Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1865-11-15

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perpatratel by chiefs who call thouselve
4 Presidents, aud pretend 90 popular elee
ton. Nor can foreign nations condnu'
2 to allow their own citizens who visit ,
Z friendly territory for the legitimate pur
pose Of commerce, to be maltreated 8nC
robbed. Every conceivable eVu @
. anarchy existed in Mexico prior 10 tn.
French expedition and though We d0no
> approve the principlesOf such enterprises
we must admit that the circumstance o.
Mexico were so exceptional as 60 eXcus,
! all that Napoleon has done. The pe0pl,
Of the United States cannot better show
their regard for the interests Of civiliza-
ton and good government than hy let
; ting matters take their course iu Mexico
for it f. quite certain that the French
have no aggressive views, and that their
I occupation win be solely directed % the
maintenance Of the throne which they
have established and the order Whleh
they have restored. il the Americans
abstain from interference, MeAlco may
in a few years be rs prosperous p tnS
{ other New World Empire of Brazil Ahd
become n splendid field for the enterprise
Of the world IT, 0n the contrary uieE
seek tooverthroW he present 7eltleiiltlil, Z,
anarchy viii rule again ln Jht ''..iit y
and the conclusion %. tae Wolld ~ oe
that the United States see WIN le1l'u7F
the recovery Of the 'SleA man ~ the
New world. and desire that be should 90
from bad 90 worse. ana many ie"Fr lileln
a coveted inheritance.
From fta EsaEsa T,s.s, oar.
THE NFNy BRITISH CABINET-loRn RUS
SELL As PHE1ITEE-
/ There seems 90 bc no little danEer in
! the ramparatvcly quiet times in which
I We live that tie service of responsible
/ Minister Of the Crown VII degenerate
! into a system OF seniority. The maxim
/ We seem inclined 90 adopt Is the prefer
I enre of " an elder soldier, NOT bettgri'
aui set if there be any office for which
I the sole object should be ta choose the
{ very best person that can possibly be
found, that Office undoubtedly is the
Premiership Of England The Interests
concerned are 50 vast, tbs mere mecIaa-
! iCal strain l- 50 great, the amount OF 2lI-
/ ug integrity, and power OF every 6lnd
90 very hiEh, thatiI would seem mon
-trous % introduce any other conslaefa-
{ ton than that of the highest personal
fitness; yet in the present instance the
rein~ Of power seem To have ia-en INTO
the hands of Lord Russell, Tor scarcely
any better reason than that be rs the OIL
desI statesman whose hand IS stu 1-m
enough % grasp them. VI have recently
mad q signal instance how fan the power
and vivaeity OF youth may le preserved
and projected into extreme Old age and
We are ready to welcome a-e when l-
is hale and hearty, but there l- really no
/ little danger that we should fab into the
ridiculous error Of att-ihutiHE q success
which was achieved by Lord Palmer5-
toms singular viE0r Of mind and body,
i'm spite Of the duliiUg and deadeu,ng
influence Of years, = the very cause
against which he had lncessantiy 90
-trugCle-the burdens Of more than
seventy winters. In our eyes il j. no
recommendation 10 Lord Russell for the
post OF Premier, but quite the contrary.
lhai he was born In seventeen hundred
and uiDety-IVo, that his early manhood .
was spent In Parliamentary struggles
the effect Of which we -s.A bat the
details Of which have long been for
gotten. that hs was q Cabinet Minister .
thirty wears ago. and that thirteen years 2
have elapsed since he ceased % be Prime .
Minister. Lord Russell was never dis .
cinEui-Led by that yigor Of body and .
.nar elasticity Dt animal spirits #ll.A .
distinguished Lord IalMers-ou. The f.
batter aay be Truly said % have gone on F.
improving Up % within "a short time of .
af lord Russell, viii hardly maintain
that He has made any progress for the
las. thirty years, If, indeed, we consider .
him rG le now equal -o what Ac was In
eighteen hundred and thirty-liEe, when
he was certainly The leading -rit OF The .
government of Lord Melbourne.
