AN AUCKLAND HOWL.

South Canterbury Times, Issue 2624, 18 August 1881, Page 2

AN AUCKLAND HOWL.

The Auckland correspondent of the “ Lyttelton Times,” telegraphed yesterday as follows: —The “ Herald” referring to the .Representation Bill says : —“ The Representation Bill of the Ministry would prove fatal to (ho interests or the North Island if it came into force in its present form. We conceive that there- should be an unflinching resolution to defeat it by the use of any and every means: it is a matter of life and death to the North and therefore we are justified iu having recourse to extreme expedients. Let the Bill be carried in its present ‘ form and Otago and Canterbury will possess one-half of the representation of the colony less one member, and practically can do whatever they like. It might be said that the consequences could not be such as urn in their power to compass, but no sensible man would consent that this power shonld be conferred with the hope that it would not be abused, hut should make himself safe by refusing it. But if, as in the case with the South, a less power had been systematically used, he would still more sternly resolve that this power should not be increased. Let the result and cost of the struggle be what it may, it is not a matter of choice, but of necessity, and if the South will not concede, then, however reluctant the North may be, it will be compelled to raise once again the cry of insular separation, and carry on the struggle to the bitter end. The North does not claim an exact balance of power ; it concedes to the South the right of an excess of representation ; it knows that compromise is of the essence of politics, and is prepared to accept it ; but it must defeat,a Bill evidencing no moderation of spirit of compromise, or seek in insular separation the remedy for its wrongs.’"