FREE AND EASY JOTTING.

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 205, 4 January 1872, Page 6

FREE AND EASY JOTTING.

By P. T,

Jt is cheering to notice how spontaneously and liberally Ihe' Old' and New Wdrtds have responded to "the appeal of the thousands of Chicago unfortunates who, that dreadful Sunday nig Mfc were made homeless and destitute. , Thecontnbutions from Australia a-nd New Zealand show that the generosity and- practical sympathy with misfortune so characteristic of the <;alomsts only await the cry of distress t6 arouse them into active operation. The praiseworthy action of the colonies we are sure will be highly appreciated by vur trans- Pacific friends,- and should a similar calamity— say the burning of Dunedin, Auckland or some of the cities of Australia- -visit us, we can, with a good grace, appeal to their charitable instincts.

Judging: by the weekly utterances from 100.000 pulpita, the emissaries of the ruler of the locality said to be paved with good intentions are rather too nnmerons ar.d energetic for the quod of mankind. An American genius, however, thinks an addition to their number would be advantageous, and advertises for agents for Satan in Society. The unemployed, whopei'iofically demonstrate, in Dunedin ty applying tc this advertiser might find congenial and active employment for their corrodiug energies.

I am glad to see that Julius is faithfully carrying out the pulicy of rigid retrenchment he informed the' General Assembly is imperative for the well-being of the Colony. If he continues at his present rate, the .million loan will very soon be retrenched into the pockets of his supporters. Dl-uatured people say Yogel is recklessly squandering the revenues of the Colony for his own personal aggrandisement and - the profit of his friends ; but it is evident that such people are actuated solely by enyy, and their motives in stating that the whole of the money borrowed for the construction of public works and the promotion of immigration ought not to lie, apent in subsidising the followers of the Colonial Treasurer, will be readily, understood and appreciated by right-thinking men.

I don't doubt the probability of one of the items of nfcws brought by the San Francisco mail — that referring' to the formation of a coalition between the aristocracy and working classes of Britain. The irembers of the privileged classes* are well aware that the spread of education is rapidly sapping their pow^r, and that the smouldering discontent of the a ° "^-trodden millions may at any time break out u.w * revolution, -which would result in the confiscate o f t ]i e i r over . grown estates. To jiyert this, -u.+,hom disagreeable contingency, they will have little hesitation in fomenting tbe unfortunate -quarrel which already exists between capital and labor, in the hope that the gathering storm -^m expend itseli on t!ie dt-slruction of the manufacturing' industry of the country, and' leave them iv undisturbed possession of their broad acres and power. The couplet — Let laws and learning, wealth and cotfani6rce die, , But keep us still our old nobility (leaving out wealth, of which nobility has a keen, if not a keener, appreciation than the plebeian herd), accurately represents the sentiments of many leaders among the aristocracy. A perusal of the history of a gentlemen known as Phillippe Kgalite, whose sudden exit from this vale of tears 'is . attributed to his "overzeajous advocacy -of the interests -of the "people," • might prove instructive to some hereditary law-givers who are try- j ing. on the "working man's • friend " dodge.