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abroad, cultivating that unity with her
people and maintaining that cordially with
her friends which are the best safeguards
against disturbances Of all kinds and the
snrest means Of preserving tranquility and
the stability and dignity of her position.
Her people too, by no means a hard unreason-
able or difficult lot to deal with, but on the
coptrary-a people of good exemplary man.
ners and disposition, quite as much to the
front rs those of any other advanced nation,
whether in science, literature or arte peace
full, honorable, true-hearttd, sincere "a q
friend, not rmplscable, charitable, unpreiu-
diced, strictly fair in their dealings with all,
incapable of injustice IT, any. These are the
chief points and facts. Mr. Editor. which |
put before our people (of st. Croix particular.
Ivy as reasons why they should not so readi-
" grasp q hay" heard the opinions of many
at the idea of a probable change or transfer
Of their nat, Onality, fOr nfter all what have
We to guide us as to the American nation and
4~Op!s being as stable and respectable. and
ns sound lawmakers and law-keepers, what
have we to assure us that tile United States
can govern we'll and successfully direct the
affairs of g people outside of themselves,
when az a matter of fact they have never hat
any such t. deal with before? The American
besides is a preiudiced land this fact demands
som consideration from West Indian Creolts)
pompous blood-and iron. man, and bear in mind
that it is unsafe to Judge of them by the few
gentlemen Of the uetiOn with whom we may
have had to deal here-the general type OF
raw Yankee with whom we would assuredly
come III contact (f this change be not
averted) is not the man for cool and quiet
reasoning and behaviour that the phlegmatlc
Dane is, and though too we have been COM
pelled as a mat ell OF necessity to make
room here for some Danes from the mother
country, yet rest assured chat should the
island become American, we will have
American cooks and bottle washers also
around rs, then good-b bye to Brother A. b, Il
G.. of the Government. aud other public
offices ROW their desk seats, etc, will be
occupied by Brother Jonathan and Sister
Sal, whom i've days steaming across the
Atlantic will soon bring here, and whose
bread and butter must be served first, anu
then we may come in for part of the scuIlion'S
share after.
Thus far Mr.. Editor as to my few remarks,
they are not completes on the subject, but
proha ly more, anon.
Now as to my suggestions, and these bring
me to what may be observed by some one,
as to nay remarks being right enough III a
way, but who may remind me that these
remarks are useless, whilst the Danes have
resolved to be rid of the islands, whose ex-
penditure Or upkeep if retained must
be attended with heavy pecuniary loss to
the State. unable as they have proved to
support themselves and drawing as they
have beck for many years on the State
Treasury to maintain their expenditure.
All right, say ! but, on the other hand, |
ask, would America or any other nation take
over an Island, the government aud manage
ment of which another State could not retain
or found it impossible to retain after SO
many years, without the risk of bankruptcy.
The answer may be that the Americans
would adopt a different system of govern.
mont, and by strict economy effect that which
the Danes never tried by the same means to
sfect-then l say it rests with the people OF
st. Croix before it be too late if they desire
to prove their loyalty to their old and re-
apected Sovereign and remain under that
Government which has not been unworthy
Of them-to take the ~iniative and by a petit
ton TO His Majesty the King-(Whom may
God bless forever-) induce him to have
consideration for their love and high esteem
stshe Flag AMI Country Of Denmark, AM by
and with Vie advices of his Ministers to APP
point a Commission of Enquiry aided and
directed by competent intel ested men OF ana
IN the Island, whose business it should be 10
enquire into and make a proper estimate Tor
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