THE Manawatu Times. WEDNESDAY, SEPT 3, 1879. OF TWO EVILS CHOOSE THE LESSER.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 71, 3 September 1879, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times.

WEDNESDAY, SEPT 3, 1879. OF TWO EVILS CHOOSE THE LESSER.

"Wordsare thing 3, and a'drop of-iiik falling 15ko '•' dew upon a thought, produces tlitit wbiGh makes thousands, gerfeflp? millions think,"'.''

The, ratyjd anti-.G-reyites hay© no : purse deep enough to utter; against .those Uw-nfr by giving supriort-— no matter how . small--^to: .the present Ministry, will be the means of keeping the present Prejiaier m pow.er. pup utterances with regarji to Sir. : GfeojiQTZ GijET m" the " past, have beeriof BUcK a pronounced character that ...we think „we can dei'y the ißsinjia]iiwnsitJiai;)\ve ipip. bur faith to him as the leader of the tliil?eral pa-rtjri iWe have again and again severely censured tbe autocra-••t\c''cp.n,du.pt'.of-theheaji.:::o£.'vthe .Qoyfiinment, upon whose shoulders we. do ■not he.Eii tate tp lay the blame of the iiaiadflifnfstration which, ended din the,,oyenyhelming vote of vvant of; confident. We say that the conduct, of Sir . GrEOEt&E Gekt m the ; pastihjis beeij: of 54 ;^PgSi^ c > domi- ; neeriii^ nature, calculated tp make a harjnopioufs \yorkjng of the Cabi\ net ah impoßsitnlity; ; an^we regret to say that our hopes for the future, ~WO^Mr-T»lr-l^dr~tlTSH:tO~^ -rn'tire happy jfesxilti 'f We are prepared .to; -.ajirjgiit ; that,- /the present r Premier is a high-minded., chivalrous /enthusiast! -who.',. believes he , has .a? greats Mission to ful^l, has made q,nd is pr-epq,re4 to .make great sacrifices for the prinpiplpshe advbpates, but unfortunately possesses irifirmidQs .of temper and^disposition ivhich /precludes the - possibility, of; his being asucpevssful leadpr m. .the jiepple'f : , i^^&Xijo mv^'W^^sk^., 'thenj Ayhy'we should support a cahr didate who would, tplerate his re ten-;. . tipn;pf the' !T|!eaHury/benches,fpr one ; ' hour 'affer ; the assembling of-Parlia-meut, aiid ;oui": answer is this ; you have to cfipoee. bet>yeep Sir William ' Fox and Sir George Gket, and pf i two- 6viTs/i choose thp 'lpsser.r;' Elect candiflates pledge 4to ypte .against :.= the -Mimstryj and wliatr^pr^ou/do^— why you throw thp iprpyernnient pf the country jntp the hands of thai unscrupulous party— of whiph Si£ "\\ r ii-Ti,TAiE ' Eoi is leader./ /Support the l^jnistry', arid "you. 'give tlie Liberal party an opportunity pf mea T ;suring aisd ascertaiuing.its strength, • and/ foijward ; those who be-abl^ to take /the> le^ad ;iiv;the battle of the Liberal cause: Wb i)otic6 tliat the < suppb>te^ :^of both Mr. Halcombe aj]d jfr; ''Jomtsrm :' moat : iiidustnously; cjrci^lating the repbrt'>that Mr.^Snelso^; \s a thick-airid-thin /v ' puppoi|ter of Sir 'George Ghey: This ; is" dimply a ; baise maliciofis;iß]ande.r ? cpricocted for •ereGtidiieering purposes, ./.Mr. Sjjtel-" son ib nothinj; of the^ sort, fo.r were he so we would not give him. one iota of support. .' '•; Mr. Snelson 'm conce|Vt with all the lovers of the Liberal Cause, w ould ; giye; his countenanjoß to':/^ir ■ i; Qeqeqe} GBEY'as the leader pf^he'l^b^r^ Ministry so as to /keep thp^ fold vf rpin tlie! Foxes and wplye,s which hunger for the loaves and/fishes '; he believes m the programme of the party ; and would await of the Gabinet formed upon what would prove/ a harnipnious; 1 basis. Mr.' Snelson IP ost distinctly : " stated" thiEvt he did believe m Sir George Grey, but_ Mr. Snelson was not fool enough to' be beguiled -into stating:/ th^t he: should vote against theiytinistry' at the meeting pf Parliament, well; knowingthat by doing so he would be playing into, the hands pf the Tories, and dealing a death blbw' to Liberalism But eVeii supposing that Sir G-eorge Grey were to con'tiriue 7 the leader— which we feel convinced will not l|e the case 1 -— would he nbtpe, we ask 4 ,im/meaßuraWy superaor; to/ his knightly ipppdnent, whose, sins are .not thoseof hea<3, but of heart. •" Read the .speeches of the two men and draw your v own com-' parispriTrth'e one full of high, noble, lo|ty aspirations, disclosing the bra-, tor and the statesman ;. and the other breathing forthyenom avfd spite arid malice, blasting men's characters and like the cuttle fiwh spitting forth au

ijiky fluid which^contaniinates the a mosphere by which itis s ( urroif ade.d. Why, his reckless accusations aud poritetnptible conduct has alienated the f^ew who upheld his colors m his stronghold, and the constituency which at one time elected him m his absence will now have none of him. This is the man into whose hands the Government of New Zealand is asked to be given— a man -in whom his own followers liave ; no trust. Electors do not; beijeve the clap-trap that has been circulated for party purposes/ -Elect' Mr.- Johnston and yjou elect one of Fox's disciples; elect Mi*. Halcombe and you obtain a recruit m his uncle's rotten army ; elect JVIr. SNET^goNi a.nd you have a chance of ridding yourself of Grey aud saving yourself from Fox.