, 1868-03-03

lIONidi i WSS uOt OIlN " lIC wa
TIVES, but also when tending to the
welfare of The PUBLIC and, he is con
Sequently not looked upon as being one
of that class, WhO as attached TO that pc
culiar clique, which considers it not right
in principle to appoint ANY ONE in the
Customs department, 'who was born and
brought up in the same place, where the
situation is"
Secretary Rosenstand'S defense, as far
as touching the cause of his subsequent
i~naction in the matter suggested by him
in your "Avis No. H." is certainly salts
factory, but, with due Difference for his
explanation Il would not like to say his
opinion) respecting The Colonial Councils
having taken the initiative in the matter
of petitioring His Majesty the King, for
II Simultaneous transfer of this island, with
St. Thomas and st. Johns, his remark
that if he is not mistaken, the document
thus framed, "f1lls very little short of
petition" to that effect; involves a mean
ing, which perhaps, it would be most be-
coming, to permit each one to form his
own opinion on. When the Colonial
Councils report on his matter appears
in the "St. Croix Avis" the public will
have an opportunity Of judging Gas Srcre-
tary Roseustand rather pointediy obserUes)
"whether the Colonial Council have given
IL full expression Of the views of their
constituents"
| am however Of opinion, that if the
sense of the PUBLIC was taken in This
respect, the Colonial Council would GER
tainIy have been the last place chosen, to
frame so important a document, TO His Ma
iesty the King as of late, the PUBLIC
would seem TO have no confidence in that
representative body, as witness how the
last few elections, for members for this
assembly, have been attended by voters /;
ifmy memory serves me Alright there being,
on one occasion only one voter, who,
returned a member TO the Colonial Coun-
ell, and that vote, from one of HE mem
bers of the Electoral Board the other
members refusing to vote !! Hence. it
is n pal pabIe proof, that the PUBLIC
look upon the Colonial Council, as a re-
preventative body, in rather an unfavoura-
Bile light and doubtless expect as little
good 10 result from their present under
taking rs have been The case, in almost
all their other previous ones.
A Council, consisting at present, of IS
members, besides His EXcellency the
Governor, but having in this representa-
tive body only S or 6 gentlemen, who de-
bate an any subject brought before them,
Gulging from the printed reports) can
not be expected 10 fulfil the intention de-
sired, as the difference of the IS members,
say II members, may have opposing OPT
Mons to suggest, but from their inability
Tor their want of %interest) publicly to ex-
press them, they may perhaps take the
easiest course of voting with those who
publicly in the Council express their SEN
riments, fearing if they acted otherwise,
it would entail upon them the onus of
showing another side of the argument;
which, perhaps, although they might be
willing to undertake, have not the power
of carrying properly through. Conse-
q%uenlly, the Colonial Council, as a body,
fail to reflect the sentiments of the
PUBLIC Sufficiently, TO be able 10 frame
lin n nroner mannor\ Such n doeunant to