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LORD PALxERsToN.@The recent triumph Of this
veteran British statesman, who may be regarded,
since the late elections in England, as more firmly
seatsd IN power than ever, recalls the following sketch
OF him by Benjamin Rush. Esq, of Philadelphia.
Sr. Rush was for several years Secretary of Legation
in London while Lord Palmerston was at the head of
the Foreign Office, and had, therefore, good opportu-
mites for studying him Subsequent events have
-6hown that the estimate Of the writer, as regards the
tendencies Of the Premier towards this country, was
founded on q basis which seems of late to have ripened
into reality:
"His elevation does not surprise, for it was pre-
dicted years ago that he would ascend, sooner or
Later, to that eminence; the pinnacle as was said
Of Canning, under whom he served, and whom in
some things he resembles, sof all his earthly ambi-
ton Nor are we of those who anticipate from his
administration i'll results to the United States. On
the contrary, we think it could be shown that the
feelings entertained by Viscount Palmerston towards
america are far from hostile and that we shall
have nothing to regret in the end by his having been
called to the helm in Britain
lord Palmerston possesses, in an eminent de-
gree, Terhaps beyond any British Premier since the
Declaration Of Independence, one most important
prerequisite to the preservation Of a good understand
ing with US He knows Us well; he knows the spirit
and the temper of this nation; he has felt its pulse;
he IS thoroughly acquainted with our power and
resources, our high national characteristics. even if
they sometimes run into national failings, and is able
- grasp our stupendous destiny. His comprehensive
craftsmanship has taught him adequately to estimate
the former, and he has the wisdom to adapt his policy
70 the latter His long occupancy of the Foreign
Office, covering a period of nearly twenty years, by
bringing him into intimate relations, often under his
h~ospitable roof Of Broadlands, with a number of the
most prominent and accomplished public men of our
country, Of both political parties, by whom we have
been successfully represented at the British Court,
has enabled him to accumulate an amount of practi-
cal knowledge Of our system Of government and the
genius Of our people, not to be learned from books o.
derived from state papers, and invaluable to the
Minister Who wields the power of the British Crown.
THAT his administration will rebound to the
honor Of England and his own fame, by the exercise
on n brilliant theater of commanding talents and
high personal qualities. we venture to predict.
Equally sure are we that he has the sagacity to know
and feel, even if his opponents deny to him other
motives, that the prosperity and glory of the Empire,
and the renOwn of the First Minister, will be promoted
by establishing on a sure basis relations of amity
with that great nation across the Atlantic, of British
origin, high-spirited, proud, and fast becoming as
powerful, by sea and on land, as England herself;
governed, like herself, by a free constitution, and
inheriting from herself that love of freedom which
has made England what she Is; jealous, as herself, of
all interference with her institutions, which she as
sincerely believes to be the best ever devised for the
government of man; and that, like herself, would
wade through oceans of blood to preserve her honor
and maintain her rights. To these high considera-
tons, not to speak Of those vast interests, commercial,
manufacturing, and material, so intimately inter-
woven, upon the preservation of which depends 50
large an amount Of human happiness as well as
national advancement in both countries, few men are
likely TO De more alive than Lord Palmerston. Hence
ne think that the United States have no cause to
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