It would be utterly unjust, of course, to argue from
this one proved case that undue and improper influences have been brought to bear by Liberals in other constituencies. But it is impossible not to notice that while the most sweeping charges of exerting improper influences have been levelled by Liberals against Unionists, only two petitions have been pressed since the General Election, and these have both proceeded from the Unionist Party,—one which has ended in the unseating of Sir Christopher Furness, and the other in East Dorset, which is being tried. We hold that it is the duty of every man who has clear evidence of the employment of intimidation in any form to bring the case into the public Courts. Honest people will be pleased whenever a conviction is secured, no matter to what party the guilty person may belong. But it is as futile as it is undignified to bring general charges without doing the country the service of backing them by prosecutions.
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