The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1855-03-17
AFFAIRS IN EUROP z.
Our London Correspondence.

ASS FGlure-L0Td John RusseiPs Assston 10 Vtenna-
IAs Engsish People and the Aristocracy-IRe Press tie
Only True Champion Of Popular Intererts-Lord Pal
mersson too much Of Rcd-tapia for the Present Cri
sis, &c.
It's quite certain that At few periods Of our nstiona
history have regarded state OF Affairs with
gloomy eye than at present No sooner does tn,
country obtain possession Of the long coveted object
ks ehoce-no has it chased from is eminens,
the i'll Omened bird that tapped it's dark wing and Outst
At every slanevery burst of enthusiasm has
ii substituted presiding genius the statesman Who
by all concurrent testimony is the true pilot that can
weather the stormthan it begins to hang its head and
heave its heart in sorrow.
Except the choice Of Lord John Russell Peni 20.
tsnary at the Vienna Conference Lord Pamerston has
undoubtedly not started well and there is already breed
ing in the country fierce dissatisfaction not uncom
mon to men who having gained possession OF their
dent DESIRES find they have only wasted their energies
on . phantom will.o'the -wisp, which has lighted
them only to lead them deeper into the quagmire.
To suppose that man OF Lord Pamerston's distinc-
ton coveted perhaps intrigued to obtain hi present
lofty position, for merely selfish purposes is out Of the
question; such his object, he had ample oppor-
tanity Of gratifying them in more subordinate Office;
but better sentiment is striving for utterancein every
mans bosom-a sentiment which, reduced TO words is
that the arstocrac system of England rank with the
sorruptiens Of centuries is too strong for him any
ether man OF the class. The great Reform bill
that inaugurated the reign of William the Fourth is
suddenly found to have done nothing for the people,
left the entirely in the hands Of
. few families who have shufied the cards. and played
them into another's hands, till even they them
selves have grown too blind and old and stupid to
what they doing.
IL impossible overstate the feeling Of deep disap
pointment which, like some pesential vspor, is thick
ening and broodng the land. The 70 appointment
of the members of the late administration is not COM
planned Of; individually of them unpopular
and all favoraby known by their antecedens and
The substitution Of Palmsrston for Aberdeen was
believed to have appeds handspring to the cabinet
clock which would hsncsforth enable to keep admra
ble time. Men in Parliament certainly declare that
nothing has been changedthat the Ministry is the
before but the country does not echo the accusation
rested only with Lord Palmerston TO show by OF
his subordinate appointments that he prepared to
peril all for the people, to make clean sweep in the
army, the navy, the commissariat and the whole host
Of corruption cankerng and rotting thing around
them, for the country to to have absolutely dehed him.
whereas he has already gone far to raise damning
spirit which, if not timely allayed, viii speedily shake
every institution in England to its very centre
committee, he may possibly, by the adhesion of the
whgs gain a narrow majority: Wo be to him II he
does Such an escape WY only serve to show him
he is outvoted: he must OF course dissolve; aud TO
dissolve ON such plea, would doom him forever
The whole of this dilemma might have been
avoided had Lord Palmerston calamity flung himself
into the breach and shown . resolution to stay the
plsgue-instead of which, his sole act OF energy APP
pears to consist in the appointment Of man whose
lection 10 shorn Of halt it's by the personal motive
which Is believed TO attach to it, Lord John Russell in
state Of isolation in the House OF Commons, found
TO be moustrosity that could not endure His very
support TO ministry Of which he did not form part,
would have oyershsdowsd it, and anything like friendly
grand appointment had been followed up by othersif
the Premier had instituted committee who should
thoroughly sf the Horse Guards the principles Of its
government the nature OF its patronage the reward it
offers to merit the penalties 1t enforces offenders,
and such like matters-f moreover, his had boldly de.
eared his intention to examine the state OF the navy
Nth its miserable system Of promotion placing in
Command who were only fit for flannel aud foot
bath, and shown determination TO overhaul the
medical and commissariat departments, root and
branch, the country would have supported him in his
appeal TO the House OF to rescnd it's vote OF in
qury and would have supported the House OF Commons
itself in It's compliance. Now that all he has done
IL the appointment Of Lord Panmure Secretary At war
who is less liked the more he is looked st-as the allies
say OF sebastopol OF young Frederick Peel lad of
twenty six years Of age, whom nature intended for
higher position than bankers under clerk for the I'M
in bitterness and wrath and IL Lord Palmerton do not
mind Q strange and wonderful thing will come to pass
the peoples choice, the peoples Premier will in month
be the peoples e1ecraton.
The future is inscfuaole to the most practiced cal
culator OF any Of and We have as yet no elements
for even conjectnrs estimate Of the results OF the
Vienna Conference Lord John Russell goes to it, 1t is
well known, to makeapeace If he can-that is he can
do so on such o firm, stable basis will
exclude all probability Of a return TO hostilities at
future period when the present good be-
tween England and France may have cooled down to
less ardent temperature; but one believes in tue
possibility Of this The combatants are yet too fresh,
too full Of hope and full Of strength TO listen to the
voice OF negotator who, from the disastrous state OF
his army may supposed to have special reasons for
pacific overturs Is rather thought that the result
of Lord Johns visit TO Vienna will be the entering upon
far important phase Of the present war policy,
and that he will and conclude plans with Aus
tria for carrying the contest in extern
sye and radical that state OF war may be counted
ON as the normal state OF Old World FOR at least
decade The main object Is to erect barrier against
Russia, in the reconsruction OF the Kingdom OF Po-
land.
Now, II the result OF the Vienna Conference be to
Derpetu.te the war, and not to promote !, a
work spirit very different to what she has hitherto
evincsd and is the opinion OF all the club statesmen
with whom have conferred, ,nat .nls noea nmnh
his peculiar temper adaptsA HIN for it. TO root
out the of aristocratic corruption which burrows in
every hole and corner at present. but that when
found that his efforts after peace have only immensely
increased the necessity for he win rise like giant
in his place, and stirling down, amid the universal
claim Of the people every encumbrance, every enthra
ment, every stay and hndrauce 10 his upliftei arm,
will step forth the real hero the couotry has Lowell to
think him, and that, dsmayed by the popular cry, the
arstocracy With its net Of vested interests its patron
age and sedsh Objects will rather aid than thwart him
in his patriotic efforts TO hrmy place England
on the pedestal which totters beneath her.
Such may be Lord Palmerstons intention. but in the
meantime he Is daily deepening gulf betwxt himself
and the people, which future work may be able to
bridge over This diplomatic reserve 80 suitable, per-
haps his previous official life, just now quite out
OF place great and generous people has got its heart
in Ia mouth IL sees its country lowering in the eyes
Of the world IL its family aectons-its grand ma
tionh charsctersticcruelly severed sees It's chill
aren-t the flower Of its youth-massacred: or, msmed
and halt pinng and sorrowful, scattered among its
hills and vSes and II is in mood forjugslsry or to be
answered and pooh pooA'd with jest or q jibe. The
nrst Minister must SPEAK out like man, asd not
dipomatist the very stones will cry out against
him.
II IL remarkable fact the historians OF these times
will not fail to record that at this juncture when the
Arstocracy found utterly OF guiding the
destinIes of q country on which they had fat
tened their hearts surfetng the real leaders Of
the people-such as the great reform bill gave
thsm from the large towns and more widely enfran-
ehised dead against them They who
Emots OF the wheels OF the 1.-THE wagon, who enamel
psted the slaves, who relieved the dssenters, who