New-York daily tribune., 1858-12-30
THE RECALL or LORD NAPIER.

The following letter CONES from = source ssys The
boston Adrtyhser, which gives ndd. 81 impor snce
to It's statements a, the speaks of thst which
i: N & positl)n to know
LONDON, Dc. 10, 1853.
Tse su6den recall Of British Mpis:er il at event
o' 'ocurenee that it canuo pas- wiibou, It's
motives beng foty c4ovss0td. That Of Lord Napier
h6s air acted much attention here in diplomatic and
parliamentary circles. Wteo 'ts cause aud ia conse
qaepces folly understood in the United States
vi be Of real qualification to every lover Of
IT, American Union and to eyerJ true lover OF m,u-
ird. for il ren,ovee all douht 10 the position which
tpt British Government intends TO hold toward the
friends OF dsurion and the extenders of Slavery IN .te
Uni'.d Ststes.
II is necessary in order to understand the position
81 topgs 10 go back f. lrteeo years. ~ the days
of Mr.. C-l 1oun. At that time the of q dies ou.
ton of tie Urop .Dd the formation Of grea. slave
holding power, presented tere by fri' nds of MIR.
Calhoun ard sVlne words then attfibntet to Lord
Aberd,.f-Ie,heps ircautio7sly uttered by hlm--are
supIOsd IT, have giveo rise 10 the hopes OF British
syn yatby, wbcO Southern politicians have So ire-
QUE ty INDUCED.
A. various times there projects bsve been brosched
TO membere oi the British Govcrnment. ana especially
H. ISL when strong deputatiOu Of Southern Disu-
ncnsis in London s.eklrg for aid and comfort
from Great Britaic. At that time Mr. Abbot Lsw-
was American Minister, aud enjoyed To an unu-
sna degree the conhdet Of tue British Ministers.
Y projects Of the DsuIiorsts presented to Lord
paE. rsioD then Secretary for Foreign All is, were
md the Southern Embassy, dishear,-ucu ,.y
ness which its Di-upion scheme etcountered-and also
by the fate Of tie Lopez expedition to Cuba-returned
discounted to the Untei States.
These scheme were not, however, abandoned, and
various attempts have beeo made here to win iavor
for them; wtiie the men Interested IN them have
fou bt tc produce the belief in the Uoited Sates that
the sen'inn, Of hostility to the extension OF Slavery,
20 dear tn the popular heart ci Great Bain was not
r. arei ty the Government Duuug the isst Wiuter,
Nj. Mason of Virginia. on the floor of the Senate,
stated as fsct tha. the British Government had
coar eed its opinion this great qu' siioo Anything
said in 81 grave h body as the Unted States senate
att acts attention, though pronably not much mpor.
tahe woua have been attached to the declarations of
be,seen Inn and Lord Napier. An early occasion
was taken by the British Government TO contradict
the aesertions Of Nj. Mstou, the Duke of Argyle de-
onri thai he instructed bs her Msjestys Minis
tprs 20 to dT,
S q. IL u Br.h Travellers returning from the United
States have spokenwith mucn feeling Of the liGguase
and cOurse "f Lord Napier az Wasniugton-oi fne ad-
option by bm, 10 speaking Of the Republicans, oil
the low slnug If the Southern meinborc-and o the
almcst ofensive manner 10 which he ode himself
the eratDitous advocate of the Lscompton C'nstit"
top necessarily therefore, the uphoiiet oi me
fr.ud and violence il which it was coeceved Ths
lac. fact has caused deep. aud | believe universal
regret has led, il Ligh quarters, to expressions
ever Of dgUat on.
Lord Napier ha, found able friends to sustain him in
ia course they asserting thai he has only folio ved
tie cue all controlling policy If tie present american
Government is that oi Slavery Ex'tpsicn and that ~
MUister seekios 10 MAINTAIN ineudy eel ,uons Silh
that Government it was expsGient IN HIN to Halter
that policy.
To This the reply has been:-that it was all very
ell for British Minister Ia court the Government
to W irh he accredited provid-f In 60 dong he
cid uot msr. present his country by sacr hcng
anv ~ tue great pritcipes which 1t cberlshei that
u crimes 10 Ksnsas we're of 20 airocous a nature
that no Brit.h M,iser could in any way become
Their apolugist without decr ,dog his own Govera-
met; ara one d.stu. uisbed statesnan-hins nset
maker end uunaker Of fmiuslers-decl.rcd that IN the
" hole course of British dipomscy no parallel conli
be touod for III, conduct Of LORD Napier that to md
one necessary to suppose case -and that his
course in reg SRI to the kaasas arotuy wa, as II
Wasi CHAM the Eu basssdor of Elizabeth in Paris at
the tue OF the ST Bartholomew massacre, also
measure # c)ur, policy, bad instead OF making his
hote place of refuge for TIE frotesants gone about
,rlirg the leaders OF the a-sassins nohnobbpg WITH
,heri aud iteIpgly telling TIE victims shon lie met
that it after all bnt small mater to have their
thfoa's cut.
Th- recoll of Lord Napier ~,l it is believed, show
tha' ;ae British Government has n part With t'ose
who are seeking To break up the American Union
the t. wishes the British people de. to see inst
| pon prosperous and happy, snd that ts symptthes
with the men Of pure character ard u"nis vi-"'
who are lsbcrrg to revive the souad doctrines OF
Washing ,oD j rrsor aud FraIkln upon the question
Of Slav ~ auT TO emsncipae Their country from the
slave oliing minority which has so long exclusively
ocutrolI,o its policy
Lori Nspieis sce disposiion has made for him
many pe nal friends He will s,ill be employet On.
IN mission Of nuoor Importance. HIS successor
Lord Lyons, is uan vi intelligence, discretion ard
ch -rscter.
II nav be pardopable here tn allnde "a Lsdy Ns-
pier itssmuch the ~,fe Of Foreign Minister is to
o,riaio eltert the repr.ssr'sive Of her couu'ry-
women. or her word o' comp ,int is made, aud II
j, believed that she has never within the sphere Of
oei ce allowed herself to be- aeduo ii Into sy M
.,t. irrt he
.ou.iy d. gusting plsnt ,tioo manners Of the up
h.lJsrs ard ext.udeYs Of Slavery.