The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1874.

Waikato Times, Volume V, Issue 289, 19 March 1874, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, MARCH 19, 1874.

}.Ir Vooel has dropped the hint that in his opinion a system of manhood suffrage should be established in New Zealand ; had such a proposition been made ji few years back it would have been entitled to little interest, and in all probability would have received none at the hands, of those then located in the colony. At the present time, however, when immigrants are flocking into the country in thousands tho caso is different. We have seen whut manhood suffrage has done for America, — true, the country has gone ahead beyond anything yefc seen in the world ; this, however, ib to bo attributed more to the enormon.? natural resources of the country than to the purity or intelligence of legislators. Blight exceptions can of courso be pointed to ; it is a well-known fact, however, that very few men who have feelings in the least degree hue will subject themselves to the ordeal necessary in secure election. lipoont pxpo^nres have proved pretty conclusively that excessive liberalism ctn only lend to ou-'iupt'on and peculation A Ko>. iiom c< wu niporary p.jmte-1 out that the m!o;vaon or' mju'i ,t .step inu-.t nrcv^ariiv result in :i vane c(j,,ai dihtnljiitio/i of the burdens consequent on th-> c<>..t ot <i(ivernnieijfc. Ah an abstract prin- ( ij)!o, ol'co'iv-c', it ;.->; .-> ikir that every man should con. ti.h.it, to the levcnue in propoitiou to the amount of prupoity 1-c hdM to piotflcl,. It i\ also true, that ).) pto.jortion feu the population, i\ew ZoalanJ lub tl.o Idi^'t'ot number of Jundboldere in the woild. it -uu t ue bcrub in niinr],ae •?,* fluted cat dbo.e,

a lirye number d" unanuu.nis aie about to arrive th" jfieftttT proportion of whom do not ami uru not likely io bolj propeitj for some yeaia. The pro-s-ent qualification t-> vote is a very low one, yet, low ns it is, it ife better tli.m none. A man at the present time nmst ha\e proved himself a citizen of some worth, no- matter how small, or a voice in the government of the country is noiTaccorded to him. The danger is staring- us in the face that a combination of new arrivals, if manhood suffrage bo the order of the day, will swamp by a thoughtless vote all the leg-itimate settlers in the colony. Necessarily, few will hoi. l any property or tho capital necessary to conduct a business ; they must therefore be eminently labourers— a class for whom it is proverbially necessary for others to think. And we hold the opinion that to place the government in the hands of a large body of " new chums," ignorant of colonial life, and equally ignorant of the means by which the resources of a colony are developed, could not fail to result disastrously. Tho present settlers in the colony have a right, by legislation, to protect themselves against the possibility oi those who come to share in the proceeds of the harvest which they have sown aud partially reaped, rafher than place new airivals in a position to seize all.

In reference to a paragraph that appeared in our lnst i3sue with regard to the state of discipline that prevails m the force stationed at Banginri, we may state that we were a-sured by Major Cooper that an his 'return to the district a luw day« h-.uk lie foun.l the iorcn vei.j much improved, and considered lmn-uf justified in pomplfuientirg the olHcersand men on the appearance and discipline of the company. The \yjik they lmve performed has given satisfaction to the Kngiiucr in ehargf. It is unnecessary for us to state that we coiiHideied (he information ivo received reliable, otherwisp <ye «-liould not have alluded to tho matter. llierc was a Mttmg of tho Kesident Magistrate's Court, at Cambridge on Tuesday. The following civil cases weiedisposed of •— Le Quesne v. Clarke, claim £10 10s j£9 13s 5d piud into Court —Judgment for defendant. Lewis v. Phillips, claim £2 8s on an I. O. U. — Mi Lenry appeared for plaintiff, and secured judgment. Kirikiriroa Highway Board v. Johnson, claim £1 9s 6d. Same v Wilson, "16s 6d. Same v. Hamhn, £5 4s 6d. Same v. Alien, £2 8s 7d.— Mr Hay appeared for the Board. — Judgment for plaintiff with costs in each case. It is reported that the approver Sullivan is, at tboinifcanee of the authorities, to be shipped off to England. Doubtlois, upon his arrival, he will find characters to work with in his profession congenial to his instinct?. If such a ruffian is to be let loose upon society, England i- perhaps- the mo9t fitting place for him. The gaols there will be sufficiently protooted to guard him upon his first conviction, which we opino will not bo long after bis arrival. We loam that already Sullivan has transgres=ed against the discipline of the gaol, and has been placed in solitary confinement and on low diet by order of the governor — Herald. We learn that six of the Volunteer Engineer Militia will he marched to Is'garuawabia to morrow for disposal by the Resident Magistrate for having been drunk, nssaulted Constable Limner, and created a disturbance generally on St. Patrick's Day at Eanginn. Patrick Quesne was brought before Major J. Wilson, J.P., at Cambridge, on Monday, charged with habitual drunken-, ness. Ho was sentenced to one month 1 ! imprisonment with hard labor ; tin* sentence to be carried out in the gaol at Ngiiruawahuu which we understand is in charge ot Constable Hall, A C. We draw the attention of tho setHer3 of tho Wuikoto to a telegram in another column to the efk-et that to-morrow one thousand fat sheep will leave Knpipr per Star of the South, for the Auckland market. The information has been afforded bv our special correspondent at Napier, and will bo given from time to tune as shipments of live stock occur, nol only in the raseof Xapier but also Wangnnui. Mr K. J. O'Sulhvan, Inspector of School*., was to have left Auckland jestonhiy on a torn 1 through tbo Wuikato and Xl.iglau district:;.