New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-25

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Tho portrait which Mr.. Ingiis dra )f the typc"'
,ustro,an colouist is by no means 6attering:
A, oro citation we are accosted by bnrly, thick
et coatless nm shaven old roadside pu eiicah. VINO
os grown rich by the sale of liquors ana successiui
iand-obbing; but, with, with an snectat Ioa
which is not exclusively colonial Processes W ucs
80 Tho conycutionaIitics and shows his lndepeh,
dcncc bv n prolusi0n of strange oats anu s,i' ;
hlnntness which only provokes an anllseo s,', ,
from those who are in the secret lie eAGItou ny
secret hilarity by long disquIsltion ON ms own
wealth and Importance his political lhiluenffG; III
hich Guarters and his ability to be or do Anything
If he had mind To. A., .,,,ooosf,l colo
MIST Snch men are porud of their success, hut
tuey feel their want OF Refinement. my ~ ~
onx,ous to see their children provided WIN 'nc
rcfnements of life. and fitted 10 take u place. III
society to which they themselves ieel ny t Grr,
never attain; but they vent their diSSitlSiacIi,on
,xitb themselves by sncering at everything polltei
and AFFECT TO despse what they wouid give e9o o,
part of their wealth to possess themselves ar
has been acquired BY ways anu n" Ind nhLinr
better left unnvestgated. Grog ana landJ1pp9ing'
successful mining speculations, cattie-Hcaii'nsi
noney-lending. often no doubt dowrignts ia,I
Flooding industry and honest f, n 1 The sDeech of
the shebetn the stook-yard, and the plsl-sh'siS,
viii oIrrn he ostentatIously Obtruded "hen II the
silence the possessor of the massive wa'cR-cI'lf
and beew eed fingers might pass muster IL ny y.,
n Chesterfield as least for respec,aple WealtnJ
citizen They cannot cschew the ora donunc.I'ns
houncc however and judging all men ny tneir
fomer experiences, and present comi9rtaole nai
auce at the bank, they are apt 10 Apply ne anS &C
metallic test to all accomplishments. Many Vi
these :men itching for notorlety push iIleir way W
into Parliament into municipal conncils, siu a.
the board tables of public INSTITUTIONS ail M ;,o
puzzled whether to condemn most thelr o4;.nsi e
dormatic purse PRIDE their vulgar aiiectation Vi
Independence, or be amused mt their eRrogiouS sell
conceit If they would only use Iheir "eiltn N.Y.
IN forward schemes of public good. and exert WHAT
talents and influence they possess III heipinS Ioi
ward projects that would tend TO deVelope thei1
country. and advance her national progress ana
nrosnerity their blunt speech and manner might DE
forgiven But most of them show no concept!Ioh
whatever Of patriotism, and their pnDlc Spit. u
concentred in narrow cupdity ana srinshness, aI
most supehuman They very fond OF getting
their names paradcd in print on. every concclEaPie
occasion, yet they would feel contaminated py
The presence of a newspaper reporter nc thc same
tables AS Yankee friend remarked 10 me on
seeing n few specimens of the relgning tTipc III
Newcastle: Tins t1wnll neDcr gio fnn"ras
In sober truth the honest critic must pefiorce pe
chary in pronouncng favorable yerdlct on colo-
nal manners This assumption OF Dun lndePen-
dcnce borders closely on the offensive You rarely
hear any one addressed Mr.: by the common run
of colonial cousins. Even their public men are are
dubbed &" Bob this" or Charley that anu the
late Premier is always very rrevercpty addressed
as Old Jack.' Respect for age or parental autho
rity is not so deep or so general as al nome. ~
country road If you pass the compliments Oh Ilo
dav TO any Young bush hand you meet, ten 10 one
but YOU are answered with some offensive IinPci-
Thence or at best loutish stare OF unc0urteOIls
rnrise Rows and lads In the country sOuch-
na in iIees and gait awkward and clumsy in 2
room uucouth in conversation, ana where NJ M
AT their ease they are rude and DolSterous III tiie
mirth. -, L,r,,,l. g.,
The best place to young colonial bumPkiin
is in the saddle He sits like centaur ana Is III
every respect an accomplished hols VIM i+bi bS
