The daily union., 1846-09-28
From the London Morning Chronicle Of August 20
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war Is the ultima ratio; and II is idle 10 bark unless
we mean 10 bite
From the London Morning Chronicle Of August26
Considered Lord Pllmerstons orgsn)
When Lord G. Bentinck made his onslaught on
Lord Lyndhurst, we remarked upon the significant
tacturulty of the member for Shrewsbury. Other
wise oraIorlcal he was here silent The wit OF his
rhetoric was replaced by the miracle of his torbear
ance. And this was to the disadvantage of Lord
George; since the modssty of his friend wus the
measure Of his own intemperance.
SO accustomed were we to see these two
knights
liugc equis. illum superare pugnis
NobileHl--
couch their lances simultaneously, and spur their
chargers in unison, that the new phenomenon Of a
singe-hsnded attack on the part of the member for
Lynn, suggested the unwelcome idea of extraya-
gance on the one side and dsapproyal on the other
Il was sad thing to see brave man fight without
hacker. But, perhaps, he was over 'quarrelsome
POlluX got sometimes into scrapes where even Cas-
tor was unable TO JON him. There is an echo in
ASIA Minor Of such scrupulous proprety, that, al
though pre-eminent IA its natural sonancy, Il will
not answer 10 any impure invocation. The silence
Of D'lsrae in re LyndhuTSt the silence OF this
decofous echo; and It Lord George Bentinck
who had the credit of feeling the tacItness Of the
negative rebuke.
The tables have since been turned. In the de-
bate upon the present state Of British interests in
Mexico, and the effects upon them Of the war be-
tween that country and the United States il was
Lord George who asked the sensible question, and
Mr. Dlsraeli " ho enlarged into the trashy comment
RING tho irrelevance of the extraneous history
and the contradcted statistics there was nothing in
Lord Georges speech which did not when COM
pared with his late exhibitions, show hvofably both
for his temper and his capacity Al any rate his
speech on Tuesday has proved him to be as fl a
probltIoner for prospective secretaryship of for
Such is the versatility of real genius and such the
power Of assimilation in new field Of research, and
upon new elements of cram The simple question
as TO whether England had offered its mediation be-
ween Mexico and America was asked Of the Secre-
tary Of Foreign Affairs; and il was asked without
single personality, and with its as to matters
OF fact limited to one solitary hsllucination about
the Introduction into Mexico of foreign manufac-
lures IN American vessels. Let this be recorded
and let new use be contemplated for the model re-
public il IL evidently no favoriie of Lord c. BEN
tnck's. Could it not, by a little manguvrng, be
made sately-vave TO his irritation-a scapegoat
Tor his natural vctims' Let him turn the current of
hls wrath from Peel TO Polk, and thence from Polk
20 Pennsylvania. Then let HIM shade off his resent
mens dellcatey, I'LL they fall upon slavery or sugar
rrPuhlIcanlsm or reputation, or some such insensi.
BILE abstraction.
To Lord George Bentnck's question nothing
could be clearer than the reply of Lord PaImerston
lhe late ministry had suggested the present ministry
had ottrsd mediation.
What more could be donei Cabinets must con-
sder, and the Atlantic is wide ocean. There
must lie time for deberation, and there must be
time for the return of steamers Mexico too, is
WIDE area, and the annexation that would totally
annlhlate Its independent existence and attach il To-
Amenca, must, In Lord Pulmerston's opinion, be
but slow.
Hereat Mr. D'Israeli was dissatisfied n ,couLd
hare been consolation 10 them fe noble lord had
slated Of fuosJ b,Jb be,, NJ
doubt 1t would. "A man that writes from Calcutta
To an agent IN London, inquring whether a certain
proposal for certain loan of money can be agreed
to- is conoted when he hears that has been accepted
um'd suitor to proud beauty, equally distant
both in manners and locality, is eoilsoLed when he
hears that his offers hare been accepted Culprs, too
are eonsoted when they hear that the application for
repref has been accepted Indeed, us general rule
acceptances except in the way of city business are
essentially ofa consoatory nature. Still they must
in the usual course of events he waited for and i'll
the member for Shrewsbury grow patient in the
intenm-why then-his friends must put up for
him the prayer,
"Ye gods annhilate but time and space
And make one member happy" !
As for his enemies, they may possibly think him
froward and unreasonable; which if thew do, the |
world in general will probably coincide in their opin-
ion.
Right in his appreciation of the utter incapacity
EeU-gOYcrnment.
r. ssnhepPy in his illustrations frora the Old World |
Afteyenlarging upon the heplessness of the Span-
lard OF the New World, after despairng of the DO
hrcal integrity of Mexico being upheld by any eff |
forts of Mexico ITSELF and after noticing the outward
and visible signs OF weakness that had been mani
tested at different times and in various quarters by
me repeated invitations on the part of the separate
Mexican States TO foreign powers he proclaims his
belief in the futity OF all forms of diplomacy
But If European diplomacy failed, what could be
done? There was a third course, Were they pre-
pared to take II! Would they act towards Mexico
as they had acted towards other States under similar
circumstances Would they protect Mexico. Would
they do for Mexico what had been done for another
reVoiutonzed colony-what they had done for
Greece' Would they establish, with other great
powers Interested a protectory which would give
Mexico a chance of ten wears OF tranouilltyp ~
Even as in the Eascheap Tavern the diving Fat-
t u babbted about green sts So even in the far west
and beyond the Atlantic does the eloquent ex.pro-
ected revert TO the sounds and symbols of preyi-
rus and happier state of existence Protection is
o HIM, a term too interviewer with
"All thoughts, all passions, all delights,
Whatever srs his mortal framer-
o be abandoned even amid the dissonant consonant
'ames of Mexican localities, and the nasalisms of
transatlantic oratory. Like the RAM des Vaches
he old sound haunts him.
Protection, oh protection
The glorious sound proclaim
Till each remoest nation
Hath heard its sacred name"
Protection for corn, protection for candle-erease
'rotection for Jamaica sugar, protection for Deme-
ara rum, protection for the duca coronet protec-
ION for the Dorsetshire laborer; finally protection
or Mexico, and all the States belonging to her
inabe TO protect themselves. Thank Heaven we
rave at least grown catholic in our sentiments, and
,ave extended this same egis of protection beyond
ne mere pale OF our own island-home. Ii spreads
Is shade from Chichester to Chihuahua =.
But Greece--Greece is neither the political nor
he historical equivalent to Mexico. Greece is the
parallel to Texas II is the slice cut off, not the re-
nander The real Mexico Of Europe is Turkey;
ma this we do protect; but not according to anao-
'les of Mr. D'lsrael The example of Greece was
: + anything, reason for the acknowledgment Of
Texas. As applied to the integrity of Mexico. il
'horded precedent on the other side
Chlvalry, therefore, prompts Mr.. D'Israeli to in
ugate England toa Mexican protectorshp The
'rohered mediation is to be declined, and then our
Interference IS to change It's character What shape
: 1t to assume2 Nov, no one knows better than
Il