NEW ZEALAND SPECTATOR AND Cook's Strait Guardian. Saturday November 5, 1853.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume IX, Issue 862, 5 November 1853, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND SPECTATOR AND Cook's Strait Guardian. Saturday November 5, 1853.

Th'b length to which bur ßeport of the proceedings in. Council on Tuesday and Wednesday extends, obliges 5 us to postpone the' publication of Thursday's proceedings to our next number. The same reason compels us to be very brief in the observations we have to offer. The sudden resolution taken by those who have now the direction of the government of the Province to adjourn the Council for the period of one month, has occasioned considerable surprise, and this surprise has been still further increased when it is known on what grounds this resolution has been adopted. After the vehement, the constant, the reiterated professions in favor of Responsible Government by the party now in power, after the positive declaration by the Superintendent in his speech, of his intention "to carry on the administration of the Government of this Province, as. far as practicable, by means., of a .responsible Execu--tiv«, n it was -reasonably -supposed that! these' professions; if they were not' a! shani and a delusion, should be -realised i ,on the first fitting opportunity,- thafc^so, a 1a 1 pledge on the 'pa.it «f the Superintendent, if it had any moaning, would ensure the unanimous recognition. -4>v the Oottntfil '/of the'fmiispl€£<©f; r ]se^i ponsible Government; that w&afcey«r opposition might be oflered to its estat>lishmeiit, alt' least that opposition would 'nos, proceed ■ from th&se who professed to be the devoted champions of this principle. A careful perttsal of the proceedings in,/ Council i>n "Wednesday will undeceive ■• many who ' have been labouring vmdet this, belief, '*nd will serve to show that the party conducting the Government is desirious of introducing only so much of Responsible Government as suits their purpose. In attempting to' establish the principle of Responsible Government, by referring those members accepting office to their constituents for re-election, it was admitted that a practical difficulty existed at starting, and this difficulty would have been completely obviated by the course proposed by Mr. ' Wakefield's amendment. But this course it docs not suit the policy of those in office to adopt. If they cannot prevent the recognition of the principle, they throw every difficulty in the way • of its establishment, and while* they are themselves the sole cause of the inconvenience and embarassment resulting -from this postponement of the public business, they endeavour to fix the responsibility on the other members' of the Council by raising " aTcry ~drfa"cfion7~and" "by" chafgingithem with obstruction. We shall take occasion to enter more at length into this question, .which deserves, and will no doubt receive the serious consideration of the electors of the Province.' •