BOYCOTTING IN NAPIER.
[To the Editor of the Daily Telegraph.] Sir,—l hear that certain tradesmen have been Boycotted for daring to express their political opinions above a whisper. Now tbis is as it should be, and will no doubt have the effect of teaching tradesmen better manners. It is quite evident that teing in possession of a political opinion at all, stamps anybody but a runholder as a dangerous character, and one to be kept under with a strong hand, for if a person, while under the necessity of plying a trade for a living, presumes to think for himself, what will he not dare if he should unfortunately become rich. Those persons who misbehaved have still something to be grateful for, as I bear that, while desirous of administering a caution, the gentleman did not wish to deal out justice more harshly tban necessary, and actually paid up accounts amounting in some instances to 17s fid in bard cash when they might have allowed themselves the usual twelve months. Such a windfall will enable those erring tradesmen to subsist until time will have taught them all they had to feel grateful for.—l am, &c, Highly Indignant. December 17, 1881.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3264, 17 December 1881, Page 2
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