THE LATE ELECTION.

New Zealander, Volume 9, Issue 754, 6 July 1853, Page 3

THE LATE ELECTION.

To the Editor of the New-Zkalander. Sir,— Electors at the late Election may he classed in various lists, thus : Men who promised for Colonel Wynyard and voted hr him ; men ■who promised to Mr. Brown and voted lor him ; —these men we can all, I trust, respect. Then there are men either without minds, or without moral courage who did not vote for either ; men who from a weak and sill}' timidity, or from a false and mistaken notion that they would not offend either party, abstained from voting at all. It would be well if such men could bo dis-pos-sessed of their power to vote for the future, for as tliey do not value the privilege, they should no longer possess it. Then there are men ( T am glad to say, hut a few) who promised for Colonel Wynyard, aye, and signed the Requisition to call him forth, who afterwards voted for Mr. Brown ; and there may have been some men who promised to Mr. Brown, and voted for Colonel Wynyard ; now none of these can he classed as honest or honourable men. Then, sir, and I come to the blackest of the list, there may have been men—no, I trust, for the sake of human nature, there was hut one so base—who not only signed the requisition, not only acted on Colonel Wynyard’s Committee, and the very night before attended the meetings of the Committee, and professed to take a part for the Colonel; and, during the day of election, professed to remain on the Colonel's side, doubtless to do his heat to injure him, —a despicable spy, a traitor in the camp,—and, at the close of the day, voted for Mr. Brown'! How can we estimate such a man 2 Could we trust him 2 Could we deal with him 2 Could we hold any intercourse with him 2 I should say most emphatically—No ; and I should trust every upright man, whether supporters of Mr. Brown or Colonel Wynyard, will say the same. However black this faced, the very reverse is the name of this man. It would he well to classify the electors under the various heads, and let the public see a list of them ; for there were men polled for Mr. Brown who are publicly known to havebeenat Melbourne and Sydney for months past, and others who were not within forty or fifty miles of the polling place (and supposed not to be known) where they were personated at the poll by men who, for a trifle of pay, will do any dirty deed, and he led to the shambles by leaders equally despicable. Such are some of the results of the late election. But it is cheering to know that the great body of men on both sides faithfully kept their pro.mises, and, as honest men, did, and manfully did, what they hud promised to do—amongst this class stood the Pensioners of the various settlements. Of course there arc some black sheep in every large flock ; but, as a bod\ r 1 speak of them, and their conduct was such as to shame those who filcspse than. — Yours, <kc., Fair Plav.