Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1868-02-07
PUBLIC WRONGS ARE CERTAIN
10 BE PUNISHED.

affairs, to the intercourse IN
between nation and nation, between
rulers and the ruled, as it is in private
life. Almost every day brings along
some illustration of its truthfulness,
and it may serve a good purpose to note
q few OF them. Inthe recent Geographic
advices from Europe, it is stated that
Lord Clarendon and Lord Bloomfield,
tho British Minister to Austria, have
gone on a journey to Romo to induce
the Pope to use his influence with tho
people Of Ireland to check the alarming
proceedings charged on the Fenians.
This mission is perhaps right enough,
although the prelatcs Of tho Catholic
church, both in Ireland and the United
States, have steadily and strongly dis
couraged the Fenian movement in every
way in their power. Yet what a lesson
should the necessity for such q proceed
ing teach to the ruling classes of Eng
land. It was all right enough, it seems,
for the English to encourage, support
and applaud Garibaldi's discretionary
movements against Rome. That was
quite an enjoyable and interesting
entertainment, because it was another
mans OK that was being gored. 1t is
quite ga different case" however, when
the goring is being suffered by the
British bull, and so au embassy is sent
20 Rome. It would be well il the Eng
lish would think of this the mex time
they feel tempted to interfere in other
peoples affairs.
On the same day we had q report by
the ocean cable that the Freuchman
Jecker, who stimulated the French
expedition against Mexico, had brought
suit against the French government for
Sl3, OoO, 900 unpaid on the French-Mex-
lean bonds held by him. In this case
one Of Napoleon's W wicked inven-
tons has returned to plague the invon-
tor. The foundation Of this largo claim
was a loan of $3.50, 900, made by Jecker
to the retel Miramon when he was in
arms against the legitimate Mexican
Government. On this comparatively
small sum, loaned to q usurping Prssi-
dent, there was ultimately built up n
claim Of $751; 900, oOo, and it was on the
pretense of enforcing tho payment Of
this fabricated claim that tho French
Emperor undertook his fatal Mexican
enterprise. 1t was necessary to his case
that he should mako ms large a show
rs possible for French claimants, and
so he adopted Jeckcr's false claim tc
the many millions he manufactured out
Of his S75o,oOo. Having recognized i!
under the full belief that it would be
wruug out Of the people OF Mexico,
bonds were issued for it, and he is now
confronted with q demand for the pay.
ment of the bonds OF a bogus claim
endorsed by himself. Thus another o.
Napoleon's Mexican curses has come
home to roost.
Daring our war against the rebellion,
the English ruling classes thought it a
fine opportunity to break up the Ameri'
can Government, aud they embraced i,
by lending every encouragement and
support, By breaking the blockade and
building privateers for the insurgents.
1t seemed to be an entirely safe thing
then, with the day of reckoning far off,
or, perhaps, never to come at all. But
the closing up of the war, instead Of
leaving tho United States Government
shattered to pieces or, paralyzed, found
that Government the most formidable
military and naval power in tho world.
And, almost Immediately after that,
many of the young and active soldiers
of Irish origin began to give thc'English
Government a taste of their own tactics
by organizing their not very wise raids
on Canada. The British Government
at once became suppliants for our good
Offices, and they were given with Amer.
lean promptuess in the discharge OIL
duty and the v%indication Of the law,
But our British friends have been obliged
to come down from their supercilious
position, and have been {: eating humble
pie I" ever since rs the fruit Of their toe
ready encouragement to our enemies,
when they forgot that Il day would
come along in the revolutions of time,
We could multiply such instances,
and give some illustrations in our OWL
domestic history, showing how public
wrongs nearly always come back to pun.
ish the perpetrators. There is o an
act Of Congress on the statute book,
passed in hot haste about a year ago, to
affect the election Of one United States
Senator, which has resulted in tying up
the handsspf the men who passed it, and
has already lost them two Senators they
might have saved but for the existence
of that act. 1t is a characteristic Of the
inevitable law of r%etribution, that the
doors offs wrong shall in some way be
made to feel the effects Of the wrong
done, and if they live long enough, they
willbc certain to repent it in. this world.
The punishment sometimes comes swift
ly and sometimes slowly, but whether
fast or slow, it is sure to come. And
this is a piece of philosophy that States