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LONDON
FRIDAY [VENIRE, SEPTEMBER 20, 1922.

COLONEL GORE.

This may, to some persons, seem a trifling affair.
We are extremely shy of the Amy; that is to say, we
know it to be a very ticklish thing. But, when we
get the red coats into print, we can tackle them a
little. without danger of being banged or dunceoned.
Poor Evans who was sent down to Manchester by the
Westminster Rump, to carry en the farce of Purity of
Election, in the North, had heard of some lighting
and other transactions, going on between the geode-,
men in red coats and the commit' people; and be took
it int) his bead to give descriptions of the conduct of
the red coats ; to find Lull of that conduct; and
even, to characterise the profession; in short, to attack
,the cloth, the danger of which be might have known,
be bad read Tow Jeers yetis ettautlos. which. by
the by, would have been more profitable to him than
speeding his time in studying the politics of the
Rump. To touch the cloth is an extremely dangerous
thing. This poor Evans was actually prosecuted by
Lawyer SCARLETT for libelling the Army, just as a
man in the North was lately prosecuted for libelliag
the Parsons of the County of Durham. This last
affair, owing to the very laudable exertions of Mr.
Ilnoconaw, has certainly not tended greatly to the
benefit of the black cloth. Bat such is the irritable
Ware of the cloth in both , that it is extremely
&sestet's to touch it. If, indeed, you touch the
veil cloth, in a certain way, you may be hanged. We
(should have sent or gone to Corporal Gamut the
moment we had read the account of the trial of Co-
lonel Goes ; bat we know that to " endeavour to se-
duce a soldier from his duty," was, in the memorable
1317, made death ; and, to speak to Corporal (hates,
and ask him to explain to as certain matters on which
we wanted explanation, might have been deemed en-
&steering to seduce him from his duty: and we should
not like to be hanged! Nevertheless, dangerous as it
is to touch either of the cloths, there are eases, in
which you may touch them without danger of dun-
geon or gallows. One of these cases is, when they
themselves become poUishers: when they themselves
resort to the use of the press; when they themselves
come forth and challenge discussion i When we
have the cloths here, we are as safe with them as we
are with a usemLer of the sacred collective, when we
catch him spouting at a T . Ilere we now have
Colonel Gotta. The Court Martial that sat upon
him has either caused to be published or permitted to
be published, an account of its proceedings. Colonel
Goat has caused to be published or permitted (o be
published that which purports to be a literal coky of
his written defence. We shall sot meddle witlaCo-
load Was, as an officer; but we shall Übe shell.-
betty to handle him pretty freely as a polflieol44/4-
sopher ; in which capacity be is pretty glib, and anyy
a little copious. We shall not meddle with him as
• man of the sword ; but as a man of the pea, he is
ours to do what we like with ; and the public shall see
that we know bow to handle him. Political philoso-
pby does not appear to have had much to do with his
affair and that of Corporal GIORGI. That affair was
very little interesting to the public, if the Colonel
bad not made it the means of promulgating that which
we deem false in principle, relative to the political
state of the country, and injurious to the character
and feelings of all classes of the people. except those
who have the happiness to live epos the taxes. Mel
press having been made the vehicle of those false
principles, and these aspersions upon a large part of
the people, it is proper that another part of the press
should set the matter to rights; and this we intend
that our paper shall do on Monday next. The Colo-
nel used his own discretion, as to the publication
of his sentiments ; and we shall use our own discre-
ties with regard to the commentary to be made on
those sentiments. The account of the trial has been
very industriously circulated. We noticed before a
peewees, which appeared is all the Mottling paPore,
containing the very same words in every paper; and
which omit have got into those papers either by ie.
"Wien or by something else equally efficacious with