of the North now, nor the credit of having been its truest friend last year, when he reviled its statesmen in the bitterest language of scorn and contempt for their policy in arming the negroes. Having been painfully reminded by our remarks of this striking discrepancy, he is moved to inflict "personal explanations" on the House of Lords, to prove his substantial consistency in having used such very bad language towards the North in the Social Science Association last September, and such very flattering language now, -when they have succeeded. Of course no manipulation will re- concile the two methods of speech, and Lord Brougham is a little greedy of praise to attempt it. Why not be content with the substantial advantages of turning with the tide, and not covet the Nraise both of agreeing always with himself, and of agreeing always with the multitude ?
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