The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-09-28

nation to tho portfolio Of foreign affairs The President
appeared surpri,e ed at this silence but his side ALSO
never touched en- the subject The interview WAS an
exceedingly brief consisting merely OF the
tation of the reply just spoken Of and the civtes
dusoge.
The Outbreak Ia CophalonIa.
tFron tbs London Chronicle, Sept IS
The out break in Cephslouia Ia serious In far u
Is the result of which have long been in
ton and which II may be feared, must long continue
to operate That 1t will he put down a. prom pity az
it's forerunper in Septembet last. doubts (ft
has been put down but that 1t will be tho last With
which the Lord High Commissioner will have to deal.
that the spirt OF dssection In which t originated
will be easily laid, is what no one soqusinted
with the position which we ut present hold Ia the
specific character Of the difficulties With which MIR.
Ward has present to DEAL therefore, not be out
OF place. These difhcHtias so far ~ they are OF
political nature arise simply from the all but i'm possi-
blity Of redeeming the pledge by which We bound onr
government. Great Britain not by any means the
only leading European power that guaranteed at that
period to fee BILE and corrupt natouaites fnstud ms
for which they essentially unfit; and like her
che has been compelled Ia practice to fall
very far short of her engagements. These short.
oomings In the Of the ouian Islands, though In
necestated by the most obvious interests Of
the States have formed only too plausible
pretext for the dissHecton with which We have
to deal The undtness Of tho islanders Tor any thing
like free Institutions, soon made evident by
the signal proof which We at once obtained of the
almost unbounded corruption aud degradation OF all
ranks Of society. Under succession OF V-nst'an-
Rvsso-Tprkish, and French protectors the insuisr
oppression with perfect impunity IL may bs easily
conceived therefore how little they relished tbs system
of equal laws which made IL business to estab
lish Nor, indeed, was such system more offensive
to the arbitrary mobiles than to the whose Grimes
and had till then passed UNDECIDED except when
revenge interest brought them to Only
three before assumed charge Of the island Dr.
Holland had remarked that in Zante alone where the
population did not amount 10 more than 10 0OO souls he
number Of assassuatious was one per day It's
not too much therefore TO assume that whatever social
ON. liberation RAY have been effected during thirty
Il
e BE- distant from that Of provement at which
they may ba fully give their voluntary
port TO an anxisus curb abuses ancient
and invetera'e AT the vrry commencement OF our
government however. some partial fulnlment Of our
public engagement to give the islands free constts
ton seemed necessary; and in 1917 Sir rhomas Walt
land. the then Lord High COMMISSIONS under took the
critical experiment IL must be admitted that Welt
intended depotis never more fpg"nnusly tsaksd
by the forms aud sepbsDce. of representative In .tu
tions than In the " Constitutional Chart' which hs
devils q. In fact while the Constitution wnnn ne
framed affects the double machinery OF an executive
senate and popular legislative assembly. tho mode BY
which the latter unciionrres are elscs"d renders
them really much tbs Lord High Commissioner's
orn nominees ar are the senators themselves But,
whatever may BE- thought of tue OF giving
mock fuhlm.nt OF our promise. 10 seems certain that
duiing the period of Sir T. Magnds administrt,ion,
any sincere fulhlmtnt 81 our pledges would a. once
have rendered all government impossible rhrty
years Of virtual drspotsu have since clap rdnot. it
may be hoped without quality the Islanders for AZ
least rial fihimsnt oi former pledges. This
latt Il the late Lord High Conms.iouer Lord Sea
ton. was To pass resolution which would have hal
this tendency; bis MEASURE has not. indeed bel
toned by the home government; but the necessity OF
step or other ot tie kind ha'. We toeye been
fully admitted Nean whe considerable evaporation
has naturally been produced by the cheek thus given,
a rUcuud time. TO the hopes Of tho islaulers Tho
present uoveme { IS sa,d by Mr. Ward. to par
take o. tho tsme nxed charsotr th. move
mint 81 september. lsiS- vague political excite
ment being eugrancd upon denro OF plumber,
and n wbh 20 garfy feelings Of personal ven.
grspce excited by local feuds f" che political obest
Of the reb.is IL raid TO be union with Greecs The
fsat ~ both snsnbs haeng taken place ~ eph .onia
fn m set fDr
which that bland IA nnt@rioas While ~ u the lnrgsst
stste 10 the s.p'insuitr Uniou Il Ia only ,ud la
population to Corfu aud 70 hos aisays bssn remarkt
he FIR the tsntics hshis the 'eu2s aud che fru1aty
81 ~ iphHb,,u's az the batter trait ana 81 It's dtn
RsrouE sru British tendency Sic thalss Napier has
recorded curious iu-traiion Durisg the period
that he acted ~ Resident Of Cephslons gentleman
psmed Nsclsan mairr-ated in the psrforn,nse Of
cons ohiciai dnty Government ouissaries we're sent
to app ehcnd the culprits Sir Cbars dining with
the tountes a. tuino. Who great fsusi a. fnita
~ IN the island when the smisaries arrived 10 her
village During di1Der message Was delivered 20 the
crunesr from sons ~ her people 90 Inquire II it
her peasure that the government agents s1oud be
permitted to execute their mission. " 30 happened
that the gscoasly asssntsd SAYING that the Villagers
were" 10 obey The goveTDment. even " II demanded
their fucking children "BuLp SAYS sir Charles,
the snd the exhibit the state Of
cirty The tsubt.ss a Auino cnuld a. any moment.
have oppo,ed the government With 1000 msn.n ttis
In islaud where the frudatories capable of
holding this tome that toe standard of revolt is nov
rsis~d = second time within twelve months rhs
rebels have cut Oft s communication with trgostnli,
the capital hey have intercepted the police report.
The os- &c lite 90 have bet happily iacou-i-
dsr~ble although mstters looked gate Threaten
ing enough to ju-tfy The proclamation BIZ the lord
nigh tomuiissinner ~ marttzi ias throughout the
disturbed ci-trict 10 seems ~ us that should
Justice 10 this subject tsse leave Il
~ without reminding the reader VIA " Annually costs
this ustp o. he engaged w these petty brOis aid p.
litcsi diicu mas. pur forces in the Seven Islands
amount 20 about 600 When this country. Win many
mseisinx- tnRsged In isib 20 charge it'vlf With the
protection of the s's,ss. ~ was stipulated that
they huuid tOwsrds fuds'ipg the expense OF our
milifsry the vsariy sum ~ A35 OOO but by
agreement mace IN lH-4 this sun changed for
NTH Of the net Noe, the annual cost ~
the troops las spvut al 20 900 rh- aid received
1S46 AZ to~arns the only go AL ils 81 and
IA lsI7 80 opy As 600 Me-u~hils the total yearly
vaUes eur trase 10 the islands /, not,
show. EiI1 900 greatly less, therefore, than
the military expenditure which " costs 20 protect
them Nav sodieg the ordnspce expenses ~ cOffa %
the msin should mUch underfst- our military
expenditure there STAGE the W 80 put u dp.n
five millions what sst.-ff ~ there to this terrible
wssts ~ national wealth military position ~hich
q could not hud hour longer than we RETAIN our
maritime snpr-mscy-spd Witch with that so ,rem 40
We could al any time make our