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Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 10, 21 November 1877, Page 3

■ ■"/ ; / . r TO.TKE' EDITOB, Siskin your- issue of Saturday last appears a letter.signed -" White or" Black." .. The writer appears to have placed himself m the position m which' he: tries to place our present Premier, ■Sir George Grey: that is, he is neither one thing^ nor another^-or,as:he puts it, white or black. I carmot^help think-. ing' that when an old. colonist writes about matters political he should be m a position to state what he means. Tins most important feature of correspondence "White or Black " seems to qitite overlook. OBEe has strung a lot of abuse together ahd repeated it several times without m; the smallest 1 degree ',explaining'what- his views are on our present political position. If: the Grey party are m the House m an unconstitutional manner, it seems to the writer of this that the majority of that House must be, simpletons to allow this state of things to, exist. Touching the capabilities of the present Ministry to carry pn the Government of the country and introduce something even better than existed under the rule'of their predecessors, X don't doubt it for one moment. ■ Ii for one m this district, unite with you m sayingj Give-the Government a fair trial, which is all that is asked by?itl;; don't condemn any; system until the particulars are before the public. If " White or Black " will kindly observe the signs of the times, and read the opinions of the Press as ventilated throughput 4Jfew Zealand, he will be { forced to"' the conclusion that the ' "Manawatu "Times "is hot; the only advocate for giving the present Government a fair trial. Aa for'the wish expressed by. *' White or Black "that our member will, be found on the side of those who will send the Grey Ministry out of office before Parliament separates, I much question it. I have more faith m our memberjthan that opinion amounts to. He is quite? competent to judge, which is the. safest course*to pursue under the circumstances, and he will be

found doing his duty quite independent of any wishes expressed by such an undecided writer as "White or Blade." My chief reason for noticing the letter referred to is this : that it is wrll to shew the public two sides of the question, and prove to all iah'i-cs'ed m the present stale of- politics that there is a very wide-spread syuipathy towards the G-rey Ministry, a"d should a dissolution take place (which I much doubt) the present members of. the Grey Ministry will be found at the top of public opinion, as expressed by the ballot-box. — I am, &c, : . A New Chum.