Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-12-01
Lord 1SaImersIOn and Earl Russell
on the Press.

An English writer, remarking on the diff
| ferent manner in which the two foremost
English statesmen were accustomed to treat
the 'gentlemen of the press,' tells the fol-
lowing stories: -.........
THE reporters who went down to Pal
merston's elections at Iiverton almost all
ways returned with some story illustrating
his good humOred, pleasant ways. On one
occasion, when Palmerston, as Foreign
Secretary, was addressing his constituents,
a reporter from the Morning Chronicle was
the only representative of the press pres-l
ent. The speech contained some rather
strong remarks upon the French Govern
ment, and the reporter took upon himself,
at the conclusion of the address, to ask the
speaker whether he desired those remarks
to be given, or whether they were not mere
ly designed dd cqptdndSum (as it were). Lord
PalmerstOn smiled, thanked the gentleman
for his offer, but declined it, with the re-
mark that, What | say here l say for eve
rywhere.' He then said, How are you 90
ing upP am going to town at once, 10 take
part in the London election. The, reporter
replied (this was in the days of postipg),,
If your lordship will take up my report,
aud send it for me to the Morning Chronicle
Office In time for publication. [ shall be
much obliged, for that will enable me to
proceed west The shrewd Palmerston ac-
cepted the commission, took charge of the
parcel, and delivered it with exemplary
punctuality. $1,000 .-0lgi aGI lliI
ION another occasion, when he was about
to speak at the same place, the reporters
found that, owing to the time atIwhich the
train started, they would not be able tore
turn to town that night if he spoke above
half an hour. They accordingly sent a
deputatiOn, to ask him whether he could
cOntine his remarks to that time. He prom
iSed to do so. He commenced his speech,
talked away as freely as ever and. as the time
went on, the reporters were not a little
afraid that he had forgotten all about hiso
engagement. But when the end of. theb
half hour approached, he rounded off his
observations, and as he sat down, with about
a minute to spare, he leaned over to the
representatives of the press and remarked,y
with a knowing wink and smile, .WellI,
have kept my promise, have notg
"When he-was going down to the liver,
ton election in 1857, reporter chanced to
open the carriage in which he was sitting
with Lady PalmerSton at the Exeter sta
ton. Seeing who were its OCCUPANTS he
drew back, and was about to close the door
when the Premier, who evidently reeog-t
nized face not unknown in the gallery
called him in, chatted with him all the way
to Tiverton, discussed the prospects Of the
pcHuluk 6ItCLlOu' llOAWdS Jh6 Oile WHICH IOl-s
lowed the dissolution on the China vote),
listened to and repeated more than once to
Lady Palmerston the shrewd comments of
the gallery man upon the men who occu-
py the floor of the Houseof Commons, and
freely expressed his own opinions on his
rivals and cotemporaries. " s]iGH.oj who'd
"The only anecdote we ever heard, in
which Lord Russell aud a newspaper man
figured together, was In strong contrast
to those we have just given. The circum-
stance occurred during the city Of London
election in 1857. Atthat time, as may be
reeollected, the Times had been very severe
in its comments upon the noble earl---and
it would seem that he. had made up his
mind to let the editor know how little he,
cared for him. Accordingly, after speak
ing on the nomination day at GuiIdhilll, he
sent for the Times reporter present, who
was member Of the bar. In his mOst
frigid manner, and most sneering voice.
the noble lord began by asking the ,rldicu-
lous question whether his speech would be,
reported in the Times? He was told itJ
would. sAhr he said, Il never see the
Times now; 1 should like to have a copy--sa
will YOU send me onef' The reporter re-
piled with some warmth that it was his
duty to report meetings, and not to take
orders for papers; aud bade good morning
to his lordship." 'F,s'2
I ] ord Palmerston was master OF what
the Irish call blarney. He was skillful
politician, and neglected no chances. e z
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