SIR J. VOGEL'S DESERTION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XL, Issue 218, 5 September 1876, Page 2

SIR J. VOGEL'S DESERTION.

* *... „ IN.Z.Hetald) , . (# . For leaving hia post and his party in ] the Jmiddlo. of a aeai^o, at la, crtdw in . I •' _ theif: history and the history of they country, Sif Julius Voig^l • has t,wp, eitrY Qus^srr-rhis health,' and. that .ttje .qojony . cannot expect him to sacrifice "his .own interests and the intiefests of ixik family . any longer for its sake. There is no such break down in Sir Julius Vogel's health that he must at once give up b.s post. The heaviest part of lhe session is over,, and Sir Julius ,Vo#el; ; up to the intelligence of; the .death s ipf Df^FeathlrV , aton, had worked' as hard aa ever he^, did. It ia. better tti, haye one good excuse for an action than two weak ones, and in this case the two weak exouses are contradictory to each other. As to the second about tbe sacrifice of the interests of. himself and hislamily, it is really splendid in its audacity. Sir Julias Yogel has had a higher salary than any Premier of New Zealand before, he has had three trips to England with unlimited means at his command; he bas just returned from an eighteen months' trip, duriug which time he has ; had full salary and munificent allowances even for the time he spent at the German baths, and, indeed, he drew, wbat he liked without leave. And yet now he says he cannot afford to sacrifice himself for us any longer! The truth ; is, that we were getting tired of .the' style in which Sir Julius Yogel sacrificed himself for us, and a good many were thinking that the sacrifice was on the other side. Tbe American patriot who was ready to sacrifice tha laßt drop of blood of his wife's relations is nothing to our late Premier, who clearly saw that the extravagant expenditure was gone, Ibat times of difficulty and pinching were at hand, and that he could no longer expect to carry on a_ he had been doing. And this ia the moment that Sir Julius Yogel tells us that he cannot nfford.to make sacrifices for us any longer. This is rather tall talk for a man who has been raised entirely by New Zealand. Our corres*pondent informs us that nowhere is Sir Julius Yogel more unpopular tbau iv Wellington. How are the mighty fallen ! What has come of the crowds, j comprehending the whole population of Welliogton, with the "working men" at the head, who turned out with torches to welcome him?