The Union flag. [volume] (Jonesborough, Tenn.) 1865-187?, 1865-11-17
Lord Palmerston

Tho death Of Lord PALMERsToN
causes the mind to recur involunleer-
ly,to the remarkable length of the
career which it closes. When he was
born, the great NAPOLEON was yet
boy at school at Bricnnc DR. JOHN
son had not yet passed off the stage
Of life; BURKE was in the zenith of
his fame; while BYRON, and host of
other celebrities long since dead, had
not yet come into the world in which
the late Niscount played so distin-
guishcd part. TIC entered Parli-
mcnt in 1906, which was marked as
the year in which the hand of death
closed tho long rivalres Of Fox and
PITT. The Statesman who made
his first speech on the destruction of
the Danish feet at Copenhagen, has
q record which impresses the mind
by the extended duration Of its cxis-
lance when we remember that he
was Secretary OF War before ABRA-
HAM LINCOLN was born, one can fully
appreciate the character of tie labor
he has undergone, and feel the great
or astonishment at the vivacious
good health which he retained to the
last ...I .. .. r...u ...t.
The pluck which was showed by
the late Premier, during his long adj
ministration Of affairs of the Foreign
Office, gave him his best tito to the
admiration of his countrymcn. His
tact in the management Of affairs in
the Of Commons enabled him to re.
tain popularity, when he had first
drawn attention to himself A ready
off hand debater, he was prompt TO
defend himself or his party from crit-
cism, and from long practice he be.
came the most completely armed po-
litical gladitor of modern times. lie
had every style Of attack or defense
ready, and tho manner in which he
adapted himself to the temper of his
audience at the time, gave him an i'm
measurable superiority over his com.
petitors for pubic favor. His position
as partisan might be said to be mid.
way between tho conversation and
the radicaism Of his party, but his
keen sense of the drift of popular
opinion always led him to give up
impractcable ideas before the moro
obstinate Of his colleagues, and win a
credit for liberaity of sentiment
which he often did not deserve. He
gave his support to Earl GREY's Re.
form Bill in 1882, and was consequent
ly defeated at the next election by
his constituency of Cambridge Uni.
versity, thus forming parallel to
the late defeat Of Mr.. GLADSTONE at
Oxford. His course has been q
changcablo one, and his political emo
mics have not failed to charge him
with every inconsistency, which has
probably been n perfectly natural re.
suit Of his temperament and cast OF
mind lilo has had n habit Of address,
ing himself to the electors Of tho lit.
tie Borough of Tivcrton, which ho
has represented since 1885, on all
questions which he wished to spring
upon his party or his opponents, very
much in the style that Mr.. SEWARD
adopts at Auburn, lie has not, in
short, mcritod tho praise of his friends
or the defamation of his enemies llc
has not perpctrated any acts which
have disastrously affected the wei
fare of his countrymcn or mankindj
and it can hardly be said that he has
cvordonc anything for their real ad'
unless forced into il by tho
necessities of his party. TO sum up
bis career no has been u successful