MR. READER WOOD.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 89, 5 November 1879, Page 3

MR. READER WOOD.

" „, 3^r.. Wood, '¥. H.R., has gained for Himself which will endure ip fchemetupry of colonists; even long after his.dusihas mingled y^rith. the dirt which| figuratively, he says he . can throw off at wiU, Jjiit which morally; clings to, and besmbils him as part and parcelof his very nature. The. term political rat does not sufficiently indicate his !" irt)'perisities. The rodent, may be at times, ieguiled. There is at least the hei^t of lie convenient doubt wliefli or the political rat has displayed inherent vice, or lias walked into a trap cunningly devised jn r Mr TReade;* Wood's case there is no Shadow of uncertainty, tie m. word and deed a political traitor, a. spy m the camp, a miserable informer. Men, f ocless flagrarii Vetrayel of party and friends, have been piilioredrttaiTeda^nd feathered, even d^efeetly shot,' as tilings cumbering the earth in'vaih, and the transgression has been condoned* because of the- enormity of the: provocation. Mr [Reader Wood will escape, these reprisals Vecau.se.ne isamonga law-abiding, much •nduring people^ but morally, he is ostracizedfrom all honest men's esteem. Mr I)eLatour— : tkis "gentleman will pardon for naming him m the. same breath with such a renegade— gave, good-ster-ling, manly ab rice. when, lie counselled members to avoid the contamination ofs6cial intercourse with members, of the' class Mr. Eeadef Wood is a pr-pminent example of. - Bet them send such ppliti-. cians to Coventry, They^ariß ' not ■worth knowing, least of ill worth recognising, aseutitled to shareinfclieamemties .pfsqcial intercourse. "Withih the walls ;^of the House they can claim a certain meed of recbgnition. Outside its portals they afe*but common political filchers; whose yery shadows seem to leave : f «Umy trail. Let them be avoided.