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London: Printed by CHARLES REYNELL, of High street, Putney, at his Printing-office, Number 16 Little Pulteney street, in the Parish of St James, Westminster, in the County of Middlesex, and published by GEORGE Lapham, of Number Wellington street, in the Strand, in the aforesaid County of Middlesex, at Number 9 Wellington street aforesaid.-Saturday, January 23, 1864. No. 2,922.] THE POLITICAL EXAMINER. SATURDAY, JANUARY 30, 1864. as if he had been making the mistake of strutting and Hospital Records will become the subject of further inquiry, and should his explanations not prove satisfactory, most serious notice must necessarily be taken of his proceedings; but, at all events, his If I might give a short hint to an impartial writer it would be to tell him his fate. but when next he has to choose a part in genteel comedy continuance in the Inniskilling Dragoons has become impossible. If he resolved to venture upon the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed truth let him proclaim war with mankind-ueither to give nor to take quarter. If he tells the crimes of great men they fall upon him with the iron hands of the law; if he tells them of virtues, when they have any, then the mob attacks him with slander. But if he regards truth, let him expect martyrdom on both sides, and then he may go on fearless; and this is the course I take myself.DE FOR. FATHERLAND GOING TO PIECES. them may tried indeed. a The truth is, that a witness should never be called to his evidence. for the diversion of his friends, his recent experience will Surely it would have been better to have reserved the no doubt prompt him to select that of "A Nabob for an Hour." expression of the gravest censure till the inquiry proposed The bubble, if indeed it has not already burst, is should have proved it merited and due. As it happens, the evidently about to disappear. The Courts of Vienna and explanations of Dr Turnbull have proved completely satisBerlin, enraged at the presumption of their sham equals in factory, and he is acquitted of all blame. Nevertheless he the Diet, ashamed to repudiate openly the Treaty of 1852, remains under the unrevoked censure of the Commander-inThe fantastic dream of German Unity under a lopsided other great Powers that they meant to adhere to that it is to pass judgments upon the evidence of witnesses. A have from the first given the strongest assurances to the Chief. Decidedly this should show how rash and dangerous and rickety Diet of puppets and potentates at Frankfort, treaty, and that they would never acknowledge the Duke bad examiner makes a bad witness, and there are various is rapidly passing away. The people of Germany, enlight of Augustenburg. Too much afraid, however, of popular other causes which make a witness appear to disadvantage— ened and enfranchised where they have broken up and got discontent at home to venture upon direct espousal of the nervousness, loss of self-possession, or of temper under a rid of the dry-rotten remnants of medieval rule, amongst Danish cause, they have resorted to the transparent and dan-badgering cross-examination. A witness will sometimes one day form a great, free, and wise nation; but under existing circumstances the thing is gerous expedient of pretending to lead a national crusade, seem to be fencing with a question when he sees that its nation; but under existing circumstances the thing is for the purpose only, as they confidentially whisper, of drift is to get a categorical answer which would convey clearly impossible. Apart from all considerations of right betraying it. It is hard to conceive how they should have false impression to the Court. We remember a question and wrong, of expediency or folly, the present mechanism supposed that such a design would not have been seen of this sort which was met, not with a parry, but a direct of the Confederation, it is clear, will not work. It was through from the very beginning. Twenty years ago, when reply with an explanation tacked to it. "I did not ask you never meant to do so in any sense save a dynastic one; a Parliament sat neither in the Prussian nor the Austrian that," said the bullying cross-examining counsel, "conand even for that purpose it has proved an egregious capital, and the whole business of government took place "fine yourself, Sir, to the question." "No," was the failure. It was a cheat from the beginning, and dis- by the written method or behind screens, a hoodwinking rejoinder, "you did not ask me for the explanation of my grace and ridicule await its end. By the specious promise of admitting the petty princes of the Elbe and the policy as a temporary device to meet a pressing emer- "answer, but I gave it because my answer without it gency was not quite so ridiculous. But with a Chamber "would mislead the jury." This was the conduct of a Rhine to a sort of equality in national council, Austria and of Deputies whose consent must be asked to authorize man who had all his wits about him, but how few are in Prussia in 1814 hoped to secure, without