Cleveland daily leader. [volume] ([Cleveland, Ohio]) 1865-1873, 1865-11-15

the New ren1e
From the London Times, 0 {. 23.1
T In our eyes it is no recommendation tC
Lord Russell for the post of Premier, but
quite the contrary, that he was born in
1892 that his early manhood was spent
in Parliamentary struggles, the effects OF
which we feel, but the details of which
have long been forgotten that he was a
Cabinet Minister thirty years ago; and
that thirteen years have elapsed since he
ceased to be Prime Minister. Lord Rus
sell was never distinguished by that vigor
Of body and that exuberant elasticity of
animal spirits which distinguished Lord
Palmerston. The latter may be truly
said to have gone on improving up to
within a short time of his decease, while
the greatest admirer of Lord Russell will
hardly maintain that he has made anv
progress for the last thirty years, if, in
deed, we consider him to be now equal to
what he was in 1885, when he was GER
tainly the leading spirit in the govern
ment of Lord Melbourne. Then again
Lord Russell, with all the instincts of a
pure Whig, surrounds himself with an
aristocrstic clique; and does not obtain
the sympathies of the great body of the
people. He consolidatcs the opposition
when he is in power, and does not strength-
en- his Own government. Indeed, the
ministry declines under his guidance. The
six years when he was Premier were a
period of ~decadence, and SO also was the
time during which he wa in Lord Mel
bourne's government. Well skilled in
the dead lore of the English constitution,
be fails to grasp the living spirit. His
foreign policy is copied from the worst
phaseof Lord Palmerston-viz., to persist
IN offering unwelcome advice to foreign
nations, and after carrying remonstrauce
to the verge of menace, drawing back
when danger.is ~apprehended. His domes-
tic policy is simply reform, and his views
on this subject have not hitherto been
very acceptable. Besides all these objec-
tons are others founded upon Earl Rus
sells treatment of his colleagues. Some
times he would take momentuous steps
without consulting them, sometimes sacri-
fee them for himself, and sometimes de-
sert them in their hour of need. In 1850
he wrote the famous and abortive Durham
letter without consulting his colleagues, |
or, as Leech rendered il, he chalked "No
Popery" on Cardinal Wiseman's door and
then ran away. In 1852 ne resigned on
account of his defeat on the Militia bill, |
and again without consulting his col
leagues. During the Crimean war he Sc
riously impaired the stability of the Aber-
deem government by insisting upon his
Council. In January, 1855 foreseeing
that the Aberdeen government would fail,
and, hoping to be entrusted with the chief
he abandoned his colleagues, and
denounced them for proceedings in which
he had taken part. Being disappointed
of this he coRdescended to accept of
fee under Lord Palmerston, but resigned
account of of the outcry made against
his diplomatic failure at Vienna, although
Lord Palmerston was quite willing to
have carried him through. In 1857 he
Joined the tories and radicals, and, with
out cause of offence against his old col
voted against him on the Chinese
war, and again on the Conspiracy to Muir
der Bill. Finally, he has the ~unapproach-
Ible distinction that he, six years the Pre-
nier of a liberal government, was q prin-
means of overthrowing two liberal
governments in succession in the course of
hree years, of causing two dissolutions of
Parliament, and of re-uniting the liberal
party on the basis of the six-pound fran
;hise, which has just finally crumbled
lway beneath his feet. 1t is easy at this
line to form a government out of what
,ver elements the leaders of the liberal
party choose to compound together, but it {
deserves very serious consideration how !
ar the Premiership of Lord Russell l
s likely to continue to us the advantages {
hat we have enjoyed under the leader {
hip of Lord Palmerston, who never failed l
friend or a party, or allowed his ambi-
ion for n moment to transgress the lin {
is ofpropriety. {
RUSSELL n Il AMERICAN QUESTION.
From the London Times, Oct. 25th.J I
We have to settle affairs with America J
0 our mutual satisfaction, and Lord Rus |
ell has his hand in it. That is the main,
the only reason, why he should d
70 Premier. Viewed in this light, he is a {
-ecessity. Like medicine, the nation must I
axe him, even though it makes a wry ;
ace. He knows all the ins and outs. He !
as a style suited to the work, and to his /
ntagonists. He has a reputation which |
Tould be lost either by base compliance or !
y a needless war. Our general ground !
n the politics of the world has been clear d
d lately, and we cannot pretend to say l.
nat our hands are too full, and that we '
purchase peace by submission. Nor !
there any postponement. Now OF q
ever is the time. In the face of such an Q
there was no possible choice q
ut to see the Government handed over by /
be simple law of official succession to the
ian next in power and actually at the
heel. We NAV, indeed, be thankful that i
-, "a g Alo1a .ro1-,.,o,,r Io&4o-, = v
l a position to carry out their reasoning =
!, its results. But q word to university i
entlemen and patriots or saints INDUCING f
/ lofty aspirations at the fireside or in the .
reen fields. 1t is the prize of all prizes, /
ne summit of all earthly ambition, to be E
ngaged in a daily tussle of arguments, :
recedents and authorities with the inter .
unable Mr.. Seward upon a question in T
not remotely the lives, may be, of 7
and the honor, not to say safety, 7
the whole empireR. Rut let that pass. \
he country, through her Majesty, and !,
18th scarcely a choice in the matter, has n
a man of the longest experience u
nd the highest note for a difficult emer- a
ency in our foreign relations. That is =
le simple fact. If Lord Russell succeeds !,
3 will show that he has a claim to the =
confidence of his couRtrymen. If g
9 succeeds he may or may not be char \
ably judged, but he will cease to be Pre- +
lier. :.
anada Prepared for the Fenians and u
the Rest of the World. o
From the Montreal Times, Tuesday. a
1t were idle to deny that a certain Il
mount of anxiety has been aroused o
lroughout the Province, by the rumors of D
engagements made by the Fenians to at n
lck Great Britain through Canada. The 81