Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1863-08-15


priest ia all chat parisins - Paritaaic saneti-
tBde With such ti.e % TIE part as tLs most AFRO
gait bigotry ean confer. Within tHs inmost
.cirels o. the Court Paimerssou has never had
much favsr, ewing probsbly 10 Oh difUonces
between bin and ths lale Punce Cons0Tt Rus
sell is a pet in that Cirei8, owing primarily 3
&elbsUThe's part Atty for BIN. Shafsesbafy
holds t6eFe Foft Of passive prestige, e the aT-
Poneut Of aTeiigious party % which toe reig1-
classes INTO the caleHlatian, Painarsfon j. the
mos nep-ier, Russell the most respected, and
saafles5urF the most poEeriul, hssi8g that
i0fnida5is .uisTam, Enslsnd'5 iausdeism, at bis
back
Rehecsing readers VIII satEer from shsse hasty
bat faiIhiul contrasts Of character and habits
more thar meets the eye 30 troy can from
what ne have % add tgucaing otte- phases ihal
concern Che earecrs ~ The man composing tbs
Husnisss jautE P1msrslon (lheu B[r Tenn
pls) succeeded to his present tide 10 l1is sighs-
south year. As Fl IS aerely al Irish Fise5uBt-
cy, q d0ss not ouliie hiss 20 seat in the House
OF Lords, nor can if unless he chooses to get
eleeled oas ef tae representative peers Of lrs-
LAID, o. sisVaisd 60 he paeFags IS British no
BE-. Rasssli was Always q lord, By courtesy.
hsiog 1he Eolngsr sen 81 q dnks, lbs grace ot
Bed .oEd p bUs novF ls Is peer in bis own n ZHt,
haTizg bean created en- earl = few years sE0s s5
TIA reqaest Of Ptlmsrslln Who die not EaHt 50
imporahs . e5Hesgus N tss i9Wer house, where
he 5sefsrsd 70 rue aionss bat badly treated him
in the Up5sr hbua8, wEerc bis party yFss and IS
in a minority. Shsitesbary vas also, from his
ssTlies. lffs, q lord By courtesy, 6LsTa Ashby,l
seiag tha eldest Ean Of au eari. PRimeTston
rsadasted without distisctiOl, et Camsridge
University Russell graduated with nuch credit
al E3iabeFg Shafesbury graduats1 with
marked aagUess in classics, ss Oxford. IhHss
Cambridge, which IS most noted for evangelical
piesy ssat forth The least religions Of the three;
Eiinburr, which is most remarkabie for SIS
non-eca fofuitv. sent forth the most gTthodOL
churobnsu; aa6 Oziord, which is most famous
fsT its high ehareh tensts, sent ioTth the future
ay les3o- o. tie ioW eaurcn and 5llgeuting sie-
tnents. To reader these cqutTadiciioHs tbs
more curious, il Is 5ut necessary 70 add ihst
Cambridge IS very. ceIsbratsi for is mathemat-
les, ard its pupil Psim-FstoR, Tor his aversion
70 themi K5iubu-Z IL renowned t0F its msdical
lore, aud rs puFi, Russsll. FOR bic aHtipaihy %
che surgical procession. Oriord IS notorious Tor
'Rsmenizing tendencies - and its pupil, Shafts
bury, fer an unTemiiling hostility g al which
even family ssYOrH Of cath0iicily. The Fellee-
tons which these facts evoke arc easugh TO
tempt Is into Wida discussion; but We must
net indalge The trsin Of th0ught ID brings,
Though We advise the reader to try and satiBfy
himself how Baeh positive results attend such
apBafent End opposing causes
Fify-ssvsn years ago PaluieTslon entered
Psrfansht for the BOeket Borough Of H0rsham;
seven yeaTs later, Russell (his junior By about
eight yssrs) sisppsd iuto tie sau1s arena for she
oeeket borough of HavigtoeE AID thirteen
yeats subsequently SALISBURY, THE jERior Of
bath. tooI- his seat fer tbs pocket borough ef
Woodstock These pocket b0roughs were very
eoaFeEienf things in thsr day, as PsTlisman-
tarT warning pans. Withcut some such soH-
trivaaee, how sould these three young uoblas
have 50 early, if at all, started on career IN
which they were 70 grow Old and famous Bat
there vas the Stepping stone ready ior eaeb-f0r
Palmsrss5n in bis sws1ty-sse0n8 year, fer Rus
sell in his tEeniY-frst, for Shaftabsry lthea
Lord Ashley in his .1enty-hfih year Almost
as a mater Of course. cash got s snug Ofles
shortly after bis gssY accession % the honors o.
ParIamsns Thess, TOO. in sUeh cssss, ars Usn-
ally progressive. However, in the instance o.
