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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 211, 6 September 1877, Page 4

. Mr Berry, the Chief Secretary of I yictoria, hns taken pffance at the outspoken criticisms pf the Argus, which ha chooses to characterise as *• libellous remarks," aod in his place in Parliament spoke of inviting, the House "to take effectual measures to repress the Argus." ,ThQ Argus \xx no tiding, tliis , r?ays:--" The Chief Secretary is 'not ' complaining-no sensible man ever has-of pur E^rl^amentary reports, and it-iqujst. j)e our comments, therefore, that pe threatens to repress. j-rHei .will be a rasher man than we imagine even .Mr , }. e'rry'to be if he ventdreVupou any step' of the kind. Despite the' Ministerial majority, Victoria- is not 'ripe for any press g.o-'law. And as tbth'eßu.hdfrTty' '. <}f the House, the Argus would be no rpQre^plioed- to, submit . tq..,^ay *Lyt[an- .. nical exercise of jjrj.vijflge in" the future than it was in -the past. Other premiers, with their ; heads turned by & mujority, have endeavored to repress the Argus, and the publicisi aware hew far they succeeded. A majority is a formidable weapon no doubtj but one of the tbinga which ifc ; is. utterly, powerless tb.do is to check or iufluence ihe^com-, ments of this journal. It cannot prevent our exposing the incapacity of this or any Ministry, : when that incapacity threatens. evibto. the country, .nor oar '.; condemning the conduct of any member when -by his rowdyism he disgraceV the House, and of expressing that condemnation at our own time; apd in our ov. n m snner. If we exceed: the bounds i we' are answerableto 1 a legal tribunal.' To the House we are not responsible in any Way. whatever, and we miy tell Mr Berry at phce.that we propose heyerj-to de the House auy injustice, and neveir-; tp spare one necessary remark or allusion; The House will betold the plain trafch" ip plain words. Threat! are idle. Bui ' it is well to put din record the fact'that, in continental fashion, the Argus has been ' warned,' " $