ORGANIZATION --2.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XII, Issue 836, 3 July 1855, Page 3

ORGANIZATION --2.

To the Editor of the Southern Cross. Though, as has been remarked, the most approved meth oil "practise lin the mother country for the redrsss of grievances and the acquirement of rights has been extensive and regularly organised associations or movements, in this colony a different, or rather no rule has been observed ; fraud and misgovern ment hare been met only by occasional exposure from irritated victims of the system, or by one here and there, who feeling an interest in the intrinsic welfare of the colony, held the page of misrule steadily open to the public. In the Province of Auckland, -this task has been encountered chiefly by the gentleman who now fills the Superintend^ncy,' probably the repeated seasons of adversity through which the Province has passed, and consequent unsettled feelings of the inhabitants were such that they did not feel even so much interest in the Province as to associate in a movement for just and equitable government ; or had they associated, depressed times and emigration would likely have rendered their atempts to g.iin th.'ir object abbortive. But apart from all conjectures as to what might or might not have been, the fact in the history of the Province is, that the task of overthrowing despotism, secrecy and partiality in the General and Provincial Governments, so far as that task has been accomplished, has bee.i the work of the gentleman alluded to, and a few others, who, by virtue of similarity of views, co-operated with him. Recent events, however, appear now to point to the more diffuse and systematic method of securing popular government. The present season of unexampled prosperity, deepening the attachment of the inhabitants of the Province to their adopted soil, the large increase recently made in the population, the approval of Responsible Government by Her Majesty's Ministers, and the accession of the advocate of the same principle to the highest magistracy in the Province, all indicate, that the time is at hand, when measures should be taken by the to place t>e politics of the colony on a substantial basis, by adopting the principles, and cultivating acquaintance with ihe piactice ot good, just, and pffieient government. The individual plan of opposing abuses and upholding principles, thoush it has some advantages, has a preponderance of disadvantages. The people, however much they may admire the persist ancy »nd devotion of those who champion their cause, cannot be so well acquainted with or fee! so warmly interested in the cause, as their champions ; for this reason, the acquaintance with, and interest in a movement necessarily increases according as a person becomes immersed into its business, therefore, the greater the number who engage in it, the more vigorous and satisfactory to all will be the manifestation. There are persons who are stingy in their confidence towards those who become leaders in any popular movement, these persons would have their suspicions either banished or confirmed by enlisting in such movements. Becoming partners in the strugglp would give them facilities to a correct appreciation of the character of the leader and their objects. The opposition to a movement whi ch depends, or seeirn to depend, on one or few men, always evinces a tendency to degenerate into personality, disagreeable to the parties assailed, demoralising to public taste, and often withdrawing attention entirely from the real subject in dispute. That the history of the politics of Auckland is one painful example of such degeneracy will not be denied, and though the associative plan might not entirely cure the vice, (for there would still be loading men to victimise) much of the infliction falling on the association as such, individuals would not be visited •o hoavi'y. A movement too whose manifestations depend on the exertions of one or two men, must suffer a complete paralysis when any circumstance intervenes between these men and their' exertions ; and there are cases when circumstances do thus intervene. The Czar died, at a very critical time too. It remains to be seen how that event will influence the position of Russia ; but it is certain had Russia been a democracy instead of a despotism, and the present war carried on, on her part, in compliance with the general will, ihe decease ot one member of that democracy would have made little change in the slate of parties. It is folly and blindness in rational beings, or who at least claim being so, thu* to peril their best interests by sticking them on the vicissitudes in the life and fortunes of one or a few of their members. Why not take the building up of their own cause into their own hands ? Is tho work too great for their comprehension and faculties » Then they had better have a despotism. If the electors of the Province consider themselves qualified to judge upon who are best fitted to do the work of governing, they ought to have an idea of the work to be done, and when that work is done well. Have they ? Are the two public journals and the intellectual luminosity of electioneering seasons sufficient to their enlightenment ? no; something less gladiatorial is wanted. Sophism, ribaldry, and strife have held their scathing sway long enough ; it is time t) commenc3 anther era, in which uniou and instruction shall prevail. Wit has been exor.ised pretty frvdy, let us now cultivate another intellectual quality equally important, namely common ■ nse. Let the people coalesce on liberal principles w th intelligent views and earnest purposes, and an incalculable good to the Province and Colony must ba the result. Yours &c. Q.

To the Editor of the Southern Cross. Si I*,1 *, -The " New-Zealander" ai d its correspondent, the " Independent Elector," seem just now to be critically inclined. Nothing will go down with them but the purest Addisonian English. As thofe, however, who live in g"a«houses are themselves most \ rone to throw stones, soothe "Independent Elector," though only writing two sentences in the ''New-Zealander" of 1131 13 27th instant, canrot >vrite either, without blund ;rmg. In the first sentence, he uses on active verb without any objective case ; and in the second he violates all rule* relating to moods and tenses. Sentence Ist is as follows : — "Do preserve from oblivion" [what r] "by giving insertion to the following, morceau from the new Official Correspondence published in the last 'Provincial Gazette.' " Sentence 2nd :—: — " Sir — A friend of mine who lends money in small suras ha e promised to put me into the Provincial Council, and I shall most certain!}' there propose that a sum' shall be placed upon the 1 7 -- 1 ! mates, &c." In his letter to the " X w lealander" of to-day, thr c is this passage : " Because «n my having endeavoured ," and again, " tHe best method, however, of getting out of a difficulty oft" c kind." Elegant for a " gent" who is given to criticise the composition of others ! Yours, &c, A:s other Independent Elector. Auckland, Juue 30, 1855.