New-York daily tribune., 1865-11-01
PALMER
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Henry JOln Icmplc, 'iscouNi aihciSeo"t ""N.
Premier of the British Ministry. {" First Lord OF
the Treasury, ~ died on the morning OF the i9th.
He was the ccverest and one Of the Oldest oil
British statesmen, and his death forebodes I'M
portant changes in the politics Of Great BRITAIN,
if not of Europe. He lacked barely day oi
attaining the ripe age of 81. Born in Ireland
but Of the couquering race. he was never Ill
heart or purpose Irish; succeeding TO Dis (lrisn)
pccrage when but Is, he might have hoped to be
selected to represent his order in tho British
House of Lords, but he chose TO enter the Com
mons, and at 81 contested unsuceesSiully a.
Tory the representation of Cambridge Univer'
sity but was beaten by Lord Henry Petty, since
MARQUIS of Lansdownc, Wing. He was next
year re,urned-amost sixty years ago, as a
Tory from the rotten borough Of Bletehingly,
and a Tory in heart he remained to the day o'
his DEATH though-not being fool-he, with
Others like him. supported Parliamentary Re-
form, and other such measures, and so being
denounced and discarded by the owilSh
bigots of Toryism, he was thrown INTO the
arms of the so-csled Liberals, and, alter
having been for twenty years member
of successive Tory administrations. he accepted
in 1880 the post Of Foreign Secretary in that o'
Earl Grey whereby the Parliamentary Reform
lbill was pressed and carried. Since that time
though never u Radical and ncyer proclaimine
himself a whig-he has acted generally with the
Wings, and has been member OF every Whie
or Coalition Cabinet, generally Foreign Sccre
5 tary until 1855, when. on the retircment O
Lord Aberdeen he became Premier, which pos
: he continued TO hold, with one brief interrup
Ition. till bis DEATH Succeeding TO the represen
tation Of Cambridge University in 1911. hi
held it till 1891, when he was thrown out 10
I supporting the Reform BILL but at once returned
for Bletchingly, and soon after for Soutl
, Hants, and in 1855 for the borough of Tiverton
D which he has steadily represented for 30 years
( His sixty years Of Parliamentary service
though chequered by several reverses, may b.
regarded as practically unbroken. and he LEI
the House undsputedly when 30, though il
A Gladstone, bis Chancellor of the Exchequer
I that House boasted of the most accomplished
I,isat best doubtful whether the ll-compacte'
: Liberal party can be held together unde
@ another lead than his it is notorious that man.
' members, who are at heart Tories, owe thci
I seats to loudly .vaunted devotion to his rule
q and It is exceedingly doubtful that the Liberal
$ could have carried majority Of the House o
J.. Commons at the recent election divested Of tn
n potent spell Of his name. Lot new election
: be held next month, with Russell, Clarendon
4 Granville, or even Gladstone. as Premier, and
Tory triumph is more than probable.
0 British politics need an infusion Of younI
G blood. Earl Russell is 73 years old; Ear
s Clarendon rs; Earl Derby (thc Tory chief) /
s &C; even DlSraeli, who leads the Tory side o
c the House Of Commons, is GO. The time is rip
{ for younger and more progressive statesmen
r and it is probable that Palmerston's death viii
hasten the desirable consunmation.
True to bis Tory education. Lord Palmerstol
never loved this country, and. though too wis
: to assail Us wantonly, would gladly have aidet
the establishment of the Southern Confederacy
could he have done SO at O moderate cost. II
is scarcely possible that any Liberal adminstra
ton shall now be formed that is not NOR,
friendly to us than his has been. The fact tina,
an avowed Tory has just been chosen his col
league for I'ivcrton is significant of his ten
dencies and real views. Let another be now
chosen his successor, and the record he opened
when the last Reform bill was beaten by his
connivance will be complete. He leaves nc
children and the title expires with him.
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