THE Marlborough Express. SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1868.

Marlborough Express, Volume III, Issue 113, 18 April 1868, Page 3

THE Marlborough Express.

SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1868.

'• Givi iub the liberty to know, to utter, and to ergue fieoly. according to conscience, above all other liberties. 1 —Miltoh.

The removal of some of the Police officers has afforded our Picton contemporary a fine subject for a leading article. Under the pretence of defending a supposed injured constable, the writer takes the opportunity. of trying to stir up the old angry feeling of rivalry, which has so long existed at Picton against this place. The people of Picton, judging from their organ, appear to be under the impression that we in Blenheim are always railing at them, in fact, “bickering.” Now we contend —and we leave the many who have come to live among .us of late to contravene our statement if they can—that never was a greater deiu'Sibn.

We are not going to defend Hia Honor the Superintendent from the attacks of the Press, which never by any chance acknowledges, him as such, but this may be a .specirben, of the writer’s education, so let it pass.' Reasonable people know whether anything he has done, deserves the kind of language used. What we design to make a remark about is the selfishness shown by urging the .cause of Sergeant Adams alone/ while that" of Sergeant Goodall and P.C.\ Gresham is overlooked. Of course these .cases must be the result of the same animus,: if the reasoning hold good, as Adams’s, yet nothing is said about the hardship of'their removal The case of Sergeant Goodall is particularly a hard, having settled; and purchased conwierahlo property in Havelock, he is now ordered to Blenheim. ;i Doubly the hardchrojopour opinion, because to remove any oif goods, ho must pass through Picton to Blenheim. Indeed, if w© are rightly; informed, he has preferred to resign, his appointment altogether,' We. regret this issue, because we believe him to be an honest, painstaking, and loyally disposed man. Why be was ordered to remove r- : ddi* i .Vi-.! t. ■ how-

here, unless ;to gratify; some malignant clique in Ms -own neighbourhood,- of-which symptoms has;, appeared frequently in the Press , we know not. The removal of Adams is a sequence of this, and possibly of some dereliction of his own.

Our contemporary did not find mouth when Sergeant Emerson was removed first to Havelock, then to Picton, from there to Blenheim, then back again to Picton, and all within a few months, during the reign of Mr, Seymour, as Superintendent, nor did he receive a shilling of compensation for expenses incurred thereby, until removed by Mr. Eyes to Blenheim again. During these removals, we believe Sergeant Emerson was not once reported. The fact is that the article alluded to is just the language commonly used by Sergeant Adams in ordinary conversation any time these last few years. P. C. Gresham’s case is anything but pleasant, but it follows as a sequence also. He too, by a course of steadiness and care, has in like manner settled here and acquired property, and made a number of friends by his urbanity and good conduct, and we believe there are none but are sorry that he is obliged to leave here. Were we assured that he would receive any advantage or promotion from the change, which he is entitled to look for, we should be glad on his account, but we cannot otherwise but regret that the exigencies of the service require these removals. True, we have ever looked on the police as semi-soldiers, and subject to periodical removals whenever necessary, for the public good. In conclusion, we do not think the writer of the article under notice can possibly be a friend of Sergeant Adams, or he would have chosen a different line of argument, and left pei’sonalities out of the question^,