THE COLONIST. NELSON, FRIDAY, NOVEBER 16, 1860.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 321, 16 November 1860, Page 2

THE COLONIST. NELSON, FRIDAY, NOVEBER 16, 1860.

The dissolution of tlve HousS. of' 'RepreSfeh-! ta'tives'anci the .'approaching. eiectiQ,nJi pt members for the vacant seats are niatfejrs of iVast importancei to; thecohimuiiities upon whom the responsibility fells of., ;findirig: successors, for the deposed senators. :U^oimpoitant in fact, that to most bodies: of-' electors the simple assertion of ;£uch itieidg' the case would.:appear to be uncalled' fojr, and superfluous-'in no little degree, :;;"f^ehowever ''speik. advisedly ; and, )n accpH" ance with'the experience of: .past-events, clearly enunciate -the caution, and: cal;Ku£ion electors generally, to ; abstainijprr.qnpe'irpm that careless; : rsoninolency whicfcitHeyctdo. readily allow to> overpower them-^makinjg, them' obljyidus to. the state of their .political'welfare, improper.. use .oftthe;, advantages' ;placed before them, and the direction' of matters overvvhich they hav6':a peflectc'qq--,tvpl,..if-only exercised at.the jfitting moment; '/ the effects of which they' bitterly experienqe; when negligence arid 'abseiice'bf watchful .care oil their ; parts.allow a,<W : iatiofl,i'roui.; the path they wish^ to be followed yet ne^-; lect lp : p0int.0ut.',.,;,,!,; 1,,;,,,-; -; i k '"'"fHe' term 'of four" years''during wHich--members, when once, yetuyjoed, • exercisajain/

influence ior the benefit or to the detriment of the place they are chosen to repiesent, embraces a period of considerable importance when it is remembered how much maty be accomplished, in that space. Let the candidate be plausible, specious, and slightly bombastic when he hints of his public career; and possibly a good natured constituency will forgej to recall the underlying selfishness vrhich has peeped through during the whole period of his campaign, p.-^-^et^another-r-be'-^a—strrager'togeth-er^of' iworjdy nothings, arid/familiarised withfdis^ . ingenuousness! arid' uhfruih, 'withl parly schemitig"and unblushing meanness," as sub-[stitute|-fd,r;,'ia just considei'atioh :ipr public Vigilts^anti proprieties"; 'and 1 possibly even the last despicable feature will be thought forgivable .by an easy, constituency, if they, be but to'|d^tha!i be • meant \y.ell,* an^|was; besides a ; of epuca^bri.' To sucb. a man a public assembly and its onerous duties, would be no b4rjto|a;litti^ infer^dib of private or party indulgence''in' old'afii- > mosities he jwould .feehno fhame; in i-occilpjiol (the Itattentife- of J>a ' Ifegis]alive" assembly in frivolous details Jhat would be characterised as mean andjgyjbljingM^cih, had emanated fro.m the. ',ignora|U' side. . „ 3Jet;anotK^ir pq possessed of norisjofi thej selfish unscrupulousness of those alluded to, possessing only sufficient wit to give a vote without adding Mi jiiange.rdust ejcpfcrimentr of often trying his voice in their cause, regolvirtg:'ta :<:fb11owihis'-lM3er I^! wiih-: a-"'di)g'- 1 gedness equ ; al ; tp,his ; limited understandiQg,Let th§n 1 "' such" member's, we'"say,' Be_ elected to watch bVer the iriterests'bf a dis^: .trict, Qr,the !V hpnpr M pf. aprovinqe,;, and hpj,v ■.wifttiie^is'k'be'.iefra'rded, wherie^se'lf'.iis Me all-absorbing theme; r ot.-the.spc^nd-be,fur- ( thered, by advocates'TvHo' shVw such" little' knowledge of its true principles in themseMs^iro::./.;:■'.-:;■'•:.:.; an- \>n./-,;dH o.:i ■Truly to such,.a formidable,eategOE,y,o£ evil's which be thought to,,arise out p^a iew of|l^ .#i|i|ig s^ 'W| enuS me'raled, 'leiect^rs well1 '"'deie^ and deem, the description over-colored,.^Yet^wev maiy safely aver that those we have imagined liave found jjaraliek since.ppliitics^Mkejjus^s lice, firsstf became ' a' trade ; ainij may yet agkin find-counterparts more easily "than' electors, honest themselye9 v: ,ej) ! uld cxedits pnlgss...a prp,pex,degi'e£!ol ;vigi)aiicLbe,jusel, in. timely . and,, judiciojisly, tr.imp,jr| ; g the ; pioji|ical | gqp's^",; iefp te}Ws "Pl(?ssorn has! power to scatter the germ of ils troublesome growth to an,ineradicable .exteat.' A' ■ '•

Duuing the proceedings at the usual monthly sittings !io^..tbo- kelson-^Dis'tiict Gou^t,,, w^iich. .tp^k -..pl^^e t ,.jy,esterda < V| f the.. Judj^-f^J ftjki:^&yks£:ss& J&M*l^ to:: the' Court hfs intention "of "resigning the office at the end of the month; inforftiingt;h!e" legal aentlenien- v p,resent ; pi" ; his .willingness^ to be consul led up to that'terrri [ upon the A business appertaining thereto. , We observe that the 'court opened on th| lsth-! August ship has therefore extended only to.a little over twelve months, v\ hich, although a short i term, ca.nnot be said.to have been .destitute. of incident;vitf jlaict/ ksr the niaiket teporis :• have it, c:* trade has been brisk, and' prices have ruled high, but a dovsrftwardlt.endgncy | has been lately perceptible." ' j The suieee;ssor Bas been linamfid, ,|>ut in the absence v'ofj! perfect eer|aint;y, w;9 abskin from repeating' it at present, rememi bering that of all thd' insecure;affairs M this world, nothing can sui'oassi that of the laiv for a glorkms uncertaint v in all things connected with ■.■ it. ■. • 't-jQiesiii-Wty r tantum t ,. pro factistiofrihctbetitiiv.".?\J.'l i ?..-Ji .'i■ *' '>- -: