THE ABOLITION BILL.

Clutha Leader, Volume II, Issue 62, 16 September 1875, Page 6

THE ABOLITION BILL.

■'< Siß,-rYoti"iWU I 'see; by- the:news from* iSoiitbiaud 'tb.at meetings 'hare been' held in ,be only one opi^on^ via,- M*s tjtg^b^Hipn; question should be fettled, by. the constitute nciea at tto&gft jjegftajs&ss%* x $$$$, mind-this ia only, right. ,j rWnat would c^j said if the President df at; building or anyj ■other society if he were tof! gite-drdersfto-the c: romittee to alter the'standipgircffes of the society, Vrithotit;'ealliri^ * meeting'-'.of members? /;^h^VWe^';;y6uldinjii|ie^ diately get, up.a.rpw, wS-deolart jliia^ despot. In fact we would scarcely .e'xpecjj: the same thin^\from the Emperor ;o.f fto«^ eia, It is exactly the -same • regarding the abolition of the proym'eea.? '^The Governor-, in ibis 7 ipe'ech' directs/the Assembly ;to abolish the provinces without Yonsulting the peojile; but. who" are;'the 1 people?' They are! nobody, according to ■ tfre present Government."'Thg'ele^wii• H&ve^nbC'gp't sense enough to r elect their Superintendent, Treasurer, or Secretary!'; lint' the Govern-, ment are very liberal, as t they are going to give ns manhood Buffrager-rtp vote for > what?—nothing. ■Very liberal Government indeed. They are going td., do away o with the miners' right qualification altogether; Why? V*secaa^:j(]bp/o^rii/''firtf;A')BliMß of men that act very'in^ependently, and that does not suit some people. They are a class of men that are oppoaed to' the squatters, and they have reasons for it,'as they, have long memories. -They remember the! case of Borton and M'Master versus Rams and* others—the river pollution case'atHhfe Marawhehm diggings.'. They also 'Ternem-' ber the two cases that were, tried -,at the Kokomi, before '.^Vo.oifl' '--; viz., McNab versus the Miner*, and M'lntyire versus the miners. -They:-also remember the treatment they • received from 'the squatters at' the ■ commencement. of the diggings, when they were charged one shilling a night to he allowed to lie in their wbolsheds, and their own blankets. They are'also, aclass of men that can read, and by reading they can see that Shepherd's River Pollution .Bill was thrown out of the House of A^sseniWy this year by the squatting element. Besides, the miners »re thorough; Britishers. They believe in fair play. *: They don't believe that it is correct to.;send Donald Reid, Clark, or Bastings,--to the public gaol for daring to open the. fferiot Hundred for settlement; in fabt, they cannot see that »heir industry should be, taxed while the squatter goes scot free.-r-l am, &c, JOBKi GRAHAM.