, 1876-04-08

ASuRLu SAklSuSQy Llhk ADuSC0 FIFalftt ta'l S.
dition are neither the proper nor Tue success
tul means by which a free and a grateful people
ara to be turned sgaiust theirtfuo frieRd5, Sod
H. N Government,
WE regret that our FIRST Packet Summary
should not be = cheering one but uuhappily ve
cannot give a good report Of tbs condition Of
The people, Of the state II the public mind u2r
Of the prospects of our present cop.
With regard to the condition Of 'hs paoT.s,
that is of the masses, VS. simply declare, TOR tbe
information Of those who are in crested in tbis
Island and who are not on he spot to Judge
for themselves, that their poverty ia dePI}'atIe.
That there are Estates, where tbs Ir5Prt.aaa
or Attorneys do their duty by their poor is
perfectly true, but unhaPpi.y, not SIS true Is
the testimony Of tia Bjshop, and tho chief Of
the ministers Of tho Wesleyan ana Moravians,
as quoted by His Ezoejlanoy the Governor,
viz " That in all their experience, they had
never seen a community, 10 which there
"sxiated such Intense, aud apparently hope
''less, poverty IS in this
This state of things was inevitable, looking 70
the rapid increase of our popul stlon' the COM
parAtively slow increase Of occupation for the
isbouring Glasses, and the neglect, on the part
Of our Legislature, to attempt even TO graPple
With the difficulty, ustil Mr. FREELING point
ed out the necessity, in his celebrated and
severely attacked speeoh.
Public attention is now however,,a at the: latest
moment drawn to this question: a Poor Re
lief Cemmis, ion. moved for in the House Of
Assembly, 10 consequence of Mr.. FREELING's
speech, is now sitting, which has, We un'
asystand received testimony Of the most
startliOg'shsraoter and ift the British Govern.
msnt will show, that their interest is aroused, the
friends Of the poor, aud Of the future we'll being
Of this community, viii probably be stroag enough
to remedy.tho gross negligence, and do-nolhIog
policy, which has so loug prevailed.
The state Of the public mind as shown by tho
words aud aelious Of some of our upper classes,
and their immediate followers is such as to fill
with shame every ,Bsrbadian, who is net blinded
by passion, to shock every djsiutatested person.
aud to make our enemies (aud alas our pride
has made US mauv) exult, and ask triun Phantly,
If We can now, In any way, claim to be superior
or even equal, to our despised neighbours.
We shall not quote the falseboods and 81 n.
ders of every kind, intended either 10 excite
our labouring classes to outrage, or to wound
the feelings of individuals, which are repeated
with horrible enjoyment, by many who ought
10 know better we shall not print the articles,
and letters, which have disgraced nearly all Of
the Anti confederation papers we shall not
even chronicle the threats and attempted out
RACES, which have been traced to men, Of So
called responsibility but We will draw the
attention of our absent friends and of Her MI
jssty's Government to two significant facts.
First,-that the reports of the e%nslaviDg and
Of the taxing of our labourers have been spread
for months by the opposers of Her Majesty's
Government, and that all the threats, all the IN
suits, all the outrages. all the public meetings
10 agitase our people, have come. from the same
party.
Sscond,-that with the exception of Mr..
JONES, and Ma. ~CARRINGToN, who did de-
nounes in the Assembly, the use of false reports