The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-24 00:00:00

Derby, and, if that could not be accomplished, then .0 form
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a Government from this side of the house, to be cote..P,e,sd
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exclusively of those who had in and through the pol. tiul"
crisis acted together. (Hear, hear.) I am' bound to sal
that events, so far as they have gone up to the present UV
have strongly, confirmed. me-in that opinion. (Cheers.) Wtn
respect to the intermediate proceediug-namely, the forme:
tion of the Government of my noble friend (Lord Palmerston)e
after what my right hon. friend the member for Carlisle has; •
affirmed as to that which was the sole question in the ',aye'
a stipulation or understanding, it is needless for me to sal
more than that, whatever I might think of the ParliamentarY
prospects of that Government, under the circumstances, hay'
ing no differences with him, but feeling a warm and high re.
gard for my noble fiiend, founded on an experience both. 0,!.
community of opinion as a colleague, and co-operation
_t.,'
him in a political party, during two eventful years, I thin.k A
should have been wanting in my duty to my country if I na
not accepted the offer which my noble friend was so good awe
make. (Cheers.) But lam bound to say that there was to _
a painful matter of a personal character involved iii the
sesteeLe
transactions. , To me nothing would'eause, in public life,
ing more acute than to be separated from my noble frienduirth7e
Earl of Aberdeen. This house has listened-as it was bound to
listen-with patience to attacks made from various quarters
upon the fame and public conduct of that noble lord. 18"',
in office, it was, perhaps, difficult for me to have endeavoured
to defend him from those attacks. But he hats been dismissbaei
by a blow darkly aimed from an official hand ; and, now t
my right hon. friends and myself have followed, I hope I Teo
be permitted to express my feelings and state mar
loveiiili,
with regard to Lord Aberdeen. (Hear, hear.) INi
;n thcos
is
a man who has been much misunderstood. Twenty Y
have elapsed since I heard Lord Aberdeen denounced. •
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house by one of the most honest statesman of his da'Y i":„..
person holding principles that made him the enemy of i,n'sf
kind. Such was the idea that men could then entertain 4
Lord Aberdeen. lam unwilling to name the individual !ma
uttered those words, but I am quite sure he has long fan',
deeply regretted the attack he then made on Lord Aberdse..na
(Hear, hear.) But after that Lord Aberdeen lived to bee?
the trusted colleague, the admired colleague, the eulogro,
colleague of Sir Robert Peel, his faithful ally, and the nrs/the
encourage him in every measure that bad for its object_se_
benefit of the people. (Cheers.) Now, again, Lord AlL:it
dem has fallen from his former friends; but as that, 17
not call it calumny, but error of twenty years age 'vas
,see
pelted, so, you may rely upon it, these prejudices will a .
be dissipated, and the fame of that man, not so much on di
count of the high office he has held, as from his elevated`,
admirable character, will not only live, but his name, Ice of
ture to say, will be enshrined in the grateful recollect' ntbat
his country. (An ironical cheer.) Well, Sir, I are sorrlaany
the hon, member for Aylesbury is so intolerantaH.owlerbb.„,etresie
should have thought that he would have been content it
him'
latitude of vituperation that this house properly
(Cheers.) I believe he belongs to a Liberal party. But 11
er, 1
in what sense ? While myself Chancellor of the Exch6lol/1 dio
forbore from wounding his tender feeling by allusions out of
kind, but surely, now that he has purged the GoveillimaY
the foul element in my own person and those of othere',e , to
be permitted to me, by the kind indulgence of the itb-eers)
express au opinion that I emstitutionally eutertaine-t" been
-and that I know to be shared by every man who has Tbis
the friend and col'eague of Lord Aberdeen. (Cheers•l 1 hoe
is no gratuitous accusation upon my part for to-iliglit frogs
heard an assault on Lord Aberdeen. His retirement 000,
public life is not sufficient to mitigate the wrath e` slc. of
go itlemen among us, because he ' as retired with a in,,ar'oco.
Lis Sovereign's regard, earned by half-a-century of:: West
(Cheers.! The hon, number below me, the member ie'• oho'
Surrey (Mr. Drummond), has made that the occasion ferss, hail
merit assault upon one who is endeared to all who kn,°sa 11
by an affection and veneration as warm as ever was ciss pee'
mankind. (Cheers.) Now, sir, thanking the house '''.l irel
witting me these retrospective and personal allusions, „ate'
oa to the question now before the home.). We have (,i,i ;cell
her Majesty's G .vernmentbecause that Government, rouoid'' .'
