Richmond Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1862-1865, 1864-03-03
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rba nax, European news will not unlikely inform Us
of ,oms movement IN the British House of Commons,
lacking 10 the recognition Of the Confederate States
rbs onslaught Of Earl Derby on the foreign policy o.
,hs Pslmsrs.onian Cabinet iorsshadoWs purpose on
hs part to make that issue. The plan Of procedure
viii doubtless be, the presentation By tie Respective
frsn IL Of the Poles Danes and ourselves IN dsHnes
form, and upon mOsiSns Affecting each in turn, the
unjust and treAchsrous policy pursued BY the Palmer
,.opian Cabinet In respect TO each. The SucceSiin o.
assaults thus made win probably DO followed oJ
nation Of want Of confidence in the ministry
Which. IA the present temper Of the English people
tovarda Russell will be apt TO prevail Ths last pro-
oseoluE will be bad only when the House is fully in
torned of RussslPs eOWardly policy, AID the public
ind aroused 70 tho highest pitch OF indignation that
.eompronise Of national honor can produce,
The occurrence within shotA period OF three such
act, Of cousrdly submission as presented in the
noey of Russell Uith reference 10 Denmark Poland and
ourselves is enough to arouse people more apAthstic
han the British. The prsShOs of English valOr 30 far
materially damaged, viii be doomed to iIretrieyab!s
dsvraes If the direct agents in thI proceeding are not
rspudiAed England cannot endorse such pehcy a.
Russell has been pursuing. She must hurl him from
power if she hopes to redeem herself from the DIS
Vrace brought upoa her. Russell must Re inundated,
ven though the policy which be initiated AhOuld be
carried out by the Derby party. This would be the
hast deycs 10 heal the wound which ihlB policy has in
aetsd upon the national character. Il would signify
dissatisfaction at tia policy and might, perhaps eIer-
else some influence in restoring pesce 10 kurops by in
dcapK purpose 10 carry out policy contrary to that
ss,ablished by Russell. If non-interVsnton was the
rme for which the Foreign Secretary and his party had
10 atone the inference that his successor would Pur
Sue An opposite policy would be entirely legitimate
Besides the advantage which the expulsion Of ttAt
party from power would yisd in rescung the national
character from disgrace would exercise Ireng moral
alence among the European bslIgersnts, rs an i'm :
LED negative assurance that active Intervention was
theuesfOrth to DO the policy Of England.
The truth is PAmerston aid Russell are too old and
have tired of Office and We doubt not they will be
likely after awhile TO yield with gO'd grace to Derby
aud bis party Russell has doubt received in brides
from the Yankees, sufdciency TO create property
ADEQUATE TO his EArldOm Without it, his tide would be
striot Of much of iS VAlus for poor peer Is BY no
means 10 be snVed. He wants TO retire. Tne summit
Of bis ambition il reached both in respect to title and
usalth, and the clres of Office vii needs weigh h;aViy
on him in future. PAlmerston is wealthy and though
10. peer Of the realm enjoys full effect fer that
drs-back in the fame which he has won by long and
cstir guishSd public services.
No statesman, having really dssie to retain once
would be guilty Of the pAlTGble blunderS which both
these fanctonAres have committed. 1t may be their
purpose TO retire toprvAss e prefrriDg TO Incur the
Q iium Of eoWardice in their foreign policy than en-
oiuE EnKand in vars which would result not only in
,bs os of thousands Of lives and milio of treasure
bu. Of national position and power We'll, the world
-ould still move on, even il it sbOud come to that
Perady must have lie reward, however long deferred :
and Engunds prosperous career in view of hr uniform
treAshsry, S certainly prOtrActed to degree which
must fOrciby impress every CHRISTIAN heart with an ex-
tr inAry idea Of the mercy ard patience Of kind
Providence.
But perhaps she may mend her Ways Russell las
undoubtedly done more to deepen the prOverbAl stig
ma Of "per6diOus" attaching to highlands name, than
any OF her modern ST. esmen. We DO not believe that
man abs Of telling the truth, where party interest
could be SubSerVed by fAlsehoUd and hypocrisy. We
bsieVe he lied when be denied in the House of Lords
having received copy Of the insoent despatch BY
Seward to Adams, expressing purpose TO demand Of
gland repArAton for ell the damage that might DO in
aicted upon Yankee commerce by the Alabama AZ We
stated yesterday, the despAci CO IS far back as
the close Of TIE year 1854, or the beginning Of
lS6S. Il could not be possible that Mr.. Adams
would haze withheld it from Russell from that
dine No to last month or the month before
when il was published Washington, without inform
ing Seward Of the fact and Of his for Withhold
ing it If be did not Apprise Seward Of his Intention,
Q must have acted as 4 fool, knowing that its
publication upon call BY Congress for ali foreign cor
/ espon1ence was almost inevitably. And ther, he
might have knoE n that the end VII Oh he had in VsW
in Withholding t-namsly, to avoid creating irritation
| in the public mind of ElglAnd-Would, in . great
measure be defelSd. No, the document has been duly
presented to Russell elsa il would have been suppressed
N Washington, for technically il would have no official
character If nOt presented, and would therefore form
no part Of the correspondence contemplated by tie
call of the Yankee Congress- The denial Of its receipt
by Russell vas mere e1peeient to escape the oboquy
which E9glish public sentiment attached - his name
upon the publication of the correspondence In Yankee
| DOM The pressure was too great from within and
lhOut to be long withstOOd and he did not seruplS
resortng TO the very simple device of denying to have
recs we'd what he did receive, to relieve himself.
The Wings of England have long been provsroally
mean and hypocrtcaL They have lived by hypocrisy
AID ,ing; they are are dest ned soon 10 die BY them
The sooner the better for US and humanity at large
| Military Nummiculture.
Charles RsAde the novelist inventsd the word num'
miculture" 1t is Used very frequ nily in bis queer