The Daily Nashville true Whig. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1851-1855, 1855-08-08
The Roebuck Investigation.

The London Times of July 18th, thus de-
monstrated that Mr.. Roebuck had got behind
time with his vote of censure on the Ministry.
The Times now appears to be supporting Pal
merston:
Wedont expect the time will ever come when man
can devise nets of exactly the right meshes, and
throw them so clevery over the waters of political
life just to secure the offenders at the very nick
Of time, without damaging anybody else. They will
60 on escaping, breaking through, leapng over, or
slipping under, just as they have always DONE That
is what Mr. Roebuck has still to learn He present.
ed himself judge in Israel to detect, to rebuke
and TO chastise the bad administration of the war;
Ill would it become US who supported him through.
out, and who gratefully recognised in him the
dauntless and indeiatigabe champion of our own
battles, 70 say one word as to Mr.. Roebuck's dis
charge of his mission. There Is only this to be
added-that, with all the sail he could press, and
all the steam he could put into his committee, he
has only illustrated, for the milliouth time the tar
dness and imperfection of all human justice. His
whole speech comes to this:-Accordng to his own
division of the Cabinet which undertook the war,
the chief has already fallen, and is therefore re-
moved from the reach of Parliamentary justice !;
the like fate has overtaken the Secretary Of War
and the First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Chan
cellor oil the Exchequer; in fact, all who had a
tsnd In the affair. They have escaped Mr.. Roe.
buck as criminals occasionally cheat the hangman,
oy being their own executioners. On Mr. Roe
bucks own showing, the others are most of them
insignificant and, as il happened too, had nothing
to do with the war; There was one exception, and
that IS Lord John Russell But Justice has over.
taken him at last, though all that Mr.. Roebuck can
say Of him is, that he did not stay in town in Au.
gust and September and take the responsibility OF
summoning Cabinet meetings to overhaul the one
But il Time has thus defrauded Justice at
home, aud left Mr. Roebuck looking about indig.
nantly for the victim 10 be inundated in special
honor OF the Sebastopol Committee, that same
awful power has made greater changes at the seat
of war. There all is change. The offenders whom
the indignation OF the public has successfully ar.
raigned justly we believe, have fed from our
poor earthly tribunals after another TO that be-
fore which we must all one day tremble. We
summon them into court and the answer is they
are no more. All things considered, then We cannot
anticipate any other result OF the question than tha
which Time itself quicker than Parliamentary pro-
cess, has already brought The report OF the Sc
basaopo Committee may still afford matter for dis
cussion; il will continue 10 throw light on the OF
hci4l system Of this country; and h renders the
present Cabinet nexousable ii they do not avoid
The errors and negects Of their predecessors. Bat
u has ceased TO be available for the furtheance Of
justice and the indictment Of the offenders. They
may profess 10 appeal 20 IL and TO challenge trial
upon ts contents; but they know that their appeal
safe enough, aud that the past is nov laid on the
shelf