I grant, in circumstances of great difficulty, has madeseo l'i. ,
between the aLernatives, as it were, before them, w"-„otle;
think a fatal choice. Sir, I heard to-night an homTheere '
man, the member for Devonshire, remark that he Tin 09.
for the.first time in this debate that who had retained 0° '
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were deserters, and those who quitted it were faithful t▪
bel
hon. gentleman asserts the opposite doctrine. He ealf.,''alifiow
who under difficult circumstances retain office are ;,,4 Pei%
though they change their intentions, and those who 7,0 f
their intentions and quit office, according to the ineevio ffir
Devonshire, are deserters Well, sir, I confess 10, s".
prised to find the hon. gentleman entertain that oPintor
cause I do recollect a case in point, if I may presume vtiPoi
him a suggestion, which I would commend to his niecb 01
Under difficult circumstances in this country, at the 1;0l'',1
the year 1845, with a famine impending a home, Sir j
Peel adhered to office and changed his intention°,a iit
Derby adhered to his intentions and quitted office, te trees
afraid, according to the hon. gentleman, that Sir Rei''',"tet "'„I
was faithful, and Lord Derby a deserter. (Lang"toV
cheers.) I certainly have never applied that teric , cet:ri
Derby, and undoubtedly I don't venture to pronotinen.ii
sure of any kind on the coarse taken by my right he tlw
noble friends. I know, sir, too well from exPerierettif;
difficulty, the pain-I might almost say the agonY----"aoct;
ing at decisions for the government of one's own e°,l to l'e'v
sharp passages of public affairs. I know that too We' 5 off i
sumo to find fault with those who arrive at conclusil.ool 04
site to my own. (Hear.) But, sir, lam sure that alieeie,`
noble friend at the head of the Government and his,se°.„.loo,,i,'
ive shall hear no such imputations, because our eass'‘caoo,o
we are right or wrong, is a simple one. You may eelY,"eet '1
to have changed our intentions, but the head and irs tilelP,
substance of our offending is that we have adheied to oae
(Hear.) We have nothing to do but to repeat on tliee /4,
February the expressions we used on the 29th of Joon; Of '
is impossible for me to-night to denounce this prel,il• oAP'
select committee of inquiry into a great warlike 0F1.310.,:i
now pending and in progress, more violently, e iconic' , toi
say, than I ventured to do on the occasion when it 10.,et
mentioned to the house. I think that, next to eati"eae
own words, one of the most disagreeable processes lel'ti",
reading One's own words. (Laughter.) But in times liv,, 11,
we forget to-day our feelings of yesterday. I venture tfe Co
however, , that I look back now with satisfaction to tnao t ,
pressions I used myself with respect to this conlinittteiets Or
29th of January, and I venture to tell this house tli!'
a° gose;
ness is not to govern, but to call to account tilos! sovtio vises
Your motion is without precedent, and preeelie 10%0. '
matters means wisdom. (Cheers.) The honour° vethY ape
for Aylesbury condemns the committee as till's St is 11'-(1/
ridiculous, and he is right in his condemnation* to re"leit
tory for the true purposes of inquiry-newel,' „-othinsgseo
of evils. It is unconstitutional; it will lead to ',..„1. , t ine!
confusion and disturbance, increased disaster, slie-e; 54 ill
and weakness abroad. (Hear, hear, and cheers•), and 115,
less and mischievous for the purpose c, ntemplatsai the co i
full of danger to the plain dignity and usefnluess use egthltS
moos of England. Sir, I used these words on t' •eOll pe
January, from the bottom of my heart, and it recluirof co 0
apology now for appearing in the face of the Hou'e,beo b. 19,110
moos to state to them why I resigned office rather,' so li e
party to measures which I then denounced: I male!: ore:,
light of the resignation of office. It was painful Ifa'piee;,
part from the work of my department in a period a „,gtleslo
elle' til'
exertions-it was painful for me to part from my e hio Sof
and it was painful for me to part from the adotira'veop3
servants with whom I had been associated in the „tetoo,l
and revenue departments. But these pains must help
borne. They are incidental to the course of public ~so'
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if the house differ in judgment with regard to the tile i,",1
the decision arrived at, they will at any rate Per el'• e;
that decision was one for which I am not obliged te, i'olot' es
the way to imagine extraordinary and far-fetcho teli ~,
but which has been founded upon convictions deliberapsii
tertaiued and expressed with all the force of langliqfice, All/
And now, sir, I come to the question of the cionsiniAL‘sity
beg to call the attention of the house strictly, Ow s• i
tinctness, to the matter which is at issue betweeno- iiifist
subject is one .of such deep importance that I coe's',,goe 0,
tremo anxiety that there shall be no misunderstanul;tes
point. And here let me sty a word in reference °jos PlO
from the right hon. baronet the member for Droitsvo I t4l
Pakiugton.) I listened attentively to his speech,
of offfe"
him for his generous appreciation of the motives tee s?af
hon. friends and myself. But I listened with 51°,04,110
tion to an observation which was founded upon %tete' el
public views. If I understood him correctly', Weis:, let
-that in his opinion there was much to iuquire 'll-„tiellAta.
conduct of the Government ; and, secondly, if 1 510; iii°
him right, he intimated an opinion that if tii.,,e,,oeleoVs'
had been open to him to pursue teat iuquirY ''-'sf it ' 111;
commission appointed by the Crown, in lieu en" elo°ei tfre
mental y committee, he would have been react' tcjiote°4 fr.
