THE COMING ELECTION.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2384, 22 November 1870, Page 2

THE COMING ELECTION.

To the Editor of the Evening Star. sif the daily papers I observe an advertisement to the efioct that 1 Maca'Sey will address the electors 6? ih City in the Masonic Hall on Friday, 2ot instant, and doubtless the above gentlema will enlighten us citizens on the past, pre sent, and future of New Zealand, I ai satisfied the citizens of Dunedin and die Cc lony in general will be. under a deep seme < gratitude to him if he will only show u whereby we may extricate ourselves from th labvynth of perplexity which surrounds n and as if it were to make confusion woto confounded, the present tone and vap'd ut terances of our sapient legislators now i session with their unadorned eloquence, fa to unravel the dilemma. But now that new and shining star dawns upon the polit cal hemisphere, we look forward to a secou Daniel come to judgment, bringing in hi train all the legal and political knowledg

winch he may have acquired hy simply looking on without deigning to learn the rudiments of politics in our Councils ; preferring at one leap lo rise to tire very t q> of political honor by desiring a seifc in the Mouse of Representatives a laudable ambition. very ! But metbinks the citizens have a small score to settle with this gentleman, with respect to his costing the Corporation LUO, winch sum the ratepayers had to pay to Messrs Macassey, .Smith, and Anderson, in costs, as a sake to his wounded feelings —that Goodman the collector should treat him just as others are treated. Perhaps he may be able to explain his conduct in this instance, as I in common with many ratepayers feel the injustice of having, the rates expended capriciously, even in law. I am, &e., PATFI'Avn:, AN UNWARRANTABLE ATTACK. To the Editor of the Even'my Star. Sir.—l am informed hy more than one honorable member of the Provincial Council that the Provincial Treasurer, Mr Duncan, ia his place, last night, indulged in some pleasant criticism on my public caieer while m the Goner vl Assembly last session. 1 am much obliged to Mr Duncan for bis enlightened, courteous, and gracious condescension, to even notiev sa bumble a member of the House of Fiepmseutativcs. Mr Duncan mi"ht have remembered that even in law er, parte, statements are not allowed, and the usage of society condemns attacks to which, from the nature of the case, the person attacked cannot possibly reply. I suppose from his having ignored the rule, either that he did not know it, or wilfully outraged it. I am, &c., Thomas Birch. Dunedin, November 22.