THE Wellington Independent Tuesday, October 25, 1859. COFFEE GRINDING.

Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1375, 25 October 1859, Page 3

THE Wellington Independent Tuesday, October 25, 1859. COFFEE GRINDING.

No wonder that Mr. Wakefield finds it necessary to coffee-grind by the hour. He may be supposed to understand the mental calibre of his followers by this time, and certainly they are either a dull headed lot or else they have had their good manners corrupted by his evil communications. ■"■Either-they can't understand, or they won't understand any thin <*■ that does'nt suib their purpose. Who would suppose, for instance, that the gentleman who headed the poll for tho City finds it utterly impossible- to understand the one point which of all others ho oughc to know. The province has been in a stato of deadlock' for nearly

two years and yet Mr. Hunter is unaware of the power of tho Council to remove the Superintendent, who, as the Radicals affirm, is the sole cause of it. When an obstacle impedes the way, it is the common practice in ordinary life to remove, it, and the way immediately becomes clear again.- If the Superintendent is the obstacle which causes our political stoppage, why not remove him, and the stoppage will exist no longer. Common people are under the impression that tho Council can get rid of the Superintendent by passing a resolution calling on the Governor to remove him, and they know that this step would have been taken long since, had not the radical i members feared, that, in complying with! their request, the Governor .would, dissolve the Council also. Mi;. Hunter, however, can't understand the very plain power of removal which the Council possesses ; not only can't he "understand Jit, but he does as most people do who don't want to believe anything—denies it; - "■'■'• , At the public meeting the other.night in reply to Mr. McKenzie, the Spectator reports Mr. Hunter to have said— - ; ' Mr. McKenzie had asserted in the must posi'■tive manner that the Council hud the power of getting rid of an obnoxious Superintendent, tbal the gentleman must know vevy- well that this" was not the faot, it > was true that they could; memorialize the Governor to remove him, and to dissolyp the Council at the same time, but it did, not-.follow that'the Governor would do. so, and recenllyin the neighbouring province ,of Nelson a request of this sort from the Council there had been refused. . : ■ ■ ■: What a lamentable state of innorignorance does this answer display; The Constitution. Act:says nothing about the Council being obliged to memorialise, the': Governor for a dissolution' at the. same lime, that .they memorialise for'; the , perintendent's ■ Reindving. : .the; Superintendent and dissolving the. Council dont necessarily go together—the Superintendent may remove himself or be remoyed by the .Governor without the Council being dissolved, but the Council cannot be • dissolved without, involving, the Superintendent also. '.'The radicals are'tiot .'daily, taunted -because they ; '.doht; apply for: a dissolution, but becaus,e^th'ey ; have'nt the courage to '.avail", themselves of their constitutional remedy—the 're-' moyal'ib.f the Superintendent.. ;';';;'. 'i ~ Mr. Hunter isf Under an erroneous impression, -when he states that'tile Nelson Council applied for a; removal'of : their Superintendent and were refused. The Nelson"' Council found themselves , ' " in collision-with the Government.-, .They: censured '-the 1 Executivel.but'it.iwould ,not resign, nprVivould''the. Superintendent j: ojd,. iwnat ithe Wellirigton'gouncil, would have long since! dorie; i^.they.had had-any ''soiir in" ,them —they said'we wont take'upcin oui-selves'j to decide who is right or who is wrong;. we might say we are right if we ; pleased and call upon the' Governor to remove , the Superintendent' while we -retain 6ur seats; .but we wont;do this," we'll leave it to the people to decide,, we'll ask for a general dissolution by which means, they will have:the opportunity of electing both another Superintendent,and Council and thus' prevent the evils ; of a deadlock. We hope to ,be excused for. coffee grinding 'on this subject, but we have no help for, it -.all. the .while radical members manifest.such remarkable obtuseness. .in.