Swansea and Glamorgan Herald, and South Wales Free Press. — 1866-09-22 (Swansea, West Glamorgan, Wales)

DEFENCE OF MR. EYRE.  Ir. Thomas Carlyle has forwarded to the corn. tee of the Eyre Defence and Aid Fund for publin a letter received by him from Mr. J. H. Elliott, h the following is the chief part :  , persecution of Governor Eyre is an example of affection too prevalent, alas ! In our country. .. nu well known in ancient Greece, and the symptom was tamed porerophilos. By a strange perversion those who are thus afflicted—moral Ghouls—love and relish bad peolt—burglas, incendiaries, ruffians, assassins, rebels, kid,sPterc of children and young women. Innocent, untteervel misery is Insipid, hot the hunted negro, red with •.it rich and high In flavour as long-hung venison. The seers sufferings, present and contingent, of the criml'Sl are alone heede I Let a man commit a murder, and t, pity of these diseased persons seems solely concerned Ihth him end Lit punishment ; the fate of his victim or '—teS Is entirely unworthy of pity; their pains clean ft from men'. imagination. So with the rebel, I,asle murderer. Earl Russell boaste I at that the Commons) that the Irish conspiracy of 1848 ))),' rippressed without the sacrifice of one single life - t rebel life " Bnt he did not tell the world, nor "  Ms little busli,ess to know, how many innOcea lives were lost—officers of justice and others who ,iwel in the terrible duty of searching for the rebels ring them, but without scratch or wound. Many c. have been at that time sacrificed, or their health  p and destroyed, while in all weathers they were • d the inhospitable wilds of Ireland night and day. •. •tra alive hurt not a halr of their heals ; bruise - .ach of their skin, no matter at what risk or loss of useful and honourable) lives. Public policy de,• this." Our .lrivelling government in the very last vsnon, boasted alto that the Fenian conspiracy had been so niffirresied without the aacrifice of • single Ille—Benlan •. Indeed! They quite left out of the account as, of rse, unworthy of notice, the number Of good men whose :shave been lest by the hand of the Irish marlin, let ne those who must have otherwise suffered in the un- • ddable perils of their hazardous duty. In the Jamaica •ellion the same inept government, no doubt, would have de the like triumphant boast if governor Eyre had put .t down without the loss of a single life—rebel UM, somees so Inestimably precious ! Doubtless it might have I .0 If Governor Eyre had been silly or cruel enough put the same Ugh value on bad men as do our 'Muni humanitarians, and had determined that not one life should be taken, no matter how many good men •e sacrificed. On yes, all the rebels might have been :red alive and placed in comfortable quarters, like our lens at home, If only • sufficiently large number of sailors, and civilians had been destroyed without 'le or compensation. SO in a tiger hunt, if the order aid he, "Catch 'em alive," It can, no doubt, be neatly Ii only • sufficient number of persons be destro)ed ,erpowering him. But neither solitary murderers, re,cla negro rehab, m r tigers, are anywhere worm • a pcl, In the opinion of ems men. Hottest v4pation • I mark their value the other way, and would say, s'- n•rne,t men's lives, the rascals are of small value E all, indeed they are less than of no value; but the honest people, who are their vic:lms, are ••dartivsly of priceless value" This treatment of E.re will show its bitter fruits in future times of 'C Public officers will shrink from needful and proper horely this is what is intended, on the eve, as we • I physical resistsside at home, and especially in Ireland. no serve the purpoee well of the conspirators, and  _ hrlon to h. Id no the fate of G“vvrilor Eyre, lel,re any rtflcer who roily be railed upon to •Witer, by moot og goo, o rettittri, a Romlah, a ,ar.nnlon, or a manhood auffraird rebellion in any part • 41./.11.11 (il.llllOOll. The day of conflict Is c.dtilup, with p..llanthrophirta and inlasitrharleg, priests, wogoguelt, poor kngland will have a sharp struggle