The Nevada journal., 1854-03-10
AUSTRALIA,

Constitution new Constitution, ir
troduced into the New South Wales Leg
islature has excited violent commotion i
the Colony, and the two opposing partie:
the Conservatives and Liberals are hight
ing fiercely over it. Of the press, tn
Sydney Empire is Liberal and opposes tn
life tenure feature of the proposed bill
The Sydney Morning Herald supports il
A correspondent of the latter paper, speak
ing upon this subject says:
Mr.. Wentworth, in the great speech b,
which he introduced his statesmanlik,
measure, asserted that the people of thi
colony wanted "a British and not Yam
kee Constitution" The conduct of tn,
opposition has at any rate proved that as
sertion. For most Of the few who are op
posed to Mr.. Wentworth's bill are notori
ously republicans, and ardent admirers o
America and Yankeeism, yet all profes;
themselves desirous to frame our future
according to the principles of the British
Constitution. The latter is not the Con.
stitution they would have recommended
had they reason even to imagine that the
proposal of Republic would have been
agreeable to the people of this colony
The people of this colony knew full we'll
that no democratic government has yet
ever existed in this world for much more
than a century. The United States have
not yet tried that period, and no reasona-
bic person can expect the Union to be in
existence one hundred years hence. Its
government has belied lis own principles
already by retaining millions of human
beings in cruel slavery it has intermed-
died in the affairs of foreign states; it is
continually striving to acquire the terrific
ries of its neghbors it has tolerated the
reputation Of state liabilities one half Of
the Union is arrayed IN such hostility of
feeling (from different pecuniary interests)
towards the other, that the cohesion must
ere long be ruptured. The people of the
colony, therefore, do wisely not to turn to
America for political instruction.
On the other hand, DR.. John Lang, n
distinguished advocate of the people and
who has earned the gratitude of the Colo
nists by his services in their behalf, pub
fishes in the Empire most scathing de-
nunciation of the New Bill and its sup
porters, and boldly advocates Republican,
ism and independence. The passage of
New Constitution by the New South Wales
Legislature should be made the point of
departure for an agitation to elicit and de-
velope, to unite and combine into one
mighty and resistless power, into one har-
monous whole, all that is truly liberal and
patriotic, all thlt is really elevated, virtu-
Gus and noble in the three great Colonies
of New South Wales, Port Philip, and
South Australia-an agitation that will re-
gard with perfect scorn the mere vetoing
of Mr. Wentworth's Constitution, in COM
parison with the far higher principles it
will have to establish, and the monstrous
grievances it will have to redress-an az
itation that will insist upon the establish
ment of universal suffrage, vote by ballot,
equal electoral districts, paid members who
will attend to their public duties, and will
be obliged to do it, and no property quail
fication-an agitation, moreover, that must
never be intermitted till the flag of Free
dom and independence is seen to float tri-
unphantly over the whole extent of these
three great united colonies, which are evil
IDENTIFY destined to form the nucleus of the
future magnificent empire of Australia
From the convict origin and long continu>
ed dcspotic government of this colony, we
have an amount of Toryism and Toady-
ism, Of injustice and oppression, of syco-
phancy and flunkyism in New South
Wales, that is perfectly stckening to con-
template, and almost hopeless to struggle
with.
But there is com paratively little Of these
worthless elements in Port Philip and
South Australia, where there is much
more fresh blood in society than there is
here. Let US, therefore, originate great
Australian League here in Sydney, for all
the three colonies, and let us steadily pur-
sue the object it indicates with perfect in
difference to the doings in Macquarie street,
which the very announcement Of its exis-
tence will socn Eli with disquietude and
dismay Such League will, am conf
dent, in few months from its formation,
be hundred thousand strong, and will be
able with perfect facility to raise fund of
at least twenty thousand pounds to send a
deputation of three perhaps of our best
men-not 10 her Majesty the Queen-oh
no, we won't trouble her Majesty ii the
matter-not to Downing street-certainly
not-not even to the Imperial Parliament
no, no, we have been acting that stupid
farce long enough for any good we have
ever got by it-but to the people of Eng
land direct-appesring before them per
sonally in each of the great cities of the
three kingdoms, telling them that we are
sick, tired, and disguised with this Down
ing street sham, and its Uniform accom-
paniment of colonial misgovernment, and
will indur- it no longer that as full
grown communities, we have right from
our Creator to govern ourselves, which we
are determined to exercise that we sin
cerely honor and respect her Majesty
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