The Kalida venture. [volume] (Kalida, Ohio) 1841-1865, 1853-08-26
INDEPENDENCE OF, AusrRAn1A.


Melbourne Argus, which will fix the
attention Of our readers. The tendency
Of events in Australia is towards inde'
pendence, and nothing can avert the des-
tiny Of that country 10 become republic
at no distant day. The discovery Of the
gold mines has hastened by scores Of
years an even, which has been inevitable
ever since The people Of Anglo Saxon
origin began TO settle on the plains of
Van Dieman's Land, and the upland
ranges Il New Holland The organz,-
ton Of great Republic in the Southern
Hemisphere, will have all influence upon
the deslinies of Asia of incalculable
Importance. The United States Of Aus,
uala would take ,ank in few years as
great maratime power, for the Colonies
already possess large and rapidly in
creasing mercantile marine. Long ago
it was said in England by one Of ,he
wscs, of her writer's that the foundations
of a mighty Empire wore laid in Austria
LA; and that the time nigh, come when
some descendan, of the settlers from the
old countries, would lead his New Hol-
landers into tho heart of China. Such a
consummation is not very unlikely
There is moi in Australia, as far ns yet
explored, any vast amount Of fertile
country open for settlement and culiva
iion; though the land is rich in mineral
productions beyond all comparison. A
Republic in this region will be conquer
ing Republic; and the Empire Of China
must go 10 pieces, if the throne Of The
Tartar dynasty is overturned. That
ancien. Empre cannot survive The shock
Of a great internal revolution. And the
Bible and Christian Missionaries will not
prevent il from becoming the prey Of
some strong and resolnte power in the
course of century The conversion Of
any large number Of its Pagan people 10
the Christian religion will only accelerate
the fa'l Of the oldest nation in the world,
Ohio Statesman.
From the Melbourne Argus, April Is.
Is Australia to become Independent
We wan, freedom! With that, all
would go WE'LL To achieve this grand
desideratnm should be the principal
object Of that body which affects 10 rep.
resen, the public. We shall get il some
day, and wiki the so.called representa-
'lves rests The alternative Of acqsiring ii
for US by constitutional means, or leaving
1t 10 be eventually taken by more sum
mary process. Oae or other mus. be
done, and that right early. The times
brook no delay Under ordinary circua-
stances we nigh. be contented to !inger
along in The semi.death, social and poit-
ical, which England appears 10 consider
The proper condition for her colonial off:
spring; bu, this torpid condition, disgrace
inl 10 us rs men, and doubly dsgracciul
20 us as representatives of the Wanted
race Of Anglo Saxons, is utterly incom-
patible with our presen, condition. We
must be free. The main duty Of our
council will be to point out the mode.
AT presen, we are mere saves-- hlec!
to the msrule, and having to the capri
ces Of an Irresponsible nominee, who
bitter, bitter experience has Taught MS
inay be very bid and very silly man.
We are slaves 10 al intenls and purposes,
rnd our chains are not the less calling
because they are gil, with some fanci(ul
mocksry Of freedom. How true is this,
when the very body Of whose compost.
,ion ws now speak, the "l.egislative
Councin itself--that "delib. rltive assem-.
bly, to whim we ought TO look as the
constitutional means Of redress for all our
grievances-thnt body upon which, ms
men knowing What freedom is, we ought
10 be able Immediately to rely. is nothing
better tlan an assembly deliberately
packed Of sqnatlers and nominees, where
the peoples voice is scarcely heard, and
where their few real representatives are
constantly out voted upon every greal
question: by the vote giving machines Of the
nominee mnaIer OF this nation of slaves
All this will have to change. TIE
present state Of things cannot last. A
government may linger on, utterly unpop
nlar, for while; bu; the insolen, def
ance ofpublic opinion, which is the grand
Characteristic Of our present executive
carries within itself the seeds of it's owr
destruction, and The destruction, too, o.
the vile system which could have organ
izcd il. A change must come, and We
call upon The Legislature Of Victoria
seriously to beware that il come peace
fully. We want no outbreak. We hate
bloodshed, whether the single murder Of
the gallows, or the wholesale murders o.
the melee; bu, We cannot always con,
tnue race Of slaves, and the most abiec'
soul amongst us may rest assured that we
shall not.
We write thus principally for the salts
faction of those mealy mouthed politicians
who cannot bear TO speak above tbeil
breath; for those iimid ,otterers who look
upon every bold stride in the march oI
freedom as soeial revolulion--a shaking
Of the very fabric Of society: and who
Iemble at reform, however slight, with