, 1866-04-06
TREJAMAICA CRUELTIES.
Aonisa1ons OF the London Ttmes-The
WoFat StoFtes OF aarbar1c CFnelty Con.
drmed by the Investigations.

/ ltrom Tho London Times. Mach 1871
dnete = no longer any reasonable doubt
think without shudderlng, were perpetrated
IN the suppression of the Jamaica fn.nrrec.
tton: Some, indeed, Of the worst stories
originally told have melted away under Nd
teria1ly qualified by counter eYidence. and @
many seem to have been attached by m}stata
to innocent persons. Still, more than tnonph
teua1ns nnshaken and even undlsputed. II Is
now certain that scores, and perhaps hun
aIeds, Of prisoners were 6ogged before being
tasn that some, though It Is uncertain how
| many. were compelled to run the gauntlet.
a1tet oetpg logged, through a crowd OF hrutni
spectators, who were allowed to insult them
or oe,tp,a PEI .h. them as they pleased. Il IS
Slot or hung se'sb Witbons 4 th lsast wese
OF trial. at the caprice OF an officer or
snnoTamate. It Is certain that 3lr. Ramsay.
tue fiovost Marshal, stands charred Nv =
malsatHae OF witnesses, black aud white, with
excesses for which parallel must be sought
among the Infamous eccentriclties OF Oriental
desPots. It is certain, at least-tor the
statement rests on the authority OF the lesi-
dent magistrate ut Bath-that be iorrel
WIN MS own hand fifteen men who had never
0een sentenced, aud we're to be sent before the
court martial at Morant Bag. It Is probable.
moreover, That men were bribed With the
nope OF Me-a hope not always realized, to
betray their accomplIces that persons nc.
cnsed Of crimes were refused permission to
call witnesses In their defence, and that some
were executed. the only proof Of whose gu1lt
was their being. found wounded. Tbese
are things which cannot be dismissed
WNn commonp~lacea about the dire necessities
Of war, and the unfairness of scrutinIzinr re-.
trosRectively through microscope tic pro-
eeeainSs Of men confronted with an over
Mnetmmg DANGER They are acts, not mill
tary, bat judicial, done for the most part after
afmed resistance Ind ceased, aud when there
'i0n o, the innocent from the guilty.
Upon the whole, the inference We are COM
PEELED to draw from the iacts hitherto Dis |
closed, subject, Of course, to correction when |
tne result OF the inquiry shall be made |
excuse or palliation either ii nature or degree,
vii probably be brought home to several
bniish officers and large number of British
soldiers and sailors. It Is a conclusion rom
which our readers will bear us witness
have accepted snasa hast; a1a You'd Th'ef bats to
been almost a. dishonorabte as to
us. It Is right we should recognize before III
Eh's1 IN gIeas political emergency. tho
'afety: Order comes beIore liberty, the rgbts
i society before the rights Of the indiyidnaI.
dad me volunteers drawn up before the No.
ant BaT Court House, killed some hundreds
# people. instead Of only few, b7 a voJIsT :
red tn self defence, or had auv number nr
cbels caught red handed been hanged mon | d
he nearest trees, We should not have incurred i
90 closely into the legality OF euch acts. We
re prepared to 60 yet further, and to contend ,
hat government or any other constituted !
uihority Is entitled to strong resumption !
q its favor when engaged il que1ling m 4
commencing With q massacre But !
resumption must yield to proof, and we can !
Foi out discern through much e1aggeratlon
nd many inventions the proof that Reign
Terror did preral a},er he necessity for
ad ceased. a time comes m every such csi- +
8 when the {. dogs Of war;" however prop
Fly !" let slip" ought to be ste1nly recalled,
I'd alter which the higher law must be In :
oked In vain. It seems to have been the :
hicf fau1t Of Gov. Eyre that he failed 10 an :
reciate this, and oppressed with the burden Of c
Is OWL anxleties, asked no questions about the c
peration ofmartial1Aw. The most cruel wrong Il
often inflicted through 8 division Of re. .
between those who give orders =
ithout seeing them executed, and those who cj
tecute them without consuitIns their :;
IN consciences- 1t will be for the Com u
!issloners In this instance to apportion the .,
lame between those two. aud their task Il =
ne that few will envy. They will carry with =
lem, however, the sympathy and support Of ii
le nation, which, Jealous as II rightly is of It's
Hilary character, will never suffer the sacred | d
rincip1ea of Justice and mercy to be pfpfaned Q
1th impunttY in its service, Il