The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-20 00:00:00

Is he truly and strongly for carrying it out with
vigour ? Does he share the fixed resolution of the
Premier to submit to no incomplete peace, to adopt
no terms but those which were fixed by Right and
Justice for the War ?

We cannot very much regret the force of a spirit
which is carrying England triumphantly and ho-
nourably forward ; and we regret it the less, per-
haps, because in the present instance we believe
that we can give a satisfactory answer to the in-
quiries which it dictates. A glance at the late Par-
liamentary course of Mr. Labouchere will show that
he has steadily and straightforwardly adhered to the
necessity of the vigorous measures of war pursued
by the present Ministry. He is not a ram to waste
much oratory on the subject, nor is he likely to dis-
play himself in speeches on matters in which he is
not immediately concerned ; but he is a man whose
abili ties and powers have always been conscientiously
used, and have never been sacrificed to the cry of
a faction—have never pandered to the longing for
place. Mr. Labouchere, therefore, judging him by
his votes, is one whose sagacity has led him to the
honest conviction that the war must be carried out
vigorously and well. He has other qualifications,
in our opinion, nearly as necessary for the place he
is about to fill.

Our Colonial Empire has spread of late years to
an enormous extent, and it is yearly increasing.
It is as impossible to govern it on the poco curante
system—on the system which would have its rights
and its wrongs to be settled or unsettled by Colo-
nial-office clerks, while the Secretary was sitting
down nightly amid loud and prolonged cheering
from the house, after brilliant speeches on the
merits of the war—as it is to govern it on the plan
which would jealously arrogate all power and every
measure in the colonies to the mother country—
which would rule Australia at the other side of the
world as if those magnificent colonies were a
Channel island, and treat the adult strength of
Canada as if she were a babe in leading-strings.
Mr. Labouchere has experience, and has shown
sagacity and ability enough to be free from these
fatal errors. He has tenacity and ability enough
to fix steadily on the hard work that has to be done
by the Colonial Secretary of State. We trust that
he will adhere to what,t3oB/1113 the great rule of the
present Government,. and do the business of his
place well and thoroughly, •with tact and temper,
in spite of all extraneouxexcitement.
Some surprise has been expressed, some sneers
have been vented, at the charge that Mr. Labou-
chere is a Whig, and that Lord Palmerston has
been forced to fall back on the Whig party to form
his Ministry. For our own parts, we thought that
the last of that once famous body had ceased to
recognise any particular principles which held it
together. The Tories have suffered the same fate
—the Protectionists have fared no better—the
Peelites have faded into the Peace Party. The
world of England is divided into two great bodies
—those who uphold constitutional order and the
greatness of the country ; and those who long for
change. though it involve a fall to insignificance.
Among the former—from Whigs, Peelites,,, or
Tories—Lord Palmerston has sought his men.
The latter he avoids, and faces sternly and uncom-
promisingly.