New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1866-03-23

From Our Special cou"gotdent
LONDON March TO- ls66.
President Johnsou-to begin with the SUBJ
ect Of most interest American readers and afford
YOU f.i,hful reflex Of opinion here on your own con
cerns-s Just now the most popular Of his connrymen
with their natural enemies. All the nobs and the snobs
the tories and pariisans Of the late Rebellion the
hs,ers Of Repuhlcanism and the believers In the right
divine of the Few TO rule the many for their own selfish
ends are delighted with him. Since they used to crypt
INTO ignorant enthusiasm about Lee and stone~alI
jackson have seen nothing like ii. The same per
sons and papers who. year ago revlei bin /" n
drunken donagogue a renegade. brutal bufoon
Robespierre Marai. and much more q Am careful
not 10 ovefs,ate the easel now hud him 10 TIE SKIES
az sage, statesman hero aroAu Aha'fr 'deA'os'
and what not In consequence Of his veto OF The Freed
men Is Bureau bill. l could easily I'll page OF IHR
IHBusE With extracts from editorials eulogisng this
patty with the Rebellion. but hardly send you a
stckfd" OF approval or even apology from our
| friends-thoee who proved themselves such when
to DO 80 was To run counter 10 mo PopuIh'
current and 10 expose themselves TO inevita
bio otloquy and misrepresentation They are dis
couraged: more So think than you Republican Amer
leans who stand by Congress and remen Der how God
chose to uso the insincery and sehshness OF McCle
Ian and those akin 70 him to bring us nationally 70
higher standard q political morals and compass, III,
| own great ends. Said Enfahman 10 me (and N l
permitted TO give his name IL would have weight
on your side OF the Atlantic This Is the worst thing
that has happened since the death OF Abraham Lincoln
All along l. like many other friends Of America have
dsrusted that the old esven Of Slavery Mt extinct
In you nationally although you have paid such an awful
price for IT. that when the war was over you might try
10 patch up peace, Ignoring Gods justice or dong no
more OF II toward His image cut In ebony than you
could help. Now We have the President formally going
over that side and committing himself TO ell its To-
mentsbe oonseauenoes-making brutal stump speech
In the worst stye OF Southern stump orstory vheh m
wolves violent assertions and accusations that no IN
Drsindeed man ought TO read without strong sense Of
national disgrace. The result must be 70 gslvanizs
Slavery into existence In Of its worst Characters
tics and throw you all back again Mr.. johnson doubt
less we'll but he 10 doing his best to delay the pa
oifcation aud prosperity OF the South and your union
a. a united people for years Such believe to be the
men on our national crisis. Eero 10 ill nv letter
with comments on it could hardly say more.
To English Affairs proper The liberalism OF the new
House OF Commons was tested for the first time on
Wednesday last when Mr.. Hardcsstle 81. y. for Bury
ST. Edmonds. which place he has represented since
1857. moved the second reading Of bill for the total
abolition Of Church Rates. in careful argumentative
speech Of much ability followed by most interesting
debate 1t must be borne 10 mind that In the last Par
lament. the Queston-nvoving that OF religious liberty
end to tho Ubiquitous practice Of allowing the Church Of
England to tax other denominations Tor tho conserya
ton Of its ascendancy-hsd been successfully oar
turning point oftwo-ndsed an not sure WHISTLER
the supporters OF 1.-The rate did not last find them
selves in absolute minority. However that may
have been better things expected from the new
Parliament elected mainly liberal principles and
with IN estimated majority Of 60 on all questions OF
form. Wednesdays debate and Misunderstanding IN
the carrying OF the second reading Of the bill by ma.
liority of33-nny therefore be regarded the first
stirring episode OF the political battle to which, for
some time at least, tho Russell Gladstone ministry 10
inevitably committed. The House was remarkably
full one $40 members all told quite large number
as Is to be IN IT, except questions OF conn
donce and the speeches in favor Of the bill were un'
usually good. especially that Of Mr.. Bright, who
adopted that quiet conciatory tone Of address which
with him. OF late has been noticeable 40 effective.
great number Of Tory members had crowded INFO tho
opposite gallery in order that they might both see and
hear. unquestionaby the best speaker in the House,
and they both tolerant and good humOred indeed
| have heard Il doubted whether grave Lord John
Manners (of the famous couplet, LET Laws and Com
inerce Arts aud Freedom die. but leave still our
Old Nobility y who like little Jack Horner sat in .
corner, did not actually cheer the stawart
tribune OF the people. Mr. Gladstone Just before had
surprised everybody by speaking side and voting
on the other-in doing the former. actually ping up
arguments against the retention OF Church rates, and
dropping from time 10 time epgrammatic sentences
and phrases which will probably become familiar IN
quotation, as: The Interpretation Of the honorable
membcYs laugpaQo Wa thai the Church was sale