, 1872-05-22

have been out and out undona. To say the
truth, he would to all appearances have been
more inclined to reject the plan, bat he could
not venture it. Therefore he went in search of
another plausible reason at last he found those
three little Innocent words cat all events" in
the proposal those he held up as a bugbear.
After several vain efforts in the Committee to
intimidate those 4 worthy and steadfast plan
tiers, and after declining or evading an eXplana-
ton asked of him in judicial matters, he in the
Council rose up like a second Dem0sthenes, and
pronounced a laundering Philippe against one,
only one of the ) proponents, and he took care
that that one should not be a planter he held
up those three little words by their tail to the
Assembly, who in silent establishment sat listen
ing with breathless attention Lqtet angus in
herba-ho supposed. AID there was an aston
ishing similarity of depression and purpose be-
tween him and our VicegoVernor all the more
remarkable as this is the only instance we are
aware Of, where those two high personages have
concurrod so nicely we could be tempted to sup
pose it proceeded from their having both culled
from the same source.
But We shall endeayour in a subsequent
number to set the whole matter briefly before our
readers, and then try to dissoct the reptile OK
hibited to the astonishcd Council, aud examine
''E INV SCFNtdl NulIC2 VI OutSO ulI 4 OIiCC41bStCA
or Policoinspoctor are or should be,
a correspondent with the Tidando has discoy-
cred what we want in St. Croix. According to
him we would be all right If we only had ca Crom-
well on q large scale, with q Strong hand to estab-
lish a system where conflicting interests may first
be allayed before the dawn of harmonious unity"
Just so. A little Crucian wag said during tho
discussions on the military bill, when so much was
said of reducing the enormous expenses of the es-
Establishments: 'Let US by all means keep q sufficient
number Of soldiers on hand to be able to,clear tho
council-hall." There is evidently something of
Cromwell in that follow, but it will be sometime yet
before he can be called one con Il large SCALE for
he is yet i'll his teens, and he had had the day preyi-
Gus for his task that portion Of English history where
the famous words of the littlo fellows prototype
occur "Bogone, the Lord hath done with you"
There is nothing new under the sun nor is
even the idea OF a Cromwell to save st. CroiX new,
and w0 should not have noticed it, but that it gives
us pleasure to have found at last It writer in the
Iidende who seems to be friendly to St. Croix and
Crucian things. He certainly is hard upon the Avis,
for he is ''sorry to see in it the want of a definite
purpose" This is harsh language, and hardly
Just. We recommend him to read that paper
attentiv0ly from No to date, and then come
again, for we shall be glad after that to take up a
discussion with him on that subject; but he must
read attentively, and not say f. in. that we have
invited Mr.. Rcsenstand to be the chairman of q
debating society, for we shall then look upon him
as only another maker of Colonial notes. which
we do not notice.-It is certainly quite Legitimate,
and a matter ofopinion, to call the ideas expressed
in the Avis crude, and to attribute them to a young
school of politicians, for these are matters of opin-
ion and faith, but it is impardonable and too much
in keeping with the Colonial noting to m~isquoto or
mistato a writer's statements. On these conditions
we invite Mr. K x to show up IN detujl the lack Of
purpose attributed to us.
We cannot dismiss, without q few remarks, the
idea Of 'tho strong hand that is to establish a sy5-
TEN where conflicting interests may first DO allay-
cd before tho dawn Of harmonious unity" There
is first, the interest of the whole community in re-
ducing taxation and making all kinds Of improve
monts in direct conflict with that, there is theinter-
est Of the official class Of keeping up and making
up as many fat posts as possible. The strong hand
would of course knock half Of these posts on tho
head. This is the first step, ana it has been traced
by the ''new school of politicians" but tho strong
hand is not forthcoming. Cannot st. Thomas
help us by sending over some huge Cromwell
Then there are still left ONE few plantocratic
notions livery few they are dying OUT clashing
with certain other notions of free labour, free
school etc. to be allayed, for which the strong
hand is again required, or better still anew school
of politicians. The idea of a Cromwell is an old
one that other idea of parliamentary commits