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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 5740, 22 August 1879, Page 3

Commenting upon Mr. Bryce’s change of attitude since the prorogation, the Wanganui Chronicle remarks ;—“ Mr. Bryce surely forget* that the circumstances of the present election are peculiar. The great question of the day is Greyism or Constitutionalism. The country is sick unto death of the Grey regime, with its copious use of Liberal phraseology, its hollow hypocrisy, mendacity, extravagance, and absolutism. The electors are weary of misrule, and they will in no uncertain voice demand from those who seek their suffrages a pledge that this reign of terror and corruption shall cease. The electors are well acquainted with Mr. Bryce’s views. When he is true to himself those views are in accord with their own. They require no assurance of his independence. They desire not a repetition of the old platitudes regarding that excellent quality. They are too much in earnest to submit quietly to have dust thrown in their eyes. What they want to know is whether he intends, it returned, to attach himself to the Opposition under Sir William Fox, or to the Ministerial party under Sir G. Grey. His enrolling himself as a member of the Opposition —the only course possible after his address to the electors before the commencement of the session—was remarked with satisfaction. His remaining to the prorogation to guard the interests committed to his charge, was approved of, and it was confidently expected that, having nailed his colors to the mast by joining the ranks of the enemies of misrule, his honesty of purpose, quite apart from any regard for consistency, would have prevented his desertion.”