, 1876-03-12


be accommodated as circumstances might per-
NIT. The Iiberator spurned the overtu1es again
aud ngan, and died unaullied. She'll whose
poverty pinched him, and
Made inclination seem judicious choice,
yielded, perhaps greedily; and the rank and file
thus sho1ered in their way. that few among
them remained except to divide tho patriots
councils. It WAS the old and we'l-tried trick Of
''settllnS" Irish questions. From tho alx-
teeuth century until to-day, British Office has
been the mart Of Irish patrotism. Swift, Grat-
tan, and O'Connell stand aloof. fathful to tile
and Flood P1uukett Currau, Saurin, Pom
sonby, Ccstlereagh, Clare, Charles Phillips
She'll, and many more who would have
been valuable had they not been purchased,
were easily brought into shame-faced acauies-
conce, or oponly proclaimed the wishes Of their
masters. CORVALLIS, who WAS rd-Lienteuaut
during portion of the period which preceded.
the act Of Union, declares over his own hand
that most of his time was spent in negotiating
and jobblug," in accordance with orders from
tho Crown and tho Ministry. II hate myself"
be writes, "eyery hour, for engaging in such
dirty work; aud am supported only by the re-
decsion that, without an Union, the British En-
pi1e must be dissolved" Would the poIitl-
cal morality OF tho United States 30
Of this magnitude should be committed, as it
we're. i'll the very name OF God? Tho difference
in the CORVALLIS and Belkpap cases is apparent:
the British conscience WAS dead i'll political cor
ruption, while Cornwallis, Individually, was an
people is clear, and repudiatcs with indignation
the corruption OF m individual officer.
HOW ONE PIECE OF LEGISLATION WAS CARRIED.
The act of Legislative Union between England
and ireland illustrates perfectly the undeulable
assertion tnat bribery was q common and
recognized resort Of the English Government:
Pitt wns Prime Minister. First, he deluded
tile Catholics into believing that, If they would
support the Union, they should receive the
political rights Of citizens Immediately after; at
the SAME time, he pledged his Cabinet to tie
Tories against Catholic emancipation then, or at
any futuro time. Theu he opnued tho flood
gates OF bribery in Ireland, and his successors
mover closed llem- Whom resolution in favor
of the Union was first offered ut a meeting of
the Irish Bar, it WAS condemned by q vote
Of 166 to 80. At the end OF the year there we're
only five members of the minority who had not
received Government appointments and. as
rapidly is the majority weakened, the traltors
wero provided for. The Government spent
million and q quarter pounds in buying
up gentlemen through borough-patronage.-
shrewd scheme Of corruption WHICH
Pitt had Invented. Poera:cs wero di-
yided among tho Irish gentry. Twenty-two
Irish Peers we're created; five received English
Peeragea and twenty were given higher titles.
Money was used on members Of the Irish Par
lament ~ fodder to hungry cattle; and, when
the iinal vote vas reached, only seven OF the l62
men who voted for the act wete unb1lbed.
This wxB not the denounced crime Of
single officer; it 1as tho schema
Of tho entire English Government, and
public opinion IN England generally approved Of
it. Lecky, author of the History Of RATIONAL
more dscteditable to English political literature
than tho tone Of paiGatlon, or even Of eu1ogy.
that is usually adopted towards the authors OF
tbis transaction. Scarcely any eletnont or aR-
grayatlon Of political immortality was wanting
Another instance Of the Government OF Great
Britain
GOING DELIBERATELY INTO INFAMY,-
lnfamy of the blackost aud fouiest klud,-the
moral and social deetructon Of womao, Ia
found in the prosecution Of Queen Caroline
She was the wife OF George w., VINO
tons eaas'' for Sfre. Fitzherbert being SUI
ticiently knpwn to furnish motive. Tho King
instituted an action for adultery, which the hl,n-
istry espoussd aud carried On; aud the meas
ures employed to procure purchased testimony
constitute sickening episode not ouG4one - ny
any similar transaction under Henry VIII. ''Tho
ecale Of payment" it is stated, twas in man-
ner regulated by the extent Of the es-
idcnce given. The more damnipg tue
testimony, the greater the reward" sontterly did
tho Government fail to suhstantlate tho charge
that they we're compelled to abandon the prose-
cution oven after bill Of divorce had been lur-
ried through the House of Lords The Queen
died few months after tha trial, and as II this
execution Of the unconvlcted victim we're not
enough. the lawyer who defended her, Henry
Broughaua, the most illust1ious man at thu Bar,
vas yirdlcsiyely excluded from Governmental
favor for many yeasa. And thi5 occurred
within tue memory Of many PERSONS stu
living, the trial having taken place
in 1870 Tho sympathy Of the throe kingdoms
mas almost unsnimoas IN tue oaeens tavof
ana the turpitude OF Ministry in conducting so
unjust aud wicked o conspiracy. casting The
solid power of the Government against woman
whose crime consisted in being tho H;ite OF
guilty husband, can only be explained by men
who appreciate the intensity OF party ap1tlt. Ii
WA not SOLITARY officer Of tho Government
who acted as prosecutor; 1t was nos one sec
retary only who dealt out bribes III exchange for
proEfered perjury.
While the English newspapers are reading US
sermons about Belknap, with certain suggestive
pareptbeDes concerning Schencl, We may venture
TO remind them OF
Tho English policy in India, like that maintain
ed for centuries in ireland, affords abundant op-
za1rtuaitv for kind Of criticism which
can never be laid at = our doors :;
but We arc dealing wosr.n now "15a Haat;nns 'ns
vas impeached; but there were British VlcesoJs
who IS much deserved impeachment as he; and
Give ii q greater tyrsnt than Hastings be con-
ceiyabla, surpassed that famous map III denbeF~
ate and organized y1llainy. single Iansac.
fsiriy representative OF his official conduct will
@ anfIise. Iu order to bring about sstis-
factory solution of q pressing political
nrobleu1. he entered into 3 conspiracy
with couple Of native Chiefs whose bold VII
lainy ha had much reason to appreciate. a
treaty VAS forged to which the intended 7lctlns
Omichund, waa persuaded to become q party.
When the infamous design had accomplished the
purpose of its authors, the awful revelation de-
stroyed Omichuud's reason, and lie died IN !, a