THE Manawatu Herald. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1878. UNITY IS STRENGTH.

Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 33, 20 December 1878, Page 2

THE Manawatu Herald. FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1878. UNITY IS STRENGTH.

"When Mahomet, t'lo Prophet of Islam, was entrenched at tlio Battlo of the Moat, he knew that tho forces of his allied enemies wera far too strong- to risk an open luttlo. and he thereforo sent one of Irismost cunningfollowers to go from camp to camp amongst the enemies of the Faith, and sow the seeds of distrust, dissen Bion, and discord Tho result was, that when a terrific storm was about to burst, Mahomet seized tho moment to rush to tho onslaught. Uis enemies lacked union, they lacked mutual confidence, they lacked co«. Lesion, and their disunion brought about tho signal victory of the Moslem arm*.

As regards tho Wellington railway Foxton is at present suffering from the disunion, dissension, and mutual distrust constantly inculuatod in tho Palmerston paper. Attempts have beon made, by a wholesalo system of bullyragging, to put every public man in FoxtoniJno against the other, and just now, Mhenitis absolutely essential to tho future interests of Foxton, that the peoplo hero should be thoroughly united, tho or»an of the upper district, trading upon the influouce it had in this part of the county before tho Herald started, is trying to make Foxton a grand col* lection of Kilkenny cats, and gloating ovor the prospect of seizing the raiK way terminus whilst peoplo here quarrel amongst themselves.

The means used to attain this is Mr Loudon. Issue after issue, leaders, locals, letters, all are crowded in, to try and perpetuate the wretched

I strifes and divisions of Foxton. Will '■ i the people of Foxton be gulled by i 1 sueli transparent double dealing ? j I Will thoy allow themselves to be led ! ! away from their best interests in such j ! a manner ? We hopo not. In this j ! matter our hands are clean. AVo j | opposed Mr London's return, but J i when hi; was elected, we accepted him . | as tho representative of tho electors, j ! We have never written a line against him since that time. When Air llnlcomWs resolution was passed, aftor the opinions we had expressed during the contest, our mouth was shut, and we left; tho matter, hoping the excitement would die out. Now, however, our contemporary persistently harps upon it, we must speak. Our advice is this. Let the matter i drop, for pc.ico sake, and for the in-. ; terosts of tho place Mr Lou lon j '■ lijhls his -eat in tiie Council, in virtue J :of tho votes of tho poodle ; what i good will that seat he, if we, by iu- | terual quarrels, are losing all our | j chances of pushing the district ahead? j IWe put it to Loth parties". Why j | quuri el about Mr Loudon,Mr Thynno, j or any o:io else, and strangle the' i ; district ? Take PuliiiOrston and • Feilding, as an example. Just at the * j very moment when (Air fightings are | ■ at ILo highest pomt — at that very ; ] moment, mark — a meeting was or--1 gnnised at ralmerston, and resolu^ ! liens passed, sondirg a deputation to i Wellington to urge the Groverninent to take the Wellington liailwuy past our town ! The railway is of more \ importunco and value to Foxtou than ' j the political squabbles of a few. The lesser interest should be merged in the greater We urge this matter upon our follow- settlers. Bury your I differences. Leave Mr l.oudon to : " live down " any opposition hisfuist | action has created. L'nito once more k I in the common interest Let the dead j : past bury its dead, and be not led away by enemies who come in the garb jof friends. This is our advice. We 1 ! may be sneered at for giving it. As ■ a du'y we owe to tJio district in i ; which we have cast our lot, and 1 having in view the fact that we have refrained from perpetuating the I quan el since tho election, we say once more, Jet us sink our differences, and unite to further the progress of the district, and especially to guard tho terminus of the railway i j which tho Government always call : ! tho Willington-Foxton line.