, 1872-09-03

Vice Governor to ShGW them his NINE,
which, perhaps, is not situated far from the
Government house. That Eastend misery
was not brought up in the Council, nor
that of the South side, although there were
members present who could testify to the
truth of it, and the Vice Governor might
have done so himself, but perhaps they had
got a hint about the mine, if they would
only drop the ticket for the paltry sum for
table money. DULY the poverty in the
towns was discussed, the prevalence Of
which the Governor conldn't deny, but a
good deal Of it, he contended, might be
averted by the eXertion OF the parties them
selves. The Vice Governor makes very
short speeches, but 1t must be acknoW-
lodged that, like new brooms, they sweep
well. Nothing could be more sweeping
than that assertion, which was not accom-
panied with any data at all to pIoye its
correctness. Mr.. Rosenstand does not sin
on the side Of short speeches his are rather
lengthy, and, sometimes, in reading them
you feel in certain places lrreslStlbIy ImpeI-
led to cry cut pshaw, blarney, none Of that,
as t. in. when he enters into a lengthy cal
c"ulation to prove that a $1,000 table-mo-
ney is equal to a distribution Of five times
that amount among the sempStresSes etc
that the costly Governor SchoIten's gov
eminent enriched the island etc. but, for
tunateIy for his reputation as a statesman,
and he enjoys a hlsu reputation among
uS-he evidently could not have meant
what he said, rs | conclude from the re-
marks he made at the same meeting dur
Io4 Tie 3rd discussion ca the Draft of Or
djuauca conc ming the dglyaymeut OF CX-
peuseS attending the introduction Of La
bourers to this island. Ills remarks en-
that occasion bear SO much the impress OF
the true statesman, that | cannot refrain
from here quoting them in fall, He said
that che wanted to guard against impress
sions that might prevail on the Council,
particularly on planters, and to impress
upon them not to depend too much on i'm
migration. There are now many places
near us il cultivation which 10 years ago
was unknown, aud they want 10 to 20
times as many Iabourors as we can import;
with them we cannot possibly compete.
He would in every respect have all facility
afforded immigration to the Island within
certain limits, but parties depenI too much
on immigration, and this, he feared, would
prove a deception. The drought is the
same this year in those places where we get
immigrants, as at present prevailing here !;
but why then is it impossible to get immi-
grants for here 2 it is a public secret that
an expedition to Barbados to engage la-
bourer8 failed entirely. II is because the
demands from other places leave nothing
for us here to get, If, then, we are at all
to depend for oar iabour-force upon immi-
grafton, it must be on a larger scale and
from elsewhere than those places. But
this uhole question Of immigration should
gjue as Cause TO Mlnk Of asuag the hands
Uiithin our reach. IL as certain that aAen
certain notifications are made IN the Lab0M
Act, they se;h1 to e great extent serUe TO aug
ment the h~bourtorce, as they ~iU Improve
the position ofMe Mbourer. And in con-
ncction with this, be would beg to mention
one thing, which is beginning to gain
ground every where. A distinction is
every where being made between agricul-
tural purposes and manufacturing purposes,