The policy OF I0rl Russell -1
far a- he may be said % have any a.n-
si-rs mainly Of two points. In foreign
affairs be j. tile disciple Of Lord Farmer
-tru- wlara L8ri I1lUrr-tuu himself was .
least ia unison with ILe educated 8pillgu
IF the country. Lord I.Is=lll's sia# of
foreign policy j. what IFS admirers caI
-qiri-ed-tha- j. % say 1t l- iaGHall on
The lirs That il Is the duty of England
II the risk 0r auv HHits=r Of mqruylug
eepulses and rllI-l-. 90 IeT-.<r in offering
uuwelell-4 advice ta Ior.i-u nations
carving remembrance J1 The -tTr verge.
Of menace. 2Hd then drawing back sS
soon IS IL & ascertaaDeI that the rpmau-
sJrance WlI H1I He attended tor and iha-
there j. danger Ia pgSulag DatteF- any
further. J8ri H1-selIs domestic policy
may be comprised I'm t't5 single word
-ef57m. and ,nis is not the occasion to
dilate on Tie degree I'm which this his
fav1rir- idea, has been pro-s-- 70 he DIS
tasteful o. the UI8li" opinion uI El9t4i4
Prom ne Lln6a1 Times, 0rf z
lord EISSEL's guALlFi'AFlo>--
In tIa present instance, We have to SET
tie affair with America ta our mutual
satisfaction. I0rd hus7a.l la- DIS hand
In it. That Is the main, perhaps JHe only
reason, why he should be Premier.
Viewed in tisis light he is necessity
Like UJrdiciUg, The nation ptHs' f1h' nm.
erea tE0ugh H Wuta5 U trry face. He
q 81. frr.. d H Q
stv'e suited % the ruFE and to his an
t4guuiSts. He haas "a reputation which
would i.a lq-f either 10y base compliance
OF bva needless war. Cur general ground
in ihe politics df the world has been
cleared lately, and wa cannot pretend %
.av that oug hands gre too itHli and tla-
We must purchase peace uy submission.
Nor Is there any p1stpouem-uj Now OF
never Is Tire time 7 % the face ut such -u
emergency there was no possible choice
but to sec the Government haused over
bv the siUnle law of official succession
to the man nest Tn power, and actually
ut the wheel We HaE. indeed, 1e
thankful that the writer ai JHa-a -gla-
miuous letters is in a position to carry out
their reasoning -o its results But word
20 University gentlemen ami patriots or
saints indulging iu lufty asi -sEtlols 80
,hc freside, OF in the green fields. is Dc .
the prize of an prizes, the summit of
earthly ambition. 20 bc engaged In "a
daily FIssle OF arguments, presidents
and authorities with the iuterninallg .
Mr.. Seward UpUU 20 question involving
not remotely. the lives 4ay Hs, az
millions. and she honor, MOTTO say safety .
of this whole empire
Fr5ra as london IHHss, l-t
MR. GLADSTONE.
There We're two statesmen who might
naturally nase -spi-sd to the Premier F.
shin, and two others on whom Lle office
might dev,lre In default Of selection.
The apDoiuJment Of Lord Russell, with
all his drawbacks. t8 The go --t post 'ru
be 40 easily defended thai % nBr.1E needs
excuse the choice of Nh. Gladstone for
the place might require somewhat more
Justification but would be more accepta-
ble when iustined Lord GGsSa!N- quail
ffications were rather negative than pos
Tive Mr.. t5ladstUne's were very pos
tive indeed but had % Doe taken with
other draw backs. fbe simple digestion
+o ord Rus ell was that there was an
ADLER man ihan he 20 be had the
objection 10 ar Gladstone was
thgt. though the ahlcst man, he was
moi believed to be the safest. One
might to rs the least harm, the ltler
might do rs the greatest good. III ar.
Gladstone possessed the confidence of the
country e. coHnletely as ne commands
ts administration ihe decision would
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