paying for it, the taxes or loans to pay the cost of invasion, how could Count that condition, especially in the presence of a Court, truly defensive help of the seven or eight millions of people sub- Rechberg or Herr von Bismark imagine that they could or not, supposed to have a leaning to the side of authority. ject to the minor despots of Germany. Neither of them was just then in a position to insist upon the hegemony. them to parry, and which if not parried must be fatal account for his evidence, except by process of an indictescape questionings which no dexterity could ena ble That perplexing question was consequently deferred. Sometimes Austria, sometimes Prussia, looked the stronger; to their delusive scheme? Fatal they have proved, ment for perjury. It is not within any other competency but whenever either made a move towards ascendancy, it A great majority of the Prussian Chamber, to judge whether he has given his evidence to the best of was always certain to be speedily baffled and brought to already incensed, and with reason, at the conduct of the his knowledge and belief, according to his oath. He may nothing. In 1848 the grasping ambition of Brandenburg, Government in other matters, refused point blank to vote seem or really be evasive, because he is frightened and under the false pretence of heading the popular movea shilling to pay the army in Holstein without categorical nervous, but this without bad faith or dishonest purpose. ment, clutched at the Imperial Crown, but was tripped In a transport of rage, Herr von Bismark told them that courts-martial are to be considered on their trial, so far as Is it to be understood that officers giving evidence before assurances as to its object, which Ministers could not give. up in the very act, and contumeliously compelled they would have him sacrifice the pre-eminence of the the judgment of the Horse Guards is concerned and the to disown it. Last year the House of Hapsburg Prussian Monarchy to the will of the Frankfort Diet, that power there to punish? If there be this sort of trial, it more decently, but with as little success, to obtain a practical ascendancy in national affairs; but in they were false to their constitutional oaths; that as they has this unique peculiarity, that it allows of no defence, to obtain a practical ascendancy in national affairs; but in would not vote the money, he would find a way otherwise no appeal, and a man may be disgraced and ruined for ever its turn it was flung back from the very threshold, and the to get it; and that as they were false to their consti- for some equivocal expression or mistaken appearance in Court of Berlin had its revenge. The petty tyrants have now been trying their hands at political push-pin., Affect-tutional oaths and duties, he and his colleagues had counselled their Master to bid them begone. ing to head a popular craze about Slesvig-Holstein, they act before dispersing was a declaration, by the mouth sure passed; but how is the public to be assured that Their last Dr Turnbull has had the advantage of inquiry after cenhave gone through the solemn farce of outvoting Austria and Prussia at Frankfort, and sending their contributory set at naught by the Government, and that the Royal rashly judged, and might not also have cleared their conof their Speaker, that the Constitution was systematically Major Swindley and Mr Fitzsimon have not also been squads a-buccaneering. Usurping preposterously the right and the power to act as though they really repreword had been broken. Tidings come from Vienna not less duct and characters upon investigation of particulars? sented, or were really responsible to Germany, they have pregnant and impressive. In the Imperial Legislature, affected to decree the partition of a neighbouring kingdom, though the Polish representation is numerically insignifiand to annul a solemn European treaty. Regardless of cant and neither Hungary nor Venetia takes any part, a the remonstrances and warnings of England, France, and majority against the Government, calm, resolute, and Russia, they have publicly entertained the claims of outspoken, makes itself heard. In the Grand Committee of a noteless and worthless pretender of their Finance, on the 26th instant, the vote of 10,000,000 of florins, sort to bear rule over Holstein and Slesvig. Their demanded as indispensable, was deliberately cut down to troops have actually taken possession of the province, five; and the grant was saddled with conditions that in and Federal Commissioners have seized on the revenues any other country would be considered as rendering it and archives, and for some weeks have been actually of censure was carried by eighteen to sixteen,-"That the nugatory. After a long debate, a distinct and direct vote carrying on the business of local government in their name. The Duke of Augustenburg, under their protection, enters" occupation of Slesvig neither in accordance with the "Chamber of Deputies do declare, that as it considers the the provincial capital, and is installed in one of its chief mansions. His armorial