20 FEBRUARY 1864, Page 1
The Pays calls England the Pontius Pilate of Politics, because
our only vocation is now to wash our hands of others' guilt while acquiescing in its results. There is something in the taunt. Pontius Pilate was well-meaning, but weak, and had a dreadful fear of being " Cmsar's " foe ; and that is very much the state of mind of our own Government.
