The sun., 1908-05-17


attempted 10 taka Isabassopol single hAh6sd
~ TO silence uel6he. and painful though
u wss 70 the latter 70 have 70 oensure Lord
Aberdeep'e 0cverpment, which he desired
70 support. he felt II 10 he his duty 10 per-
severe In his condemnation OF the RESPONSE
bio directors OF the war. Meanwhile De-
lana had been indefatig gable In creating a
fund for providing comfort for tho nick
and wounded. and IN o few weeks the Ti'nss
collscted over sias,000 for tho purpose.
Although throughout the winter Of iss4-ss
DelaneD had TO face hurricane Of abuse
for His outSpoken disclosure Of tho mis-
OF the war, Mr., 0ladstons, the
Minister mainly responsible for the financial
policy OF the Cabinet, rendered hin his
personal approval OF the course he hsf0 felt
70 adopt Scarcely had Pariia-
nsnt met on December u, 1864, whsn Roe
buck, the Radical member for sheffield,
gave notice OF his intention 10 move for a
committee OF inquiry into tho whole con-
duct Of tho war. It was ut this JuEacture
that Lord John Russell, forcsceing that tho
Aberdeen ship was sinking, resigned, or
rather sbsconded. Before Roebuck's mo-
tion came to vote Delane made up his mind
that the dissolution OF Lord Aberdeen's
Cabinet was Inevitable, and whilo continue
Ing to speak OF its head with the respect to
which no man was more entitled, strongly
advocated the claims OF Lord Palmerston
a. the fittest and ablest man to succeed
him. At the Same time he likened Lord
John Russell TO General who, refusing an
action In the presence Of an enemy, throws
down his trintheon and quits the field. Az
Ia well known, Roebuck'e motion was car
ried by majority OF moro than two to ono,
and Lord Aberdeen at once resigned. There-
upon Lord Palmerston, though 10 years
old, was after some delay and tentative
ovortures in other directions and much
against the Queens wish called to the posi-
ton OF First Minister Of the Crown. We
scarcely need recall the fact that Palmer
ston brought the Crimean war to sue
oessful conclusion and made an honorable
peace. From his assumption OF the Premier
ship his views began to undergo gradual
but perceptible approximation to those OF
Dolane. Personal acquaintance soon ripen-
ened into intimacy and mutual respect
into friendship. Palmerston was the, first
to admit how much he owed during the
last and most creditable decade of his long
public career to the advice and the support
OF his former critic,
The fact Is sometimes overlooked that
in September. 1855, Delane. accompanied
by Laurence 0liphant, left England for
Halifax and Boston. Delane's opinions OF
America and its people speak for them
solves in his correspondence. He had
timed his arrival so rs TO be 10 New York
during tho Presidential election, and it Is
noticeable that many years before its adop-
ton in England he speaks with approval
OF the methods Of recording votes by means
OF the ballot. In a letter to his brother
in-law from Chicago he says that he is
now writingin hotel as splendid as the
Castiglione in Paris, making up 400 beds,
with 1856 servants, and yet only one hotel
out OF four equally large In city which
only began to exist when you and l went
to Oxford" Even as early as November 2
he predicted that Fremont would be beaten,
describing him as -the unhappy being so
we'll known in English boroughs, the favorite
of the non-elactors. Writing from the
Clarendon Hotel. New York, on November
4. 1858, he says he is disappointed in what
he has seen OF the city. 1T is not half
so well built as Boston. and this, which is
the best hotel. is not better than that at
Chicago Three days later. however. he
aoknow lodged: This place Is very agree
able. Nothing can exceed the civility and
hospitality of the people or the Federal
capital. after visiting IL, he said in letter
to, Lord Clarendon: MY model Minister
should never live at Washington eycept
during the session Of Congress, and would
thus escape one OF the greatest draw backs
of the post. the necessity OF living in 80
odious a village" In the same letter he
expressed the opinion that -there is little
good to be done with the press Of the United
States. 1t is too corrupt, and it would be
dangerous az we'll as unavailing to drive
il in our interests, whereas much more
than even the best disposed press could
do might be done by a British Minister
who could make effective speeches. OF
course there would be some danger that
he would say too much. but not more than
you all incur. whom you go a-starring In
the provinces
Mr. Dasent says in connection with the
outbreak Of the mutiny in India that for the
four preceding months his uncle had been
receiving by every mail letters from men
qualified to speak with authority on the
vexed question Of the CREASED cartridges. The
private information which Delane received
from India he placed at Palmerston's dis
posal, but the Prime Minister seems at first
TO have underrated the danger looming in
the near future. We learn that Delane was
consulted privately by Lord Palmerston as
to the choice Of Speaker in the new House
OF Commons (eleoted early in 1851. That
he wss asked to adjudicate, upon the claims
of the various candidates Of that distin-
euished Office was attribute to the respect
entertained in high quarters for his peou-
liar and extensive knowledge OF men and
manners. The qualifications which he held
TO be indispensable to the successful oocu-
pancy Of thu chair were. We are told. i'm
perturbable good temper. tact and patience;
q previous legal training. II possible; absence
Of bitter partisanship in his former career;
the possession Of innate gentlemanly feel
inss, which involuntarily command respect
and Difference. and lastly personal dignity
in voice and manner. He directed attention
to the fact that II an unsuitable appointment
were made and collision should take place
hntuoap tho Houee and ite Sneaker he