The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-29 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, JA]V. 29, 1866.

After the many gross calumnies that have been
circulated respecting the conduct of the authorities
in Jamaica, it is a great satisfaction to have some
of Governor EvßE's own remarks on the subject at
last before us. Among other intelligence brought
by the American, it is reported that the magistracy,
clergy, and other inhabitants of the parish of Tre-
lawny, presented an address to the Governor, in
which they sympathised with him in his heavy re-
sponsibilities, and expressed the great pleasure they
had in stating that his Excellency " discharged
them with so much wisdom, energy, promptitude,
and decision of purpose, from no selfish considera-
tion, but under a deep sense, we feel assured, of
your Excellency's duty to our beloved Sovereign,
to the loyal inhabitants of this island, and all its
best interests." To this comprehensive and decided
tribute to the value of his services, and the high
estimation in which they held them, the Governor re-
turned an admirable answer, in which he set forth
the difficulties which beset him, and in most em-
phatic language protested against the course pur-
sued by a certain sect in England. He declared
that this address was doubly welcome to him at that
juncture, when the acts referred to, undertaken
from a deep sense of his duty to his Sovereign, and
to the colonists in the island, and with a full and
conscious appreciation of his painful responsibility,
had " been so maliciously misrepresented, and so
unjustly maligned by a portion of the English press,
and by parties at home who have no sympathies
with their fellow-countrymen suffering under the
atrocious barbarities inflicted by savages, because
those savages have a black skin, though they do not
hesitate to call the just retribution which overtook
the ruthless rebels of St. Thomas-in-the-East by
the names of ' murder' and ' massacre." How
true a definition is this of the state of affairs in this
country, and how aptly does it represent the mis-
taken and mischievous course pursued by the members
of the faction and their abettors. How contemp-
tible must their condtict appear to those who really
know the facts and appreciate the dangersthat existed
in Jamaica, and how absurd must it seem to a man
like Governor E 1 RE, who, from knowledge and
experience, is alike enabled to comprehend the full
force and deep significance of the movement at
Morant Bay. Nothing could possibly be more con-
elusive than the manner in which the Governor de-
scribes the view taken of the outbreak by the faction
in England; and all who consider the matter dispas-
sionately must admire his discernment and applaud
his spirit in so denouncing it. Because the perpe-
trators of the fell outrages were " black" all their
crimes were condoned ; but it was far otherwise
when these DANIELS came to judgment had to pro-
nounce sentence upon those who put down the
rebellion. How different then was the tone taken,
and how strangely inconsistent was their language.
While the most wanton outrages were excused and
even defended 911 the one hand, the zneafaire4 re-