A GRANT IN NEED AND A GRANT IN AID.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 85, 22 October 1879, Page 2

A GRANT IN NEED AND A GRANT IN AID.

; How the.mighty. a/*e. MXjsn ! The Otago. Stoic has thrown upi, the. sponge, and he that so often threatened to snake t th_ dust from oft -his shoes., now cries aloud for a. haven of rest m his weU-bploved Dunedhh Mr jJames Gordon Stua.rfc G-rant has resided t went y-f our years in.the. Spnthern capital, during whictv time his whole energies havebeen divided between vilifying its public men and praising Mr. j; G.S7 Grant. t Dunedin was a hb^be d of perdition, and it" wa^oidy the presence of J. G. S. G. which, sayed.it from the. *ate of Sod,dm.and Gomorrah. But hislot has been the fate, of all great men, and if he has npt bfIRQ, banished,- --: like Ajistides the Just, he has been pillioirdi m the Public Press, his bones have. suffered from imprisonment, ancl liis body from the stripes earned by bis unruly tongue. " A change has eon\e. o'er the spirit, of his dream," and aft or quarter of a oentury'a ' preaching of philosophy, the sturdy sage has 'descended from his pedestal, aud m the fol-t. ! lowing graphic language gives his allegiance, to the " almighty dollar :" — ' '. " People, of Dunedin, rise. to the occasion, - .and start me. m a bookshop, and I will live arid rJie m your midst. Now is the time and now i< the. hour. . Let us forget the pHst and look forward to the future. Dune-, din a hundred years after tjhis vjill be a grand city. It is, m point pf,-situation, per- ' haps the mo* t, picturesque gppt oo earth. I •love it, and mean to' make -it celebrated '■ throu^houtv'the ceaseless ags^of tb.e future.. Respond heartily and unanimously to my call, and all will yet be. well. 7 Aftr a disinterested laJbi»ur.'of 24rye»T$ m, your midst, I - am now on tbe-finajUcial rocks, % think I have a real clniin, upon your sympathy, and r want a subsfr.nt r 'il remuneration for past B»rv^cps. Is. crlicod myself upjap the, ajf tiir of public utility. This you Veil Likjw. You have new an opport unit y v t.f befriendh g. -me m time of- need out of \ he. abundance of your possessions. Had miudec^ my own affairs, the half of Duufdm *^o\dd- rnemine 7 to-riav. But, as. yen welVkpo^, the.world'».. benefactors m all ages and nations, particularly m scholars, have been pre-eminently-poor. PrmUepce is-no part of " tbeir con-po-ritidn. People of' Otago ! arise iv a n-iGle impulse of genarosity and magnanimity, and set my feet firm upon the rock of finandX independunce. Ywu are not likely toy see iigain another man of jnv stamp, Forget r _ the pact and[ look forward to £ie future/.'!

•It will be observed tITSt; TUlthough Mr. - 3-rant has changed his opinion with regard o Dunedin, he has' been true to himself, nd modestly reminds h is fellow citizens hat " they are not likely to see a man of lis stamp again." No, James ; L think riot J - md therein lies the greatest hope of that uture prosperity which you have so glowngly pictured.