, 1874-11-18
THE JAMAICA MORNING JOURNAL
ON THE JAMAICA ASSOCIATION"

Wv Al <AOOOSxA IVAN
This association has at length been formed
and, as DR.. Bowerbank said, under circumstances
of success for beyond any thing that was antiei-
pated by the promoters of the movement.
That it will be q power for good to the country,
we have not the slightest doubt whatever.
There is a spirit Of liberty abroad that will not
now be checked. Let the enemies thereof look
to themselves. The gentlemen who addressed
the meeting the other day, spoke, with that calm
frmuess that always marks men who are not on
ly in earnest but have made up their minds not
to be moved from their position. With such
men the Jamaica Association. will do it's work
calmly, and with moderation, and will therefore
cause its word to be respected, and its demands
we'll considered. We long ago foresaw that
Paternal Government would cut its own throat.
That "self-suficiency'' which Mr.. Wellesley
Bourke charges against it was ominous of its
downfall. But it has been according to the old
maxim that speaks of madness as preceding
the downfall Of those whom the gods have doom
ed to destruction. Sir John Grant, 10 the pien-
titude of his power looked upon himself as q
kind of Colossus, before whom the country
would instinctively bow head, heart, and intel
lect alike. He consulted nobody. He cared
for nobody. He disregarded counsel, warnings,
Inconsistencies come from whatever quarter
they did and in so doing he succeeded 10 tram
pling on the amour pr0pre of the men who felt
themselves qualified to give him advice and in
doing that he drove them into the ranks Of OPP
position, and caused them to take q narrow
scrutiny of his administration, and therAhy IN
discover how daAp a ah~m, how consummate q
cheat it has been. We may say that, except on
the part of Mr.. Westmoreland, the addresses Of
the gentlemen had an under current ia the
direction of representative Institutions and
such remarks were in every ease received With
loud cheers by the audience. The fact is, that
the feeling of the whole country is tending that
way; add, as Dr.. Bowerbank said, "we all
hope to see our old constitution restored to u.s."
1t might not be expedient noW to talk of it,
but sooner or later it will have to come on The
tapis. We can afford to wait for 1.-The good
time coming' as come it will, most assuredly.
Taxation without representation is tyranny"
That is q maxim that can never be worn
threadbare. 1t contains within it the very life
of liberty, and therefore will always bescheriBh-
ed by mankind. We ia Jamaica are not suoh
simple folk as that we are going, by any means,
to lose sight Of the lesson which it teaches.
Another subject that drew forth loud applause
was 10 respect to the manner in which natives
are being laid aside for the p%reierment Of strsng.
ers. The hon. Michael Solomon was especial
lv emphatic he denounced the faVouritisms by
which natives OF pfoOlCy auu lntoliSouCe fdI0
thrust aside to make way for people from over
the water. And truly this is a most crying
evil, Competence for office does not appeaptO
be by. any means the first consideration to these
cases. No native however competent he may
be. need expect that his claims will be regarded
if there should only be in the way a man from
abroad who may be an applicant for what, he
seeks. This is a great shame. Ooloured colo
nists stand the worse chance of all. They are
simply passed over as though they were, not:
Occasionally one Of the other class by dint of
interest, and much pushing BY his friends. may
stand a chance of moving'the gubernatorisa CON
science, but the first named are ''sent to CO.
~ventry'' without Oompunction. The i"Jamai-
ca Association''-w we are happy to say z will give
attention to this, and these and the numerous
other evils that exist under Paternala Govern
ment, and we believe will make its voice II" be
heard.
SIR WALTER SCOTT was, in one of his
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