The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1865-03-23
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1ne Lonoon Times OF the 2Sth plt., af-
ter announcing Lord Lyons resignation
OF his post ~ British Minister a, Wa,h.
lng'on on account Of III health. a1d pay
ing warm compliment TO bis industry
and discretion, says:
The successor of Lord LYONS in tb;.
nsmentous post will be Sir Frederick
Bruce, who At present holds the Office of
Minister in China, but happens oenor
tunely to be in England. There is no
reason TO doubt that in nakinp tbig selec.
ton the Government have had am ple re-
gard 70 sbe qualifications necessarylsor the
ctiice. Sir +. bruce has greatly distin.
guished himself by the conduct of our
troaoiesome negotiations with the Court
of Pekin; and though he will lra9e very
different persons to deal with in washing
ton, yet man who has been emerge tic.
acute and successful 10 one place. viii
Trobabiy be energetic and acute, aud will
a. least deserve 70 be successful. in |anotf. !.
er. Perhaps. in the surging sea which
American politics represent at the pres
eat time an intimate acquaintance with
the recent traditions of cur ministry al
Washington may b. OF less importance
than !. would have been otherwise The
movements are SO rapid, the infiue noes so
uncertain, that the course pursued at one
moment may have to b. fosgotte en the
next. But though Sir r. Bruce has not
been recently employed 10 any post con
iecied with his now Office, he is not en-
llrely inexperienced in American affairs.
lis first employment was when aitachs d
to the late Lord Ashhurton's special mis-.
zion to Washington in l842, when the ia ;
nous Ashbnrton treaty was negotiated.
Subsequently. for q yssr, he was Lieuten-
ant Governor of Newfoundland, and from
1917 to 1851 he was employed in various
pests IN South America. Four years al
Ter this he went with his brother, Lord
Elgin, to China, and has since been en-
t'refy employed in that country.
BY fortunate coincidence, he will ar
rive In America just when Mr.. Lincoln
will have entered upon his second term
Of Office II will, perhaps, have An op-
perfume significance that new Minister
ahould thus be accredited to the United
States At the commencement Of this new
period in her annals. A Wild fancy had
little while ago possession OF the Amer
iosu mind that EBgland sud Fnnoe con-
templsted sort of undsrhand recognition
Of the Confederacy on the 4th of March,
BY acknowledging Mr.. Liacola . Presi.
dent only of those Ststes which had taken
part in his election. The incrednlous
surprise with which this announcement
lof our Intentions vas received on this
side Of the water would have been sufficient
to conviacs the public Of most countries
Of their mistake. But the Americans are
peculiarly bsrd to convince against their
will, and it may be Fortunate, here
fore. marked refntation will be
given 70 their delusion. The arrival Of 4
new Minister accredited to the Govern
mont whose authority we still ackuowl.
edgs will BE- more conspicuous evidence
of the fallsoy Of these strange anticipa.
lions than the returs Of Lord Lyons /,
| may, perhaps, be made more evident tha,
instead ofin any way slighsing their Gov
sfnnens, w are paying il he distinct 1t.
tontion Of selecting new Minister to rep
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