, 1872-04-27
TO The EDITOR OF THE est. CRoIx AVIS. >
Mr.. Editor

The public is very much obliged to you for
publishing every time, as you do, a resume of
the Proceedings Of the Colonial Council. In
those Of Monday 22nd April the End discussion
OF TIE Draft Of Ordinance regulating the sala-
ries TO the Superior Authority in this Island is
the one of greatest interest. The Speaker Of
The Committee, bIr. Rpsenstand, introducing
the Report of said Committee is understood to
have delivered q long speech III which he made
some remarks which seem to me deserving Of q
few words by way Of comment. He said
that 'at a former stage of the discussions ho
had not been aware Of the little amount of sym
pathy entertained in the Community for the
scheme of a Secretary administering the govern
ment, and he had not been prepared to hear no
voice in the Committee against that scheme
All the members of the Committee were then
for the secretary, although they voted for a
Viceooyern0r, not being allowed 70 do other
wise by the Colonial Law. | see from the
Committee Report how the members voted;
how they would have voted had they not been
placed in the dilemma, / cannot tell but Of one
thing I an certain, a4J tdat IS that the Synpa
tby for the scheme of u secretary entertained
in this community j5nOt 50 lttle as Mr.. RoSen
stand suppoSgs, and that TOO among men Capa
bic Of forming a correct Judgment: in fact,
some months ago, there was hardly one, besides
the president" and a couple natives, who thought
otherwise than that me man was quite sufficient
to govern 5000 people but circumstances al.
ter cases since then a hope has been raised
and carefully f0ste. ed, in certain circles, Of keep
inc up all our peculiar relations" and Of
fnrther developing indlyIdual relations It
50 handsomely stands in tbs Motives to the
Draft,-and how could one man possibly attend
to them and not, at the same time, neglect ONE
Of the peculiar relations of the sister island. The
Committee has wisely "como to the conclusion
of recommending i special Chief Magistrate for
this Island" and thus there was happily no pro
posal introduced contrary to the Colonial Law,
and no 'formal objections against entering on
the Draft" And didn't the speaker enter upon
it with a will He even had time 10 hint at
other plans, other organizations, quite opposed
TO the aforementioned, such as the one Of "a gov
erpor of our own" independents 81. Thomas,
q plan which the speaker could not entertain.
WHY not2 In my opinion, we ought TO have
two governors Of our own IN TINS Is ana, one
for Bassend and one for WeStend, each with
not too few thousand dollars t~abIe-money Tor
CHAIR able purposes. Without a railroad, winch
we may never live to see, 1t Is too troublesome
for Westend pauperS; but let US nave them soon,
as soon as possible, for "the office OF Superior
MAGISTRATE has been suffering too long from
The uncertainty resulting from the present
temporary arrangements" The Committee
had been in good faith and had worked with
the sincere hope of seeing something come out
Of the Draft it was first after concluding its
work, that it received information OF the demand
made bv the Conhnittee on the same Draft be-
fore the Colonial Council Of ST. Thomas. The
Speaker doubts that it is an established prlncl-
pie, as argued by tine ST. Thomas Committee
that St. Croix should now pay; ut IS laid down
no where that TIE government is 10 he IN ono
island. and the other island must be made TO
pay. St. Thomas had to pay It's $4,000 c%onirl0d-
ton as a natural consequence OF the historical
deyelopment of The facts How do you think
facts will be developed in cur case, Mr.. Editor!
The government has not recognized ne prlnci-
pie, saws the honorable Speaker bu Governor
Billie acknowledged in the St. Thomas Coun-
ell that it was just and equitable thai we should
pay something like SLIGO; the principle is
then acknowledged, and the question IS narrow
ed down to a few hundred dollars. 1t is true
it was not mentioned in the Draft that st. Crolx
was to pay, but whether it was not put there
because the government argued that ut was
self-evident'' to what extent our Neighbours
would be the gamers, while ST. Croix would be
the looser is a question. I'VE have been too
eood-natured." So we have, 1--WE remained
Silent, made no objections to it, made no con