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and they may thus appear as an argumentum
ad hominem. One of the main objects of these
pages being, however, to point out published
errors whereby public opinion is misled, it is
impossible to escape this; and as these misguiding
remarks are almost always likely to
occur, they should therefore be the more pointedly
noticed, so that greater caution may be
observed in future, and also to show that other
people are liable to errors of judgment as well
as Governments.
The :first press criticism to which I will draw
attention is a telegram that the ' Daily News'
correspondent sent on the 27th February, and
some articles in connection with it. It is evident,
from the summing up of the evidence 011
this matter by the' Daily News' itself (see 3d
April 1874), that it is perfectly satisfied with
its correspondent on this point. The following,
from the telegram, is the passage to which
I particularly take exception: "I visited
the Durbungah road relief - works to - day.
Fifteen thousand persons are employed on the
semi-starvation wages of three-halfpence daily.
Thev are neglected. defrauded, and irregularly