The turn of the Tide
English statesmen have anxious and troublous times before them. They have given political power to the masses, and they must not be surprised if that power is used to improve their own condition. The aristocracy have had a long innings, and we think it may truthfully be aaid that they have, on the whole, abused their powers less than any other privileged class in any other country, or^at any other time, has abused power This moderation is, perhaps, largely duo to the fact that in oar party system party lines have .hitherto had no marked relation to class lines. But it is the turn of tho democracy now. . How they will use their opportunities it is impossible to «ay. But this, at least, we will say, that these 'colonies will most sternly r«Mist any attempt to solve English social- problems by allowing the English workhouses to be emptied upon our shores.— Christchurch Press.
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 121, 23 March 1886, Page 3
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