THE GOVERNMENT AND SULLIVAN.

Globe, Volume II, Issue 199, 28 January 1875, Page 3

THE GOVERNMENT AND SULLIVAN.

{From the Argus,) Writing on the subject of Sullivan, the murderer, and what is to be done with him, the Melbourne Arg'vs says :—"Thesouthern colony has brought the difficulty on itself by endeavouring to shirk its duties. It thought to get rid of its proper responsibilities, and they have come back intensified and accompanied by fresh troubles. It is unjust and immoral for one country to try to get rid of its criminals by the simple process of transferring them to another, and the attempt should be at once abandoned by universal consent. New South Wales has recently liberated some notorious villians, on the sole condition that they should forwith leave her shores, and we fear that we are not altogether without the possibility of reproach in connection with similar proceedings. Such a system can only lead to heart-burnings, and we trust that it will not be resorted to in future. In equity every country is bound to Use effective measures to prevent the escape of its convicts, instead of assisting in their deportation, and it would be well, we think, if this principle were submitted for the consideration of the French Government through the Imperial authorities, as the escapes from the New Caledonian hell are becoming disagreeably frequent."