AN APPEAL TO SIR GEORGE GREY

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1597, 30 June 1887, Page 2

AN APPEAL TO SIR GEORGE GREY

The '• Evening Bell" thus appeals to the r oner able member for Aaokland Oity East :— Oh, if Sir George Grey wonld only plage himself at the head of the people as It wrs a dcz^n years ago, instead of allowing his high honors and great talents to be dragged m the mire, by his being nude the tool of parties t^ make and nnmake ministries. Oh, if he could only subordinate his personal antipathies, for the gratification of which he apptarß ready to ally himself with one party after another, irrespective of their principles, with the sole objeot, seemingly, of dragging down whosoever may ohanoo to be m power. The greatesf and ablest man m New Zealand, If not m the Australasian colonies, he presents the singular spectacle «f being with hardly a solitary loyal follower m the Assembly. Trusted as no other man has been trusted by the great body of the people of New Zealand, he has seamed like an ignis fatuus, leading them they know not whither. Still able to command the plaudit g and carry with him the affections of the people, why does he not rise to the great* ness of the ooca«ion, instead of being the mere puppet of paity, valued by each m succession only for his destructive power?

Oh that Sir George Grey could only purge himself of the pact, and its stains, and head the people as he once did ; and rally around htm all those whd are moved by popular luetlnctn, whether they may for the tlma b« In the party of friend or f oo.

Sir George Grey Is head and shoulders over everybody else la New Zo»land. The people would love to follow him if they ooold ; they would feel proud of ouch a leader. He has done muoh to disappoint, m alienating thosowho, equally with ntmself, are fall of desire for the peoilt'f w«lf«tf. h Jfc too late now ?