, 1872-10-05

81. 1nomaS, ana In citing the "Ir1bute"
as a point to the contrary, I am accused
by the sapient Law Doctor of failing to
perceive that the "tribute'' is paid in pur-
suance of the Colonial Law, and that the
Colonial Law is in fact a resolution of the
Colonial Council. That the contribution
is paid according to the Colonial Law, are
my WI words. [ had not then failed to
see that fact, which, indeed, would be diff
cult for any body that can see at all !; but
that the Colonial Law is a Resolution of
the Colonial Council, | fail to see i%ntirely,
and SO, indeed, a short time ago, did the
Tidende, which, as in the case of the cab
struse calculations" so also in this in
stance, being incaple of having any indie
pendent opinion on the matter, had very
sensibly taken the authority of Governor
Billie concerning how far the Colonial Law
is placed before the Colonial Councils for
their resolution, or, for something else.
The Tidende's inability to perceive the
actual condition Of things, is most trying
to ones patience, as evinced by the
foregoing, as we'll as tie following,
which | shall first quote and then add
a few words by way of comment
"Of course Sta. Cruz contributed to sup
port the 'Thomasian Steamer when the
Chief Government was in that island, and
equally of course she did not do so from
pure generosity, but because that was a
duty-or rather, her own interests were IN
volved for Notwithstanding the head of
the Colonial Government being there, vet
its communications with the home govern
ment had to pass through st. Thomas, and
hnn0n cho ho1 RI p,,t Etbipcc ovo al
tered nov as regards st. Thomas, whilst
nthat respect they are not altered as re-
CARDS st. Croix, but her obligation is in
creased by her finding it to be her duty to
communicate with St. Thomas, even as it
was St. Thomas's duty to communicate
with her but now the duty has ceased as
regards St. Thomas, which looks forward
only to Denmark and not backwards to
Sta. Cruz."-The worthy expositor here
makes a Herculean e~xertiOn to say some
thing, in his mind, very ''sensibIe'' on a
matter of which he evidently knows as lit
tie as of all those numberless things in
which he delights to dip, of dead lam
guages and Of dying languages, of Choc-
taw and Ouch, and of other abstruSe things
beyond his reach, to which he vane-
gloriously afixes his %jocuIar tail.
He takes some furtive glance at the
former obligations of st. Thomas to keep
up team-Communication with St. Croix,
and deduces theretrom conclusions more
wild and unfounded than any before, which
is saying a good deal. heartily accord to
st. Thomas the pleasure of trying "her''
hands at head-goVerning, but it is but too
clear that this Expositor takes a pueriIe de-
light in running about parading it, just as
a little school boy who has managed (in
what way I shall not mention, but GER
tainly not by the I'LL pitiful groans) to
get a new toy ha, boy d'you see this
I cannot possibly find out what the Expo
sitor means to say, or could possibly have
meant to say, in the above note there is
no more sense in it than could be expected
from an empty Uranium. Why, then,
throw water on q gooSe's back =? why ask
the Expositor any more questions, since
he could not answer one? why remind him
Of the fact that st. Thomas has q Vicegov-
ernor in common with St. Croix, that it
has the Upper Court in common with the
same island, that it has the military in COM
mon, with it's depot, which we furnish
gratuitously and with pleasure to the
opulent Thomasians. I do not mention
these things grumblingly there is in the
Christian charactor nothinu moan which