, 1865-12-01

the sacrifice of the prosperity of this very
island. All men Of property have since,
for the most part, become reduced IN CIR
cumstances, and the middle class have re-
manned poor and doomed to maintain a
struggle for existence. The only people
who have been prosperous and have had
prosperity within their command have
been the emancipated classes. Many OF
them, and even those engaged in this inta-
NOUS rebellion, have been the holders OF
landed property which they have c%ultivat-
ed to great advantage, and those who had
no such possession could easily obtain 1T IT
they would only labour, for good arabic
land is obtainable at five dollars an acre.
But it is not only in the acquisition OF
property that we are well OFT. They bore
but a moderate share of taxation, compa-
r~ativelv, the education OF their children is
paid for by the State, whilst they are IN
the enjoyment of the fullest political Prl--
~yileges. = They possess a franchise that
enables them, if they take advantage OF 1t,
to swamp the legislation of the country.
IF they conceive that the Government was
not conducted in a manner to favor their
interests, they had ample opportunity OF
influencing it by constitutional means.
And if the men who were their leaders
and guides in the infamous purpose which
has been brought to light, were not a set
of cut-throats and blood-thirsty villains,
they would have pointed this out. by
complying with the requirements OF the
law. they would have influenced the cleo
tons to such an extent as to have filled the
House of Assembly with their own party,
- ---ll l., oI>lo +0 n n,,rVv what O0p9COroS
they thought proper. The greatest evil
that could then be accomplished would be
the outyoting of men OF Intelligence and
property. They were not ignorant OF this
1o1ger, for George William Gordon often
threatened its exercise, but it was not even
attempted to be put In execution. In
freedom, in the acquisition OF property, IN
prosperity, in social and political advance
mert, they possess all that any people can
desire. In the name Of GOD, then, what
do they want
They want nothing that is reasonable
They want to possess wealth, without
earning it they want to possess power,
without knowing how to use 1T; they
want to possess honour and distinction,
for which they have no merit they want
to put out the light of intelligence and viz
tue, in order that ignorance and corruption
might find a place Of honour And look
at the means by which they sought to
consummate their purpose-by wholesale
butchery-a merciless SLAUGHTER, IN which
no quarter was to be given, no mercy was
to be exercised, no pity to be felt. Their
best friends, their protectors IN days when
they needed friends and protectors, were
all prescribed, and the work OF destruction
was to be universal-was to be complete.
The idea was, it SEEMS, to spare not, to
kill and STAY without conjunction, with
out mercy, without pity. What lngrates
the people have proved P for whom
so much has been sacrificed, SO much has
been done. But the great God did not
permit them to triumph in their internal
purpose. Some good and valuable men
have been lost-men like the lamented
Baron Ketelhodt, whose loss will not be
soon supplied ; but the whole tragedy
was not permitted to be played out, and
when the work of retributlon is complete,
it will be for the two classes that had been
1I - g.. oon9b;Ia+ion RI InItn In