The southern press. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1850-1852, 1851-04-22


khett, the other United States sepatag N i1f1
State. on the same day, was stiil more exeteiI
IN some remarks ceilvsssd Il ! p~e1infs& It'd
city. The tone OF tho Newspaper pres1s W1sehl
generally follows Ia the wake Or public cpfnisn,
indicates accession to b forRoBs conclnsion.
Within short time We expect the issue to be
virtually settled. Il " coming rapidly 10 that
point.
Lord H0LLAnD Oh xAs DsSssssvs,--Fhe sdi-
tor Of Lord Holiands very attractive rs.inis.
cences. and the heir Of that noble lords nesss
and title. has been compelled 10 take 70 the
newspapers 10 selfdefencs. The ITnss cviti-
ciss'i the book with some severity. A late mum
Der OF the journal contains the following reply
from the noble editor to the commoper Editor:
Sin in the Times Of the 9th Of January,
have read with much surprise acme stslctrres
upon my fathers Forsign "Reminiscences, re-
Gently published by me.
1t is far from my intention to comment on the
justice, on the taste, OF the value of that i-
tique my fathers reputation az an author, q
politician. and man Of taste, 10 too elevated,
and too European, to be injured By such mis-
sies. But, as In the course Of that article it,
author has thought proper to cAst grave asper-
sions on my fathers memory, and Enthusiastically
to deduce most forced conclusions against Lord
John Russell, from very falss premises--the
passage on which they are founded bearing ex-
cusively on past timss-I must, in justice to
both, request place in your columns for this
reply.
My father, openly and conformity with the
Duke of Sussex, in his quality Of peer, pro-
tested against the Emperor Napolson's captivity.
All his subsequent communications with the
captives passed through Lord Bathurst's hands.
As TO the report Of his having been privy to any
plan for the Emperor's escape from St Helena,
it could at best only obtain momenlary credencs
among the m Dat obscure, ignorant, and malevo-
lent gossps Of the dny.
However, that such report was ever current
at any time, never heard and totally disbelieve.
Should the author Of these structures set any
value on justice and candor, it appears to me
he is bound to make known his authorities for
such prepOsterous accusation. Lord John
Russell was not. as stated, my fathers literary
executor, and whatever legal title to papers the
subsequent will Of my mother may have con-
ferred on him, he long ago renowned in nv
favor Lord John must, therefore, be fully ac-
Quilted of the dark and mysterious designs upon
the succession to the crown Of which the critic
thinks he has, with ingenus sagacity, discovered
the germs in my farther's expressed admiration
for those principles of constitutional freedom
which placed the house of Hanover on the
throne of these realms-principles of which to
the last hour of his life, he was constant,
strenuous, and unflinching supporter.
remain, sir, your obedient servant,
HOLLAND.
To this the journalist replies as follows;
"L0rd Holland does i'll to court discussion
upon the merits of volume of which the best
friends of the author feel--not without rsason
heartily ashamed. In the review of which his
son so petulantly complains, no .aspersions~ on
the memory of the late Lord Holland were cast
no "forced conclusions" from very false premises
were adduced; no 'preposterous" accusations
were advanced, unless, indeed, 1t seems "prepos-
ferrous" to our correspondent to charge writer
with offences against decorum and good taste,
that are indelibly stamped upon almost every
page of his most offensive book While natu-
raj dislike of the legitimate rule of kings be-
trays itself throughout the work, at page thirty
one of Foreign "Reminiscences, it is broadly
limited that free government is difficult If not in
compatible, with lineal descent
at was but charitable to hope that Lord John
Russell, her Majesty's prime minister, and the
reputed literary executor of Lord Holland, had
neither countenanced the republican sentiments
nor sanctioned the indecent gossip that accom-
panied them. We rejoice that Lord John has
iOHS ago TeHOuHCeQ IN FAVOR OF our noble cor
respondent Whatever legal title to papers the
will of the late Lady Holland may have con-
ferred upon him. The very day after the pub
LEGATION Of our notice we fastened to announce
Lord Johns disclaimer Of executorship, and we
now leave TO Lord Holland oil the credit TO be
derived from exclusive sponsorship, humbly ten
dering our apology for deeming it possible even
for one moment that the unclean pages of Lord
Hollands book could have undergone the scru-
tiny of mind 80 classical and refined a. that of
Lord John Russell. ss,-
"Another apology, it seems, is due to the late
Lord Holland for over estimating his sympathy
for the msfortunes of Napoleon Bonaparte We
ventured to declare that Lord Holland would
have been among the first to hail. the escape of
the illustrious exile from ST. Helena, and to ss-
sert further that public opinion wrongs Lord
Holland if he would not have done more, and
helped towards the release. Justice and candor'
require us, is innocently said, TO reveal our
authorities for this insinuation.' Justice and
candor demand no more than that we should re-
fer to the publication of Lord Holland himself
for our best justfcation-a pamphlet, which, If
it reveals anything at all, betrays an utter reck-
essness of all considerations that ought to inhu-
cree the patriot and true lover of liberty, in tho
understandable endeavor to arrogate for tyrant
of earth the virtues and prerogatives of an angel
Of light"
Mrs. 6wisshelm on Modesty.
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