Chapter 10

THE STATESMAN

Duty of a statesman when the interests and wishes of his nation conflict 136 Nature and extent of political trusteeship 137 Temperance questions 138 Legitimate and illegitimate time-serving 141 Education questions 141 Inconsistency in politics--how far it should be condemned 147 The conduct of Peel in 1829 and 1845 148 The conduct of Disraeli in 1867 149 Different degrees of weight to be attached to party considerations 151 Temptations to war 153 Temptations of aristocratic and of democratic governments 155 Necessity of assimilating legislation 157 Legislation violating contracts.--Irish land legislation 158 Questions forced into prominence for party objects 164 The judgment of public servants who have committed indefensible acts 165 The French _coup d'état_ of 1851 166 Judgments passed upon it 177 Probable multiplication of _coups d'état_ 182 Governor Eyre 184 The Jameson raid 185 How statesmen should deal with political misdeeds 190 The standard of international morals--questions connected with it 191 The ethics of annexation 195 Political morals and public opinion 196