Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1866-04-06
Consistency = England and the
Fcninua.

The announcement that the great pro-
lection Of the people, the writ OF hGoea'
corpus, has been suspended in Ireland, has
given US additional proof, If such were
needed, Of the consistency obtained be-
tween the practice Of the English Govern
ment and the doctrines Of her people.
During the progress Of the recent re-
beliion in our country no foreign nation
a~nimadver,ed in such unsparing terms
upon our policy as did the English. Their
papers, the sure index Of general opinion,
with scarcely an exception, poured out in
a continual torrent a mixture OF TRADE
against alleged usurpations by the Presi-
dent, and abuse Of a people who could
tamely submit 70 such en~croachments.
That such vi,uperation came from the
press Of England caused very little aston
ishment in this country, nor. 10 confess
the truth, did the people attach any i'm
por,ance 10 the opinions so Extensively ex-
pressed. Never having cherished as a
nation any particular relations OF friend
ship towards the English. nor expecting
TO receive any Offices Of kindness from
them, the people Of America learned to
regard the opinion Of England with indif-
ference. Her views are only noticeable
when they conflict with some measure OF
potent Interest, 10 the United States, but
are usually Of no other value than indica-
tons Of her continual inconsistency and
wan, Of any uniform standard OF policy.
II should certainly be expected that a
nation which occupies the position of one
of the frs, powers Of Europe, a power
which has exercised within the past few
hundred years u greater influence over the
second-rate Governments Of the world
than any other nation, could be able at
leas, to point to some cardinal principle Of
policy that would justify her p%retensions
10 paramount pre-eminence.
Blu, there is an entire absence Of any
such ingredient in her greatness. She &C.
cupies the same position, morally, in the
political scale Of to-day that Carthage did
in the days Of old; and punicG fdes is as
Justly applicable to her as it was to the
great maritime city Of Africa.
Il is to the vascillating and. unsettled
policy pursued by the successive minis
tries that she owes her success. Never
r to any fixed principle Of action. she
Sorrows from day to day. as exigencies re-
ouires, sufficient means 10 answer the &C.
casion.
But the suspension of the writ in Ire
land, coming as it does in close succession
70 the views expressed so late as one year
AGO, certainly argues a fat contradiction
Of tho truth Of her belief in the opinions
which she so iniquitously maintained.
The rebellion in Ireland is even get in
choa,e and undeveloped-more in expect
ancy than in actual existence-and conse-
onently there Is not the one-hundredth
mar. OF the cause for such Wholesale and
indiscriminate severity that there was IN
mi. &c untry at the time Of the suspension
~ the writ here. II is IN undoubted fac
,ba, the spread Of Fenianism has beer
wide throughout Ireland. and that the
slmo,, extinct luminosity Of the people &c
Br;,ish rule begins 70 show remarked sign
Of re.,nimation. But in comparison with
thu Titan revol, Of the seeding States tn
Ir;,h rebellion, " Q it armed and in tns
Add. il but a breath Of spring to a torrio
burr;ea,.. Ye, Notwithstanding this dis
erepancy, that Government, the boast o
whose crown Is that the sur never se''
upon her dominions, is cast into positive
paroxysms Of rage. and Eliminates ediets
that should be used only in the last resor'
sgains, an anticipated revort OF q sector
Of country not as large as q single M o.
our rebellious States. Their present con-
duct is so gross and fragrant q CONTRAST
with their late opinions that we are com
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