Rutland weekly herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1859-1877, 1865-11-09
RTTLAND HERALD.
os,,h os aord paImcTston.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1865,

n Vnry John Temple, Yiscount Palmer
II an First Lord of the Treasury, and as
n .n,b usually called Prime Minister died
Fl NJ, IS, when he was within two dayso
Il Ming 81 years of age, He has been in
orblIc life nearly 60 years, and large
norton of that time Secretary Of For
,oo Affairs. Among the noted ances-
h ,oys of the Palmerstou house was Sir
& william Temple, knight, the learned
and eminent Secretary of Sir Philip Sid
pey, and subsequently Of the unlortu'
nste Earl Of Essex, a.
Lord Palmerston is believed to have
been always tory at heart, although in
the latter part OF his career he acted
mostly with the wings, He has been
styled "a conservative liberal, and lib
Il ava, conservative" He avoided eX-
n rmes, and held but loosely to party
! opinions
The one thing which above all others
ever marked his diplomacy, was his Gag
erngss to form revolutionary alliances,
and at the very earliest stag. His at
tachment to liberal principles wa, got
the motive. rs was proved by his quick
ness o recognize Louis NapolcoN's coup
sdat whr.hy THAI willy nephew Of
q hi, uncle Transformed himself from q
President to AN Emperor
A. that tjmy 1850 Palmerston was
Foreign suc,gtary, Lord john Russell
being the d unai Prime Minister Lord
Pa.merstun. .owever, almost mrngatcd
70 limseIt lue functions OF royalty, SO
that A. on, jima the Queen reminded
him Jaat he must submit his foreign
DISPATCHES % Lyr INSPECTION before they
were sent a. He promised u attend
to Lcr iojuuctions, aud shortly after
i wards recognized the coup q e'qt The
n Cncyu Indignantly demanding an eXpla-
81 nation, Palmerslon cUoly replied by re-
newlug his dispatch of recognition, for
which he was SummanIy dismissed,
d Four or five years afterwards he became
F. Prime Minister and retained that posi-
ton until his DEATH
With an innate love OF mischief and
h .ondness for troubled waters, he COM
bined an immense nationality of spirit,
and a consequent anxiety to build up
British influence.
The fact is notorious that our own
country has had no serious difficulties
with England for the last 80 years that
were not attributable to his policy. The
New York Times well says
Palmerston being at the head Of Brit
ish affairs when the Southern rebellion
began, it was a foregonc conclusion "
4 that the Cabinet policy would be TO help
n the rebellion to the utmost extent posi-
bic. The precipitate acknowledgment
n OF the belhgerent rights of the rebels
4 directly after the news of the lombard
ment of Sumter, without giving time
/. for our new Minister, Mr.. Adams, to
reach his post, was thoroughly Palmer
StOnian. SO was the first dispatch upon
the Trent affair, the domiueering and in
Sultiug language Of which seemed to
preclude all possibility Of settlement
NlllpuL tilN ALiOCb ahbjENb ttulhIlleAbAoil Oii
our part, and which would probably
have led to the most disastrous COhse-
quences, but for the friendly mOdifca-
ton made by Prince Albert. Of course
it is impossible to say how much Of the
1 unfreudIy spirit and argument which
n have characterized Earl Russell's diplO-
matte CORES Ondence with our govern
ment during the last four years has been
original with himself and how much
has been inspired by Lord Palmerston;
but there is every reason TO believe that
we should now have much less reason
to complain had Palmerston spent the
last years of his advanced age in private
life, instead of occupying the premier
ship. Even if PalmerstOn restrained
from personally directing the course Of
reign affairs, the very fact of his being
chief of the Cabinet would naturally
inpel Russell to copy his boIduess and
arrogance. His removal will, Of itself,
We believe tend to very material abate
ment Of these disploys,
The report that Earl Russell will snc-
coed to the premiership, and that Claren-
don will be called to the foreign depart
ment will probably prove correct. But
it is extremely doubtful whether any
such arrangement can be permanent,
Lord Palmerston was the principal link
Of the few that connected the past with
~ the present He was, as we have seen,
an octogenaIiau. Earl Russell is rs
years old Earl Clarendon 65; Earl Der
BY the tory chief, g. The times and
the people imperiousiy demand that
men be placed at the head Of affairs that
are younger in years, and more liberal in
their views of public policy.