AN EXPLANATION.

Akaroa Mail and Banks Peninsula Advertiser, Volume 4, Issue 410, 9 July 1880, Page 3

AN EXPLANATION.

To the Editor of the Ahiroa Mall,

Sin, —I stated at tin* railway meeting, held at'tlli Cgfffrty (Eoii'nqJ turday lasj, that V ifwailibt alfbnilgpuSery man, btrHi Pehin'euli man*." I waeiritTuced to make this remark in consequence of what. I deemed to be , an, unjustifiable attack made upon Mr Montgomery 'by a previous speaker. -. As you have not quite correctly reported me, I wish to make some explanation of£ntythsanin£. £*Tsup- > port Mr not •because* iVisK him well, but because I'wish-the Peninsula well, and believe he is able and willing ,to promote the well-being of the Peninsula— that is, of its settlers. . I supported him at fust reluctantly, he being to me an untried man and a stranger. I support, him- now —nb longer untried or a stranger —becauen lie has labored zealously and diligently to secure to the Penin|uJa_the consideration to whieli| en-« titloj which for yearn liaaibeeh persistently withheld. WitbbeM£< I contend, heretofore, ~iv conseqiiertoe of,' •■the absence fit influence ; or. having tlig lMlliience. a diHinds.^ft{#l^fexal[<^s: j! addjsd thereto the'"deplorable apathy displayed so perpetually by the settlers, and KtiginatiKed in suih unmistakable language bjy ijome of the speakers at the meeting. J Npw, a representative's duty i« oonstitutionally two-told : that which he owes, to Ins constituency and that which he to tfte Colony ; but pructically it is threeas he will Miperadd that owtjs to • hhneelf. But this last we may 'exclude from discussion ; each.uipinberjia' ]i(rt)iienced bj'it—possibly those rn'oet'sb wild jjiipsi indignantly repudiate, its All We can do in a generalway*'4e"-ib I ss e e 'lhat-onr ijiterente and tliose of our ropre- • 'serttative be not antagpijist^.A«! , '■"< Hvl<i / Ml have said fha't'l hold that our repre.putative hap V?i. he f*?V!T«M/VfP^ ttejrl. Imneelf of the duty he owes to this constituency, and then c()juee ( tlie.query,-. " Ifow , has hiinielt xSt v the dWy'he owee to the Colony ?" Thie isnecesearjly a lujich more iliffigulfitalityp -upon whit# to aiirive at a conclusion, and its import-AiH-eJ is Bjjt tegfe- • thf|ik it rfay be|eßumea as ayf!ul«, tjiero (fiaji. be. ;many t^xcep^onW,. thatjwhat" is good for. a part is good for ' 'tlwl >vliole. For s -t^e ; . bpecial i ! legislation uiuet Ho provided. 1 maybe lerretic in my views, but I hold that the w©ll-tbeing of the Colony at large is more on the laws affecting education, (\\q drink traffic, nnd the .•diniiiistra ; tion. l ofifie'lkw, ; especially thanlin the laws now" or lately being discuesdd in the Parliament, and having .je-. ference' to the ballot, extension of the ■franchise, and redistribution of eeats. I therefore look to our member's,actions c on al| qiiesti6h| ha|ifigMmportant matfefa. First,comes education, the huge significance,of;.which, dwarfs all,, 'others. 'placed on a sound and.satisfactory basifl, and.if.you;squired' hiejto! define wliat I meant by the v Liberal partyj" of I .should reply, "nil slliose who , , ; nc'tin'g frbiri conviction, labored to-pecuro tliat^gratirj,; incisure,' 'Free ! an.d ■Unaectarieri' ' \ and ninongdt those who rendered,- tliernselves |CO|»Bpicuous by their advocacy' of this was to be found qur.. representative, i Hence, here there is no ground for dissatisfaction. The real : Tory ; party is comprehended in thoso wliowb'ufd modify ■finy of the principal feat.ureSjOf that Act. ;Mom«ln would command my aupport who .adv,q,c£ted or consented to < such modification.. ? If Mr Montgbnlery should do so, I lookjfor a new representative, as I am hot a 'j , Montgomery injsftj »t a;',P,eninsula- ' 4 h)an." l ' •/-■'.

,{■;'■'; With, reference to the licensing laws, they are nfwut os bad as tliey can be, and •reflect disgrace upon ever/ well-inforiiied and "intelligent man in the''Colony Ayho ooritehiedly acquioscos in them. The cont'etitutiaii of the Bunch that Bdminisbera those laws ia about on a pnr with the l»iws jthemseives—utterly nneatißfaotory. The present (loverniiientere innking a vi<rorous ,effort io grapple with the. question, lit. *they . spde'eed; I sliail linil tlieir euecei?H with infinite satisfaction, and deem t})&t their labors entitle them to the gratitude bf the Country. I trust tlie reform may be « roal one, nnd that our.representative jwill accord it hie support. r Wiii\ reference to; the constitution of our'lower law courts, tlieir regeneration is r.ear at, lmnd, and inevitable. Who will- lead tlie attack on the..antedeluvian barbarism and destroy Iheni.. qrWho will design and construct the civilised edifices that shall replace ;}hem 1 Iknow not. But this I know, wlidr! ever oriwhatever they are that engage in this gojod work, they will justify their clftini to the title of Liberals. 'A goodly "band will be needed for the work,- , and I trust the Peninsula,,representative/,will b.e one of {he number. I Yours, &c, ,j ■■'■'■ GEO.lt. -JOBLIN. " ,; -Little River, Juno liO; 1880."