Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-05-25
English Sympathy.

The expressions Of Sympathy with the
United States in their late bereavement,
have been very general and emphatic
throughout England. On the LIST inst.
the subject of the assassination Of Pres
ident Lincoln was formally introduced
into Parliament. In the House Of Lords,
Earl Russell paid a handsome tribute
to the excellent qualities Of the late
president, and referred especially to his
kindness of heart and his disposition to
alleviate the pain and animosity which
have prevailed during the civil war.
He continued
'My lords, l think we must all feel
sympathy with the United States on
this deprivation and also hope that ne
who succeeds according to the Amer.
can Constitution to the powers of the
late President, may be able both ia the
respect Of mercy and lenity to those who
have been conquered, and also In re-
speCt to those measures to be adopted
for that new organization that the abO-
litiOn of slavery requires-we must all
hope that the new President may sue,
coed in overcoming those difficulties and
in restoring the public to its pristine
prosperity
Earl Derby followed in speech in
which great care was exercised that his
expressions of admiration for Mr.. Lin
coin or of sympathy with the Ameri-
can people for his loss, should not be
construed as any condemnation of rebels
or of their cause. In the House of Com
mons on the same evening a warm tri-
butte was paid to the memory Of Mr..
Lincoln by Sir George Grey, who after
describing the universally of the emo
tiOn which had been occasioned in Eng
land by the assassination, concluded as
follows:
"Of this I am confident that this
House could never more fully and never
more adequately represent the feelings
of the people of this United Kingdom
than by agreeing to the address which
it is now, sir my duty to move, ex-
pressing to Her Majesty our sorrow and
indignation at the assassination of the
President of the United States and pray
ing Her Majesty, in conveying her own
sentiments to the Government of that
country upon this deplOrable event, that
she will express at the same time, upon
the part of this house, their adherence
OF the crime, and their sympathy with
the Government and the people of the
United States in the deep affection into
which they have been plunged. cloud
cheers from all parts Of the House.N
He was followed by Mr.. DisraeIi in
the most earnest and appropriate speech
of the occasion, as follows:
"Sir, there are rare instances when the
sympathy of a nation approaches those
tender feelings that, generally speaking,
are supposed to be peculiar to the indi-
vidual and to form the happy privilege
of private life, and think this is one
of them (Hear, hear,l Under all cir
cumstances we should have bewaiIed
the catastrophe at Washington-under
all circumstances we should have shud-
dered ut the means by which it was ac-
compllshed. But, in the character of
the victim, and in the very accessories
OF his almost latest moments, there is
something so homely and so innocent
tnae IL takes the subject as it were ont
OF the pomp of history and ont of
ceremonial diplomacy. 1t touches tho
heart OF nations, aud appeals to the do.