THE Wellington Independent Friday, February 17, 1860. THE KEY FOUND.

Wellington Independent, Volume XV, Issue 1406, 17 February 1860, Page 3

THE Wellington Independent Friday, February 17, 1860. THE KEY FOUND.

,3?he principle contained in the proverb, "What is- one man^s meat is ano tinman's poison," is aptly exemplified in the condition to which the newspaper press is, just, now reduced, "We, -in our editorial capacity,: suffer the cruelesfe-priva-tion while' all" the rest of mankind are at .e&sfr; '; "V^ile everything around us moves \»i '^vgpher. jog-trot, >( we,"are,,brought to a .standstill. When- there is an English '$$££jf $harp®turn oftihe bank scr^w, a.! v.^Qr ;^Mk>g-aiovenieht feast^ an -abscond- { dngsMsil-hGi, an election, a c&uncil farce, 'a ? -politio'dl' ; scrimmage of some sort or ''^i6frhor ;^then'we have ample materialfor comment ; but "no news'.*', is, .to an editor, the :very reverse, ofe the* r>" good news" it is' to other people. - Wh eh. <* society is peacefully at anchor the', pilot is Usel^s, and;it is'.dnlj^' in troubled waters .thai, : . the, newspaper editor can act < to. advantage, •- . f -•■ ■ ■'■•>■-. :, Jusfe'iMiw it is difficult to find an interestingHdpKJ 1 f6r,.a"leadefV . The' last 'English mailji's a month old, and it would be manifestly, absurd to speculate to-day on -wha^the Prince Alfred, may bring us to-morrow. The reee&ir makes barren the otherwise fruitful.'.theme of. rowdy inconsistency.-. ,,i. -The,^absence of Wakefield and. Allen^ prevents -itheir followers from boiicocting, or at any rate putting 'mto' ; Web|, fresh schemes of mischief; , • g l.ves ,-i &o indication . t,bf .anyjjjientLon to proroguej-and 13 evidently A6oc;<"well • pleased at the use the' roWdy '"majority , made of their "last liberal allowance of rope, that he seems 4.ispose4;iiQ. let them have a few fathoms Jmore. -Tho policy x>£ the next General Assembly is enveloped in thick darkness 'and £he prfess is in ho .position to.illumi-'n^te.jiC.-:.'iih;e weight of -the bank screw is">nofc;:heavier than' usual." Times are w%aT# that 1 the public only growl when '■^Bu';allUdetq th.em- anij tho' the,, coiin-' f |rj^4S jyjj'jKant ol*waier, -no tears of ours ,iv®Jiil<& r^emeidy! the evib-were we 'to open >thmmfou»tain r n"e ; V'er' so wide. ' " f " "' , !;• Ji> -;^-t '<%W&^ excessive " dear£h" u 6f ' topfc® • I^|st > !\yG, 1 |lon:e attribute the prominence . iVY^ai:whlch .the recent appointment of a tQuQjer'has been honored. It has proveda!^erfect' J godsehd'aTid given us all someabout. ; .. ,We had our say 'oiv .this ;,.'.*■ very important" subject in our last^ and should nofr have again alluded - ! td : it : ifit-.had not been" the means of fexc.itijig,. 'a, -contemporary to make the tbltpwing, strange, admissions : — - ."•The -Government has been, in this appointment, &&4tnpolilio, as unpaternal, unwise, and unjust.' .'lt had an escellent opportunity af-' FbJ-de^'iCiof strengthening its liands by not imerely^rUWing 1 itself of a political opponent, but of^ttetjgthehfiig its party^n the 1 Council by the .probaibleJfeturn of one of-th'e?}n?&t :t popular of ■that pafrty'torWupply the vaeaiicy which would have beet* occUsiuned in the •representation of th.c city by I ' the appointment of Mr. Barry, who, having foift'norly fulfilled "the ditties of the office satisfactorily, had strong recommendations in his favour. Those who talk about the Radical majority being the cause r of 'the present dead lode after this -ought to bMh for their folly, effrontery, ofcatupidity Is it not plain to the wildest partisan of. the Provincial Government that it is it, and not its opponents, who is the cause '.ofithe, derad.lpck being prolonged? Why not have-lvailed 'itself of:a vacancy for tli^ eifj 1 ? why not issue a writ tosnpply the vacancy at „the-H<jUtt<? $J«3t.he,r it mustbe because the deadjo/jkj suit.iJts purposes, or that it doubts whether jt ejijoys that eonfidencsaof the constituencies wh}cli',li^s.6 r ee».its brag and its boast,'as well as. theqnjy.treason it. could advance ftif support ..of its retention of power against the <wishes o>t a' 'm^ovity pf,tbe Legislature." '»'■*"•" < • ~>r ■••. >m It is-'here dqliber&tely asserted^'by no : iM &1i authority, than Mr. Bowler's o.wa p^e^j^h'^t'if, the Superintendent wants jt^-geti ifte'. rowdy members out, the surest jiW a^ f(W' him to, doVso'is'to provide* ihem 'Vfith a|»pomtmerit's., .pis not doing sq is i^Bdt^A. impbliticl ..J^hen Mr. Barry, . l^^p I.'1 .' %d been appointed Gaoler ; and bis, seat in the Council filled by 1 "one" of i-the -mosfe popular of 'the CoAS.titutional party/' : Xfoi' that jt., y?ould, bo. so filled is ifranki^admi.ttei) some other M.P.0., it . appear^ would be ready to vacate on similanterms. Thus, one by 6aq. the 6pwould be. thinned, for our, cotonip^rary does'nt allow : us to- blink the' inference that they are to be bought. The question ;that so long puzzled" the students, of Gibbon Wakefield's land system, does not stand in the t wayofhis son's political pupils. A " sufficient price" with the former was always doubtful ; with the members of the Jerningham.tail.it simply means an appointmeip.t, ,. A gaolers berth, the Advertiser assures us^ would have bought the humble-S, and perhaps arecommendatiori to & J.l : Ghip, i^iga'^^e found suffici4^fov,t^^orc ! aspiring B — for big Bs aa'^TDi 3a Uttie B*s are alike declared open loan ofibr. lier.cefcrta we" are told it -will be but {i^>lly, eSLrpntery, or stii^jtdit^" to talk about lie radical ma*

