New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1865-05-15
The English Parliament on the Assas-
sination.
SPEECHES BY EARL RUSSELL, EARL DERBY, SIR
G. GREY AND Mr.. D'ISRAKLI.

u. II
In the House of Lords, on Monday, May J.,
Earl Russell rose and said:
My Lords rise to ask your ordships to address her
Majesty PRAYING her Majesty that in any communca-
ion She may be pleased TO make expressing her aol%
renee Of the great crime which has been committed in
America by the assassination of President Lincoln. her
Majesty may at the same time be pleased TO express
the sorrow and indignation felt by US at The great
crime which has recently been committed. Ny lords
her Majesty las already directed 20 express 70 the
Government Of the United States the shock which she
felt when the INTEL gence reached this country OF this
great crime and also of her sympathy with the Govern
meut and people of tie United States. Her Majesty
has also been pensed 10 write private letter to Mrs
cheeisl,e1rresslng her sympathy win her
your lordshipsn ,wil agree with me IN saying
that in modern times there has hardly been any
crime Of so horrible character committed President
Lincoln had been legally elected President Of that great
Republic and latter the secession Of Part or the states
he WAS reelected President by the large majority Of
those States which remained faithful lie bore ms
tons at the very moment when the assassin atae kcd
him in the theater where he Lad gone In please
the people Of Washington There be was fouly mnr-
dered. There are circumstances connected with this
crime which, think. agGrayate It's quit. President
Lincoln was man who, although he had not beeh
distinguished before his election bad from that time
displayed a character OF so much integrity, SIN
certy, and straghtorwardness and at the same time
Of 20 much kindness that If any one could have
been able TO alleviate the pain and aniInosiiy
which have prevailed during the civil war. /
beve President Lincoln was the man TO have done So
iCheers1 Ii was remarked Of him that he always
felt ndispOsed 20 resort 10 any harsh or severe meas
ures and am told that the commanders Of the army
often complained that when they passed sentence
which they conceived to be no more than just. the Pres
dent was alwhys 10 temper its severity. such "hs
the man REQUIRED for this particular moment The con
duct of the armies Of the United States was entrusted
to other hands, and upon these commanders ie ceny
the responsibility OF conducting those armies IN me
field and making them successful against those with
whom they commended. But the moment had come when
those armies victorious and no doubt the reputa
ton of President Lincoln greatly increased by the
success Of those armies. But though 1t was not
for him TO lead those armies 1t would have been
his 10 temper the pride Of victory to a'snage
the m:siortunes which had cen felt. and
especially to show which he well qualified TO show
that respect for vsor the opposite side, which had
been conspcuously displayed; and President Lincoln
think showed by the orders he gave to the command
ers that be was well qualified for that Office 1t was by
such qualities 1t 10 be hoped that when the con
fct Of arms that the tack OF Cancellation
might have been begun and President Lincoln had an
authority which no one else had 70 temper that exasper
alton which always happens IN civil strife. Upon an.
other question the United States and those
against whom they had lately been IN arms
will have q most difficult task 10 periorm-1 alludc
TO the question Of Slavery. which according to
many had been the Of the civil war In America
At the beginning Of this war, the house Will re-
member President Lincoln declared that he had tn0
right by the Constitution 10 interfere with Slavery AT
later PERIOD he made kind Of decree as Commander
in-Chief in which he proposed that IN certain states
the slaves should be entirely freed But az later Pc
Rod he proposed that which he was constitutionaly
qualified 70 propose-that there should be an alteration
Of the Constitution Of the United States, by which the
holding OF persons TO labor by compulsory means was
to be forever hereafter forbidden Many persons
eager for tho immediate abolition Of Slavery. But
remember Lord Macaulay once observing. that
ing the penal laws against Roman catholics had been
abolished in Sir X WapOle's time, yet he would have
been mad TO have proposed such measure. SO with
regard tO President Lincoln. Whatever might have
been the horrors Of Slavery believe he perfectly
justified In delaying the time when that great alteration
in the law should be proposed. But whatever we may
think this subject VIC must all feel that there again
the death of President Lincoln deprives the United
States Of the who the leader on this subject
and the who by lis temper would have been disposed
to propose such measures as might make this great
change acceptable ~ those by whom he had been elected
and who might have preserved the peace that great re-
public under entirely new constitution. My lords
think We must all feel sympathy with the United
States this deprivation and also hope that he who
succeeds according to the American Constitution TO the
powers Of the late President may be able both In re-.
pect of mercy and enity to those who have been
quered and also In respect to those measures 70 be
adopted for that organization that the abolition Of
Slavery reQureswe must all hope that the new Presi
dent may succeed in overcoming those difficulties and in
restoring the republic 10 its pristine prosperity Ihad at
the CONNIE Of this contest occasion 10 say that
did not believe that that great republic would
perish in the contest, and my noble friend
at the head Of the Government had lately occasion
TO discaim any feeling of animosty or envy at the
greatness and prosperity OF the United States The
course which her Msestys Government pursued during
this civil war has been one Of neutrality There have
been difficulties which have occurred 70 us. there have
been difficulties which have occurred to the Government
Of the United States in maintaining the peaceful rea-
tons Of the two cOuntIif but these difficulties have
always been treated with temper and moderation on
both sides u the Atlpptic. trust that temper and
moderation will continue and can assure this house
that we have always been actuated by the wish that
the American government and the Ameaican people
should settle their differences without any interference
Of in the conflict OF arrs So likewise during the
attempt that will be made To restore peace and tran
guilty to that country. must equally refrain from
any Kind Of interference intervenlon and we shall
trust that the efforts to be made for that purpose
wiz b. successful and thst that great republic