such a commission. I hope I have correctly lin '0,V40,`,
right bon. baronet. I have repeated his sentn set ale ''
the purpose of establishing points of difference, b, Ille,I,;
the purpose of establishing points of agieemen'artheis is
will be clearly understood that we are not here „se ~,e ~
nents of inquiry. (Hear, hear.) We
are pot
,nloori7..
opponents of inquiry even in the sense of endeilpelet, fro;
shut out from the view of the house that whiebsut 0,i,; tiO:',
nary circumstances, it might be desirable so to lt 1,0 il,
their view. The question raised here is twofold• 0011,0;
with respect to the inquiry into the state a tbses peleirifis;:si
Crimea ; and it is, secondly, with respect to the sl'av/is ;la
the conduct of the Government departmentS• all of Ai
spect to the latter, it is the sincere desire of eta teeti'oe
eii` ,
there should be every facility for an inquiry in,leiOsei'ese
departments, so that it would not involve an 0 tbo 0 'me
this house into the management of the aria ilocitiiii roe,
But that is the difficulty of keeping those tw°„,.-arnw., 0(60
tied. We are of opinion that the state of e",.,," ate" 000,: so
Crimea is not a fit subject of inquiry by a eein: Otoiiroes
house. When Lord J. Russell entered into hr,.st t9de P
upon his retirement from office, he stated i'',",yet" tbe;l,l
could not join with us in negativing the icetieee°l ce 4110
equally unable to give his sanction and countoinfloPeD
quiry, and he stated his belief that such 3°,1'0'46°
have the effect of paralysing the action of the n'if to;tte„ in
respect to the army. We, however, feel that of ls' i,lo,,`'aea
inquiry into the Government departments it is Ace, se i,,,,„a
we should appear before the committee out of, tit",e. de
office. lam also bound to say Ido not belie ow'ite „." all
evaded Parliamentary inquiry by retiring fro :el 4:00 e'oo,l
as to the appointment of our successors, I ,Tio liu of 1.01
that there are gentlemen in this quarter of ",,,tioti_,%ere,` t
whom we aro now cultivating amicable reLiii c`tiroeci'sie
neighbourhood-(laughter)-who would be eve inee'lieli"
to discharge those duties from which w° P`:,,b'ello no '',a,l
do not think that there is any reason to apps smiled c°311,0
nienee when I recollect that these gentlenslio an ept
c„)
culty in communicating to me in the Icostooeern.ted.,tel,
manner their satisfaction at finding that the 01". e"" 0
.. els. •In ,0
got rid of worthless and incongruous mate° .0 for e `lel
But I must confess that I appreciate the &ea , ha`ol,l "0
of flea• from the reasons for it. I grant soeititis.litiog in the country which requirestttt/etielg
with the utmost caution and givencircumspection t a clo
that the vote of this house, could effect be a,lOll peoto
out ruinous detriment to the public intere:_eof °lees 41e
upon the deference-I would say obedience....,l, e bob id POO
manunder these circumstances, lthe',7, i sbozig 1, 44'
inconvenience at best would have been resi.;„ of ti" eel'
been prepared to submit even to a couirai'„opeeeo:d. s forol
that inquiry into the conduct of the Cie open opentioei'!i,si
tuents. But the larger question which
.w 7 the o_rses_ls4,4
night ago- -which was begun by distractlll,l3!;coreeo..r , is,' tisl
this Country, but which has nut yet run ibis eelietn't, old
its end-(hear, hear)-the larger question° silo stasse?!;so
committee shall be appointed to investigat
.„,1:3 peine.,,r,' ,i i,;'.,
army in the East I And here I will state tr.uooed;
,s,,'-to 'leer
which it seems to me that •we ought ton yrrew., throe° iivieli
conceive nothing more simple, in nee oo o The, to 1003
a generous sketch of the duty of the h ne_ufferie, lie 11
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not but view with pain and horror tfi°,. b i hope %,1800,
our forces in the East have been exposea ,
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sseCha
will not adopt that strain of exaggeration ''aco ebe"o,7 oi.."fer
to those sutterings, which I am sorry te, ,sota ' „itte;nite
ti ;17 rllOO3 1041;
consciously into it through the speeclies.r.lid"-tbotesbrs se
Jug
house. (An ironical cheer.)
Pomfret (Mr. ISI. Milnes), 63
lied t° e*
as I have done, would have been coniPe or Our b°
arDiVe'
tice of my observations ; because three
_ribed onr (9,0 r of
men who have spoken to-night have de,eesaoearea aootheo op:
destroyed, as annihilated, as gone, as (.!120'd wee lined tie 0'
member-" Perished ")-aye, and Poi* tbe mess 104°0
• (100:0,
courage that really very
the words used. I hope the house Nylon, Poi*
if be-Miyiadon.
would,b:t their° 01,4
speech. Still, our pain atdtahneges7ffnegriSga:edult:et,,,:fased c:ii':::
and subdues the joy with which
prated its brilliant exploits, and. f
_., obliges' sat asao;i
no limits to be placed to the ditties a1".ifi,,050 dug
no
house to ascertain the causes o f those
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ue into ....11't_ At
and when ? (Hear-) If you are to 00',..„,u-: pliant.'"
loge with a view to calling to act:quit w'v