Thereupon Colonel Seely resigned, and with great spirit (and in
his case we believe sincerely) threw himself to the Radical wolves—taking all the blame, and sheltering his colleagues. . Then the Government refused to accept the resignation of the Secretary of State for War, and said in fact that, though Colonel Seely was guilty of murder, like many a good man ..before him, he was so clearly innocentof manslaughter that he ought not to be punished. Lastly, Mr. Churchill called down fire from heaven upon the Army for daring to withstand the will of the people—whose will, remember, he is determined shall never be ascertained by a clear and direct vote—and rung down the curtain with the insinuation that the crisis was solely due to a vile plot hatched by " the classes," first among the Opposition and then among the officers. This is the record of those who boast themselves the ablest, the most honest, and the most far-seeing of Governments, and are never tired of contrasting their wisdom with the stupidity of the Opposition. What a record ! What a Government! Surely honest men may thank God they belong to "the Stupid Party"!
