THE MURDERER SULLIVAN.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume I, Issue 45, 7 March 1874, Page 9

THE MURDERER SULLIVAN.

The Tuaianga ' Times,' criticising the action of the Colonial Executive in regard to the murderer Sullivau, observes :—": — " California is to receive' from New Zealand — as a complimentary State offering, wo presume to commemorate the rt -organisation of the postal service — an unmiti' gated scoundrel, who deserved death moro richly even than his villainous companions. Surely it eaunot be ! but if true, then have the Government of New Zealund been guilty of a cowardly and dastardly act towards California, which, depend upon it, will somo day be bitterly avenged. Sullivan is too vile a criminal to be at lart»e on our own bhores, and so, forsooth, he is shipped away to San Francisco! We would suggest that the Agent-General ba instructe I to advertise fcais worthy action in the provincial papers at home. Mr Vogel, too

might make capital out of it for his pamphlet on immigration. ' Every inducement offered to crime.' ' Murders speedily adjusted.' ' Whatever ye would that man should do to you, do ye also unto them ;' but our authorities are certainly not acting upon the principle." The Tuaranga • Times' concludes : — "Th«» real responsibility and odium rests with his (the Governor's) Executive, and unto the members of the Cabinet, therefore, may the disgrace and blame be fairly attached." A correspondent of the f Lyttelton Times ' writes :—": — " A long retrospect over the clouded aspect of Australian felony fails to detect anything like the cold, deliberate, blood-letting, which gilds the murderers on the West Coast of this Island. They stand per se exemplars of what man may become, and in comparison with these the savage, so called, is a perfect man. It seems, however, good to our present governors to send one who, if the voice of the majority is of value, was the chief miscreant, a mad dog, adrift — no, not adrift : they send him to a friendly shore inhabited by people with whom we hope to have the best relations. No wonder that the good people of Otago telegraphed that such a cargo was under way, and les9 wonder that the captain of the Mikado refused such a freight. It is for U3 to surmise what our ultimate fate will be, under a Government capable of committing such a deliberate crime." A Thames paper remarks :—"lt: — "It is to be hoped that we have heard the last of Sullivan for a time, but there is no certainty about it. Some people say that the report published yesterday to the effect that • Sullivan had been sent back to Dunedin, is only a blind, and that the Government intention of shipping him to some foreign port will be carried out as soon as public excitement has subsided. A correspondent writing to the Auckland Star suggested that Sullivan's presence in town offered a fine opportunity for the exercise of practical Christianity, and that some minister should take the ex-convict by the hand. The Editor of the 'Star' suggests his being taken by the neck." A private telegram from Auckland states that "the notorious Sullivan still remains in this place iv charge. of Sergeant Watson. He has most urgtntly requested to be sent back to Dunedin gaol, there to end the remainder of his days." A subsequent private telegram from Auckland says :—": — " The General Government has resolved to detain the notorious Sullivau in Auckland for the present. Sergeant Watson leaves Auckland on Monday first, per Taranaki. • Sullivan continues to be very insubordinate to the authorities."