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Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1297, 3 June 1880, Page 2

Mr. Chttp.ch is an excessively sensitive | man. He should never rush into print I and personalities. It is no use Mr, Church [protesting that he did not do so. I fortunately for him, we are in a position to proclaim him as the person who sought to shelter himself behind the fictitious title of "An Elector." How impolitic of Mr. Church to tell the assembled employes of the Mail Office that he " wrote the letter five minutes after " he saw our article, and that he had " wiped out the Mail." Still we survive. But Sir. Church's "bad form" 13 all the more inexcusable because he is an old journalist. We can quite well understand that he would rather not have had his name mentioned in connection with his letter. Such an ebullition of ignorance and discreditable political dodgery is surely not a kind of thing "congenialto the writer." Had Mr Church not told us, we would not have thought that the suave and greatly respected Secretary of the Agricultural Association could have been guilty of such harsh personalities in replying to an article in which he was in no way referred to. We are never too old to learn, jnd if Mr. Church has been taught duriug the past day or two to act in future with more discretion as a newspaper correspondent, he will have no cause to regret what has transpired. We have now replied to the letter signed "John Church." With regard to Mr. Church's second letter, signed "An Elector," we would simply remark that we do not write with the idea 'of convincing such a man. It may be difficult for him to understand anything, particularly just now. When this period of excitement has passed away, and "An

Elector" feels that he has discharged his obligation, he may return to his normal mental condition, and again be amenable to etiquette and reason.