The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-26

llrence. are daily rubbing down asperities, and
only free peoples on the Garth. United heart and
hend against desspotism and bad government
The author OF this suavc opistlo sang another
SONG when tho Rebellion had begun. In August,
1862. no took advantage of a visit paid by Lord
PalnerstOn, then Premier, to ShGilicld. TO urge
on his lordship the Immediate recognition OF
Southern Independence. He stigmatizud the at
temp, to rS nrnuc.t The St.tSs Of Americn IS an
cess" They could never be reunited, lac declared.
The conduct q the people Of the North to Eng;
A divided America, he protested. would be a
benefit to ENGLAND. To the following words an
a sSey wsro uttered S1i%s T in tho i%,P Prime Sin INST .Tf' p s%as
personally. THO North viii nevSr be our
They arc Englishmcn. They are not the scum
and refuse OF Europe" It was reported that
speeches on the recognition Of tho Confederate
states. that 1t was -" deviiish good spieSech."
on" "IIaiss pst s sis SOL so piSMiG T' ho SHt !eT ut, s ssed fG IN trn %St
the side of tho South. He advocated its cause
mcnt he moved an address TO the Grown. pray
ing her Majesty to enter into negotiations with
o%ncrStlon in recognizing the independence Of tho
Confederatcs. The motion had been preceded
by a remarkable transaction, and was largely
lnnd, who had the cntrtc OF the Tuilcrics by
reason OF having been consulted on navigation
nlNlleTS, nNu pTOCctutu 10 IhTiS. accompanied
by Mr.. ltocbuck. for the purpose OF stimulating
Napoleon III. to take active steps toward &C.
knowledging the South. TO the two Enalish,
men an audience WIS accorded, and the usual
result of amateur diplomacy followed. No two of
the parties agreed Ms TO what actually had taken
place. The Emperor d~isavowod. or declined to
be bound by, the version OF, the conversation
which MIR. Rocbuck gave to tho House of Com.
mons. The amazeinent and amusement with
which this mission to a ruler whom, a few years
before. Roebuck had denounced rs a " ~perjured
dcspot' was received by the general pub.
liz VIVA nNnrnQRnH In tnnpnnt IN rom i'm
by john Bright. Lord pP"imerston was
constrained to Joint out the em6nrrass,
the House of Commons of words that had passed
between private members and tho sovereign of
m ierfl strong SSshe cmoS Ssq; !" as Mr.! Roeb 10 ihs ro ffe.
family abandoned his motion. The time came,
IN August, 1864, when, Rocbuck. .spcaking Mt
Sheffield. was fain to acknowledge Lord Palmer.
ston' superior wisdom IN not acting MS he would
have had him act toward tho United States. In
he said: II have great faith in my countrymen;
but the eN Perienee Of America trightens me. |
i'm p"ri mot m nsh" WSsie tt life use i the Word ppdk 5rGi0 ~ ,Soi
country ms about to solve the great prob.
lem len, Of sSif.soyernment Ihe had done his
destroyed. and am left 10 reconstruct my polit.
m 1eSl 1 phiI ss.T1 nSo and doubt p and md h ESTATE E Sssst
in September, 1868. Roobuck gave fresh offence
to- British Torkingmen, by unpleasant refer.
OF MIR Reyerdy johnson. thon American Minis.
ter in England. There had, he said, been poured
into America a tide Of corruption, "a %feculent
torrent" of almost all the vice and turbulence
of Europe. Nv c sec" he continued, 1.-THE wild
lrishmnn, the fiery F~renchman, the assassinat.
ing Italian and the dumfounded Spaniard, all
going out in one mass. and wishing to fulfil
their expectations in the mind of America. +"
We observe. finally, that. Mt n banquet Civ n "a
hin in Sheffield in March, 1869, when he was
presented by his friends and admirers with
$4,000. invested In Consols. he delivered what
he called his :" political testament" 1t was
comprchenued in these three points: beware
OF trades unions; beware OF Ireland; beware OF
America" 1t was not only his opposition to the
cause of the Union that had caused him to lose
the scat for Sheffield in the preceding year n,
the hands of workingmen. They resented. also
his avowal OF pro.Austrian sympathies his
opposition to the Italian struggle for indie
pendence, and his disposition to throw
water on the struggles OF tho Poles
for freedom. AS to Ireland. he denied ths
existence of any troubles that were not self
made and self.curnb BILE; and, in connection with
disturbances In New Zealand, he reiterated
with unmitigRted harshncss his otten-pro
claimed views on the inevitable law that tn,
price OF civilized coloniz ,tion is the extcrmina
ton Of abOrigines. The sooner. he said, tn,
Maoris were destroyed, the better.
When Rnebuck recovered the seat for Shelf
field. in 1874. it was through Tory support. aid
henceforth. 1t was unavoidable that he SHOULD
drift into thr Tory party. He had but five year
to live, and it was Lord Beaconsficld who mad,
him a Privy Councillor not long before hi
death. NJ. w. II.