suspicious of acquaintance let wItIlti NC
is good grit at bottom, ana only wants Cuucato I
travel and more frequent contact WIN ou's Tu
Influences and intelligent minds 10 make uIo
,nor' AZ present the average colonial country
Youth although he fancies himself very smart
fellow indeed rs GramPgo ""I IN tbe bush Where
he * undisputcd cock of the walk, he Is APT 10
look with undisguiscd contempt on every th!n y
| cultured and refined as w0manish anu lecoie' Lo'
| lis hone he will improve as time Tolls on
MANY of the faults which this frec-speaking critic
dcnonnces are those which Englshmen are ac-
cusomed to regard as the special characteristics OF
| American society. The mpertnence and unman-
nerlv smartness" of children, the lack of home
| training. the universal belief in the omnpotence OF
money. the haphazard disorders OF domestic life
the scarcity of good servants, are evils quite as
strongly marked in these British colonies as IN the
| democratic United States. Many OF the Immigrants
belong to a very bad class. They are IDLE, extraVa
| CANT and dissolute, unable to comprehend that III
the bush. as we'll as everywhere else 1t Is only the
| thrifty and industrious who succeed Work IS
abundant in the interior at good wages but the
| laborer lives luxuriously and drinks hard.
At every street corner nearly there is bar ant
loungng round it invariably tree or io,r 9rolI" T
| hardy ruiiians in eabha2e-trec hats ana shIr
sleeves | use the word ruiiian IN Il strictly rex
wickian sense. Such a ruifiqn is i'll every instance
free and independent elcctor; canuuates 10
legislative honors bow 10 him; editors bea9'
him political wire pulers iater him, and gencTalll
| he thinks no small beer of himself. Inc Shor,
! entity and black leather belt, with small p0uci
| like an ammunition pouch thick serviccable boots
| and corduroy or mOesln trousers, complete I'M
| costume . ,;o yvhotbe
| un-country dray Inen, bushmcn diggcrs. stOckIneh
| or men ont of work. know not but from carries
morn tl far into the night, every bar ~ the reSor
| of some half dozen of their KIND, ami the rOlIln
| of the day goes OH without apparent chanTe. IN
routine consists III whiting a SLICK Vi topacco V
| amazing blackness and hardness, WIN an aroma Il
| nunqent as of 800 IrlchlnOpOlleS rolled INTO one
| The chips are then worked in the horny pain
pressed into the bowl of a short black clay, am
| ipnited Much eXpcctOration follows the sinok
| 10 thereof AMI also n consuming thirst tc"
| expletives are uttered. and then genera ADJOURN
meut TO the bar and so on from hour to hour. an'
from day to day.
The trades unions are strong, tyranhicaI ana MS
cbievous There are many Cinnamon who worl
faithfully and save money, and are consequently
hated by the white laborers. and sometimes vic
leutly abused The towns are infested with youn
vapabonds of a type not unknown on our own sid
of the globe;
The sydney larrikin, as the street Arab, tn
u auti-tvpe of the London rough, or lLiycrpoo
loafer or New York hoodlum, is called is the mos
dctestabe creature on the earths surface. DeVoi
of respect for age. SEX or rank, he is an unlniti
gated nuisance, a hateful thing, abhorrent t
every nght-minded citizen. The laTikins ar
numerous in Sydney. They are brutal towards
who would not hesitate to rob a sick child or stea
the letters off a ravestone. They insult women
assault unwary pedestrians, defy the police, haufl
the parks at night, are up to every VlHany an
outrage. m,
LarTikinism threatens dire consequences III
respectable classes growl and grulnble, ana ocGa
writ Latte In
police and the aldermen and the clergy, and tn
Government. But az for subscribing to nigl
schools or city missions or organizing iDcneVolen
and pbilanthropic societies, such as exist IN othe
great cities these things are not thought Of Al
, fmy brothers keeper ~ they ask. we are to
busy gambling. and pot-hunting. and oyerreachllI
and nanipula ting politics. and plunderng til
treasury and rigging the market, to lose time owe
: mawkish sentimentaity. Let the parsons, and I'll