, 1853-02-05
ImmiEration-Australia--Politics
The Sufering-Pohcy
of the Farmers in Future.


of the Farmers in Future.
WeeOpy he following article Ofths Sidney
Mormag Hsrold, Oct lst, concerning "lm~
migrstiou-Bread," &c., from the "Pla-
Ger Times & Transcript" January 18th.
aThoussnds upon thousands of our eOuntymen
are coming out under the conviction that they will
6nd here . land flowing with milk and honey =
land teemlng with ineIhaustible supplies Of food.
Bot We have none Can We feed them This
= solemn queslion-too solemn by far to be
dogmslised upon BY the conscientious Journalist.
The government We hUmby believe has a duty to
perform in the premises, which they cannot neg
isct without ineurhng a fearful responsibility
With fhding agriculture. fading from the deser-
don Of farm hands for The gold 6elds), we have to
nee, q consumption uneIampled in colonial eKPe-
hence and IN some respects uneKampled in the eI-
psrisnee Of the world. We think il our duty to
urge II upon lh0sa whore province Il is 10 care for
The pubic safety, the necessity Of an immediate
and searching inquiry into the prospects Of the col
sny 10 regard to human subsistence. OF beef and
mutton We have fortunately an abundant stock,
bot even concerning them, il behooves our settlers
10 b moFo careful than they have been hitherto
The boiling pot must b laid aside The eaTeAal
will be too valuable to its owner, and Of too much
impoTtanee 10 the community, TO be sacrificed for
tallOW. It will be wanted for the food Of mani"
Australia, that but few years. ago was
only known as penal colony Of Great Brit
ain-an abode for the exiled outlaw, whose
fellowship and communion was confined TO
its native Savages, is now also the home of
The industrious, honest, and oppressed Of
European despotisms and the people of the
Isles ol ihe ocean, Of North and South
America, and Of GlnOtt the entire habitsble
and civilized globe have their eyes directed
towards the gold fields Of Australia, and CAL
ifOrnia, and thitherward the tide of immgra-
ton is fastening with as an uuerriRg law
Is that Of gravihtion to the centre.
Yetthey want BREAD! The operators in
the preciouI mines Of our neghboring state,
~ well rs that Of the British COLONY, have
been like Mi@Es, almost AaTving in the midst
of GOLD! Every pursuit to which the hand
Of industry has been applied has been fol-
lowed by stream Of Wealih--melamorpho
Sed by magic touch to coLD-and yet
death from starvation has @gTinn'd horribly
ghaslly smile," in derision at the wealth
acquired! Too many have been engaged in
searching for the representative oi The VALUE
Il the productions Of the eaftA, and too few
N producing tho means fOS the psrpetulty
Of life. The substance has been lost sight
Of in pursuing the shadow. =.
II the crown Of Gresl Britain expects to
secure the allegiance Of its subjects, and
maintain quiet continued supremacy over
is'eoIonirs, for any considerable length Of
time on the Pacific -Vancouver's
Island, Australia, New Zealand, &C., that
government VIII be required to pay little
moSs regard to the prayers and petitions Of
those colonial subjects, lhsn was vOuchsafed
The authors Of The AmeViOan revolution. else
will she again be denOaneed as On apjust,
oppressive and unnatural mother, and her
people be regarded 4bythem as " enemies in
Ipr--in peace friends" Tho "FREE SET
Tiers" on VaheOuver's Island complain
bitterly, and we imagine not without Just
cause, Of the offensive, oppressive, and iy-
Tanical form Of government which they have
been compelled 10 submit to, and are urgent
IN their demand fcr speedy reform. More
than TEN THOUSAND additional consumers
have, within the last year, been added 10 the
Australian colony from all parts Of the world,
and for whom that government is eDjoined
to make the necessary provision for their
subsistence, under the significant penalty Of
".IHcURRlEG 4 FEARFUL RESPONSIBILITY
In New Zealand, too, gold, mines have been
discovered, and The "TimeT and Trans
cnpt says '.I ..? 'epi ... -..1
-Ths Southern Cross' published At AuAlunA
New Iceland, Of October I4th, anticipates. as the
result Of the gold discove riss tho rapid ,svslop-
Dent Of the eountIy. Il looks for the immediate
and certain introduction q steam communication,
and for the return Of the lately depated gold SEEK
ing colonists-'and q mighty infusion Of new blool
will be sore to emancipate US from the despOtism,
Sganst which we have 50 long and vainly struE-
EIed.' I" s-ai.a... .-t ' 10y.
In fact, however much the inhabitants OF
aiOre'gn dependency may be attached to the
form of government under which they had
formerly lived, separation by distance will
sooner Or Later cause them to grow restless,
ehaie, and finally repudiate the idea Of a
home government, removed from them one
half the distance Of tie worlds circumfer-
enee' proclaim their independence, and form
Constitution for themselves. A new world
has been found on the Pacific, which will
eventually require government peculiar TO
hSef---diStinct and sovereign as the British
Islea or sfatea If EnsoDa 10