Ka Nupepa Kuokoa, Volume VIII, Number 51, 25 December 1869 — English Column. [ARTICLE]

English Column.

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Wc c«"rnpar!»t:vc'v jntprc**t in lhc varioos> Mini«terhi ch3n~c- an«icr the o present Gov<?rantent. ?.* thf?v are 3.'] in harraony vvith a pot-lie-a* «}**tern trh>ch we oppose. Ho«r/»ver irorthy the in JiTidu-3īs, ihe theory wh:ch they s»re to e?rry out is ant*?gonistic to !iberty. The ma*t resu(t of the eiiminaiion of Mr. de Varjjrny from rhe Cabinei ar»d the indoetion cf Dr. J. M. Sm»th, 35 Min»ster of Finance, js !o render its cou«%eis ie-%5 di»cord.int ihnn hitherto . —morc comptetely a refi*x of the polscy of C, C. ilarrī« no*.* Minister cf Foreiga fi<eianon c . !n thss we «ee nothing on whieh t0 ihe cour;!ry. Tho rc.^L r nat:on cf B -hop St.i;oy from the floarl of Ed?iratinn r\r.d ihe nppo:ntm?nt 1 of C. R. B;. e hopand Dr. J. M. Smith,: mn«t t><?<*onsidpreJ a giin. lf-foran Inspec-i tor Generai of Schoo!s we eouhi now have a < peraoa in hcarty &ymp'Uhy, and aeuvc fa-, miliarity, with th«? em*»* of popu!ar education . in the vernacular, nnd ;f we cou!d a!f.o hare; the School Law wh: h umiiimous>!y ; fr!s«-ed dur:n£ the h-t £e.vsioa of the L?giī!a-1 'ture. h?it '.vhich fiiied of the fvoyn! S i'nature, | oUr «ehool *y--'em might K'eome a ! fiou*cr fnr ~oml, in k«'«'p»njf \vjth the neces?i- * ties oi the tirnes. We nhail even ns it is,i woieh with inteivst, and some hope, for new i iife, and better adapt-itions, of the preseut j i systet!i. 1