bearings supplant those of its "interests of Austria nor with the peace of Europe, it lawful Sovereign, and sentries keep guard at his door. "declines to take on itself any responsibility for the conEurope almost incredulously looks on at the impudent sequences of such a measure." outrage; and, in sheer disgust at the hazard of inno- Upon the decision being announced, Ministers rose and cent blood being spilt without need, has counselled silently quitted the Assembly. It is no doubt competent the Danes to stand back a little until the politi- to the Chamber to reject the recommendation of its Comcal drunkards become sober. The Danes, very angry, as mittee. But considering the composition of the latter, well they may be, but with exemplary temper and discre- and the temper of the time, little hope from that quarter tion, cross the Eider, and from the other side, while can be entertained. Thus, repudiated by the constitutional looking to their priming, mutter audibly that they will authorities, the press, and the people of their own country, But forbearance, advice, reason, and equally condemned by the intelligence, the honour, expediency, all plead in vain with a diet of mock and the wisdom of foreign States, though for opposite monarchs like those of Hanover and Hesse-Darmstadt, reasons, the tricky and paltering Cabinets of Berlin and Wurtemburg, and Wolfenbüttel. Because they have been Vienna are now left with the whole weight of the odious suffered to play the fool so far, they fancy that they will responsibility they have resolved to assume, of baulking the really be permitted to seat upon a throne their shabby vehement desire of the German community, or plunging cousin, whose father sold his pretensions, whatever they for a month, into a European war. Princely promises of headlong, without loyalty, popularity, or money enough were, for a sum of money only ten years ago, which sum Denmark has faithfully paid, and which he, we presume, German Unity meantime are more than ever brought to has spent like a gentleman. But never did hero in naught; and the territorial integrity, which the mad a stage play come to more summary downfall. Already scheme of partitioning Denmark was devised to strengthen, A feeling hostile to Colonel Crawley is, we suppose, what his bit of rebel bunting has been pulled down at Kiel, and is for the first time for fifty years in danger. We repeat is imputed to Major Swindley. But every witness for a the sentries commanded to march off and not to show what we have before said, -the united Germany of a self-prosecution may be regarded as hostile to the prisoner, and themselves again at his door. Already the Danish arms governed people the world may yet see; a united Germany if that feeling is to be censured and punished, no one will have been restored where they had been effaced on the under a discordant Diet of despots, never. stand no more nonsense. own public buildings, and an intimation, in no very roundabout phraseology, given to his Serene Highness by Divine right, that he must really learn to behave himself decently. Already his protectors the Federal Commissioners, after asking in vain for instructions from Frankfort how It be remembered that Dr Turnbull was severely We have repeatedly borne our humble testimony to the Duke of Cambridge's spirit of justice, he is essentially a kind and fair man, but no mortal is to be trusted with a judgment on men's characters and fortunes, for what has appeared against them not as prisoners, in which position they could make defence, but as witnesses. The policy of justice is to give all encouragement to evidence within the bounds of truth, but how can officers be expected to come forward to perform a part, any failure in which, from or unreadiness, may be visited with disgrace and ruin? intellectual infirmity, confusion of mind, misunderstanding, cleverly conducted Old Bailey cross-examination? Who can foreknow how he may figure as witness under a Major Swindley's case seems one of peculiar hardship. The Mhow Court-Martial had found fault with the animus of a part of his evidence as to language used by Colonel Crawley. At the Aldershott Court he was questioned as to the same point, and placed in this dilemma, that he must either have retracted what he had stated on oath, or repeat what had been censured as prompted by a bad spirit. For this, it is said, in the memorandum of the Horse Guards, that Major Swindley has not availed himself of the forbearance shown him, and not ceased to entertain feelings which strike at the root of all discipline. But when sentence of ruin is pronounced upon an officer something more precise than this vague allegation is necessary. What were the feelings striking at the root of all discipline, and how were they manifested? Major Swindley may have done again what he was blamed for doing at but to the Court at Mhow, whose proceedings were of conMhow, but it may be that the blame was not due to him, fessed irregularity, and certainly not to be quoted as of any authority. encounter ruin by coming forward with adverse testimony. |