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London, England, 1859-05-27 00:00:00

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lONDOR FRIDAY, MAY 27.

Tile alliance which bats somehow been sffrctcd
between Lord Maar and the Pore has naturally
netted, sot only surprise and indignation, but •
good deal of curiosel. People want to know the
means that have been enip,oyed to bring such sworn
foes together, and the precise nature of the compact
that smuts brtwren duet. 'lle moat simple-minded
can seemly regard the union as tho natural off.
spring of more tolerant principles, as • fresh
triumph for the cause of civil and religions
liberty. Even the eh icily that bopeth all things"
cannot believe that the irritable Protestant Premier
and the aggressive Human Cardinal have shaken
heads de cordially, simply in obedience to the Gavel
maxim which enjoins u• to love our enemies. Neither
can it be the spontaneous result of mutual respect.
The age of miracles being pant, such a sodden

conversion is twentially incredible. The habits of a
lifetime c inset be ehaeged in a day. Lord DZIOT
is the tried champion of Irish Protestantism—the
reso/ete foe of Catholic claiess, and t►e priests bare
often denounced him as such. The eyes of both can
hardly have been opened at the mine moment
to perceive each other's claims to attach-
ment and support. Shrewd, but of course
cynical observer., explain the monstrous alliance
by the homely proverb that " Adversity makes as
sequain•cd with strange bedfellows;" that a.
the Purr. twedeil help for his favourite me Faaricia
and Lord Daunt was driven to his wits'
end to eke out hit parliamentary minority, they
suddenly, after a few furtive glance., ruched iato
each other'* army, exclaiming, " Let us be friend
Rot however brought about, what is the precise
nature of the compact? Like another famous
" Secret Treaty," its details are not yet made
public, end considerable mope is left for ingeni-
ous conjecture. Is it a Treaty offensive and defen-
sive, or a convention to do certain things in given
contingencies, or simply a written memorandum,"
whatever that mry mean I las the Cardinal engaged,
In the name of hi► Pollan master, to station an army
of 'disquietiog obsersation" on the parliamentary
frontier of the Liberal party, or did he promise to
contribute a "brigade" to the C•onserative army for
the coming campaign ? And has Lord LIMIT, in
return, undertaken to sfford immediate moral and
prir7 dive rnaterirl assistance to the POPS and that
favourite son of thechureb, the Emperor of AUSTRIA?
They are questions which, however impolitic and
. . .

unseasonable, Englishmen, in their natural aversion
to what is furtive, sinister, nod Jesuitical, will ask.
They are repeated every day with growing emphasis
and impatience. It would be at least prods nt in the
Meade of the Gm tenement to attempt some explana-
tion of the scent treaty, as their silence justifies the
darkest suspicions that have been formed respecting
it. Instead of prudence and courage, they display,
however, at this serious conjuncture only • week and
suicidal audoity. Tree dilly ministerial print resorts
to the ostrich policy of • denial. It treats the
notion of any compact or understanding between
Lord I icnity end Cardinal WISEY CC as a falsehood,
"an invention or the toemy." The case most be
bad indeed when this is all that can be maid
&rout it. Organs" are not often reduced to the
ignominious necessity of denying the notorious facts.
They are 'ejected to attempt some defence, however
poor, a i.o of their most questionable deeds. But "evil
" communica.ion• corrupt good manna re," and the
meligu influence of the new 'Mater is manifest in the
conduct of even the humblest members of the Minim.
tertsi household. It is simply absurd and contemp-
tible to try at this time of day to contradict what is
not only known hut notorious. The sew alliance be-
tween Horne and Die fling-street isno invention of the
(army. Truth is streetcar than Action, and it would
hive n quired more imagination than is ordinarily
employed in contemporary pnlitics to liter conceived
much acoel tion. No doubt it wee intended that the
transactors *Mull be kept • profound secret. Ent
it woo hover., gererally known, not through the
activity of 'netlike, bit throtigh the indiserr
Lion of Minds. The Cardinal and his satellite
bishops exulting in the triumph they had achieved in
Gowning-Witt, wro:e to their friends and followers
throughout the menuy urging the support of
1). 'by Ito candidates; and thin on the express ground
that the existing Government would maintain the
rouse of the Church. Many of the flock., how-
evi e, were sot se unscrupulous as their priestly
pastors. And being unwilling to sacrifice Erglish
interests to those of a f reign potentate, they were
displeased and indignant at such political dictation
on Ilse part of their religious heads. In a word,
some of the circulars of the Unholy Alliance fell into
the hand. of the Pailiirtines, and the world soon
had the benefit of the &eclair ri!.

The indignation %Aid' the discovery of such an
alliance Las r *cited throe. hoot the country is not
only natural, but perfectly just. The nation would
be strangely warting to spirit and patriotism
if it tid not at bore visit with emphatic

condemnation mica a degrading and dangeron
alliance. It is an outrage not only on our Protes-
tantism, but as our aationality se Englishmen. Had
Cardinal WISEMAN ben simply an English Catholic,
et an English Catholic priest, the Oise would have
been different. The criminality of the Guvenment,
indeed, might have been equally great. It would still
have been bad enough for Minister, to give up their
crowed principles in riche- ge fur temporary blip.
port—Easy-like. to barter their birthright for a mese,
of potter. Bet the injury to the nation would have
been km. The country would not have been outraged
by the disgraceful spectacle of foreign meats—
the servants and reprmeetaiires of foreign rulers—
.
easessaieg fee Gamercoeut rapport. Cardinal
Wipaitono dignity is mot a sacred bat a sectier,