The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1853-06-12

"a hEn detemlnAliuns edsscu Inc same TetIelchOent
bl, which The eoxscl again rejected the house then
pas,sd again the import BILL with the appropriation
esases which the eoaaci again rejected Then the po
sjon now sxeched was taken, and issue negatively
loiaed. AL this Is important. indication OF thai
Dew spirit which taking possession OF Eng ands colo
aial depenlenciesthe ability OF people 10 found and
govern free cnlonies for themselves. grow rich and
popalous BY separate gsaion, AID irm independent
authority being no longer matter of conjecture. la
Australia We witness clearly lis development
a Development that. from European point OF
view. can present but startling phenomenon. The
gand outlines must be filled up before their character
sad form can be fully conpIeheaded The separation
Australia into States, constituting Independent fedora.
ton 10. then. already projected and openly discussed
THE SEVEN UNITED PROVINCES or AUsTRAL,A-thus
runs the political announcement. Nature working for
mac is discovered have made the first grand natural
division in the central desert which separates the eastern
and western sections oil the Great South Land Three
provinces 10 the North, three 10 the South, New South
Wales as the centre, aud Sydney the capsl-was
there ever such symmetrical scheme All needed for
IFS contamination is Independence. president and vice
president, governors, senators, and representatives will
be Immediately forthcoming, and that oat OF thorough
" British population.
A modern wriier--the very able author OF historical
and statistical account OF New South Wales-thls Sums
ap Of reasoning the topic Of Australian indie
pendence:
III therefore, ~ - iiIes and cannot be ganeaid thai
the desire OF freedom and Independence is natural 10 all
agricultural coonies'-tha Is, TO all snch communities
British colonies, properly so called; il this desire is
the natural and necessary result Of their peculiar ctun
and situation, from the TACT that a nation be
comes formed within them !; ii il is divnely implanted
moreover, and therefore designed for good and not for
evil-for the welfare and advancement of the human
family and not Tor it's injury or depression and il such
coones are entitled TO their entire freedom and ,nds
peadence whenever they have attained their political ma
,oniy, both able and willing TO manage their own
pHdIrs without either ar from
parent Stale. maintain that the Australian colonies
having attained their political majority and being both
able and willing 10 govern and maintain themselves are
entitled TO claim their freedom and independence and
maintain. moreover that Great Britain the parent State
being interested party in the matter has right
to Constitute herself Judge IN The case and to put forth
adverse decision, than the unreasonable and iytann
cal parent who whholds his freedom from his own
child"
The ingenious proposition, which no doubt has been
heartily scowed at by Greeks and Turks, OF submergng
large portion Of the Holy Land for convenient in
land traverse by water, is far outrvaed in bold
aud magnitude by that Of making another Medtsr-
ranean in place of Australia Daserta four hun
ded miles north OF Port Adelaide. The country has been
found TO be hundred feet below high mark it is
consequently, assumed not unlikely that The north
ern coast, which has been little explored al the head of
the Gull OF CaIpeniara, a roint msy be found where
there is submarine level communicating with the n,e
Nor. and separated from the by tract of land
What then. capital labor for convcts than cutting
channel for the admission OF the waters OF the ocean,
That the spirit Of progress is everywhere is re re.
mark; but apt Illustration OF this is given in The ad.
dlon of ea2aine de Uasseaa TO the French eonseI
Anuautk, which has TO deal with the administration OF
the marine and OF the colonies, The organization OF the
dee the mode Of provisioning, naval constructions and
maritime works, and so forth. According The nges-
uous language OF the official reports this officer is added
because " The experience of young men, impatient of
progress and representing new IDEAS, may be valuable"
is impossible deny that all along the efficiency OF the
American navy has been greatly impaired by its TOO far
removal iromipreseDt influences and that had il been
otherwise the public money expended in naval cons,ruc-
on would have subseved better than it has done The
public interest No appropriation made in this dreciion
however wasefuly spent, be charged with having
been extravagant in lis amount.
The terms drawn up at private convention OF the
powers interested in respect submarine telegraph to
unite the European and African continent, might with
profit TO dipoma,isis, be made public
LIS ultimate extension along the coast Of Algeria 10 AL
exandria and TO India, would seem out of the
bounds OF realization. This Telegraph, which comes
from Englana to France, is to be continued by land and
after crossing Nice and Genoa, will reach Spezzia, at
the bottom Of the gulf of that name thence after cross
ing The island Of Corsica it will pass by Sardinia 10 The
eoa't OF Algeria near Bona. What the enormous
chain Of Telegraph now being drawn over India shall
eventually subserve, is problem yet TO be worked out
India matters are undergoing searching examination
by active and wenformed minds We have the result
IN India reform tracts in which the abuses Of the whole
present system the extoon, pecuailon. chcanery and
intrigue which covers its enctoachments The CAPT.
tai OF the country the reduction OF the population
TO state of pauperism, all wildly and efficiently por
,rsyed And wha, is the condition OF lis general le
gal code By act OF 1893. it was provided tina,
code OF laws should be made for all India and com
mission appointed TO achieve il, which already in
mere salaries has coat the parties for whom the code
was intended. but who seemed doomed never to get it,
almost million dollars The following is from trac,
No. 4:
"The code prepared by the commission was first sub
mItted 10 the supreme government in May 1875 il was
sent back for revision; II returned in the October
following II was then sent home the court of dec-
tors and The board OF contfol next returned 10 In
dia with home observations and crcsm Calcutta con
sidered II once more and sent 1t hack 10 London and
finally, after eleven years deberaion, il reached India
N ls4s And !, has been lying snug and dusty the
shelves Of the council ever since
Respecting the finances Of India, the following from
work "Note on Inda," by DR.. Burat, of Bombay, may
be prohiably appended:
In governing India England makes herself respon.
dred and fifty millions OF people, yields gross revenue
OF about thirty millions sterling year, maintains an
army Of nearly four hundred thousand men, of whom
tory thousand are Europeans at charge OF upwards of
Twelve millions year, and affords appointments cove
nantcd servants commissioned objects ten thousand
Of eighteen 10 the end Of their days. averaging in one
case thousand, and IN the other four hundred pounds
year. The army OF Bengal alone, comprising %
Europeans. i3s.255 native soldiers, with 4oj British
officers, J6i 90S in all, third more than tina, of
France, though less Than half France con-
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