The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-26 00:00:00

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It is justified in treating the people who,
its promises, have placed it in power, with dert,?!
rt
unless that people assumes towards it a threate
attitude. " Kick me, good friends, or give 7;
„ says
plain intimation that you mean to kick Ine'
Mr. Gibson, and then I will tell the truth,
my pledges, and act honestly and honooraTbe
Proteus mustbe securelybound, Sganarelle and
soundly beaten. Mr. Gibson's virtue comes a,n 110
as the boot approaches or is withdrawn ir°looo,
person. At present there is no demand herefre.s Do
and the Government has discovered that tvlii be
necessity for it. Renew the demand, it I,t of
convinced again of the necessity. Turn itniied
office, and all its members will be immedia!!!iii the
as by inspiration with a most lively fan" that
necessity of reform—a faith so intense, locie'",.'4
they will themselves labour to get up a eg ro.otber
mand for it. Mr. Gibson's remarks lei.% 00
questions are hardly worth notice. BY rTijol;
avowal he did not understand the Sohles",:roed
has 1,-
no
stein question 12 months ago, and he
nothing since. He tells his constituents that ail 11 .die
it
rejoice that this country was not drawn Fito
struggle, apparently ignorant that his °nag
to
to
Earl Russell, made two desperate attemPts
this country into it. He has conveniently ferg,°ooo
moreover, the language both of Lord ranlitniarl:
and Lord Russell, when he declares that if ver,,not
ever expected any material aid from us it we- ent,
owing to any promises held out by the Gover:oj
but to the mode in which the question was &Pao's'
in the newspapers. The poor Governroen' yea'
papers ! they were directed to write war., aearot•
lously enough they fulfilled their task. TOY the!
ened Germany and encouraged Denmark, ient;
were told to do by members of the Govern ark
and that same Government, having afterW and
changed its mind, utterly repudiates the'll,',,lent
throws on them the whole blame. Their treaTtyir
has been hard, indeed, but it has not lessened
ro
devotion.
They have lost character and crocu'i;tho.
one now trusts in their statements, however 33-tbei
ritatively made ; but they do not complain, art 01;
still squabble for the honour of being ob,i,,e'n
peter. We hope the Roman Catholics 01 E, song
and Ireland will properly appreciate Mr. `-"„„osr0
disquisition upon their duties. They must 01060
Radical Government. The franchise was„g,e'
them upon that condition. If they Ter"
think that they are citizens enjoying ecilla„.i•eVi
with their Protestant brethren, and vote
in favour of a Conservative candidate, or
s the
a Conservative Government, they forfeit,
opinions of politicians like Mr. Gibson, I'm
franchises they possess. Mr. Gibson's idea
religious toleration is very much that of by
pro'
Freethinker,. who shows his liberality "Jo bl
scribing priests, and would promote Pregr,e,,
putting down all persons who venture to oreierg,
plan. On the other hand, we commend to th
Son
and laity of the Church of England—Mr. 1-1'; a fro;
seems, is a layman of the Church, and as stic'fita
of the holy inquisition which Mr. Disraeli 8V31,-;
establish—the bait held out to the Catholics
President of the Board of Trade in the prevni,'"all
Liberal help to overthrow the Irish Church.
let us note that Mr.. Gibson, in exempun_7, 1°
Pi'
the " strict and impartial neutrality" bet ",,-,e11011,,,'
American belligerents which her Majesty's "4.0-
ment had observed, and intends to observe, D..40'
misstated the cause of the quarrel, and prof&
hearty wishes for the triumph of the North.