The Sun. — 1865-12-20 (London, England)

LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 20, 1865.  ----4►- A memorial has been presentedtoMr. CARDWELL which is well worthy of consideration, and is indeed most welcome to contemplate after the violent denunciatory compilations which have been received in that quarter. 'Ws always the case that the really discerning part of the public keep back from any overt act, and make no demonstration at the outset of an agitation like that which has been specially got up in this Jamaica affair. For a time the roughs have it all their own way, and a most extraordinary way it is, but the reaction always follows, and even now we may say it has begun in this matter. When once the tide has turned it will soon overwhelm those who have set themselves up as judges in defiance of right reason and veracity. The example of the justices of the peace, clergymen, and others resident in and near Huddersfield  cannot be too much commended to notice, nor too widely followed in every direction. The time has surely now arrived when a stop should be put to the encroachments made by a prejudiced class who are supported by some who should know better. In this Memorial we meet with calm but forcible expressions of opinion, and it is thus rendered, of course, the more emphatic and convincing. We cannot hope, unfortunately, that this or any similar communication will have much effect upon the authorities at the Colonial Office and the Ministry in general, but it is essential that the real feelings of the nation in general should be expressed, and that the agitators should be driven from their temporary vantage-ground. It is truly stated in the Memorial referred to, that it is desirable for the interests of all parties concerned, and especially the ,‘ authorities who lie under so serious a eharge,,, that a strict investigation be made into all the circumstances connected with the revolt, but it is also added that the Memorialists regret the fearful and sanguinary revolt, and sympathise with the The bereaved families of the Volunteers. Anti-Slavery agitators have never recorded a single expression of this kind, and, indeed, they seem to be influenced by bitter and angry feelings towards all who joined in the struggle, and had the misfortune to be white. Great efforts used to be made by philanthropists to persuade people that black and white men should share the same privileges ; but the latter-day saints have improved upon this doctrine, and we are now to learn a new lesson, namely, that whatever crimes the blacks commit must be condoned, and that to visit their sins with the usual penalties of the law is murder. Such a course of proceeding cannot but shock and scandalise all reflective awl impartial persons ; but, in point of fact, this is the sum and substance of the tirades of Exeter Hall, and the denunciations of the tirades of virtuosi, who are moving heaven and earth to compass their own ends, and the destruction of all who offend against their prejudices and prevent the accomplishment of their places. The sixth:paragraph in this memorial is most earnest in its statement. It declares that until the investigation is rr ade the undersigned deprecate as " unjust and premature" any condemnation of Governor EYRE and the other local authorities. Had this sentiment been the informing influence on Government how different • things would have turned out, and how far more creditably would they have met Parliament. As it is, they are covered with reproach, and have to answer for betraying the trust confided to them of guarding