, 1876-04-26
C o l..
B A r B A D o s.
From the Dominican.)

lsssly beaten along the whole line, he persists
In ~agitGtiug the country by a series OF outrages
Implying as much absence of selFrespect as OF
consideration for the dignity Of bis office. MI
HRNNEssEY's policy is identical with the one
the success of which In the LeeWard Islands
has landed Mr.. SEMPER 10 Barbados, but
while the ATTORNEY GENERALS former
patron was c~ontented to gain his ends by bril-
berry and %cajolery, Mr.. HBNNEssEY, trained
in q more turbulent school, has sought and
seeks In vain to drive an unwilling and high
spirited people into the path traced out for
them by Imperial authority, by menaces, by
mob intimidation, by stirring up and %infamlng
the passion of an ignorant peasantry, by raking
Up the ashes of past social conflicts, by setting
eiaas against GLASS, and by organized attacks
on the property and persons of anti-contedera-
tionists. We published in our last issue an
account of the Confederation" riot at Mount
Prospect on Monday last. This disgraoeful
outrage, which, there is too much reason to
believe. was deliberately planned by the Gov.
ERNOR's friends" has had most singular
developments. AS soon as the FederaLst
rioters had completed the looting OF Mount
Prospect House, proclamation was issued by
Mr. HENNEssEY offering a reward of one hun.
bred dolIars-subsequently increased to five
hundred, for the apprehension of one of the
victims Of that outrage, named PARIS VINO
was described as having absOOnded while,
soon after, FIVE or six others of the sufferers
from the violence of Mr.. HENNEssEY's adhe-
rents, selected apparently according to the
colour line we're thrown into prison to await
:heir trial for a disturbance which was simply
directly against them. But the sixty or fifty
YoughS who broke the peace, who assaulted
and maltreated peaceable gentlemen assembled
to exercise a constitutional right, and who
pillaged and carried away the property Of the
proprietor of Mount Prospect are still at large,
and their liberty lie not threatened, With
such examples, with such q premium on
socialism, how can we hope that the
respect Of The masses in Barbados for
order and property will survive the danger
Gus crisis into which Imperial policy and Dir.
HENNEssEY's evil ambition have thrown the
country !
From Me BARRACKS Peop1e)
Reply of Governor Hennesey to the Free
holders Of 81. Philips who called upon
him at Long Bay Castle.
Gsnt1emra,-
As | was not aware that you Intended pre-
sentiDg me with an address on leaving the
papi sh, of ST. Philip, | can on " thank you, in
a very informal manner, for 50 doing. The
middle GLASSES 10 whom you belong, are not
less entitled to the consideration of the Gov
eminent than those who may be either W slthier
or poorer than yourselves and | am at this
moment considering how far | might not be
able, by reducing public expenditure, to relieve
all ~olagses from some unnecessary taxation.
Some Of Tho freeholders present have ex-
pressed themselves in favour Of what is called
Confederation on the ground that it might ena-
bic the overstooked labour market in this and
The other Parishes to be relieved by the natural
encouragement it would afford to Emigration
to Grenada, St. Vincent and The other Islands
near US. I certainly concur in that opinion.
A uniformity ofLaw, one judicial system, q
uniform tariff, and constant means Of communi-
cation would be likely to encourage a healthy
Eystsm of emigration. Nor will the benefits of
Confederation be confined to one GLASS only. It
will open n career TO many young men of the
middle classes and it will encourage the enter
prlee of the capitalist.
shall also bear in mind what has fallen
from Mr.. Hardwood as to the defective educa-
lion Of the children of the l~Ab0uring classes. /
am sensible Of the great importance Of educa-
ting the rising generation of the people, both in
their own interest, and In the interest of the
S~tats,-for Popular Education is a guarantee
Of Order and Loyalty.
j. POPE HENNESSY.
Long Bay Castle, seth February, 1876.
"a depuIation of West Indian Gentlemen
" waited upon the Col. Secretary Lord CARNAR-
" Won April 5th respecting the proposed Con-