Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-08-21
The CIrcumIocutIon once

1t has been doubted, by persons ignorant of the
working of the system, whether Dickens, in his
routine OF the departmental Offices under the Execu-
tive in Eng land. 1t has been supposed that his &C.
| counts of the Crcumloculion Office were i'm
asinatve than rea that he had scared from fact into
hctlon and merely INDUCED in an agreeable peasan
try. Nevertheless ii was truth-serous and lament
able ruth-ard, being so, other nations ought not to
be above taking lesson from the satire.
One of the most matter Of fact, and, at the same
time, most witty of modern writers, is Mr.. Justice
Halliburton, who, as Sam Slick the Clockmaker,"
has done more to exhibit British North America as it
Is, than any other author Holding responsible
position in the colonial Judiciary, of mark and
note an author who is responsible for his statements
Mr.. Halliburton may certainly be held reliable au-
thorty on many points. few months ago he de-
ilvered an address in Glasgow, (Scotland,) On the
Present condition. Resources and Prospects of British
North America" main purpose of which was to
vlndIcate the claims of the British Colonies to be
presented in Parliament Alluding to the late war
with Russia, and the fact that Britain derived no d.
rect aid from her Colonies in that contest, Mr.. Hall
burton said ..'
-" In your turn, you may well say, Do you (the
colonists) put forward your bonres, your illumina
tIons and rejoicngs at success at Sebastopo Gf
success it was and your legislative grants in aid of
the compassionate fund, suitable contribution to
the expenses of the war"
lit is reasonable and rat onal question to ask,
and here is an answer to it, An offer was made 10
raise two regiments in Canada, and conduct them to
the Crimea, to be commanded by colonial officers,
but to be, like others, under the command of the
Genera[in chief whoever he light be- The OFFER
WAS RETURNED FROM LONDON UNANSWERED: 1t had
been addressed to the vrong officer will not repeat
the indignant comment made on this contemptuous
and contemplate cOnduci; the offer not Re peat
ed, and its reception is not forgotten"
Comment is unnecessary. The charge was made
in the most public manner, in the first commercial
city in Scotland; the Address was subsequently pub
lshed and widely circulated facts have rrpea ed!y
been al uded 10 in the English journals; and, yet,
no attempt has been made to impugn its truth. AS
| suredly there is CrcumIocGtion Office across the
Atlantic-ard elsewhere, perhaps
On the other hand when personal interests are to
be advanced, the action is direct and Immediate
For exmaple, Lord Panmure, the War Minister, had
a nephew named Dow 'ggin, who lieutenant
in one of the regiments on duty in the Crmea. His
Eordship, telegFaphing 10 the commander-in- chief
(he late Lord Raglan on public business, added as
| a postscript, the significant words: " Remember
Dowb' 1t is pleasant record, as the issue of this
dsinierested interference, that Dowb avas remem-
bered. On account Of his great military genius, no
doubt, and not because he nephew to the War
Minister, Dowb rapidly advanced 10 the rank of
captain and major and now fgures'in Queen Victo-
ria's army list, as Lieut.. Colonel Dowbggin. Here,
al least, there was no crcumlocution. TO" Remem-
Der Dowb" assuredly the Open Sesame" to
promotion.