Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-11-22
From the London Times, Nov. 9.

From the London Times, Nov. ..
Among Hving British names there 10 one especially
European. Feared at Courts in the mouths OF di-
plouistiss subscribed to many document 10 force or
orgoer the name Of Pslmerstou belongs to the world.
80 no-, tho people have timo to look bsck-and the
long intervals Of the intelligence give time for almost
anythingit Is likely the question aud then asked,
"whst Ia Lord Palmerson doing, What does no think
OF tho wary Would he have averted hg Would he
have brought Il earlier to crisis IL he gathering
friends and concerning measures with view to his old
postT We csnnot undertake to answer all thee ques-
tions but the world may see at thug that
Lord Palmerston Is doing. Deep In the heart Of the
country somewhere between the New Forest and Sails
bury Psiu he Ia presiding naocent rustic celebrities,
delivering prizes to bucolc excellence and teaching
aborers how to DO happy and merry and Wise. Il Is tho
custom Of Statesmen to fall back nov and then gu
the bosom Of mother EARTH and Afterwards return refreshed
to the struggles Of the world The sight Of and
heath, Of hill and vale, Of tho ancient wood and tho
running stream, and above ALL Of tho aoourers simpe
honest face tends purify aud invgorac the mind Some
gentlemen take this refrcshmcnt by hunting or shooug
by surrounding themselves with armies Of laborers
aud looking after possible improvements some Lord
Plmerston has just been doing by assembling round them
the vrtuous and able Of the rural throng and dis
rbuting them their proper rewards Our elder read
ers will remember that took kindly to the
practice OF premiums necessarily liable to DO
ridiculous, and always rather mpertincni Thirty shil-
ngs but poor reward for the hero who has lived
half century 10 tho Of farmer and returned
Intoxicated with his for ten years. Ii strange
that Lord Psmerstoas own scotsman should receive
sovereign out OF puouc SUBSCRIPTIONS tOr NOrkmanNkc
drilling Then much as NO admire shspely rick, .
smooth tstched stack of corn, uehoci field VI tutups
q and clean coitsg, pretty, productive garden,
we have think these rather the objects
OF prase than reward aud be vulgariIed by
citation with lucre There is too, unpleasant alloy Of
seinterest in the scale of rewards Romcy benevoence
to gush out with particular force whom rural
take the or Of saving the rates Never have received
psrochial relief or to have received only medical relief
and that good many years ago, puts man high in
the good grsces Of rstepsyer Why should il no,s But
fh As.irh al. ,,b
Lord Palnerston, however, on this OCCASION has NO.
conned himself to the distribution Of prizes grad
uatcd, in lawful coin oi the realm. lie has delivered
homily less sound more le-s nov. lie tolls
the aooser truly enough that poverty is the general lot
and that, while IL is possible all become poor, il
impossible all should become rich That being the case
the aborer should become rich in virtues which he may
be In spite oil the utno adversely OF fortune When,
however, Lord Pslmerston proceeds to lay down that
all naturally good certainly does strike that this
u neither necessary TO his purpose nor at all Of de-
nonstration You will hud he Says That all children
born good it is bad education associations
early life that the minds OF Ii is that
there are now aud then exceptions general principles
As there men who have been born with club feet,
born blind, or with oihe. personal deccs also il will
happen that children will be born with defective DISPOSE
tons but these are rare exceptions BE persuaded that
the mind aud heart OF man are naturally good and it de-
peids upon training ami education whether that goodness
at birth shall continue to display ils-if,
whether by bad associations shall be corrupted and de-
stFoyrd.' Nos, this is n doctrine At all events wholly
hei T"Judsc by appearances children bora neither
good nor BAD Tor tits considerable time before they show
even az nuc0 goodness aud sense rs
inferior aulm,l. at mucr Younger age. When they
do beSlu TO slow Indications of moral nature those
dcaGus ATE oiten OF uniaroraoe character and
certiaiy not learned from bad company. Had his Lord
ship peen IN the habit OF nursing childen from their
earliest infancy, he would be that, in
the beat CONDUCTED nursery, and shou, any bad associ
ates At ALL tae. often sho~ themselves early impatient
pse'sh, stubborn, aud generally speaking rather AMI
Int IN their rnpensIIic- Ii Is good deal de-
prnis on the nurse and therefore have suggested
l'raship himself tor the Office. II ANYBODY could teach
child to smle its tears bear abstinence with
torude robukes with patience, AMI inward conmotions
with grace, Lord Pamrrston is the do il; never
theless feel that he would soon find he had
as dtlsut subjects to deal with he found in the
highly exceptional character of priuces the evil
cations of Courts. But what is value Of his Lord
ships opaion Oh the point aud Why does he Commit
self ~ entirely out OF his province: TIE present OF
the "o:!i airiS strange comment on theory OF natuIa
goodness Aher whole age ii peace, progress, educa-
t'"' iehSion, and everything good We hnd ourselves
once more a, war, anj likely 90 tearing one nuoth-
eT 10 pieces Tor many year TO come.
Perhaps We are 10 co=iier that his LDrdhp is dealing
with tie Hampshire understanding by the rules of dipio
macy. Let people only believe that their children
come ito tue word good aud happy, aud then they will
tike more pains To preserve goodness which exists hsn
to create tina; which is yet bs made Bot practically
the mater Il taken OF his Loriships hands Just
that period of the iuinte development when his theory
ought 10 be OF Cauckily, the frs, and greatest
SIS come from ~ithIn not without; and his Lordshp,
strangely enough, himself contributes important test
ony 10 this TACT. After following the oil his
naturally good Child till 1t becomes good parent and
scciionate Observation-Disclosures which be very properly
describes to be the Foundation Of sociey-hs pictures
this model Of goodness this healing element in the dsor
ders u humanity suddenly wrecked aud ruined two
rocks, lying right in the hbourer'5 course. -
These are the tobacco-shop aud the beer.shop.-
But for these twin devices Of the loo il il i'm
impossible 10 how far the pure Of might 60
IN the path OF perfection. They stand like Sin and Death
i'll Millions picture OF ades. They the seductions i,
appears TO which humanity prones Oar really good
man. virtuous from his BIRTH the kind husband of vir-
ous wife, aud the siectionate father OF viruous children
tobacconists shop ieels longing smoke enters
ststes the desire Of his soul becomes thirsty enters
public house, drinks glass Of ale aud from that hour is
ruined man. lie has lost his virtue and henceorth will
be only be miserable wreck poor storm cast derelict
wandering wind and direct its Grant cous
THIS IL poor end for splendid hypothesis What nat
nrA goodness worth it pas, the obscconis and
the beer saop Here then, fear his ordshp sac
rhcing truth to diplomacy and practising lit piou-
iaud OF II. pie hearers he had just rendered happ,
with their tghitgoen sovereigns This theory OF per
ict natures wrecked the sunken rocks mention.
cd DOS not account for the amcnabe result even TO the
narrow Ken aud credulOus temper OF Hampshire pea.
sau
SMITH OBRiES ARRIVED GisKALTAR-The London
news says that among the passengers MALTA and
Gibraltar toy the Gambia, which arrived with tho Indian