PROVINCIALISM.

Waikato Times, Volume IX, Issue 513, 2 September 1875, Page 3

PRO VINCIA LISM.

ejii^.ntors ? "When communication was slow and .uirj'itiin, t he»t- was a reason for sue" a Mate of tWinac- But. tih» rwson that existed***! tb* p»« h. iids good »'o hngt-r. Chlch Viisn. tercel it-d people, Avhose ppininnsaie pusttutn'ft.by farU anH>»>iperi•!.ce deoinre the ease to be co With means of commumcaiion sdeaiv of pr<B<*nt, fend co 1 ra^idl? infreasiig, it aeems sublimely rirhcu'ous to hay« «^ a populhtum govrrned ' y so ma.nj rultnjr bfdie'.j P otincinli«m hau'lud it» dav| and the qiucl,enTve get rid of so <UDjb:oi»BHnd expusive * sysfcpin, the belter for the progress cf New Ze^lmd. What was the Provincial Council of Awck Nnd able to aocon)pli#b at its last sitting ? Was it ablf frn^priipple wiJli the many financial *<-(\ nOuTriiffli-ulties amply prove ita utter power' essne** ? Auck land, by her present acion, i-"guilty ofijs'iibhme folly. Shorn by the Biurdier I M en nf the South of herarcient glory, she think* lit yrisilom to nt-jn 'he mere sbadow of n Parliament The city of eajthqual«s and ttorirs enjojs ihe lomrs \tliuh Aitllnid ont« htd^ but -which tho Tva? too »pntheiic to guard for h<T«elf. Now oui metropolis is jeolous kud her politician* *nd ppouters find coneolktion in upholding Ibe gloriesof a defunct intern, tet ts trust the G<ne>rinint will W <me to their roours ; let us hope llut the vtne of ihe com try will heard irt the A«'en.b?y nr.d fhat, on th 6 da*e of the present debate, New Zetland fron» end to end wiil have one General Government. — I am, 4c, Pbogbitbs. Hamilton, August 27th.

" Saturday Night" continues to maintain it* hold upon public favor, and bats fair to permanently fill a void «Mch existed in colonial liferuturc prior to its publication Efforts of the same c'mrait.jr prcriously had not been succesaful, the eitervs huvirjg failed 10 bit the public tastei "Saturday Night" ii a weekly public ition whtc'i dots infinite credit to colonial literature, b^tti as rejrarcL the character of its contents, i*s typographical »tyle, and the loir price at*whieh it ia isoued. Its contents are judiciously Tariovl, consisting of romance, novelette*, wit and humour poetry, hints on domestic subject*, gossipu scientific information, &o It in, in short, a perieis magazine and "Family Herald" in one. It eminently adapted for country settlers, and fo fm-side'readinjr, nor is it wanting in [•olid inforraatioa. "Saturday Night "is pr^da -ed in thet '• Daily Southern Cro*s" offiui', and is well calculst^t to tnntntuin rhe reputation wh-ch that fStablislimeni h*3 gtiiucd fjr thu excellence of us publications.

p IR> is nn impartial observer of current events, *lio'« me to make a few remnrks on \h<s aborts ibj^et. Iv the first, pl.ic, the Waikato and tlie C)Uwtry in general, owe ymr joiirmil a lasting <l-bt of gratitude for r« able and unswerving al^oc.K-y of total Abolition. In the present political r"\*\i, your conduct is truly w inhy of admiration, as the cause you bo ably defend is the (Htase of the cr.un'ry. Tlie metropolis of Una Pro'tnc wi h its journals to back it, gof'B in heart and soul for the perpetuation of Provincialism, ard upho ding the, system and newt of the past, they retard the intellectual and material advance* mart of the country. B<'t Aueklmd, its iervile suburbs, aid ProviucinLsts, wherever located, gia 1 find them-e'.vas defeated m the contest. Evidently the time is come for a wholesome revolution in politics and Government. Public nDinion, as freely expressed in various meetings throughout, the couo'ry, condemns tlis old system with no uncertain sound. Except, in a f.-« interested corner*, the country has already-de-clared itself di*B<i l i«fied with i'-s cotnp'icnt^d and inefficient mode of ru-e, »nd loudly cull* for one National Government Hungry politicians, Provincial orators, interested auka'ors, "-et hoc genus oaine," will Liud the present institution-, fcheir own p»Bt service*,, a-id cry down with a ■vengeance any attempt at arne ioratiou But the go>d sense of tlie country iisis weidxi'd hem in ■the balance a<td found them wanting Auckland and its journals may wa?te their enenjia* i»' ■bonstinj of Iho pa-t, and in threatening for the 1u f ure; theyimy poi»it to ■ that slmbby, time•stri ttn Provincial building on tlie. hii l, -s th»•ftrtt of enlightened lef{islnri<)n and the pu .rd an of tho peu^h-'s right and liberties; th-»v may gn'i^h th*ir teeth, nry ven£»eancf, and cali all the bad names the most übua.lnnt vocabulary can ♦upplv ; — they may do all this, but yet £ opine HW Z »lmd his eaou^U of hone-t and «n ightonei men to suppoit the fiovernment in tne ■crisis. Let Stuines bluster; Kirby get irate i Kees mate ponderous ora'iona ; [' claptrup" would b« the better word.— E» W T] ; let Reni-cura-Brett hurl thunder and lightning ifrom t»ie " star," George Jones, junr., b .axtm^ly " Eu-ho" bftpk the glories of the past; let the grea 1 Bifly Eyre lus'ilf pull the wires, <all the angry mob to me^tmgi and with a grin a >d « ■*' h-ar, h»*ar," )i«t j n to the spoutera of the day glonfsi.g Sir George and damning the Govern ment ; a»d Lu«k too, of Education not>>nt-tT, let £him eonia fonh to minify the Proune'al CounC \\ of AuckUnd for the w'-d«m of its Education Act Ah.! 'he superb foMy of a p»'< i ple who t ertnit themselves to be gulled and lead by dema gDgues of this class, whose motive principle is aelf-intereat ! Ge rge is their great, hero and they are hero-w->rsnippera. The maffnunimom Knight of Kfiuwau has been cajoled from his peaceful retreat. The grey old he'mit h*s been dragged frona his books and his lonely i«lan'» home into th« vortex of political life That If putation which induced him to \ ecome Chief Magistrate of the Proviuce — Reed, Sheehan and £ 0- — B aw the co »iog struggle with the imtfinct <jc rapacious ruitures. Tliey wanted a leader of name and abilities, and Sir G-orge «a* the man according to their own hearts. Better far for the aged hermit t,o hare stayed at nome, for defeat and discomfiture are sure to be his portion. Better for him to repent more heartitv of the Evter Hall propensities be displayed during the Waikatowar. Often have I heard the Auck landers thennelve-t accuse their present hero for hariMg protracted the native war. This th*j leaved oblivion now, bneause he is fighting foi them a ignoble baitle, and that with morr bray cry and v«heraenc» than he ever displayed before When* action w«« necehfiary, he is reported U JT h*ve showed himself wanting. Now, Provm cialism or war i» his cry. The hermit of Kauwni lias undertaken a bootless task, and irest-fallu he will hare to bear a sad retreat to hU old her mitage, where he will have Jeitmre to wei^h tht worth of-nw- policy and to repent of hi-* conduc Can he think it wis.lom to hare a population o 800yOO& souls goreracd b^ nine or tea bodies c