, 1872-09-18

Tic nave q flgnC TO say, now muCn MS SER
vices are worth, and to pay him according
1y But no, agents are forced upon the
people and they are ordered to pay, whe-
Their they are satisfied or dissatisfied with
the doings of those guardians, they have
been put under, and then they can never
get rid Of them, if they wish it ever so
much. Grinding-power, once established,
can never be broken out here. Mr.. Gin
dinen has therefore, indeed, performed a
sacred duty by delivering, in the Colonial
Council, his eloquent and most truthful
speech about our miserable condition. 1t
may go far and effect some good for us yet.
Nor ought the need of a warm acknOW-
Judgement be withheld from Mr.. Faber,
who, by his whole speech in the Council,
but particularly by that glorious passage
in it, that " the Government ought to take
the lead in trying to reduce the heavy adj
acknowledgements ,-and when we,
who are the representatives of the people,
see, that the Government fall short of their
duty, then we ought frankly and fearlessly
to do ours, "-here again, as always else,
proved himself a noble champion for the
good cause. Some solid ground in the
swampy chaos of selfshness now more and
more comes to light. This is a good sign
for us poor w%retches, who are fast sinking
into the mire of that chaos, and [ will VEN
ture, in the name of my many benighted
fellow-suferers, to express our gratitude
to those worthy men in the Colonial Coun-
Gil, who show, that they wish to do some
public good. It is commonly counterfeit
ed by Taxeaters and Fayorseekers Tax
payers and, exceptionally y, some highmind-
ed public Functionary are the men, who
are struggling to promote it. How, as
has been observed, the state of things des-
cribed by Mr.. Clindinen could a great
measure be remedied by providing or
opening some other means Of occupation
than those at present existing insufficient
and unremunerativ '-might to some per-
sons 4 am one) be rather unintelligible
for here the question arises b whOm il such
as remedy to be furnished By the pau
pers themselves Then it has been shown,
that they "resort to various shifts to keep
soul and body together, i e. they do seek
some other means of occupation. Or by
the celebrated "Masterly Inactivity"?
Then let them make up their minds to have
their "vitality'' we'll tried
| am now going to let loose my think
ing upon that most ingenious calculation,
by which the use Of the reputable table
money is proved to be such a great gain to
the starveIings out here. They are certain
" not to have a crust of bread, much
less a slice of cake from ''Elysium -
but they will gain lots of money.
How this is managed, has been shown and
duly m nted upon already; but as to
the manner, in which the 81 900 p. a. are
raked up, to be consumed in "Elysium,"
this has not yet been made ali object Of
reflection, It is a well known fact, that
the money in the Colonial Treasury does
not tumble down from the sky even the
money to be used for Elysian enioyments
must be obtained by taxation. How is
this9 All the public revenues are obtained
either from direct taxation, i. e. from taxes
on houses and horses, ETC., or from indi-
rect taxation,i e. from OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
levied on nearly all imported las we'll as
exported) articles, and from some minor
sources of revenue. The merchant, there
fore, besides paying the cost of his goods,
as we'll as freight for the importation of
them, has also to pay the. often heavy,
customhouse- dues, and by all this the
price Of his goods is naturally considerably
enhanced. This whole amount, besides
what he himself adds to the price for his