Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1852-01-17

abroad and with establishment at home Her Ma;astv,a
49, could not be indifferent to the fact that from
ton u another, the administration Of foreign
s X iorn faimerston had apparently left him with
Out an ay IN Europe and think without friend
ahat not the natural or proper position for
~ Y 81 any English Minister, especially at time
wheh interest and object should be to cultivate
acaDe nd pacihc relations with all foreign States and
every whee but with the Foreign Office
For Ourselves, have so often had occasion 10 crt;;za
LORD PamFstons administration Of the Foreign depart
ment, when he was supported by united Ministry and
powerful Parliamentary party that the more will
hgy ABSTAIN on the present occasion from reyyinp the
charges which were then we, thought, Justly brought
against him We had rather call to mind IL his long
ministerial Greer be now brought to a close the ndefa
gabe activity be hrs often shown in the public service
| sas1 eap%ay Tor work, the courage in presence Of
made him. spite of ali q liz s0f vO meh o hs S
House of Commons and of great party in the country
Thinking as do of the principles, rather the want
OF strong consistent principles which his policy has
been based tHoud be aectation express either
surprise REJECT at this termination of his services We
have long heldfhat policy in all its bearings to be
tally mischeYus to this country well as to others
and In the preSnt state of Europe needs very pene
tratng discernen to discover that it likely to lead
to far more sebus consequences. 1t Lord Palmers-
tons misfortune if it his fault to have excited
among the eld statesmen of Europe degree of hostility
and dsrust Which exaggerated oil his defects and denied
all his merits Nor the other hand, could much
lance be placed by the Liberal party his attempts
second their efr for the establishment of constitutional
governments f believe that his very last in power
was to express bis unqualified appreciation of the French
coup detat THIS want Of personal good viii between the
English Foregp Secretary and all the leading Cabinets Of
the continent operated practical disqualification
the transactioof important affairs, and had tendency
to deprive this country Of its just influence abroad w
nothing definite to quel about the position OF the
Queens Ministers at several Courts had become incom-
patible with che duties of her mission
These inconvenience would however have been Of less
account If there Ind been cordial union Of opinion
and conduct between Lord Pamerton and his colleagues
But we are now entitled to from this seycrance of
their official connexion although they had chiya-
rously stood by him when he seemed plunged in nsur
mountabe difficulties by his acts of inemperance and
discretion they not nsensble the painful
quences of such situation. And, if we wanted any
proof of the justice of the expostuatons have
times felt it duty to address the late Foreign Minis
ter should find it in the fact that Lord Palmerstons
colleagues have at length separated themselves from him
grounds probably not dissmar from those arguments
we have consistently opposed to him. On their respGns
bihty to the Crown and to the nation which outweghed
at last in their minds all party interests personal ties and
the habits Of long intercourse they felt that the Time
when Lord Palmerson could longer hold the
seals of the Foreign Department and any other office
in the State proposed to him. it at any rate not
accepted
No doubt under any circumstances, the difficulty and
hesitation which have attended such step before it
rrevocably taken greatly increased by the
cessity of finding Minister whose expe-
ience embraced forty years of official life and whose
tvity had absorbed all the business of his Office But
believe that the seals have been offered
Il not already accepted by nobleman who though COM
paratvey young in political lfe has commanded the
praise and of the country in all the positions he
has hitherto filed We believe that such man. entering
upon of the arduous and important Offices not
only in this country but in the world may confidently
the support of that nation whose interests it is his
luty to protect and to represent; and less the
friendly feeling of those foreign States whose interests
Identified with in defence Of the general prn
cipes of legality and peace This change important
IS has been dictated by personal party motives
Tor they all tended in the opposite drectonbut by
mperious sense of duty and necessity and have
doubt that it will be considered by the country as
fee not hastily or nconsiderately made, to the public
good.