, 1868-02-18

men1S are required Tor the proper dlScnafge vi
the duties CT this post. AS a Comptroller OF
Customs no legal attainments are either need
ed; and less ability is required to be a tide
waiter, but non-commissioned officers and prl-
vate soldiers, are drafted from the Military
force, to do this duty also.
AS Royal Treasurer no legal attainments are
required to pay out salaries to officials, and to
i~ncassate the taxes still this post was lately
filled on two occasions when a vacancy took
place, by two officers belonging to the Military
Department, and who | do not think had any
right whatever, to a situation in the Civil De-
partment; and, not only that neither of them
had any right to this situation, but that it re-
fiected to the detriment of the Clerk in that
Office, who had served IS years there, and who
it is said was recommended to the situation,
but who did not receive the appointment, al
though an individual offered to become security
for him, for the whole amount required, for
the faithful discharge of his duties as Royal
Treasurer.
The most unheard of thing however, erceptim
this Commmmity is to appoint as chief pilot a
stranger, who has first to learn the navigation
of our harbour, through perhaps one of the un-
d~erpilots, / mean no diSparagement to the pre-
sent incumbent) previru us to his venturlng to
pilot a vessel into the harbour the which a
native seaman must necessarily be more &C
quainted with, as also more entitled to hold that
post.
Have not Natives then a right to feel unjustly
treated, when offices requiring no legal attain
ments. and which they could fill, are bestowed
upon strangers, most of which do not contribute
one cent, to that largo yearly revenue of nearly
5000, 900, incassated from taxes, a large portion
of which is contributed by the natives, and from
which they hardly enjoy any benefit; but which
is in a great measure applied to the paying OF
large salaries to those arriving here, with high
sounding titles, and otherwise, and who are said
to be necessary to administrate the Government
of the colonies? One thing further seems also
apparent to every one possessing a sense of
propriety'', that this Government could be ad-
ministrated for much less expenditure, than
what at present exists.
With respect to Mr.. 20. Krauses" remark
"and what would the community gain. if the
Editor succeeded in his attempt ? AT best the
wanton exchange of their birthright fora mise
rable mess of pottage." | would observe on
ma part, that 1 should feel proud to be called a
Dane, if I should be considered such by Mother
country born Danes arriving here; but, the Won
der to most Danes coming here is, not that one
speaks the English language, but that one
speaks bis own Mothertongue, the Danish Ian
guage hence, the Nationality is almost lost, by
ome-born-D Danes, as a class, addressing the
Natives, Unfortunately, in a foreign language,
and thereby treating them as foreign and,
while [ am not one of the advocates for a for
eign change of Government, except as Secretary
Rosenstand observes, "Saint Thomas and st.
Johns gone, public opinion can not much differ,
as to whether the welfare of this island, will be
best secured under Danish or American rule,
it, AT PRESENT, appears to me, as a resident OF
the island, and in as far as my Nationality is
concerned, to be as immaterial, whether it should
be the one or the other; as, under the present
circumstances, l am perhaps considered a Ma
tive but no Dane, and under an American rule
may be considered a Dane and no American;
hence, between the two I expect to be left
without any Nationality at all, when | will be-
as "Peter Porcupine" observes in your "Avis
No. l1",- like Mohamet's coffin ;-"Suspend-
ed"! BUT, awaiting the judgment of a better
world. Your obdt. Servt.
- A NATIVE.
~ ~ vo, think that the Author will be satisfied,