THE Manawatu Times. SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1879. A DEEP GAME.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 68, 23 August 1879, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 1879. A DEEP GAME.

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The meeting which was held on Wednesday njght to' hear 'Mr. SNBr,isQN'.s - addireßs' will be 'memdrable for two things— the unbounded unanimity with {which the vote of confidence was cawed; •and ibe untnas-ihg of "'as 'deep; a laid scheme of duplicity,; hypocrisy, and *treachery»!a f s i ha's ever, come within our knowledge. Bat it has been pirbvocative^oE ? inyaliiable results, inasmuch as nt. will' act' a ; s a beacon of .- warning to Xtcpei^e witi^^^^eatf careiihe clap••trap^vhicii is spoken* from election plat- . form*. After Air. Snelson liad satis--f^tb^ ly%ns^ere'd*the various qnestions put to him, Mr. Albxanpeb M 'Donald ascended ;^e S_t;Sg-?f an A %A,telling -speechK*wh'ich c'e'rfaihly^o every^man m the room— with ihe exception of three — - bore the impress of sincerity, honesty, and- truth; eoodepfledsany cand idate who would hb)d pQuverse with or be contaminated r by .. . ?n L np. "matter mall atdegree',Lihe iiiiucji reviled Ministry^ He wasi reajly an& t^uly eloquenblu>idp '(SiW^oi'ti};, 1 and so tilling was hi-i apparently viri-o^ns in= dignatipn^thafc v?i£hp.ut doubu '.c , mc,\ jceedecl [■ .tori the 'time In ckrrylu^ t^ie* nieeting with: him.,. He IheiiAboiinec l ins ajitentiou t^MrKSNE^soy, and m. a vone iri Which sorrow more- iban anger was assumed, be told the ineeLiiig that he bad heard- {villi- perfect horror and surprise that'Mi; Snelson professed libem^ princi pies, that his views on the politi-. oitr^ue^Vqns^of _]the',',day were fdifferent' from 'those of Johnston; and tliat J he was deeply grieved i« ljariV then for the first time that- M*i*rSN__sbN \ vwbnld accord 1 ' the 'Ministry even the .qualified support *which he had announced, x ' ahd after a "grand Phillipio he took his seafc amidst well deserved applause. But a terrible Nemesis -was- -on .diis- track, * and his diearly-bqnght adulatiopwasshortrlived.; Mr. DbN^iijucame rprwai;d and delibcr^ "ately taxecl Mp, M'DoNALji, with calling upon him, informing him tha.tldurins-his jrjsit^to W^ltirt^nTneTiM^eenin communicationiwitb Mr. S^EBBfAN, and that if he cpiild^ get the., support jof- Palmer* stoUi withi his own Maoris, and the Grovernnieht g^pport he Would be \ sure to win. the day agaiust all corner^ Further,; Tie handed Mr. .Ounoans let-i ;■ teriWhichlie,(Mr; MVDbHTAiin) was theii rforwarding to Wellington, m /which it wasjstatedithat .? 3_>.^ Snelson wasA<iot likely to be successful, and urging* that the.^Libern.l suppprtsboiild '"be,'" given., to him^Mr. 'M'tJoifALn), thus. showing lbn visit was made and the letter shown to Mr Dungan; with a; view of inducing that' gentleman to' acknowledge and enpport him as the Liberal candidate. The pretensiqna« ;wero Arecei^edviii-Aa, m«i,tter which' evidently wounded Mr. M'Dpnald'B tender sensibilities, and We took his leave'prbrriisihgito support the , .man most . likely to defeat. LVEri JTohnston. ' More than that, there were two other "gentlemen in A, the room ,'pn Wednesday Anight to whom Mr. M'DoNAL'b - ha^expres«?ed hi* desire that Mr^SifELspN should him take nis place as';'the'''Libera.l'candi-' date. these eircnmstaiiceß,l .we ask was it not the very quintessence of audacity of the man to arise and 'denounce the very/party -whose assistance, and support he had . abjectly begged' jand Siitrigned to obtain. His daring eiffrbntpry^andunbiu-^ facedness was only equalled by his craven powering under the denunciation of duplicity, : and ; treachery hnrlrd a| him. Mr. ' M'Don At.© -waxed eloquent over that .iniqnitoiis 'proposition L)f the dhal Maori vote, . and if ; we had not toiown him in'his naked "ahcl flagrant deception we should have joined in-tiie plandits with .which he 'was greeted. Ijut can any onie put the' slightest trust m a solitary statement made by him, or oan i we;belieTe.that'Ke I ls sincere! pondemnation' of thermeasure when we tnow that the only thing upon whicli herestsj to^dratj^ himfAf rom obschHt^ "is his ihflttbnce-with the Natives, and after the present wa>po*i#wh!6v will deem him' chivalrous enough to seekr to cut away the staff upon , which ha Aleans; -\ Mr. M'Do^ALD-siaßspcia^ions might" lead us to believathit he was a perfect master of all those artful designs and doubledealing which are the leading characteristics ;of the Native race ; but one should imagine that a selfish sense of his^wn security wonld have prevented

tion he received, which compelled him — aye, even him— to cower m his seat with blanched cheek and glassy eyeballs. He must certainly have reasoned by contrast, and imagined that Mr. Dungan and; the other gentlemen to whom he had unfolded his programme were as magnanimous and chivalrous as Jie was treacherous, deceitful, and cowardly, or he would not have been guilty of a .coucse which tried human endurance to the utmost.- We wiltooi- ask ou.v readers to lake our word as to Mr. M'Donald's condemnation, but set the seal upon his guilt out _ of his own mouth. It will be remembered that more than a week ago — at Mr. Haloojibe's meeting qt the Tow a Hall— Mr. M'Dokald stated openly that, he had just come from Wellington, and tpe*w by authority that Mr. Snel-; box being the XLiheral candidate v?OHld have the support of the 'Government. Ah ! Mr, M'Donald you had forgotten that, wben you said that you had heard foi the first time that Mr. Snelsom's views were different from his opponents. Tliose who attended the first meeting to which we have alluded, will remember the very great anxiety displayed by Mr. McDonald that Mr. Snelson should l.ofc pledge the meeting that night, but that he should wait as it was possible other candidates might be induced to come forward. Why was this PlJe, had arrived post haste from Wellington, had reached Palmerston but a couple of hours before the meeting, and he wished it postponed until he should have sought, the support which afterwards was refused to him. We have gone thus inio thb matter at length, iv order to show how hollow is a great portion of ihe denunciations hurled at the Ministry. Hereis a man* whb solemnly declared that he con Id hot conscientiously vote for a candidate who would show the Government the slightest mercy for pat! trangressions, and yet if it could only have been* worked by "hook or by crook," he was prepared to go iv for them tooth and nail, and give an unqualified allegiance. Mr. M'Donald was perfectly secure m his scathing denunciation of the Maori duel vote, well knowing; that he was safe from interrogation from. his black subjeots j but be made a lamentable mistake m becoming the accuser of the Government, seeing tbat he stood upon the platform kith the, stain of duplicity, treachery and .t lie blackest tergiversation fresh upon his soul. - ' '* ; * '" *