OFT 'ustri1us sr0, this IS only specially true st
Pa slefstau. HIS Erst great friend WsS lsJd
Of fHs admiralty under the Duke Of Port
land. RusseI's vas IS pavu8aster Of the forces
un3e- Lord Grey, ard Saaftsbrry's (aiuost bis
filst and Isst) 7gss as commissioner Of the beard
Gf control, nnder the Duke Of Wellington
Pa'msrston has s. managed that he has kept Sd
ofisisl fsag On nearly every a1mlnlstra,ioa from
the DAYS of tie Duke OF Portland. dfty SIX years
y
preceded us own hF lev years. Russell more
conaistsut ssruPuloutlY adhered % one psrty
ffhs Whirs) anl b The siv0csies of C0ustitu-
f.ensi reform. blave'y sharing thsir la5oTs azd
'i5 - gs,; f. TT55l,lf r, fBe
religious chsr0t, and -faund faE chancss of dis
anstio7 Cinging to tho veal Of tie fauatiss
with sB sus-gy worthy Of Che widest Of them,
ns preferred aa sss8nieaey IN the committees
nad nlssffngs Of Exeter haii-t1 tsnth rate posi-
ii3n at Westminstef or Whitehall; he found il
more e9nFenial 10 bis tasss, it was best suited
% his capacity, to sway matt rather than mind
PalmersE0R never represented really : pop
ular constituency, except is be Cambridge
Fhsss vetss, however, TeInstatsd him after the
passage Of The rsfsra bil, in l582-nesrly al
the rias since Ehsn, he has represented the
pocket borough Of Eivsfton. Russell, on the
other haud, represented ths great constituency
of London fer many years pTevous to bis slays-
tisn to the peerage, aud ne man eyar had 8
firnsF held Of that important cons shtnsncy athau
"tittls Lord john As for ShsftesbUry, be
uaTsE attempted a popular constituency, unless
IN bis own county Of Diest, which, however,
soon saw &c 70 compel him to retinquisa his
seat. aod retire from PsElismsnb which be did
reluetzntly But tie fanatics stood up boldly
20 Esrrsve this disgrace, and piihng him against
Rssbuck IN 1917, Ter ths close bgroagb Of Bath,
yyhsrs tasy wore sIoug, they defeated the ps0-
plo'a GHsmpisn, and once m7rs returned the
ataudard bearer Of ths seetsgies, whose father
5isd s0oa enough afser this event 60 ssvs the IA
nAties anotaer contest for, thenesf0rth ShEftes-
bury was legislator without the viii Of the
people.
Though PElmsrstou once held the same posi-
ion IN she Russell Csbinat that Russell row
holds IN Palm9Btsh's sud though either states
man is ander many obligations 10 the ether, aud
both are supposed 10 have the confidence Of all
their colleagues, yet Shsitesbury is the ruling
psper bshind that coalition throne. he Is con
a0eted with the Premier By marrisgs, aad it was
his Esaipulaions which got Hp party snJugh
fit Palmsrston 70 construct his MiEi5try, with &
hops Of carrying il ca. Pslmerston has no &C
tasl io.i1WeIs, uRless the h0ating odds ans sHda
Of ths other factions Russell had 8 smsli, bai
a compact bsdy Of supporters. There was nc
givsH party sxespt that led BY D'lsraelii which
made a formidable SHOW, and, unless al the
Others could Be get e act together, y Israeli
MAS the maslBr Of tie Situation IN the Commons
as his caief, Derby, was in the Lords. A. thls
crisis came Shaasbury, with bis religious une-
ton and the coalition compact which he fixed
for Eis freud, hEs held good ever Since and viii
| perhaps, as long as Sha,lsbur7's naeAinstions
/ srs net foiled, and bis resentment nos aroused
even taough by this iEae i may be pTesumod
I that PalmsFstOn has sEapad party of ais own
L y
alliances c0uld afford t1 lose R1ssell-nay
even the wiihdrawal Of the PalmsFstea pilis
would Ros dsstrey-it, if -ihs Russell oas Te
mainedi but ona-ssh-i-s- r-sslilg a.-y AS IuIsS
/ uaobEusive though il be, would effect as muci
as the jainf departure Of tat two oiAsrs-
i Pslasgstop IS a lzy-sasing, experienced
j re8dls-wi.tsd ofdciai, rather than a c5mpreheu
sive or pralouud sdmniItrator; Prssiisad
I adrsit dsbatsf, FsthsE ihsh q pciished oraieri Z
/ nimble, sagacisas politician. rashsr shEn phil
osophieai statesman. Russell, in the more I'M
Dortsnt points is the very antitaasis Of aii 5ais
but 10 has sswed himself 10 pIsladices thAi haV'
i,seoroo vv.-uius passions. and pas got 90 taint
~ 1ysith yrbsf Is most mawitsh in modern phil
lai,shreoy. that be has grown im6eeils IN msnI
sfipSs snd impractical in most Sastisbury ].
Te5tSer dsbater, orator, nor statesman bnt th'
ekorisss of Tanting CFciopss more honest il
I most things, perhsps bat not whit less prem
10 the Cornish hug Of ianatieism, thaR tae veries
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