, 1875-03-24
from Calls NewS letter.

L iOP NGb . A'NW %OGtO
The whole fortnight has been dry, and the
want of rain is felt in every parish without ex-
ception still, the drought is by no means SO
great this year as it was last, at least so far,
and the sugar planters are busy making the
most of the season for the coming crop.
THE POLITICS OF THE COUNTRY.
Sir William Grey has got himself into a
very unpleasant "~scrape" with the colonists,
and there is no little curiosity manifested as
to how he is going to get out of the mire into
which he has somewhat persistently put his
foot. There is no %colonist who has not a
kind feeling to Sir William Grey, or who would
say a disreSpectful word regarding his Excel
lency everybody knows thathe means we'll, and
he has the reputation Of an extremely honest
and very straightforward administrator but
his misfortune is that he does not know whose
counsel is the most prudent to accept, and
consequently now and then he makes a serious
mistake unwittingly, and finds it rather diff
cult to draw his hand back after having
stretched it forth. This is really bis situation
at the present time, and as '~'traps'' and
trickery are the happy implements of a good
many in Jamaica, his Excelleucy should not
refuse a respectful warning.-Some men man
age to creep into positions which others are
more likely to ill with credit to the country
and perfect comfort to the Judges-His Ex-
"ceIlency h~esitates to turn round and fight his
way back again out of the quicksands into
which he has been unhappily tempted, des-
pite the respectful warning of every reasonable
and experienced mind in Jamaica. This pO-
sition is just that of his Excellency, and if he
will follow the advice he has been cautioned
of, the trouble is not perhaps immediate, but
it Is as sure as the sun shines, and then we
ask with all seriousness, who is to look the
abused ~colOniSts in the faGe, and what will
the Administration and the Judges have to
say for their logged persistency when in
dancing like infatuated moths round the fame
of a candle, a glass has been in mercy put
before them to shield them from the ruins
they are blindly running after
CROWN GOVERNMENT.
Let us not be misunderstanding are no
sympathisers with the enemies of Grown Gov
eminent, nor are We opposed to the admin
istration of Sir William Grey-we are only
grieved that the latter has given those who
are a~gitatOrs in the country such good cause
for crying out-that Sir William Grey should
endanger the existence of Grown Government
by a most unwise and injudicious policy, re-
fusing to listen to popular remOnstrance and
to yield to the universal wish of the people
in that which most concerns their interests,
and the reputation Of our civil SERVICE
Grown Government is the form most suited
to the requirements of Jamaica, but it can
only be safely entrusted to wise and concili-
atory Governors, and once the idea becomes
general that the intelligence and respecta-
biity Of the Colony can be treated as Hin
docs and other conquered races, loyalty will
disappear, and we shall have a second Cuba
where the native born will hate the country
men of his parents. We counsel more Of
the conciliatory department of Sir John Grants
Administration. In his time, the wants of
the Colony we're happily considered. We
certainly did not get all we asked for, but
we got a great deal more than we expected.
An interest in the development of our in
d~ustries, and the promotion Of measures Of
progress are what the Jamaicans pray for,
but this for the present, at least, is unhap-
PLY refused, laws of Sir John Grants concep-
ton are now deliberately set aside to make
way for interests not of the people but of soli-
tary individuals and to suit a purpose.
HOW CROWN GOVERNMENT is WEAKENING IFS
HOLD ON POPULAR WILL.
The conservative section Of the Jamaica
public are not a difficult body to either please
or govern, they being pretty generally salts
fed with any Administration which fairly and
fearlessly adjudicates between right and wrong
which has an interest in the advancement of
our and industries, and which is not
lavishly wasteful and reckless in the distribu-
ton of the public purse. During the Admins