'Durum Sed Levius Fit Patientia.'
REMEMBER!
GOD HELPS HIM WHO HELPS HIMSELF (To The 2s. 6d.)
DO NOT LET
The word 'British' become a bye-word.
AND ABOVE ALL LEAVE OFF SINGING
'Britons never, never shall be slaves,'
Until you leave fondling
the chains which
prove the song
a lie,
a mockery,
a delusion,
a snare.
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Great works!
Chapter XXIII.
Ortica ensis: Prima.
Here is a plant of Cayenne pepper, growing in those days on Ballaarat:
it withered some three months in limbo, but...oh yes, butt at it again.
'Ballaarat Times', November 18, 1854.
"THE REFORM LEAGUE.
"There is something strange, and to the government of this country,
something not quite comprehensible, in this League. For the first time
in the southern hemisphere, a Reform League is to be inaugurated.
There is something ominous in this; the word 'League,' in a time of such
feverish excitement as the present, is big with immense purport (indeed!)
Indeed, it would ill become 'The Times' to mince in matter of such weighty
importance. This League is not more or less that the germ of Australian
independence (sic). The die is cast, and fate has stamped upon the movement
its indelible signature. No power on earth can restrain the united might
and headlong strides for freedom of the people of this country, and we are
lost in amazement while contemplating the dazzling panorama of the Australian
future (Great works). We salute the League [but not the trio, Vern, Kennedy,
Humffray], and tender our hopes and prayers for its prosperity [in the shape
of a goodly pile of half-crowns]. The League has undertaken a mighty task
[the trio'll shirk it though], fit only for a great people - that of changing
the dynasty of the country (Great works). The League does not exactly
propose, nor adopt such a scheme, but we know what it means, the principles
it would inculcate, and that eventually it will resolve itself into
an Australian Congress." (Great Works!!)
Vote for
HUMFFRAY to be Auctioneer,
KENNEDY to be Bellman,
VERN to be Runner,
of the 'Starring league.'
Chapter XXIV.
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