, 1876-12-23

< uEQSCIlcB 6acu place ~ Is expressly HLabe0
that if any Of those stations should need tempo
rary extraordinary assistance they can call for
il and get il. The Governor has Gs commander
In chief the right to order soldiers temporarily
% any place in the island, bus he has no rights
20 send soldiers to 4 distant station permanently
without providing them with q blfraok and the
comforts Of a barfack.
Those honorable Members who believe that
the Police Station at KingshlI will DO nothing
worth when the Military IS removed, will no
doubt on mature consideration ses that such
reasoning Is going rather too far In extremea
to argue that because q change is made in one
Institution, then the other will be OF no value,
iS also 10 strong opposition 10 what in this case
has been expressed in the Council aud else
where, ana It can not bo c)ntr4lioted, that
hoTar9r peaceful q person may be, he might
atill he unfair the necessity tn apply to tbs
P0lio9 and that IN such cases it is d comfort &c
have a Police Authority n3ar ones dwelling.
lis agreed, tbas ohlngeS Of this kind ought
to be effected gradually, and in su9h q manner
"a 10 attract az IjttI9 notice as possible; It has
also been stated in the Daft that 1t Is the
G)vsrlmeUts i|nt3uti0Q not 10 lake the change
abruptly, but to d. Il. by iasre3s, Aul when
Is IS said, tb3. ? o~tI5r.isS arc to be at eaoh
Station, IL Is not the Intention that under no
circumstance .h9Fs shsll net be more soldiers
b1t only this th}t II we ar6 TO gain a saving by
reducing tho military force at Kingshlll, it oan
be l0a8 oaly by giving zip KjugshiIl IS o Mill
t3ry station
ii, was, OF oo1rso, DESTROYS TO oom3 to q
result with these discussions; therefore he
wJlII not pt0I0ae them by touching on oil
That has been brought forward and not apper.
tanning to the matter. Bat he would only
point out shat at least a couple thousand dol.
lars would be saved by giving up Kingshill asa
military station; under the present OirOumstan-
cas- he was obliged TO lay weight even on q
saving Of & couple thousand dollars, But he how
ever hoped that we would agree upon this, that
even il we all llnjt aud taol lhs presence Of
She Ii mes, still wa are In our good right not to
give UP hopes Of q ba,J8r tu'u'21 ia depends
on ourselves ii tho3a hopes SIRE 70 be realized
he believed jblt If we really join losrtlly TO
e3lher, VS. will succeed in not only covering
our deficiency, but in securing o furnishing
state Of affairs. However, it must not be for
gotten, that in many points the public has still
q duty to provide better for the population. In
tho long run 10 community can be kept up
principally by slriotIab0ur regulations and MILF
tary assistance, neither Of those two can be
given IN entirely, but iB is In the interest 0F
all parties that those institutions be modified
as muoh IS possible. TaarstS 8 great deal to do
In this island, net only in improving Instruction
aad ouitivatiug the mlnl of tbs yo ing, but IN
pr0viding against our isolated position we
must eadeavJur to como in close connection
with others aOrold, and b. such Intercourse
gain experiences and follow with the timss it
Is not possible by Newspaper reading alone 10
turn to cur profit Chs experiences galned else
where. These r5nlrks are mlls more in ref
ersnoe to tbs observation from tbs Speaker
about hj5, the Governors, %allusion to ! SO Of
the Colonial Law, which observation had
W0ualel him. lie katW nothing Of tho fash.
ion that had been lo,IDwel Of late TO quote
that {, and he hldno aliu led % It b. way Of
threat to the Council, but IS indicating the
course which in the event Of tho refusal ot the
means to pay civil Tide Waters he would have
10 follow. The views just now sst forth by
him, will sbew she spirl, and tha motives that
aotuata him whau making proposals TO tho
Council. He is wiiiin & to enter into any pro-
posal which is plainly demonstrated to him
but he was nos willing TO waste ha aud the
Councils time In dealing With proposals like
the one IN question.
Ihs Speaker had not thought Il would b.
necessary for she Committee to show the Gov
ernment how those 8 men could be kept at
Klngshlll, as there are already man stationed
thsre; it would be TO sxpsoI rather too much
that The Committee should state IN figures RoW
such q statiouiug Of q few men would result;
II 1t was somsthing new 10 bs pat 10 t0ros'
the Committee should have considered 1t its
dutV 10 do il, but certainly nos when che matter
otsn4s Aims. khak the Government proposes