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London, England, 1866-01-02 00:00:00

and then to permit inquiries to be silenced and

investigations to be checked, because, forsooth,

such interference is of a " party" nature.

Red

tapeism has long been the curse of our Administra.

tions ; it has allowed influences to creep in, and
interests to be fostered which are un-English and

anti-national in the extreme, and it is going too
far for us to be told now, that this fatal spell is to

rule over the case of Jamaica inquiries.

There are glaring inconsistencies in the whole
working of the affair besides, because if one party
is to be silent the other had better be so,
and it is ridiculous to tell the second one to
refrain from making needful inquiries. We admit
that the outbreak in Jamaica has been made a party
affair in some sense. But whose doings was that ?
Was it not that of the " faction," as it has been ap-
propriately termed ? They originated the discus-
sions that have been held on this subject, they in-
fused the spirit of bitterness into the affair, trans-
formed what should have been the regret of re-
spectable members of the community in hearing of
an outbreak into the ravings of fanatics, and
the diatribes of mad enthusiasts. Mr. CARD-
WELL says that no one has ever doubted
the promptitude of the authorities in putting
down the outbreak, but in this statement he
makes a great blunder. No independent observer
of events has doubted it ; but it is a universally
acknowledged thing that all the members of the
" faction" doubted it ; and, moreover, it is certain
that in his interview with them the Premier endea-
voured to deprecate their wrath by going so far as
to say he did not wonder at the meetings which had
been held in different parts of the country to tes-
tify public indignation at the recent course pursued
in Jamaica in suppressing the outbreak. It is,
therefore, quite idle for Mr. CARDWELL to tell the
company at Oxford one thing and for his chief to
tell the fanatics at Exeter Hall another. We
believe, as we said before, that had the right hon.
gentleman been permitted from the outset to follow
the dictates of his own judgment in this Jamaica
business that a very different and far superior re-
sult would have taken place to what has occurred ;
but since he has determined to follow suit to the
Premier, he must take the consequences and abide
by his decision. Whatever be his remarks, if ho
remains in the Cabinet he must share the obloquy
which attaches to every member of it. It is also
quite out of character for the right hon. gentleman
to state that no stigma is intended to be passed
upon Governor EYRE in this matter of " suspension."
We have certainly no right to declare what the
" intentions" of the Government are, but we must
arenmditnhdatthmemen rethaat hell is paved with good intentions,
Judged by their acts, and not by
their intentions. Q
answerdeeply infjourredthe,' Suspending Governor EYRE has
him, and the Ministers will have to
IIoARE, e eurse they have taken. Mr.
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made himself ridiculous by attempt-
ing toenfoster views
he
doeftahree ftahcattiotnhe "se
; anpdluvhdeon
as .
philanthropists, to
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as they were called, expressed what
he believed to be the real feeling of the educated and
humane people of this count
by cries of " No ry, , no ;" but nothidn
he was interrupted
dissent
s edauntedor e n
tdis-
mayed by these expressions of
to entreat every one not to commit himself
prematurely to any expression
of " approbation of
what he, iu common with the
country at large,
might, upon obtaining greater knowledge,
have to
denounce, reprobate, and condemn as measures of
excessive severity." This is quite an argument of the
faction, as if every fresh mail from Jamaica was likely
to furnish irrefragable proof of the delinquency
of the Governor and the colonial authorities. It
will be a great satisfaction when Parliament meets,
and an opportunity is afforded to the lovers of jus-
tice and fairplay to speak out, the members of the
House will not be taken in by the claptrap oratory
that can be very successfully employed at meetings
and public dinners. Mr. CARDWELL can hardly
tell the House that the Government do not know

-- enough to be able to arrive at a just conclusion.

They ought to know if they do not, and they were

warned long ago by the Governor that danger me-