The Marlborough Press. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1868.

Marlborough Press, Volume IX, Issue 595, 10 June 1868, Page 2

The Marlborough Press. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 1868.

In these dull times, when, to use an old joke, there is “ nothing moving hut stagnation,' 1 it is gratifying to find that the electors of the Picton District are still sufficiently alive to their own interests to assemble and discuss matters of importance. On Friday evening last the largest meeting that has been for some time gathered together in Picton, discussed and finally adopted the petition which will be found in our report of the meeting, praying for a separation from the rest of the Province of Marlborough, and that the inhabitants may have the power of managing thenown affairs, without being subject to those adverse influences which have of late been found usually too strong for their interests. The general principle of the petition was almost unanimously adopted; and an attempt to attack it in flank, as proceeding from persons who did not choose to place their names to the requisition calling the meeting, was signally defeated, and proved though “ full of sound and fury 11 yet “ signifying nothing.” The “now notorious six,” as Mr Seymour happily designated the self-elected framers of the petition, have been entrusted with the charge of obtaining 1 signatures to it. We understand that copies will forthwith be forwarded to the different parts of the electoral district for signature ; and we hope that the electors will generally sign them. If they agree upon the principle involved, and this we can hardly doubt, we trust that they will not withhold their names because they may not agree to every detail. Unanimity is of the utmost importance ; and it must be obvious that so to frame a petition that every elector should agree with every word in it, must always be an impossibility. To-morrow, at noon, the electors will again meet together at Picton, to hear the addresses of the candidates for the honor of representing their interests in the House of Representatives. Since we last touched upon this subject, nothing of particular importance has transpired with reference to the forthcoming election/ Captain Kenny and Dr Sickler continue publicly to announce themselves as candidates, and the former is rumored to have made a very successful canvass. Mr Godfrey has published no address, and, as far as we know, has canvassed no one; whether he really intends to go to the poll, or merely to reserve to himself the right of addressing the public to-mor-row, remains a secret. Mr Richardson and Mr Hunter Brown appear to be myths, .. We have seen no reason to alter our opinion expressed five weeks ago and before Mr Adams had resigned, that of the gentlemen whose names were mentioned as likely to come forward, Capt. Kenny was the one whose election would be the most desirable. We were intending to write his panegyric, but on turning over our files we happened to find it so well expressed by a former editor that we have thought it better to transcribe it, verbatim et literatim :

Captain Kenny is one of the oldest residents of the district, well acquainted with all parts of the province, having, as Commissioner of Crown Lands, had considerable experience in official routine, and who possesses a strong claim on the favorable consideration of the electors—we should have said gratitude, had we not long learnt that such a word is misplaced, if not unknown, in the political vocabulary. If such a thing as gratitude for past political services could exist in Picton, Captain Kenny has established a claim to it, as it does not, we use the milder term of favorable consideration ; and, if a self-sacrificing attention to his duties as our representative, and an earnest wish and endeavor to serve the electors of. Picton are worth acknowledgment, then we should suppose that the return of Captain Kenny would be secure. The above paragraph appears in the leading article of the Marlborough Press of January 2, 1867, when Capt. Kenny was a candidate for the representation of Picton in the Provincial Council. The editor of this paper at that time, and avowed author of the article, is- now the Captain’s opponent, Mr John Godfrey.’ As we know of nothing during the last seventeen months which should diminish the claims of Captain to the support of the electors of the Picton District, we, without further comment, recommend the above eneonium to their consideration.