text:  Amidst the whirlwind of passions the storm of hatred and envy conjured by the evil genius of his predecessors in office and most notably by the malignant star which lately ruled over the foreign destinies of England the task has necessarily been yet is and will be Herculean; but the force of Hercules is there also as may be hoped to wrestle with and overthrow the hydra--the AEolus to recall and encage the tempestuous elements of strife