The Oamaru Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1087, 13 October 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. MONDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1879.

The jaontincas of certain adherents of the Government, Mr. "Wakefield —who. one would think, is devoid of ordinary political perspicuity—to wit, is amusing. The " own correspondent " of tlie Timaru Herald, with whom 3lr. Wakefield should have a very intimate persona! acquaintance, sap, " It has been determined by a majority of theni to use every means that present themselves to entrench the Government Benches, even if they should be forced to resort to the tactics of fjir G. 1 Grey, when he rigged the Order Paper to ; prevent on, and if 3lr. Hall and Mr. liolleaton. who are very scrupulous men, object, they will seriously displease the rank and file of their party. 7 ' Even the quietest and most phlegmatic of the Hall part} - are I now full of nervous excitement, and ! eager for the fray, so it is not possible ' the Government can resist the wish of their supporters in this matter. There are defections from the party, Mr. Downie Stewart being conspicuous, but there are recruit* sufficient to balance them, besides : promises of support from unexpected ; quarters that altogether give Ministers a confident tone, and they therefore ! express themselves perfectly satisfied with the strength of their position and the general outlook. By the way, his mentioning Mr. Stewart s name reminds us that that gentleman is reported t>~. have given Mr. Waketield a " good dressing, which was well received br the whole house." >triii'_'e to say, the special correspondent, who, wu have said before, should b.? very wi-il to Mr. Waketield. wrire.' nothing about this, I although a recital "f the epinoile v/ouht ! have enabled hint to have imparted a little truth into his mes^ag I '. The Herald s Wellington si'tciais productions have a singular likeness to 3lr. Wakefield's speeches. There is a rashness about them that might lead to the suspicion that they have emanated front the same person. Whoever knew a tactician to unnecessarily criminate himself ami party, and yet this is what the special of the Timavu Herald has done. He says that the Government will, if necessary. " resort to the tactics of S<;r George GieV v.tten he rigged the order paper to prevent Major Atkinsons motion coming on. and, if Mr. Hall and Mr. I!oi!est»»i:. who

arw very men, objec", :!«;>}* will seriously displease the rank ami file of their party.' This is a confession that tluww vf'" intend M insist upon adopting the me' v; «»•■' * favored • y the special correspondent "ite Il*-rald. are net very scrupulous in Vt e believe i'.and Parliament is so thorotigly .><riviueed of it. "hat no amount of scheming !:eet> the friends of these not very scrupulous men in power. The Government party, widen is undoubtedly in a minority, are incensed because they, on Friday night, were not permitted to get their oar fairly m the water, so as to pull some of the measures bortt of the Libsr.il party through. But it was never intended that they should do this. Mr. Macandrew was rtghfc when he said that tiie Triennial Parliaments P.itE belonged to his party, and and that they were determined to pull it through themselves. e thought that Mr. Hall and his followers .vc-re not anxious to secure the Treasury" I'encbes for themselves ; that they only desired to depose Sir George Grey. Sir George Grey has been deposed, and, now that that has been done, although a number of those whf> voted for the late noeontidence motion seem indisposed to ■ abandon the position which they have been placed in by Parliament as a means t© an end, they will bo compelled to give way. It would have been otherwise had Mr. Hall's Ministrvnot savored so strongly of a party of which the Colony hn3 long since grown weary. The retirement of Sir George Grey has none nothing in the direction of bringing about a reconciliation between them and the people. 3lr. 3lacandrew is to be chosen as the deliverer of the country out of its present unfortunate 1 position. No amount ot caj»ltery, tior the ttnscrttpulostsness which the special correspondent of the Herald hints is to be resorted to, can avert this. This week it witt be demonatrs-ed whether tiie Government v. ill act up to the principles they so often preached when in opposition, and go out quietly without wasting valuable time, or act in accordance with those very questionable principles foreshadowed by the Tiniaru Herald correspondent.