THE IMPERIAL AUTHORITIES AND THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.

Wellington Independent, Volume XX, Issue 2218, 13 June 1865, Page 8

THE IMPERIAL AUTHORITIES AND THE SEAT OF GOVERNMENT.

I (Wiauxcrrox Ixorr-uxinrvr, Juno 10.) Ax esteemed correspondent, writing from \ London by the lust mail, remarks: — bi I was! present in the Mou.se of Commons during the j whole of the New Zealand Debate, and I clearly gathered from it that it is the decided wisli of the Home Government that the Seat of Government should remain at j Welling! on, and so (ho question may be j deemed sol lied so far as England is eon- ' ocrned." This id very bad nu«-i for the j Auckland iournals, and we cannot even con- i sole (hem by doubting ils authenticity, as' from (ilhiT :m.l i'i|uully reliable sout'cus', our ! i iulellioenee is of a similar tenor. We I scarcely believe (he Auckland settlors are , | fah'ly roprescnted by their local jonrna-ls. ■' j Were il, so. wo could b!us!i for il;e ' ivssand inconsistency of our fellow colonials, who have lnvr, vepre?;-nted by the LY"r Zcu-- ! hni'l l!'r,;il,l as briii-- at "one time the 1 Rl.nirichesf- slickler.s for eonsliuuionid r^lds, i Hi • ii>-'ii^< : ( ■!•,, „;' (! v , [,!(„ ALinislrv, ! ! uml !!;e biUeivst foes of (lie Governor ; while , .i( anui ]i"r. ilicy (-ill down !)e('ore ,Sir George , Grey, -u!)mii humbly to i'no Colonial Ollice. ' ! iiud earnestly ben; tlini the ri^ht of sell'^o-i . veniment may be taken from them. iTis ' surely im.ios.^ible that colonists who tire Englishmen could act in this way, even to avert the r -moval of the Scat of Government from Auckland to Wellington, it is surely

impossible that they could be mean enough to sacrifice every political right which men hold dear, for the sake of preventing a change , which was solemnly resolved upon by the! Colonial Parliament, as being calculated to i confer a great benefit, not on any particular! Province. baL on tho Colony at largo. That ' thy Herald must have been guilty of very ! V><-\ misrepresentation is what every one here is di-ip^.sed lo believe, and it is to be regretted that the .British public may perhaps have taken its opinion as that of the Auckland settlers. If so, it is little wonder that the House of Commons and the Imperial Government should have been disgusted witli the spectacle of meanness aucl duplicity exhibited for months in the Auckland broadshoot, and have passed by with contempt the host of interested representations so persistently thrust under their notice. That Auckland is not New Zealand, and that its opinions are not those of the Colony, has j now fortunately become clearly understood ' in England. The resolutions of. the Assom- ! bly that Emperial aid might bo withdrawn, if imperial interference should cease, and the | accession of a Ministry to pledged to |to such principles, clearly "proved this. It I also proved that the Colonists as a body, are sufficiently patriotic and independent to cling still to self-government, and to assert the right of managing their own affairs, even though the adoption of such a course involves ! a heavy sacrifice, both personal andpecuniary j —a sacrifice which, for the sake of a great future good, will be cheerfully borne.