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Globe, Volume XX, Issue 1529, 11 January 1879, Page 2

Mh. Stout addressed hi* Dunedin constituents at the Theatre of that city last evening, and at the conclusion a resolution was passed expressive of renewed confidence. Wo cannot honestly say that it is matter for much regret that the necessities of space compel us to exclude a report of the speech. According to the reports of our morning contemporaries the speech has very little positive value, except for the purpose of studying the art of putting things in a false , light. Regarded from this point of view, the Attorney-General's speech is highly dangerous to public morality. As a specimen of daring reliance upon the ignorance of kis audience, his remarks upon the Electoral Bill were particularly noteworthy, and show how thoroughly he has learned the principal lesson to be derived from studying the career of his political chief. We shall discuss these matters at greater length when the full report, which will doubtless bo published by our Dunedin contemporaries, is to hand. Meanwhile, we can but deplore sincerely the change for the worse which has evidently passed over Mr Stout’s principles siuce he addressed his constituents in the Queen’s Theatre, shortly before the commencement of the session.