Nuhou, Volume II, Number 5, 29 Iulai 1873 — THE INSPIRATION OF HOPEFULNESS. [ARTICLE]

THE INSPIRATION OF HOPEFULNESS.

l - v,\ha( is iicc(lc(l very especially at this uuu*j in Ihi 1 UuBineßS aud politicß of thls voimtry. To bring thi>- about, we imist liave positiTe men at the head of pub•He atTairs,, With mieh jtiiem u cveiybody' <'\se \h madc hopeful, and out of this feeling <prings plar>s suggestions/ enterprl*e and [)rosperity/ ? But what hopefulness ean fhere be in just one measure advei'se to the native sentiment, and whieh is to be fol!owe(I by U riun f ? if it lails ? Biich .aii .att iluele is the iiidieation of negative and not of positive men ? of men who iiave 110 eapa<*īty for iiiitiatioiij but aeeepting or advoeii:tlag only what is thrust upon themby i-.he c!amor of a party, inspire nb hopelulness throughout the country, eiUiei- in tlieir poliiieal eourage or their resourees of statesoianship; But posiiive meu \vhose lieart is in liieii' svork, who eould labor lbr a nanie and noi ibr pay ? who i'eei <vith the eountry and who wou!d vavr\ the majority of po!itieal senti- : ueni \\ ith thenr or stand aside, who woulel appreclate eVery interest and wor7: io hartheni allj and who would give their t ii) ie- all t o t}ie eonmion weal) —such nien would aim to be a guide to the country ; :*īVd liltle state> situated like this one need some giiidanee, Oreat pnes like Ameiiea ii;ro.w withbut the help of statesmanship, •\ nd ir inay be ;that : , the experiments of "smanslni>,~-iu a land wliere a mighty ■ bohnty invites the (hronging muUitudeSj— • hinder more than thev advanee. But in a |Httle .inM-oeean doniaiu like t.hls, whieh ■* h{b no breadth to invite a streain of people •m' of gold. wliieh lias 110 liidden treasure or i.row element of *trength, but lnis some iew />piK>rtuniti\'s ibr prosperity, it needs an aeiive statesinanshij> to seek out an<ī make M\;iiiable all these opportunitie*. What opportunity has been sougin out ;iud aeted upon during the past seven inontlis ? Bhaīlwe be told of the work of >cgregation of lepers and the proposition to «•ede a part of the eountry f as the oniy op]K>rtuuities that a eapahle statesmanship • i>uld iind available, —when'one is themerē j;ontinuation of a prior iuidertaking and pk/ovided for by a previous reigfi, and tlie otKer the suggestton of an inferested party and *idyerse to the views of the eiiief poli'ieal x°lement of the eountry ? Must tliis of. Ministerial eflbrt *atisly tiie iieedsOl' ihe littl(reountry ? aud be thougivt sufik'ient to inspire liopefulness ' broughoiiī ihe land? . It may satisfy men whū est eeni offiee for the Wike ot its .»iuolument Bui sueh ~p{melt: y of eftort Hid sueh iiK-apaeify fo ereate a eonMeni aiul hopeful <eeling, mUI stamp our Minist ry. iu tlu* tho\ights of relieetive people who bavo no interested part in our afEdrsj nien out of pitu*e,-—without resouree,— t imid t —■ wavering, — divided,— uninspiring ,ind uUeii\ 'uutitted to ereate or defeiid ā poli»'V,—to help edueate and lead thepolilieal seutimeut of the eountry,—to on tlie n&Uon, or to bopefulue>- iu the land»