The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1865-11-09

simple scramble for pickings and stealings, fit
franchises and exclusive privileges The people
Of the city Of New York might follow the ex-
ample Of the people Of the State and make .
clean sweep Of all corupuonists. They should
earnestly turn their attention to the forthcoming
municipal election, and begin at once the pre-
parations necessary to emanoipate themselves
from corrupt politicians and miserable cliques.
Now is the time to begin the work.
The british neutrality-suspicious. OF Re-
publican Instftuefons.
Lord Palmerston has been buried In West
minister Abbey with great pomp and ceremony,
and 1t seems to be generally conceded that
Earl Russell will temporarily succeed him as
Premier. All the leading English journals
agree, however, in the opinion which we ex-
pressed some time ago that Earl Russell's rule
will be merely for the moment and that he will
be unable to form permanent ministry. The
fact is that in losing Palmerston the British
government has lost its real head. He con-
trolled all the political parties and united them
in support of the Queen and her government,
even when they seemed to differ most radically
upon certain partisan or reform measures. In
this respect he was like Lincoln during the few
months that interviewed between the reinaugura-
ton and the assassination Of our late President
But when Palmerston died there was no Andrew
johnson to succeed him, and the British minis
try is therefore ct sea, with the helmsman gone,
and no one to keep the ship Of State upon it's
course How long Earl Russell will remain in
Office il is useless to speculate; but it is certain
that although the English press unanimously
objects to his remaining there long, nobody
has yet been able TO name any statesman who
can iii Palmerston's place. Clarendon, Gran
vile and Gladstone have been mentioned; but
all of them have most bitter opponents, dis
posed to show them no mercy and to give them
no lease Of power. II would not surprise us if
they should all be tried and found wanting.
We anticipate, In short, a succession of minis
tries, each weaker than its predecessor, and
final transformation Of the British monarchy
into republic, with some person of the John
Bright school at the head Of affairs.
Tho result of the recent civil war In this
country has greatly disturbed The policy Of
England France and the other European Pow
crs They desired and expected that the South
ern confederacy could be established and this
country thus divided and destroyed. They re-
peatedly predicted the dissolution OF the Union,
and used every means that they dared to en-
ploy in order to verify their predictions. In
doing 80 it was their simple, plain and self
evident object to check the progress of repub
licanism and strengthen monarchical instisu-
TONS 1t happens, however, that all their
and that repubicanism has come out of It's cru
cial contest victorious. We have not only pre-
served the Union, but we have demonstrated
beyond the possibility OF a doubt the capacity
of free people to govern aud 10 protect Them
selves. There is no monarchy on the face Of
rebellion so gigantic as that which attempted
to destroy this nation. and none which could
80 astonish the world by such an overwhelming
display of power on both land aud sea. Eng
land will probably have more trouble in sup
pressing the comparatively Insignificant Fcnian
pressing il al all-than we had in putting
down the greatest instruction that ever dis
turbed the world. Now, in u civil war, as in
political election, one party or the other
must lose, and those who back the de-
feated party must lose also. England
was one of those Powers which staked
everything upon the success Of the Southern
coniedcrscy, and il liz impossible for her to
escape the consequences OF her defeat. Her
honor is already gone; some of her money
has been sunk in The rebel cotton loan, and
more Of it must 20 to compensate US for The
injuries inflicted upon our commerce by Eng
fish privatecrs: but, in addition 10 all this
her system Of government must now he entirely
changed. Having deliberately accepted our
civil war as a conflict between aristocracy and
republicanism, she must also accept the result
OF the contest and conform herself to The sys-
Of republican institutions will affect all Europe
sooner or later; but Ia England the death of
Lord Palmersion has precipitated the issue by
leaving the government wi!hou, head since
the Queen is only lay figure used to main
tain costly and absurd sham ceremonial.
We have thus briefly but comprehensvely
stated the philosophy OF the present crisis in
England, and we are certai in that II will ulti-
mately result in the abolition Of the British
monarchy and the formation OF British re.
public.
The Forthcoming Message OF President
Joh mson.
No document ever penned by an American
statesman since the Declaration Of lndcpend-