The Hawke's Bay Times. Published every Monday and Thursday. THURSDAY, 22nd MARCH, 1866.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 360, 22 March 1866, Page 2

The Hawke's Bay Times. Published every Monday and Thursday.

THURSDAY, 22 nd MARCH, 1866.

"KOIXID3 ADDICTCS JUBAEK IN VESBA MAGISTEI.”

Trickery has triumphed ! Patronage has prevailed, and the Electors of Napier have belied their principles by yielding to the pressure of a clique ! The mischief is done, and the penalty must be paid, as paid it will be ere long. Let no one suppose that the verdict of Tuesday expresses the real sentiments of the Electors of the District,* as it does not. One thing it proves, and that is the enormous power that can be brought to bear in such a case as this, by parties holding the office of Superintendent of a Province, and the absolute necessity there exists for a check upon this power when capable of being exercised against the public good. We, being defeated, have now to submit to the verdict of the Electors, however it has been brought about, and wait patiently for time to prove—as it will prove—the truth of our words of warning,—only regretting that the whole Province is involved in the evils we are powerless to stay. We have just one word to say to our contemporary, who accuses us of giving a report of the proceedings of the nomination full of glaring misrepresentations. We confidently aver that the report referred to is a fair one, and in no way contains any misrepresentations ; —that the expression attributed to Mr M‘Lean was actually used by him (though possibly not heard by the reporter to the ‘Herald’) and which is, after all, a little different from that which the ‘Herald’ denies. The only misrepresentation that we are aware of occurs in our contemporary’s impression of Saturday, the 17tb March, where the show of hands is not truly stated. This we rectified in our Monday’s publication.

We anticipate a great glorification in the columns of our contemporary on the part of the M'Lean clique; but they have really nothing to rejoice over. Their end has been brought about by means, to say the least, of a dishonorable character. Commenced in guile, carried on by the exertion of all the enormous power in the hands of the Government, and with a vast expenditure of money and patronage —not one of these forces having been brought to bear against them,-—they have succeeded for a time, and so far there is nothing surprising; but the return of Mr M‘Lean is but a means to an end; and their end is not yet, and we believe will not be obtained, although so far advanced. We believe that although a member of the House of Representatives be is as far as ever from the office of Native Minister. From such a calamity as that may the Colony be Ion« preserredl °