, 1865-04-20
-s t-.ten. remaining ont Of Parliament fo1

W1a btAten, IeMalAuS o1s -
VIZ '9yrinr ySn1s tbs period us5o} Mr.. cobden came
n t9,n Tinted states On some private business.
When Er. Golden was In the unisea ots.eS
h.s friends nominated him for tae ooIoosu
Rochdale, and returned nun n[eh1s ~ @ to
thr conscryattye psrty, and Lord fAine[stoa
resumed Office, III the distribution OF plaS?s
h:s lordship avoided the mistake when os
colleague, Lord Russell, had made tFeMtV
thfrteen years before, and kept tue ffeslueu
ship Of the Board Of Trade, with seas "a
the Cabinet, vacant for so1na time, "alEios
Mr.. Cobde1's acceptance. Mr.. Cooato, on
arriving in England, hoste1ed to the Premier
| and declined the offer.
| Though never minister Of England, It Was
| his fate to have morr potential voice In the
| commercial policy Of his country than most
| ministers ever attain, In having the Ct d.
| rectipp Of the CON mt1ci2l treaty with France.
Mr.. Golden had alwaJstnsiated On the pacific
an3 Ia one of bis visits to Paris he had m IN
te1y1cw with his Majesty, IN which Louis Na-
noleon entered into an elaborate argument
to show that his naval and military plcpara.
tions, which were then exciting Sooa oeal
at nneasincss, were no more than the domes-
tic necessities Of France required. This
rnolorT found its Way into the newspapers
Il was Understood from the pen Of AF. Cob
aen hiuselt-aad the NAY was thus paTca iot
the rumozs that Afterwards bean 20 elcn' c!,
late, and which every aa5 acqnnso esn L; spn thI
. siatency, respecting Inc neso1la'on u LIT
sF1St' Va hsve .aia that dr. Golden invested th'
snrnIus of the corn law subscriptions Il
j A-o.,5aan railway stock, and re may adt
l % that for time be suffered sono iosses fron =,
fhe investment. About the time thas "
!; Golden WAS out Of Parliament, ana "ane anee =, q
+ oiers aome Of his friends proposed 70 raise
: ssacnnd anbtcription In his favor. 1t WAS
baya been managed with great dencaGy; ~
:; The London TINES got hold Of tue a0ais' ~ ~
2 In IN article recommended Inc case 70 - -
public in tone Of con!empsh!u1ts NV sinful
u If was that q gentleman who aspt1ed 70 econ
U MIR The finances of the nation could not kee @
T. his own private affairs from confusion: -
re effect of this was immediate: Af. eopos
wrote over TO- England repuaasl9t ;s.,ii ~ Of =
b. Tould separate himself from I'LL connecG
With It. After this savage attack Mr. Cood
ct refused to the Journal in question aon's''
p. NM H. n cnhden expressed his opinion On the
ID ..ne of he American NAT very Iecent1y ~
ca etter 1aH ~ addressed to the United States Si1I
~ ~ ter A. Eouerhassn, In which he said:
~ cnnpIa1u}ate you on the course Wnlcn a. ~
a. have taken In Jour county ~ aotnE th,f ther. M
- - n.m;sraIab able si.ns Of exhaustion IN the y,
- - tederacy. ana it would not be rash to pIeo
a5 now that The famous ninety aays "in y
very decided sve9ts r. tns n
bpt I The Federal armies contlol. bis So DON on
S. Ions. hold theory taat l5;dasas II these II 5
nd when armies Eeqnre Jaas rssp theT
mnch iarger than IN olden days, It Is HPo ,o
of- flr to carry on WAT without the base o1 ~
one cities. Il tie saaports be taken and -; LGe
oblioed 10 evacuatc Richmond, there VIII II
Is Ter: he 4 town LEFT inthe Confaderacy With ~,
a wte inhabitants Il vii be e;ep Imp9}s'lt1se n tse
% terror of the slave States, amid sGatte
rc,, plantations and unpa7ed villages: fon
os hot in such circumstances, concentrate -
nef ennipment for an army. expect, therei
to see the loss Of the large towns leao
hes Lord Palmerston, Mr.. Bright and
,ror D'Israeli have paid the most affecting = pa !
re. mcutary tributes to the memory ot ~;
,ffsr dan. and the French p1aas Yiea with ths
.on- , England IN, d.plorinE the loss Of stau
,a.-o ! friend Of freedom and humanity