Year: 1859

The moral victory which has been won BY Ma
poleon III. in England may we'll be regarded as
the first fruits of his clear resoute and magnani-
nous policy on the question of Italy. Its gravity
and extent may be measured by the cohesive force
it has exerted upon those scattered elements of
English Liberalism, which nothing but such cri-
sis as this which the French Emperor has evolved,
could possibly have compelled into harmony and
| coalition. The new Cabinet of Lord PalmerstOn
may fairly be regarded as a marvel of political
chemistry.s II combines upon the Treasury bench
es not merely personal rivals, like Lord Palmers-
ton himself and Lord John Russell, who have apt
ly been compared to the fgtree and the olive of
Jotham's Parable, but prosy eipherers Of the
huckster-schOol like Mr.. Golden with strict con-
strnctiOnists of the doctrine of family supremacy,
like the Earl of Granville, and off-hand reformers
like Miner Gibson, with subtle and unclubab.e
persons like Mr.. Gladstone. Nothing but the
dread of seeing England drift into a great and
terrible war out of which she must come shorn Of
her commercial superiority if not of her whole
national prestige, could have forced the narrow
and crochety Manehesterians to lay aside their
small fanaticsms and sacrifice their creed of cali
co to the good of the nation. Nothing but the
hope of aiding in the rescue of Italy from her
Austrian oppressor could have persuaded the proud
and chivalric leader of the little Peelite forlorn
hope into lending his vigorous intellect and the
weight of his unimpeachable character to the sup





Palmerston. The terror of war, and the sense Of
Engands fatally false position in respect Of Italy
have heen ingeniously used by the most ingenious
of Viscounts tn restore himself to the pleasant
places from which he seemed year ago to have
been forever excluded by the flaming sword Of that
Semitic seraph Disraeli.


The new Cabinet is a triumph, but, we have
said, rather for Napoleon Ill, than for the Eng
lsh Liberal leaders. 1t is very largely an extern
porized political barricade and after it has done
its work may be found to need extensive remodel
ing, if not absolute removal. But it will, doubt
less, do its work and this is the worlds chief in
terest in its establishment. With men like Lord
John Russell and Mr.. Gladstone. to speak and act
the truth. which both of them unquestionably
know and feel on the question Of Italy; and
chief like Lord Palmerston, to strengthen their
knowledge and zeal with his own dashing scorn Of
all Continental despotisms, and of German despot-
isms in particular England will probably recover.
and that very rapidly, much of the influence which
her great ally beyond the channel. Partly through
his own ability and partly through the laches of
official England, the liberal leadership of Europe
has passed into the hands of the Emperor of the
French. This fact sufhced to make the small men
of the Derby Government jealously illiberal and
almost openly reactionary. 1t will not deter Pal
merston and his Cabinet from doing their duty as
English statesmen in an issue involving the whole
future Of freedom in Europe. To aid in obliterat-
ing the evil work of the Congresses of 1915 will
be a crowning glory, in which Lord PalmerstOn
may honorably wish to see his long and brilliant
career as a stateman eliminate. For England
to be partner silently, in this great act of
justice and atonement, will 90 far to wipe out the
stigma fixed upon her by the blindness of Castle
reagh and the infamy of the Prince Regent.-N
Y. Times, July 5.