text:  He had been sent expressly for the purpose of pacifying the country an object which would have been altogether inconsistent with measures of violence; but the editor in telling us that his conduct exhibited sagacity and benevolence hazards the extraordinary assertion that "he was one of the few statesmen who inculcated the necessity of forbearance and concession in the misgoverned country!" Nothing can be more erroneous than this statement in point of principle or more ignorant in point of fact