Chapter X

Duty of a statesman when the interests and wishes of his nation conflict Nature and extent of political trusteeship Temperance questions Legitimate and illegitimate time-serving Education questions Inconsistency in politics—how far it should be condemned The conduct of Peel in 1829 and 1845 The conduct of Disraeli in 1867 Different degrees of weight to be attached to party considerations Temptations to war Temptations of aristocratic and of democratic governments Necessity of assimilating legislation Legislation violating contracts.—Irish land legislation Questions forced into prominence for party objects The judgment of public servants who have committed indefensible acts The French coup d'état of 1851 Judgments passed upon it Probable multiplication of coups d'état Governor Eyre The Jameson raid How statesmen should deal with political misdeeds The standard of international morals—questions connected with it The ethics of annexation Political morals and public opinion