Sunngisms.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 10, 10 September 1874, Page 4

Sunngisms.

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possible at present to tell, but we mistake much if the electors of this Colony do not assert their right to be consulted in the matter, and demand that a proposal of such importance to the country shall be most fully considered before it be given effect to.

The resolution for the abolition df provincialism assumes so many phases, can be viewed from so many points of view, and affects so many and so long established interests, that it is impossible even to vindicate them in one article. At present, therefore, we would only say that having folly considered the whole subiect, we are clearly of opinion that the time for the abolition of our provincial institutions has not quite arrived, and that before they be abolished it is absolutely necessary that there be devised some Local authority to take their place. We are pleased to find that the member for this district, as will be I found from a perusal of his address on Monday evening, agrees with us in this, and also that his opinions were endorsed by the meeting. It would be j well for the public to be made aware of ' the opinions which have been held upon the subject by the recognised leaders of public opinion outside the district — the able and far-seeing politicians who are intimately acquainted with the working of both provincial and Colonial institutions, and who have been placed by the people into positions of the highest -trust and responsibility in the conduct of the public business of the country. It is only fair to our readers that the opinions of those in favor of, as well as those opposed to, Mr Vogel's resolution should be placed before them, and we feel so confident of the justice of the cause of the latter that we make so bold as to commence with the proposer of the resolution- himself. In 1868 Mr Yogel, in his place in the Assembly, spoke upon the subject under consideration as follows : — You are asked to make, and told that yon ought to make, great organic changes in your institutions. I ask you to consider well befoje you give up what you have. . . . . The cry against the provinces is in some measure a personal cry. There are men in the colony who think that New Zealand was made only for them to govern, and who, if tbey fail to get power through tbe Provincial Government, feel bound to get it through the General Government. Whilst they axe connected with the General GovernmentiHhey do all they can against -the provinces ; but if they find themselves in * the cold shade of opposition,' tbey are not indisposed again to throw themselves upon the provinces from which they came. This cry abont tbe necessity for increasing the power of the Central Government conies simply from the Government iv { tower. Turn them out, and you will hear ittle more of such a cry. Those men are more likely, when out, to proclaim, as they have done before, that it ia most' desirable to limit the power of the General Government. They thus turn great questions into a mere game of personal ambition. We must see that this conduct is at the bottom . of a great deal .of the discontent in the colony. * Abolish the provinces,' it is cried ; they nave worked out that for. which they were designed. In the next breath almost, we are told that the provinces must be abolished, because so many of them are in difficulties. I ask yon to agree with me in this: Provincial institutions have stood between the colony and the frittering away of an enormous amount of resources. . . .

And what is the local government system which is to supersedeprovincial institutions? . ... A local government system will not give a larger revenue than there is now. It implies, and will amount to, only a different form of government— a form which wonld be ranch more expensive than the provincial form, because there would be a large army of officials to be maintained, Another thing you must remember is, that in relinquishing provincial institutions, we should virtually be relinquishing representative governnment We should live nnder a system of dictatorship, under an arbitrary system, carried out by travelling members of the General Government. In fact, that system only means revenue raised by tbe General Government, to be expended without appropriation. We are not to suppose that the few thousand pounds a year spent upon provincial institutions— an expenditure which will be very much exceeded if the provinces are divided into counties - and road districts, nnder the -General Government— Ye are not to suppose tbat those few thousand, pounds .will suffice to enable to be given to the new districts that which they ask for,— a larger share, for industrial, and reproductive purposes, of the revenue of the colony. Tbe provinces have been guilty ol faults, no •doubt; but it is not from those faults alone they suffer— nor do provincial faults constitute the majority of those which have been committed. You cannot have a greater curse, in such a country as this, than that the General Government should be constantly educating the people to dissatisfaction with provincial institutions." "You may take away the Constitution under which the colony has proceeded so far, but we cannot give to the ptople another Constitution which will earn so much of their respect and veneration. You will have to deal with a disappointed people—* a people which one reverenced its Constitution, bnt which has been taught to believe that it did so under a mistake, and though yon give to the country a new Constitution, the people will susceptibly open to tbeidea tbat it wants a third new charter, and then a fourth, and so on:" .... " The present is the time for the people to declare, We have lived under the Constitution ; we Jove it ; it has, on the whole, worked well. We shall never get another which we can love as we bave loved this one. We will stand by and preserve that which we bave. Tbe people will not regret so saying and so doing.* • • • M< * change in the form of your Government will enable you io change shillings oi •ravenue into pounds, bnt you may pamfully scoop all the ■hillings you can command, *nd place them at the disposal of a Central Government You may sacrifice your provincial system for one called local, and you may find as the result one gorgeous system in the centre, and elsewhere nothing tbat c<m be independent, or responsible, or use-

There was no sitting of the Kesident Magistrate's Court here yesterday, and we are not aware when there will be one. J. P. Maitland, Esq., R.M , will not again make his appearance amongst us for six months, he having obtained leave of absence from the performance of magisterial duty for that period. Mr Maitland has now occupied the Bench in this Province for thirteen years, and this is the first respite he has sought from active duty. His health, however, has riot of late been 60 vigorous as it formerly was, nnd a brief season of repose, together with a change of climate, was advised, with a view^xo his complete restoration. Mr Maitland 's interests have long been identified with the Clutha, and in everything pertaining to the advancement of the district, and the wellbeing of society he has always taken a leading part. While he has maintained the position of Magistrate with the dignity due to he office, he has performed the duties witn a courtesy and evenhanded justice such as is seldom met with. He has been applied to for information and counsel in every difficulty, and much as he has been revered as a magistrate he has been more valued as a personal friend almost by all. The universal wish, therefore, is that he may for a season enjoy to the fullest that rest which he has so well merited, and return fully refreshed and invigorated. During his absence the responsibility of making efficient arrangements for the conduct of magisterial business, both at Tokomairiro and Balelutha, rests with the Government, We fear, however, that some little inconvenience may be occasioned to the inhabitants of the latter district, but we are also aware that Mr Maitland has interested himself with the Government with a view to making the best provision possible. These arrangements are not yet completed, and although we are not at liberty to mention Ihem m the meantime, we believe they will give great satisfaction to the inhabitants of this township generally.