"PERAMBULATOR" ON UNITY.

Thames Star, Volume VI, Issue 1850, 7 December 1874, Page 2

"PERAMBULATOR" ON UNITY.

In common with three or four hundred of the Grahamstown folks, I patronised the late amateur performance, and was astonished at the talent displayed, and could hardly conceive that I met the performers daily, and in so doing had never before been struck with the idea that they, taking them individually, had so much in them. It then dawned on me that there was groat truth in the old adage, "Unity is strength;" andonleaving tlie Academy, I could not help regretting that there was not more unanimity amongst us as a population. If it existed more should Me not have many of our grievances rectified that we all individually complain of? My firm conviction, Mr Editor, is that if the people were more united vre mights-look for better results on such question^ as 1 the opening of Ohinemuri, wharf accommodation, the foreshore question, Thames Valley [Railway, etc., etc. It is our great want of unity on these public matters that causes our grievances to exist. We have men amongst us who go to great trouble and expense in coming forward and calling meetings together io remove them; the result is a large and enthusiastic attendance, the usual Committee formed to interview our super or other magnate, after which, we are told by the news- . papers, the committee was received with great graciousness and listened to with attention, &c, &c, —in fact they receive the usual promises, and like a quantity of soft soap. We have had enough of this, and if we, one and all, really desire this district, to move ahead, let us take advantage of the coming visit of Mr McLean, learn the hour he will receive the depu-, tatinn, and let everyone of us accompany it —it won't take aboveanhour, and we think nothing of a whole day spent to commemorate a.saint that nobody here knew. The Native Minister would then see we were in earnest, and also have an opportunity of seeing at a glance what manner of men we are, and would be able to judge as to whether it would not be judicious and better that the Government should grant our fair and reasonable requests, than that such: a population should be allowed to dwindle away to other colonies —which it undoubtedly is doing—month affcer month through disgust at the apathy shown by our rulers in not allowing the resources of the district to be developed. Besides our late amateur performance, see the resul.t of the late Church of England Bazaar, also the result of " Unity; " Mr Lush had great cause for congratulation on that occasion of the unity of his con-, gregation, and I sincerely hope with the reverend gentleman who occupied the pulpit of St. George's yesterday that the tree will not be known as bearing "Nothing but leaves," which was the short and pithy text, from which, in my humble opinion, was preached one of the best sermons delivered in this district since I have known it. PjBBAMBPIiATOB.