The Morning Post, thinking it unfair that the Ministerial journals
should monopolize the trade of misrepresenting, and desirous of keep. ing up its character for smartnesp even at the expense of truth, pro- duced the following little lie on Monday-
" My Lord 3forpeth and some other sages have repeatedly told us that, under the Mulgrave male-Administration, the tranquillity of Ireland has marvellously increased. The Ministerial Members in Parliament, and the Ministerial news- papers out of it, have all said the same thing. Such of them, indeed, as have attempted to prove the fact, have not been particularly successful ; but this want of success was not destined to continue. At length we have proof to our heart's content. The Spectator of Saturday, after reasserting the tranquillity-story, thus shapes its Q. E. D.
Of this there cannot be any doubt eehatever. Independently of the evidence, there would be no risk in asserting that such must be the ease.'
" Can any thing be more conclusive ? But of what? Simply that some persons in this country are in the habit of asserting whatever they think they can assert without risk,' and that such assertions are made independently of the evidence.'"
The original passage in the Spectator stood as follows-
" Generally speaking, the condition of Ireland is more tranquil titan it used to be under Tory rule. Of this there cannot be any doubt whatever. Inde- pendently of the evidence, there would be no risk in asserting that such must be the case. A turbulent population is always less turbulent when the execu- tive power is in the hands of men whom they have been led to regard as their 4-riends."
It suited the Post to leave out the last sentence, which supplied the reason for believing that Ireland must be "generally" more tranquil now than under Tory Governments," independently of the evidence,"— the evidence which we more especially had in view being the charges of the Irish Judges on the last circuits, which bore testimony to the improved condition of the country.
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