Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1853-01-06

earth tremble beneath its tread-has bar,
upon bars of yellow metal piled up in tn,
enchanted chambers of her mountains.
Yet, with all this wealth, she is not a
rest. There is armed hand upon her.;
wrinkled hand, and yet a hand that has no
forgot its cunnlng-a hand that plumbers
and polutes.
That plumbers: for out of her revenue
which in the province of New South Wales
amounts to G46,G92, England claims the
irresponsible control of 92l7,74O-whilst
out Of that Of Port Philip, revenue amount.
ing to 992S,396, she appropriates the sum
CT G747,309. This is the same England
which, in 1899, inflicted the heaviest re-
strictions on your manuiactures-enactin
that 10 wool, yarn, or woolen manufactures,
Of their American plantations, should be
shipped there, or even laden, in order to be
transported thence to any place whatever.
Again, in the case of Australia, England
reserves to herselfthe appointment Of near
ly all the officials Of tho co!ony-thc Chiel
Justices, the Pusine Judges, the attorneys
and solicitors OF the Crown, colonial Sec
retaries, Bishops and inspectors of the pub
lie schools.
Against all tls-against this appropria-
ton Of her revenue-against the alienation
Of the patronage which legitmately belongs
to her-AustraIia has, over and over again,
protested, and still continues to protest.
But there is another wrong which press
es upon her far more heavily than this
fraudulent appropriation OF her patronage.
Year after year, ever since that lonely
ship, the Sirius" stood in for Sydney
Heads in 1888, the English Government
have persisted in opening their prison.
gates, and letting loose upon that noble land
the black 5st criminals that have ever dis
turbed the proprety, chequered the happi-
ness, disgraced the annals, or hurt the Vi
tality Of a nation.
These, however, are idle questions. The
future Of Australia is not involved in their
solution. Her condition does not depend
upon the cunning or temerity Of a minister.
As Henry Grattan-the noblest orator 10
whomgthe mother Of our race has given
birth-has finally said: The germ, in the
soul, like the child in the womb or the seed
in the earth, swell in their stated time to
their destined proportions, by virtue of their
own laws which we neither maleno con-
trol.'
+ Her conneNion with England, as tribu-
tary, is at an end. Her sovereignty as a
Republic, is inevitable.
Previous to the discovery of the gold
fields, Republican ideas partially prevailed.
But partially, for the good sense Of English
men, like their wit, is somewhat sluggish in
its development.
They spoke, to be sure, about cheap gov
ernment, which is the essence Of Repub-
.licanism; they spoke about the necessity OF
appointing their own Executive, their owl,
Governors, Secretaries, and Treasurers-a
measure which strikes at the root Of the
Royal prcrogatives, and goes forth TO cir
cumscribe and parolyze the patronage of the
Grown. They ventured SO far sometimes
as to institute comparisons between Lort
Grenvilic of 1854, and Lord GREY, Of
1851; TO hint that kindred obStinacy
might eventuate in similar catastrophe
and some have had the intrepiditv to quote
the famous warning uttered by Patrick Hen.
ry, before the House of Burgesses in Nir-
ginia. Nevertheless, they have scrupu-
lous insisted on their loyaIity-have been
careful to draw line between the Minis
ters and their Mistress-and have coca
siOnglly concluded thoir most revolutionary
exhibitions with an affidavit setting forth
their peaceful intentions.
They may wear their loyalty with more
sincerity than Louis XVI wore the b0nna
rouge, but il fits them 10 less awhwardiy.
The truth is, the accident Of Il Queen
sitting on throne, instead o! king--tht
accident Of the imperial crown being worn
by young mother, against whose fair name
the tongue Of slander has not dared to utter
a syllable of scorn or scandal, instead Of
circling the grey hairs of some old rake,
who squanders the public money IN wines
which soak his sleeping brain, and slips
into the grave amid the perfumes Of his de-
buucEery--this accident, this fact, call it
what you will--has rendered the progress
of Republcanism in England, and through
out the English colonies, far more cautious
and considerate than it would otherwise
have been. o.. .
If free-that is, if in active and absolute
possession of the resources with which she
has been blessed--and with her capacities