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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20, 1865.

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A memorial has been presentedtoMr. CARDWELL
which is well worthy of consideration, and is indeed
most welcome to contemplate after the violent de-
nunciatory compilations which have been received
in that quarter. 'Ws always the case that the really
discerning part of the public keep back from any
overt act, and make no demonstration at the out-
set of an agitation like that which has been specially
got up in this Jamaica affair. For a time the
roughs have it all their own way, and a most ex-
traordinary way it is, but the reaction always
follows, and even now we may say it has
begun in this matter. When once the
tide has turned it will soon overwhelm
those who have set themselves up as judges
in defiance of right reason and veracity. The
example of the justices of the peace, clergy-
men, and others resident in and near Huddersfield

cannot be too much commended to notice, nor too
widely followed in every direction. The time has
surely now arrived when a stop should be put to
the encroachments made by a prejudiced class who
are supported by some who should know better.
In this Memorial we meet with calm but forcible
expressions of opinion, and it is thus rendered, of
course, the more emphatic and convincing. We
cannot hope, unfortunately, that this or any similar
communication will have much effect upon the
authorities at the Colonial Office and the Ministry
in general, but it is essential that the real feelings
of the nation in general should be expressed, and
that the agitators should be driven from their tem-
porary vantage-ground. It is truly stated in the
Memorial referred to, that it is desirable for the
interests of all parties concerned, and especially the
,‘ authorities who lie under so serious a eharge,,,
that a strict investigation be made into all the
circumstances connected with the revolt, but it is
also added that the Memorialists regret the fearful
and sanguinary revolt, and sympathise with the
The
bereaved families of the Volunteers.
Anti-Slavery agitators have never recorded a
single expression of this kind, and, indeed,
they seem to be influenced by bitter and
angry feelings towards all who joined in the
struggle, and had the misfortune to be white. Great
efforts used to be made by philanthropists to per-
suade people that black and white men should
share the same privileges ; but the latter-day
saints have improved upon this doctrine, and we
are now to learn a new lesson, namely, that what-
ever crimes the blacks commit must be condoned,
and that to visit their sins with the usual penalties
of the law is murder. Such a course of proceed-
ing cannot but shock and scandalise all reflective
awl impartial persons ; but, in point of fact, this
is the sum and substance of the tirades of Exeter
Hall, and the denunciations of the tirades of virtuosi,
who are moving heaven and earth to compass their
own ends, and the destruction of all who offend against
their prejudices and prevent the accomplishment
of their places. The sixth:paragraph in this memo-
rial is most earnest in its statement. It declares
that until the investigation is rr ade the undersigned
deprecate as " unjust and premature" any condem-
nation of Governor EYRE and the other local autho-
rities. Had this sentiment been the informing
influence on Government how different • things
would have turned out, and how far more creditably
would they have met Parliament. As it is, they
are covered with reproach, and have to answer for
betraying the trust confided to them of guarding