Cause
of the diggers to which I was sincerely attached, I was not sorry at the
Toorak spiders having lent me the wings of an hero - the principal foreign
hero of the Eureka stockade. My credit consists now in having the moral
courage to assert the truth among living witnesses.
"And I proposed in my mind to seek and search out wisely concerning all
things that are done under the sun. This painful occupation hath God
given to the children of men to be exercised therein. I have seen all
things that are done under the sun, and behold all is vanity and vexation
of spirit." - The Preacher, chap. 1st, v. 13, 14.
Chapter XCV.
Qui Potest Capere Capiat.
ELECTION.
OLD SPOT, BAKERY-HILL, BALLAARAT.
According to notice, a Public Meeting was held on Saturday, July 14th,
1855, for the election of nine fit and proper men to act as Members of
the Local Court - the offspring of the Eureka Stockade.
The Resident Warden in the Chair. Names of the Members elected for the
FIRST LOCAL COURT, Ballaarat:-
I. JAMES RYCE, elected Unanimously.
II. ROBERT DONALD, elected Unanimously.
III. CARBONI RAFFAELLO, elected Unanimously.
IV. JOHN YATES, elected Unanimously.
V. WILLIAM GREEN, elected Unanimously.
VI. EDWARD MILLIGAN, elected by a majority of 287 votes.
VII.
