Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-01-03

ENGLAND AND TkzE JAHAEgA GEES.
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Nothing can exceed the horrible details Of
the official slaughter at Jamaica The brutal
conduct OF the English Governor and his suh.
ordlnates is in striking contrast with the wise
humane, aud even generous treatment prac.
tised by President johnson towards those who
rebeled against this Government Had the
authorities at Washington manifested half the
ferocity OF these English patterns of propriotv,
the whole world would have cried out
''shame!" and no people would have been
more clamorous in their denuncatious than
those who have so lately practiced a series of
atrocities, which, perpetrated by others, would
have ELECTED expressions of holy horror and
disgust.
In our own gigantic rebellion how little
inclined was the Executive at Washington to
nse force, until after the forts were seized and
the flag which toated over our brave men at
Sumter had been fired into by an armed sol.
diery IN open revolt! And when, the war
finished, victory nestled amid the folds of the
nations banner, how promptly and magnani
mously was the olive branch of peace and
Cancellation held out to the conquered South!
riot in the Jamaica colony? An English
writer thus describes the deeds of slaughter
enacted there under official sanction:
Men, women, and children have been hunted
and shot down like wild beasts without even thc
pretence OF trial. Respectable and substantial cti-
ZenS edltors OF newspapers. members of the Legs-
lature, and Christian ministers have fallen victims
TO the PANIC stricken fury Of the authorities Under
pretence of justice ruthless Murder stalks through
the island leaving track of desolaon and filling
the streets and highways with the bleeding and
mangled bodies of its victims. And so this caTniva
''of blood and butchery is raging, and the peapIc
of this country look on in helpless horror willie
their Government, with measured and deliberate
inquiry into the facts OF the in much the
same manner as they would announce an inquiry
into the causes OF the potato blight the cotton
famine"
Deliberate, truly, is the proceeding of Eng
land in regard to these bloody outrages An
intention has been announced, it seems, Of
mstituting an Enquiry into the conduct of
Governor Eyre and his coadutors. But what
has been done? Why delay to notice series
OF cruelties which dishonor the national
character and disgrace our common humanity?
1t is true that not a few of Her Maiestv's sub
Jects affect to be shocked by the conduct of the
British Governor, but the course of the Gov
eminent has been, we repeat, shamefully slow
IN taking cognizance of the crimes of her an.
pointed rulers, orvindicating before the nations
OF the world her violated honor For the sake
OF law, for the sake of humanity, we trust
something will speedily be done to bring to
summary justice the perpetrators of those hor-
nple crimes, the mere recital of which has
slckened all christendom. ''The machinery
OF the government continues the writer
from whom we have quoted, .moves SLOWLY
q. those who are shocked and astoupded by such
news as that oyer which all England shudders are
APT to be impatient of the cold and pass;nnIess MAJ
ner In which the Government moves to Vin5;cate ;s
"0Rwagsd a0asr But We believe there Is no indis-