The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1872.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VII, Issue 182, 1 August 1872, Page 2

The Nelson Evening Mail. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1872.

ULTRA-PKOVINCrALISM*, in ii new and form idaWe "guise, has cropped up in the AssemblX,^? SpiMops results. * As yet, we know nothing more of the question- at issue than has been cou'-" veyed to us b*7)^te#!PpfeiWja c fevsr galvanic Bentences,..each., of. which,- when carefully pprused^eemßitq with matter calculated."*' to" a'dat?h|ster p alfhogk^to the Gpneral system."., '"^'A meeting pf , th,e-r Su §e,^inten4'eh^s ineial- -officers' l\a?j»gH9e»lß3<*inrf thef'Assombly has-nbeeh > heldi'^"I r l%rs6 1 -'pdibfi ; these fe tf £ wbrds contain a world of significance. T& > ey;spfe f a_ j 'lunmistakeably,of ; _a,^ .p6*Mul, coMitiou 'of those cbleiflfy ihtefestecl iin? roaintainiDg Provincial .institp tions. tin tact,---on; if? touched at al), only with ai'viewr to e^teii'ding' their powers. Is ,thTs : *c6*ilitipn fo'r.mad^wjt*^ the sanction^and ;.jjppi;qyal,;bf. ihg GenJrait;pp>ernmQhti?« .,, Tho.,ans.wer isJsuppiieS;ia the next iiii'e :-^ t( Ml the ; Sdpe'nntendents exceptMr^OVnipDd' we.re. presenl'f^'^^lr Orraond'is the onlyj, Super-. iatei^ent c rcp]nn9cted /p-ah the,; -present; MiDtStr.yjv-and! jconscquently the inferenceisrpalpaWie."'"'liEighfc out of the-nine'Sbp.er--. iDJtenaents,- with-their ] fol.lo^erp, ! ar.e ; . inj league toge4he,r' against tlie O-pvernraeqt. But thene' inay he an absence i oftihanimity;: a %aßt of cohesion, a lack7b'f ;d r efermi_i- ' tiflg [n the.Superintendental camp w^ich : wijl possibly Weak upon the sound of the] - -first gun fired in anger, against it fron_:the Treasury benches. . Possibly eo, but the JEoliad'harp lipoh which we depend tb?cohvey to-'ouT ears 'fbeib he that. fsheirfVpVajedin Wellington "gives fbrthnb uucei tuiii sound, and Jts.r *wiry--Aotps t - impress,. uSj only. ; with ars-sense of harmony-, -att prescnf, whatever may bo the discord that is ; to* fbHov?.-' X'J" __\vjprbgrarriroo*;' was" 'drawn upland pre6Bn.ted^.iO the -' Government" wit_.lhe..inte_tion of its beina: . insistedUpO«:^.^>^lusisted / ujpon ! V'f Tiie.lwonis are 1 and «b -we read on and bec^e^aoqiiaihted :wi th tbo _ ultimatum laid tfowa by . the allied (forces, . we canifos elbie. otfr- eyes .to the fact /that war is at Hab(!l" : ;; r 'f The chief^feature i'p'^hf^ demand. 'is t^njieid t. of eaqhiprp vin' ce - Bhould be appointed the Goverameat ffgemt to oarry on public works^ .under powers ?r dele4a4iobs J provided by 1 the Public. Wprka Act, and that the. pffice..o,f K-^s'id^ht; i Minister "for the*Middle Islatid and. petty skirraißhing. ■ that *have<;_it_er:to: occupie'dyther-itimQ", of the Assembly fade in!s^tbe^ utmost insignificance before tliis " warlike] i trump,et7b}_-.5.t,, , aiid the Parliamfenlary Wreha\'at last assumes an iotei'te-itijqgjagpect. " The plot .thicketis.a| I^o.o^rn,meii,t sepd i'niheir reply to thi# 'f/de-oftßdi." ;'■ i They will fight^it out to'the laa'Jf, i'__d'=' if '■beaten' will appeal- to; the cb'tifflry. '""to'the ueit piece of intelligence, 1 , namely, that the, Governor will reluse !o grant v^d|_Boluti9 t n, 'we 'attach but little credence, '-as,' in the first place, it is most impV'obnbie'tnat his fmten tions on this hea'd are likely to be knowh, and secondly, we do not givei&r^Gebrge Bbwen credit for sufficient f'-force"^ of /character toi;take a 4etei|minedi stand uponTSucli; a point.. ) j It is quite clear -that a very pretty quarrel' ;i,s.rbrewng,i, but , with the very meagre account of the grounds upon which itMsfhased that'.- we: bave;;before us, it is itflprtSßStble^ td'arrive *"at-iatfy- opinion u pon tits merits. WA can, plainly _&e that much ißay be said on both sidee, but of the two, WM our' limited : knoWledge of. what : is takinjg. .place,- we ibcli'ne to the opinion that, the Superintendents, who are allied pro tern, occupy' *he;|weakeßt pofition.