The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-05-10

the momentsry impulse over, win not abandon than
Mr. isyards notice. os moaS wordsd that 4
may % mace 70 serve the purposes OF party or
may force Discussion on the questions - this mo.
70 attempt the overthrow the present min.tr, n
may Dc made TO raise the issus-whether aristocrstc
st rests Of the country Few men viii demur 70 ths
proy> ston that the manner in which merit and s
auence and to blind adherence to routine in ths an
70 the great Offices Of State 70 posts In
tine ana q. 'sss Of
has already given rise TO great mis- ortunes hreaens to
bring discredit Upon the national character, and TO
involve the country In serious disasters y Nor in
the present condit ON Of affairs will any one deny
that this House WI give its best support to any
pose to tseh its nsain objects the efficiency Of
the public service and the vigorous prosecution Of the
sns But When eom.s 70 ). asasS o~
will you work your reformrr or What ministry will Su
sassese as 20 mees rne zoe embodied Ia
to be provided with an answer or can he point out any
The ariaoracy of hss country rsay thank Lord Palmer
ston for the dangerous position in Whic they ley,
ere long, to be placed 1t ID not inconsistent with
vanity by the Premes oontemptaous treatment Of his
questions on Thursday evening, have been the i'm
mover may have little specific weight the motion Il rem
dered grave one By the peculiar temper Of the public
dextercus choice of occasion that Mr. Doe and Mr.
Thomas DuncoDbe-both prominent members OF the
tive class In wh1ch Mr. Layard has enrolled himself
have, from time to time, produced parliamentary re-
suits disproportioned to their personal infusnce It
the fault Of the minister Of the day he permits the
public affairs to be 80 msmanaged that these small asp
rants able to invest themselves with fictitious i'm
pcrtance In Lord Palmerston's case, this course of
duct has been sngulary unpardonabe because the
hands, had that Little been 6fered with frank sympa-
thy and hearty good will.
Mr. Layard and his motion would be alike nsignif-
can't 1t not that the evils pointed at uAdeniaby
exist Lord Pamerst0n has formed his ministry a. II
he at the beginning instead Of at the end OF his
Even this might have been overlooked because
the people have been accustomed to the arstocrAcy
in the high places, and the day is not yet for
that final struggle between Saxon Independence
and Norman privilege, which Therry shadows forth
in his profound and eloquent history. 1t is
rather the Premier himself who has wounded the pride
Of the nation by treating disaster with inderencs
with dsdain We know well that all the
changes demanded not by the public will than by
the justice Of the case cannot be effected in day We
kNO1o that silent but unrersdl revolution In system
icH alone meet the groctng ,cats and aroused tntcgsc
OF the people. We are not unreasonable to demand
all this at the outset Of gigantic war But Lord Pal
mers0n, who had the and the confidence of the
tion might have shaped out programme, to which he
would have pledged himself and his successors; and
self sacrifice on the part Of uthe families have
been accepted ample payment account. As it is
the Premier has ncensed the public into tAc adop-
ton by anticipation, Of the frst petition of grievances
that may be presented for their acceptance It is not
the first instance Of aristocracy being endangered
by the rash obstinacy Of one Of their own order.