Cincinnati daily press. [volume] (Cincinnati [Ohio]) 1860-1862, 1861-05-31
Blaekwood,s P~ortraitnre ofTwO DIstin-
Eufshed British Statesmen.

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Blaekwood's P~ortraitnre of tive Distin-
Euished British Statesmen.
The po~rtraitures, in ~Blackwood, of two
prominent British statesmen, whose names
are just now 50 closely mixed up with
American affairs, will be found to possess
considerable interest at the passing moment.
LORD PALMERsToN. f,
. Lord Palmerston, whatever may be his
faultsor Inconsistencies stands in advance Of
mede his whole Cabinet, a noble stag often"
To those who, like the late Lord Macaulay,
still recognize Wing traditions as an article
of faith-and to many others who despise
such shred work notions of the past as more
preposterOus, applied to men of our time,
than the uninteliigible jsrgou of heraldry-
be appears as a British champion; and con-
sidering whom and how much he has 10 de-
fsnd, a champion undoubtedly he is. Here
after it will be related as a marvel, that a
mar in the seventy seventh year of his age
should be able not only to cope in the House
of commons with the master intellects Of the
age, but on the public hastings to confound
and put to silence the very Shimei OF dem
ocracy-pslting the discounted Radical
with his own missels, and stoning him back,
amid the cheers of a delighted audience, to
his noisome aud polluted Bahurim. Age has
not dimin ished One jot of his energy, SUBJ
dued his vivacity, or even weaned him from
a certain recklessness more BETTING a Do
than a Nsstor. Perhaps wisdom, in the
highest sense of the word, is not the attrib
ute to which he can lay claim but he has a
quick and ready perception, keen, natural
sagacity, thorough knowledge of character,
in its weakness as well as its strength, and
IL, moreover, intimately acquainted with
the tone and tactics of every section of po-
litical par y.
For il must be remembered that not even
Dugad D.lgetty, that sage and INSCRIPTIONS
soldado, who took service successfully with
the Scoto. German legion, the Swede, the
Imperialisis, the Spaniards. the Dutch, the
Cavaliers, and the RouDdheads, displayed
more versatility than our admired and
II markable Palmerstop, who, almost from
the time when he first handled a razor, has
maintained hin self in office, nigh or low, in
connectiOn with all sorts of Administrations,
and now occupies the proud position Of
Premier OF the United Kingdoms, and auto
crat of the oligarcical Wings, a troublesome
faction to subdue, but whom be has cowed
into abject submission. No uuapt sinlile,
applied TO him, is that of the Stag of Ten.
In the House of Commons, before his fol-
lowers, to what can he be more fifty COM
pared than to the monarch of the forest
msIsbaling the subordinate herd, standing
forth in their front emitting the note o.
defiance, and lowering his ~antlers, to meet
the rush of the rabid assailant Vain is tn:
hope TO circumvent or hamstriug thai
veteran sire of v~enison, for the scythe o.
Death is not more deadly than the sweep o.
his unerripg tines; and with each toss o.
his magnificent head, when baited by Radi
cal ours,
d adds new monsters to the startled sky."
Nor is 1t less pleasing to observe how h
asserts his supremacy over his own species
1t will happen that some stunted and i'll
conditioned deer-who has a notion that, b.
rights he ought TO be the leader of the herd
aud have the first choice of the kinds
thTusts himself forward, and offers a blum
andfrushy horn to the meditsted charge OF thu
hound, which, were he to abide, the fang
Guild instantly be in his crunkled throat
and the poor animal, unstable even at thl
Tate Of two pence per pound, would give NJ
the ghost among the heather! Beautiful i
is TO see the quick turn of the head, and thI
admonitory prog on the ribs which the roya
stsg bestows on the pretender, driving hin
back to his proper place and function, which
is that of superintendent Of the calves. Blu
We shall not pursue the smile further. There
stands Palmerson = in this year Of God
1s6l-the FIRST, foremost, and best bulwark o
Nhiegery, which faction he has at las
adorned by becoming its leader-the elderly
Bector, of a beleaguered Troy, maintaining
bis post at the Scean gate, and breathing
defiance to every adversary. Whate yer w
nay think of his followers, he at least, Sc
long as Whiggery obtains the rule, is thu
tight man in the right place.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL.
But which Of the sons of men will be 81
daring as 10 say the like for Lord John Rus
sell, tnat csricature of e statesman, who, a
tue hour " hen war and insurrection appeared
itevitable-when State is cODspiring agains
State, and natipn against natiou-when ole
landmarks are being swept away, and ole
alliances and treaties are repudisted and cas-
aside-flls the Office Of British Foreign Sec.
retsry2 Fearful it is, and shameful alike, &C
know that the honor and influence of THU
great country, in regard TO its internationa
relanoDs, is intrusted to that most unfortu,
uate scribe, whose itch for letter-Writinl
amounts TO a positive monomania, and who
yet can not pen q dispatch without commit
ting himself by some serious blunder or con
tradiction. Who has forgotten that mos
wOeful document which misled the late GA
ns TO the real intentions of England, and &C.
celebrated, II it did not altogether bring on
the war which terminated with the reduc
ton OF Seyasiopol2 Who has perused hi
later brochures on the Italian question with
out an Involuntary shpdder at the though
that the penner Of such platitndes shoull
have charge Of our whole foreign policy At
period which might have taxed the iron wi
AID masculine understanding ofa Crom we'll
Viii any one out of the Family Alliance hay
tbe hardibOOd 10 assert that the destinies q
magnificent India are safe in the hands of 81
Charles Wood, even with the local assistanc
and advice of the ingenious Mr.. SamuS
Laingf These instances we specially selec
because they are really public scandals, s
notorious ind hagraDt thai every man VIII
wishes well to bis country has a right to pre-
test against an spportionment of high Office
30 hazardous 10 the national prosperity
Therefore, most emphatically do We say ths
neither Lord John Russell nor Sir ChArls
Wood are the right men in the right places
and We bod it TO be q monstrous thing thi
Interests OF such magnitude should be mad
aubseryieDt 70 the needs or rapacity Of a
exclusive Oligarchical faction.
SPIRIT AID ExTEET OF THE Watson
ideA may b. formed of the spirit 10 which Il
Government is RoiBa into the war busine