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, , FUtf AND-MALICE.. ■... the Editor of the Lytielton Times. dard' who signs himself "B. A,» 'has giverTus as ■• good a proof as could well be found of the blindness of thosewho are angry., It is evident from the tone of that phansaical gentleman's letter that he is not able to appreciate the difference betweenhumour .and "'blackguardism 5 " at least if he is, he has not the power of practising what he appreciates. I for one, sir, -while I think it fair to criticise-even though there be a dash of fun in the criticism-the public conduct of men who put themselves daily in a-prominent political position, yet I do not think it fair or gentlemanlike to impute without foundation the grossest mercenary motives, or to write scurrilous insinuations against an elderly clergyman . Although the style you adopted would'in a London journal have been laughed at good humouredlv and appreciated, yet it is (if you will alkm me to .express air opinion), a dangerous style among a small community and small men. It has you see already evoked the most scurrilous letter that his' ever appeared in Canterbury. I will not criticise your contemporary's taste in admittingit
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Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 732, 12 November 1859, Page 4
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196Correspondence. Lyttelton Times, Volume XII, Issue 732, 12 November 1859, Page 4
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