The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-08-07

make a few more hundred thousands in the Stock
Exchange. "A voice. You have no right to make
such a statement without proof Cries of order
Unfortunately, / have too much proof. Among
the dispatches seized by the Government, this one
VS. discovered - Washington, December -, half
past two, p. m.,-from v. II. Russell to Samuel
Ward. New York Hotel. -7ct on this telegram as
though you heart good Hscs FOR yOU and me"
Hear, hear.l This, you remember, was the crisis
Of the Trent a-air. Russell has just obtained the
scent from Lord Lyons that the rebel commissioners
would be given up, and sent his orders to purchase,
right and left, all kinds Of stocks in the New York
market; and to make the speculation sure, he wrote u
letter to the Times that night, TO 90 by the next days
steamer, saying that he knew Mason and S.Idell not
only would not be given up, but that there was every
prospect Of immediate war. Now, | maintain that
such acts are sufficient to condemn him at the tribu-
nal Of English public opinion, and TO fasten upon the
Times the entire responsibility OF the terrible distress
that now exists in tie manufacturing districts, and
now agItates the mind Of the London labOrer and the
London poor. Ii j. well known ;hat important dis
patches were suppressed by your Government for
three weeks, and that important operations took
place upon the Stock Exchange through Rothschilds'
broker. Read the weak reply Of the .h0rHiHg Post
10 the Morning Star.
In conclusion, | may mention the meaneSt and the
last act Of Mr.. Russell's ~cCntemptOle course in
America. Well knowing the order Of the Department
prohibiting all correspondents from following the
army, he sneakei on board the Government trans
port under the quasi protection OF his American
friend, Gen. Mcclellan; and then II was that the
Secretary was obligel to reissue the order, never
vi a Ouieu suppOSll1 nat any IuPilSu gentleman
would have done 50 mean a thing. The impudence
of the man out-Russells Russell. Think of him
writing TO the Secretary of War to know if he (the
Secretary really meant 10 act on the order that he
(the Secretary issued following it up with an au-
daclty almost beyond belief, by writing 10 the Presi-
dent to know if he permitted his Secretary of War to
take any such action To show you the imper-
tlnence OF the thing, let me suppose II case. Ireland
has seeded ! arrive in London as the correspon-
dent of the y. Y. HerGid having met Lord Clyde
in the Crimea, | obtain permission to accompany him
to Ireland, having first written my letters to the
Herold, ridiculing the English army, English gener-
ais, and English ministers-prOviug beyond a doubt
how impossible it was for England 10 recover Ireland.
At this moment, these letters having returned TO
England, the Secretary Of War calls Lord Clyde's
attention TO an order prohibiting correspondents
from joining the army. Imagine my Indignantly
waiting upon Lord Palmerston to know if he meant
10 act on the army order; and then, if you can, i'm
agine my having the auiacity to have penetrated the
gloom of Osborne, to see if some higher power couldn't
make the Premier rescind his instructions. [Laug-
ter | think, gentlemen, | have succeeded in de-
Tending the Administration and Mr.. Stanton.
Russell went TO America an abolitionist; he came
back, as most Englishmen do n pro-slavery man.
lie went to America rs a gentlemau; he returned,
after Outragung all the rules of good society, to
with his employers over this stOck-jObbing
operation. | called him a robber. Is it not robbery
to deprive widows and orphans, by frightening them,
and getting their stocks at ruinouS prices: Is it not
villiuny to paint a lie so that it shall resemble truth
Is it not murder so to disemble these lies, as to pro-
a contest at the cost Of thousands of lives? Is
not dlnlnlO!c to speculate In human flesh, placing
pounds in the scale against human lives? Is it not
by the continued REPETITION of falsehoods,
to create an luminosity between two people, that il
may be difficult to allay /? He said our mob would
not give up Mason and SlidelI; but when you know
he said it in order to speculate upon the Stock Ex-
change, you can see what reliance could have been
placed upon the report OF the battles that are now
taking place. lie went TO America bloated with the
cOnceit of his own Importance. The American jour
have tapped him, and his sudden collapse is
a well-merited rebuke to his employers. Under the
impulse of champagne and good brandy, he can paint
4 battle sceue; but how shallow, aside from this, how
feeble his correspondence generally appears.
De TocqIeyille visited America, and wrote n
searching analysis Of our institutions. Russell has
had ample time to do the same; but has he done so d?
No. What has he told the English people OF our
enormous resources? our gigantic energy our ter
iblc resolution ? What has he said about our pro-
,ressive agriculture (? Our increasing manufacturing
trength Where has he described our progress in
hipbuiliing, and in railways, and in telegraphs:
What has he told the English people OF our educa-
ional systems, our common schools, and our colleges?
What essays has he written, analysing our social and
political life !: Pray, in what respect has he followed
he noble example Of De Tocquevile, in giving Eu-
a philosophical treatise on Republican institu-
ions?
Gentlemen, | have finished. In sitting down let
ne say that were | President, | would have allowed
i'm TO follow the army-[cheersl in order to show
low little we cared for his continued ilnders. But
think | have said enough to make You admit that
resident Lincoln was quite justified in not entirely
onsulting william Howard Russell IS to the policy
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