ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

New Zealand Spectator and Cook's Strait Guardian, Volume VIII, Issue 732, 7 August 1852, Page 2

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

To the Editor of the " New Zealand Spectator." Wellington, sth August, 1852. Sir, — T am sorry to observe, from a parcgraph in last Independent, that the public hava been deprived of the speeches of Messrs. Fit rt and Br n, which they delivered, after much careful study no doubt, at the meeting of the Association on Friday. The excuse made by the editor for the omission of them is rather paltry I do think, as a few advertisements having very old dates might easily have been omitted for one publication at least, to make room for the insertion of the words of wisdom delivered by the above gentlemen on that momentous occasion. Why this division in the camp at the eleventh hour — ■ why this complete burking of the speeches of two of the principal members of the club, the associates of which were always by the public.believed to be jolly companions every one, it is difficult to understand. The editor has not even given the ghost of a chance of their speeches ever seeing the light of day, for there is no information that they will appear in any after number of the paper. This is very supreme and arbitrary, and looks something like an indirect method of doing the amiable for the liberty of the press, which we Englishmen cannot comprehend. Infirm of purpose, give us the speeches — something of vital importance might be contained in them. Why these two members of the Association have been dealt with after this summary way appears rather strange, — two old chums too! — and until some explanation be given by the editor or some one else, the whole affair^m,ust, continue to be of a most mysterious nature,"- considering that the registration crisis'is so very close at hand. And seeing the speeches of the other members of the enlightened few have been allowed to figure in such a dense phalanx (vid. 3d p.' lndep.), surely Messrs. F. & B. might have been permitted to occupy a small space in that thick square — so immensely so that not one in fifty would attempt to dive into it. I am, sir, yours, &c,