The Liberal, Volume I, Number 40, 28 January 1893 — STILL SILENT. [ARTICLE]

STILL SILENT.

The seal of silence as to the mission of the gentlemen whom the P. G. has sent to Washington is still unbroken. We deem this a genuine misfortune, and especially so from the government standpoint. If, as we suspect, the P.G., in the hurry and under the tremendous pressure of the occasion, sent that Commission with indiscreet or radical instructions, or with none at all, except to do as they like, the sooner much mistake is recognized, acknowledged and recited, the better for all concerned. A mistake persisted in may become a calamity, an no more promising field for calamities could possibly present itself than the one which lies before us with reference to our future status. If the P. G. has taken under pressure of time and necessity, a course in this matter which is more deliberate judgment does not approve, why is it not the part of wisdom and patriotism to acknowledge the error and take steps for its cure? If, on the test of msture thought, why should the Executive shrink from enlightening the people in the premises?