■ jority being the cause of the deadlock. 1 Henceforth it will be " plain to the wildest partisan of the Provincial Government, that, )U is it, and not. its • oppo- ■ nents,'wh#ji»:the cause- of the dea'dU^k '. being ptMofoged*' it has %ot " availed " s; |sfelf of 1 vacancy Tor the • city- ■;':;-.;: \- ... > Out o£ the. : twenty-eight~ Members of Council; eighteen, or a majority of four are on the rowdy side; but as one of these is notoriously ." absent without leave" and not likely to return, the majority may be reduced to three. Now as it is positively stated that the deadlock can. be removed if the Superinten-dent-is.; only politic- enough, it follows thafc- four good appointments would, turn the seale 5 on the constitutional side. Infatuated ..Superintendent why dont you unfasten, the deadlock, why dont you use the key now put into your hands, why will' you be so *' impolitic" as not to bribe,'tft<3 ■" .Radical Reformers," why dont youv»fft on the advice the Adver-tiser-gives'-jou and offer a " sufficient price*'*? The! game is in your own power, fpr 'now Mitf. Bowler's^ipaper washes its'hatids o'^all responsibility with regard to "any future injuries arising from the ..deadlock, and tells you that if your. Executive or, any. other parties " talk about the Radical majority being the cause of the pre'seiitf ;dead|ock after after the, easy of buying over the op-: posing M V P. C.'s it has pointed out—they " .ought to blush for their folly, effrontery or stupidity." The public of this province is under lasting ,- obligations to the Advertiser for having" written the article from which we have quoted. The opportunity it.haa i;h>d of. forming a correct opinion -of the/stuff the rowdy members are made :©f^. entitles the estimation in which it holds them to be looked upon as' tolerably; accurate. But whether the.Cco^erjifllent.wil^ take them at its valuation; ids ■ another question. ; They may be- verjv willing to vacate their'&eats for appointments, but if they 0 retain them until, appointments are offered," the sooner they get their sitting breeches-.on the battery 'for. they will have to sit many a long day yet.