Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1855-07-27
SPIRIT OF TIE MORNING PRESS.

The InteiftgeaeeT comments at length on the
last war and State news from Europe, remark
ing that while the Allies are building new
works for the attack, the Russians are build
ing still stronger ones for the defense of Sebas-
pol. Or, in other words, that a triumph for
the Allies before Sebastopol is now further of
than ever. Pellissier, it seems is opposed to
any movements Of the Allies from before Sc
bastopol for the purpose Of attacking or occu-
Pying any other point. His policy is to de-
vote all their means to the preservation of the
present seige, and that only. Of the retire
nent Of Lord John Russell from the Palmes-
ton ministry, the InteIiigeneer says:
The rupture in the British House of Com
mons and Ministry was consequent upon n
motion TO censure Lord John for his course in
the Vienna negotiations His political adver-
saries accuse him of equivocatiOn but we
much question if they ever convict him of so
dishonorable a charge. Error of judgment
they may prove, but we have much mistaken
the character of the man if it shall ever be
shown that he has acted dishonesty or falsely
The fact we take to be simply this the nation
would have war, the war has proved disas
trous, and the nation must have a scape-goat
upon which to lay the sin of their own folly,
short-sightedness, and disappointment. Lord
John, ii seems, was willing to accept peace or
terms which the British Government-most
unwisely, we think-rejected and now, like
many an honest Politii IN before him, he must
pay the penalty of trying to save the dissatis
fed public from its own faulty. The eircum-
stances which gave Lord Russell this pre- emi-
nence were the disclosures he made in his
speech of the 9th inst. (cited in our editorial
columns of yesterday respecting the want Of
nnanilnity between himself and his COLES gues
on the subject of the war-in other words, that
he, As British Plenipotentiary, expressed him
self at Vienna in favor of the peace proposals
mooted by Count Buol and approved Of BY NJ.
Drouyn de PHuys. but that ON returning to
England he either did not communicates those
sentiments to his colleagues in the Govern
ment, or suppressed his peace opinions and re-
tanned Office in !. q Ministry pledged to war -
The feeling on this matter had grown so
high that the existence Of the Ministry was
put to the test by Sir Z. Bulwer Lytton NOV
ing a.
a. That the conduct of the Minister charged
with the negotiations at Vienna, and his con-
'tinuance in eihee as a responsible adviser of
the Crown, have shaken the confidence which
the country should place In those to whom the
administration of public affairs Is entrusted ;
u" Nor Is this the only attack to which the
Ministry is exposed, Mr.. Roebuck having
moved for a call Of the House for July Nth
on which occasion the whole force Of all sec
tons Of the opposition will be brought to bear
Contradictory reports were afoat as to the
course Lord Pa!merstOn would pursue. Some
surmised that he would try to assuage the
storm by accepting the resignation of Lord
Russell, and others supposed that Lord Pal
merstcn would evade further responsibility by
himself retiring. Another report is tn at when
Lord Russell goes out he will take the Grey
section Of the Cabinet with him, and that Lord
vii hetr MI NV,
cided men out of the liberal ranks And
finally, Iumors from other quarters whisper
OF Lord Derby a the coming man with another
coalition Cabinet
The Union laughs over the discontinue
Kenneth Rayner has received at the hands of
Mr.. Barringer, saying in the course of his re-
marks:
lie Is aSpresenta at Saratoga Springs Ina the
state of New York, and he has stated TO a &c n
tleman from this city, Of UNREASONABLE intel
ligence and integrity, that the conversation
with the Auncio Of the Pope concerning the
cabinet OF President Pierce, which has been
made the foundation OF so much falsehood and
calumnlation, tr0HspiTed subsequently, to the
sJidng arGt'0n Of March, 1853, and to the re-
ceptI0R " Lte Intelligence thereof and of me
names 81 President Plerce's cabinet in Ma
6Ttd ~. - .-
Mr. Barringer also stated that he had adj
dressed two letters to Nr. Rayner, of North
Carolina, stating the time Of the conversation
and It's circumstances and purpOrt, and asking
that gentleman to do all parties the Justice +,
state the facts lii the case, but that Mr.. X
had suppressed both letters, and had wholly
refused TO correct the falsehoods in the prem
ises.
Mr., BaIringer also expressed his purpose
70 publish ms last letter upon the subject to
RayneI in a few days, if the proper correction
and retraetion was not made by that gentle.
man.
Thus perishes another Know Nothipg Ca
1umDy." 80.