The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-02-15

over, the same rigmarole on agriculture, COM
merce, manufactures and mining-the san
contracted ignorance of the universal, world
wide drawbacks Of the war in Europe; the same
unmeaning generalities upon State affairs the
same fighting of the windmills in his attacks
upon the Know Nothings the same slang
whanging of the fippant ~demagogue on the
slavery question ; and the same dirty malice
against the editor of the HERALD. This con-
tinued infection upon the honest virginians
should, if possible, be arrested. Mr.. Wise wants
the materials for a new speech or two. Let
Captain Rynders hasten to his relief.
Fall OF tho Aberdeen Observation-Disclosures OF
the ArIstocracy In England.
The Aberdeen Ministry has gone the way of
all coalitions, and died an ignominous death. 1t
falls, an object at once of contempt and wonder
to the civilized world, and Of excavation and
hatred to the British people. From the COM
mencement of the war it has exhibited a luke
warmnes Of purpose and an indecision which,
if they did not arise from treachery, looked but
too like 1t. The men who composed this galaxy
of political talent have, with one exception, ef-
fectually damned their regulations. As the Lon
don Times has emphatically declared, they have
sold the country to the court party.
And now comes the struggle for ascendancy
between the two great rival influences. The
Queen has sent for Lord Derby and has com
missioned him to form q ministry, forgetting
that at present there is only one ministry pcs
siblc, and that ministry embodied in the person
orouo a poo;doo Lord norhv 20 ;rcpor;cuo
crotchetty and irrascible and no man of any
weight Of character would be contented to
serve under him in q state Of things which re-
quires GOODNESS, patience, and more than an or
binary amount of self. control. He is, Of all
men, perhaps the worst calculated for an
emergency like the present. But what
do the court party care for thati Next to
the active Russian sympathies Of Lord Aber.
deem, the detective temperament Of Lord Derby
affords them the readiest means Of ~effecting
their objects. They might make . concession to
popular feeling by accepting Lord Palmerston
as Minister of War, but they could check, con-
troll and neutralize him by giving Is . chief
that most impracticable Of all elfwilled and
ielc Connected statesmen-Lord Derby. The
plan was well conceived, but 1t appears to have
failed. His lordship has been unsuccessful in
his efforts to form q cabinet. Lord Palmerston
will not serve under such q man, for Lord Pal
merston values his political reputation, and he
cannot afford to hazard it again under q second
puppet of the court party. Even the dashing
Disraeli, whose audacity is equal to anything,
from literature to finance, and from finance to
war, will not this time suffice to get him out of
his difficulty. The patience Of the English peo-
pie would be hardly equal to the task of bear
ing with u government OF mere rhetorical
aourishes, after they have had such difficulty in
escaping from the paralyzing influence of an
hcrmapbrodite cabinet.
1t is lamentable in all this to iud the sove-
reign-and that sovereign a feeble woman
made to play a part 80 opposed to the feelings
and interests Of her people. She cannot fully
comprehend the movements of the wires that
are pulled behind her throne, or she would not
have hesitated for an instant In sending for the
man to whom the unanimous voice Of the Fog
lish people has long pointed as the only one
capable of extricating them from their present
embarrassments Her disregard of . fact 30
patent only shows the deplorable extent to
which foreign influences are allowed to prevail
in the royal closet. So much the worse for her
self and her children. Nothing viii more surely
bring the monarchical institution into contempt
than these attempts to sacrifice the most pre-
cious interests Of her people to the foreign pre-
JUDGES and attachments of her husband. She
would do we'll to r~ecollect that no term Of OPP
probrium more efectually marked out the uu-
happy Marie Antoinette to the hatred Of the
masses than that of " the Austrian" Were
the cry Of "the Russian just now raised
against Queen Victoria by the consequences of
her own acts, we would not answer for the
safety Of her throne.
As we have before observed, however, al
though The court party will struggle hard
against it, there is only one ministry now pos
siblc in England, and that is o cabinet with
Lord Palmerston as its soul and head. As q
subordinate under any other mans leadership,
the qualities that he is acknowledged TO pos
sess would be neutraiizcd and lost. II was for
this reason that he contented himself with the
Office Of Home Secretary, when the public
voice designated him for that Of Secretary Of
War. He will not compromise his reputation
and the interests Of the country by making this
mistake o second time. He must be Premier
or he cannot be an efficient Minister Of War;
for to repair the disasters that have already
been brought about by the incxperience, the
imbecility, and perhaps, even, the treachery,
of his former collea CUES. he must have ths