, 1876-06-03

TO him.cHe had no fellow-feelfng of sympathy-
nothing TO arouse his energy, for the best Of
all reasons he has nothing to lossl
If any evidence was wanting to show the
despotio and Insulting spirit of the present
Administration towards those daring enough to
offer q respectful suggestion, 1t was His Excel
lency the Governors treatment of the HOnOra-
Bile Geo. Solomon in his place in the Legisla.
tive Council lately. In respectfully asking for
the production of a return showing what rum
had been imported into the Colony from Cuba,
and In what vessels this same rum had been
exported, and whence, be was coo!ly told by
the Governor that he was out of order, because
1t was not a subject then before the Council
and then, when Mr.. Solomon rose to speak,
without the Governor having the poIiteness, or
even the decency to wait to hear what Mr..
Solomon was going to say, His Excellency was
offensive enough to say be would have no
discussion upon the subject of his imperious
diOtun, and Mr.. Solomon sat down, stating he
was only going to offer san explanation"
Verify, the cOlonists have patience and endur.
anoe under insult, and there are, unfortunately.
those who stretch their power" calculating
upon their strain of " tether," but there is q
point when the strain must set one end free
The safety of Grown government Is in not
stralning too much |
Jamaica is the only colony in the West In
dies which makes no provision for telegraphio
information, and the conduct of the present
Administrator looks very much like as If every.
thing which is for the advancement Of the
country or the people is to be neglected, even
railway or morgues, while on the other hand
everything is to be done which is to add luxury
to the already bountiful provision for the com.
fort of those who are sent for a while, like To-
Gusts, to feed upon US while they govern Us.
We are to have no railways, no mOrgues, no
telegraphic intercourse with the outer world,
and no steamships, because there are no fundsl
But when funds are wanted to build baths at
Bishops Lodge $500 can be got for these by
one Governor, and when the next one comes he
pulls them down, and after ETA. 900 has been
expended In making the new Kings House
comfortable for one Governor, $4,000 more is
required of the taxpayers money by the next
Governor to make the side of the house the
trent and the front the side, and otherwise
convert the place into q sort of East India
pigeon housed There is no want of funds
when vagaries Of this kind get into the heads Of
our temporary rulers.
The Telegraph Company proposed to con-
struot a telegraph line round the island and to
work it at their own expense for $1,000 per
annum for ten years-but even this was re-
fused, while only few months later the Gov.
oIuOL pOltOuoty PlVPOooQ W ga PShu o%OfOOO
per annum in a daily post which the country
did not and does not require land yet, there
10 no money available for railways or for steam
boat subsidies.
The condition of this country is deplorable,
and it is to be hoped a change is not far dis
tant, for discomfort will ripen, and there are
always conse quences attendant upon the rude
resistance of patient and respectful remon-
STRANGE.
Reuters Telegram Company have now come
to the deliveranoe of the Colony in point OF
news, and if sufficient encouragement is given
to the Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, the
country shall not lack for daily Gable news,
which, so far as we understand, is to be sup
piled to every guinea subscriber to that insti-
tuition from June next. We hope to see the
c~oloDists generally supporting an undertaking
which, in all the sister islands, is paid for by
the local Governments, while Grown Govern
ment In Jamaica, singularly enough, prefers to
spend money on Ball Rooms at Kings House
-disreputable lawsuits upon bubbles like that
of Mr.. Byles's case-and the shingling of pub.
Ito buildings that require no repair, like the
Kingston Treasury.-Verily whom the gods
intend to destroy they first make mad.
The Oolonists, under many disadvantages, still
try to help themselves but while every assis-
ssnce is denied them by The heartlessness of
thA present miserable Administration, they are
met at every turn not only by a prOhlgate waste
Of their money. but q needless increase OF
A.