The Oamaru Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1096, 23 October 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 23, 1879.

I Tin: peopt- »i I'tin. itiii liav,' 5..-e:» treats. 1 . t» | 5 ai-ht almost as ridtoit'.oua as that pre- • sented by the far-lamed threv tul-irs Tootey-.-treet. Ve--terday ten ge.-itlemMi resident in the rtetropoiw of t!i«: south met at the I'hamUrr ot t'oritm-;ree. rind sf.!eia!iiy f ,rOe;eded tr. Settlr for rUT the p-litie.d deadlock. Tlie names of this haif-seore ol intelligent pditical thinkers thou Id be enrolled in letters of gold on the scroll of fame in close proximity to those of the three knights of the scissors previously alluded to. In order that they may not be lost to view we give the names of the disinterested gentlemen who have undertaken to cut the Cordian knot, and once more i-'A m proper motion the State coaeti. Ihey are as follow Messrs. A. C. I'egg, JI. S. I-ish, J. Rattray, -1. M'Oregor, A. Burt, Whitelaw. Kirkcaldy, Aikman, Halleiistein, and R. Wilson. Having laid their ten wise heads together, this small but highly-gifted assemblage of solvers of ditlicult problems came to the determination to send the following very pithy telegram to Messrs. Dick, Oliver, and Stewart, the members for Dune,JJ„ We. the undersigned electors, observing with deep regret the present deadlock of parties in the Assembly, earnestly b<;_' that you three will unite in an endeavor wittier to support tfie present (loverninent or to produce such a coalition aa will make a strong Government, and enable the business of the country to be immediately proceeded with." But having succeeded in thus putting an end to further political turmoil, the modest ten, unable probably to bear the whole burden of so much glory as must attend their efforts, permitted another dozen gentlemen to attach their names to the wonderful document. w 4 d thus the number of saviours of thecountry was liioi-irtiir»n doubled. Here, again, was another act of disinteicite.ilness J But, will it be believed that a minib«T of the Dttnedin people positively declined t«) atta.-h their signatures ? Were they afraid o! !;-i:ig brought into notoriety 'too" suddenly? or dtd they think that their 1 action might be understood, and that the.r . promptness o; action mii'lit be wr.cten down • as t.> mueh tutpttde-iee rattier than as giving Uvi.len. ■- "f a to ps-mot,- »>.:aee.

h;M-!,;r.:nv:. ••xriVritrtent nt:;o:igst tile ,v prVsont.it tv..s th».: Colony? lUie what wilt the three member.- for 1 say to this t» > ' ;ran ? :l! tti-'V r-'et.o wJi due humility of rptrit. and :u t up to it fairly* U'iti Mr. Otivvr resign his seat in the Ministry in order that iie may he unfettered in the carrying out of Messrs. Fish an.! Co.** instructions with regard to the forming of a coalition Ministry? \\ ill Mr. IJownie Stewart .Laert Mr. Maeandrew. and give in his ?,lkgbn«.c to Mr. Ha!! m-some-body etsw? Will p>>or dismal l ! :-k fio stirred into action, and »ise h:s fervid eloquence in support of a coalition with himself 3* Premier? We fear there will bo some ditliculty iti bringing alxmt tiie result «■-> ardently an.l forcibly advocated by the political problem solvers of Dimedin. AH their eloquence-, their disinterestedness', their expenditure of money upon the telegram. wit! he of little avail in the settlement oE the present difficulty. Political ir.att;:rs are too much mined. too entangled, to be ca»iiv unravelled by even the. ten disinterested and highly-gifted gentlemen who framed the telegram we have given above. Knt why did tfr,«y stop short at two alternative* m the only means of saving the country? Why should the future welfare of the tvtnny depend either ufwu .t coalition Ministry ing formed, or upon Mr, Hall and his tea.,» being m.-iintaine i i:« undu, pitted of the Treasury lynches, notwithstanding that they are in a minority? Have not the majority a right to claim the privilege of driving the State coach ? Are we t'> reverse the present ac-epted viode o; earrving on a constitutional i »o\ e: ituieiu, and for the future permit a Hiil.urity composed t>: do-nothrngs, ineapabtcs. rwt-atid-be-tiiankftl jioliticians to rule the Colony ? The courat u too absurd, too otic-sided, ami by far too dangerous to put into execution. Mr. .Macandrew ami hi--! compact party are not likely to sit quietly by -fid see such a ludicrous state of affair* brought ibout as that projHised by Messrs. Fish and Co.