The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1859-01-06
IL sEcALL OF LORD NAPIER.

rgg RECALL or LORD NAPIER.
r allowing letter comes from source, says
e...oa .iareyfiser, which gives additional
...,-,,uce 70 its statements, as the writer
of that which he is in a position to know:
LONDON, Dec. 10, 1858.
r sudden recall of British Minister is an
80 rare occurrence that it cannot pass
- fl, motives being fully canvassed. That
la Napier has attracted much attention
:, liploiaatic and parliamentary circles.
", Is cause and its consequences are fully
'I---oad in the United States, it will be a
-rrre Of real qualification to every lover of the
..,.-;.ou mon, and to every true lover of
End for it removes all doubt as to the
...'., which the British Government intends
iti3 toward the friends of disunion and the
".'.5sr. Of slavery in the United States.
~. necessary. in order to understand the
,.4o f things, to go back some fourteen
- tb, DAYS Of Mr.. Calhoun. AT that
IN, p.an Of a dissolution of the Union, and
t.-t1l,ion OF great slaveholding power,
,,.sertel here By friends of Mr.. Calhoun,
.,. glrl then attributed to Lord Aber
- ,srfaps incautiously uttered by him
.,,p.,,d 3, have given rise to the hopes of
,s,;.- ty.lpathv. in which Southern politicians
hay, So lr.Jueniiy INDUCED.
1, various liules these projects have been
t-sflal to members of the British Govern
- and especially in 1851, when a strong
E..t.,i,u oil Southern disunionists was in
I..l,1. ,eeAiiig for aid and comfort from Great
L..,.s VI that time Mr.. Abbot Lawrence
-. .n.r.c.,i Minister. and enjoyed to an un-
- ,l.r-ee the confidence of the British
sfi.-..,. r.s. Projects of the disunionists
.,...f.d 10 lord Palmer5ton, then Secretary
r. f.5,i.ii Affairs. were By him brought to
.t,.v.-lr,. of Nr. Lawrence; and the South
Embassy, dishearened by the GOODNESS
tah f., d.sillion scheme encountered-and
br The Gate of the Lopez expedition to
C-a-returued discounted to the United
States
These schemes were not, however, abandoned,
.,5 ,..rioJ, attempts have been made here to
vii f.sr Tor thcln while the men interested
n ,bral have sought TO produce the belief in
~. Ia-,.d states thai the sentiment of hostility
- ,b. extension Of Slavery, so dear to the pop
Mar heart of Great Britain, was not shared by
t..t,oyonmeut During the last Winter, Mr..
N.,.n Of iriaia, on the floor of the Senate,
s....l q, q AcJ ,hat the British Government
h.. changed i, opinion on this great question.
tr.-siae sail in 50 grave a body as the United
Se.e, >.uai3 a';flcts attention, though prob
abs ua much Importance would have been
a....s,l o. 3. 1. declarations of Mr.. Mason, had
ras-bsaa ior tsc known intimacy beween him
ard i.9nl NaIGer. An carly occasion was taken
bg ,le British Government to contradict the
q --on, .i sir Mason, the Duke of Argyle
declaring th5t he vas instructed by her Males
Is ylal-t.E to(do.
>.ue. 5i-a British travellers, returning from
tae tci states. have spoken with much feel
i ,t Joe ateuage and course of Lord Napier
~ Wa,hiletCu-of the adoption by him, in
speaking OF the Republicans, of the low slang
al -he Southern menbers-and of the almost
oa..,ire manner IN which he made himself the
grgiuitoiis ADVOCATE of the Lecompton Constitu
ION. and NECESSARILY, therefore, the upholdel
al nh. fraud ;.nl violence in which it was con
cciyei This last fact has caused deep and
believe universal regret, and has led, in high
quarters. 10 expressions even of Indignation.
Lord Napier has found able friends to sustain
hia in A;. course, they asserting that he ha.
m.y r3..owcl be popular current and taken the
srrnr .iJe That the one all-controling policy
al lig pr, seat American Government is that o.
Saver. cz,cnsiun, and that as a Minister, seek
by b. maintain friendly relations with thai
G,.salDcnt it was es;pcdient in him to ilattel
ia. recr.
l. taif ihc reply has been: that ii was al
sch ia British Minister 10 court the
G,tr-uilicir to : hich he. was accredited, pro
..i i. 81 ,.oiuE lie did not misrepresent Ia,
Dat a4ai,t bg sacrifice Z any Of the grea
Iu %. @..ch i ehcri,aed that the crjme
az rsar oI 80 atrociOus a nature that M
III. Minister could in ;iny way become theil
aal .4... w.EoUI degrading his own Govern
m-l ass Ia, distinguished statesnan-Yhim
sd u. arfan1 unmaker o. Nnisters-declar
d t4at ia Tie whole course of British diploma
cv b. PARA. lei coald he found for the conduc
III ild Natier; that 10 find one it was neces
sa.t 90 sad o:e Il case-and that his course il
Ir-art q, H. Kansas a,rocity was. rs if Wal
a-lam. t:4 AlnJse .ador of Elizabeth in Pari
a. Tie t.rc. 90, tie -. bartholomew massacre
ais q n,ai are pt Court policy, bad, instead o
ma-lHr j.. 5at3 "a pace of refuge tGF the Prot
eta .i.e about visiting the leaders of th
ass as. i.oj ilobbing with them, and jeeringl
telling .Ao Victims whom he met that it was
aft ot, JIil small matter to nave their throat
cut
1ar recall Of Lord Napier will it is believed
she's ;!at the British Government has no pan
wja ,i.~e WHO are seeking TO. break up tn
American I nion-that il wishcss as the BIRTHS
geo. %. 20 seq that Union prosperous an
hap and that Us Sympathies are with tn
m.a II pure character and noble views, VIII
alr a,riag 10 revive the soual doctrines c
~a.ati JeEerson, and Franklin, upon tn
qt-.iau Il Slavery. and Ia elnancipate thei
c'a.r. IN The Sayeholdinq minority whic
bass. pa5 exclusively controlled lis policy.
l.,n a,;cr's file disposition has made f.
Tin ian person:A friends. He viii still b
eai 1yu0. lut %. q mission of minor importanc,
H.> ,actos -or. Lord lyons. is man of INTEL
g.rc, d:sere'ioa. and character.
II max b. pard 2rabc here to ailuao 70 Lad
Napier ina,ngch "a. the wife of forelg
Aa.,'er soa certain eXtcni he representativ
q bar eoun;rywoiaen. or her, no word of com
paint is made. and II Is believed that she h.
ne'cr, within the sphere O her influence, a
lowed helelf To BE seduced into sympathy
either ior the disgusting doctrines or ths 2
most equally disgusting plantation manners @
The upholdrrs and eXtendris Of elavorv.
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