GOSCHEN'S MANIFESTO.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 191, 12 February 1887, Page 2

GOSCHEN' S MANIFESTO.

Mr Goechen addressed a letter to the> electors of the Exchange Division of Liverpool on the questions of the hour, which waa published on January 11th. He maintains he is still a Liberal, and that he rallied to the support of the Government under the influence of a deep conviction that the duty of men of all parties was to close up the ranks in the face of a common; danger threatening the existence of tha United Kingdom. Be says he believes th* majority of Englishmen are less willing than ever to surrender any portion of the kingdom to the advocates of the "plan ol campaign." The Unionists have been able tv avert a reparation and catastrophe, bub still unwearied patience and unflinching* courage are neceßsary to maintain the vio tory. Tho defence of the Union, he maintains, is the supreme consideration ; "still, wo must look to other national interests, and the c untry cannot allow the discontent of 3,000,000 inhabitants of the kingdom. to reduce to impotence over thirty millions. We cannot allow that discontent to either paralyse «ur powers abroad or destroy owr capacity for legislation at home The Imperialist parly deluded themselves with the idea that if they surrendered to sedition it would secure tranquility to Great Britain. On tho contrary, such a surrender would be another step in the downwaid course o£ disintegration and decay. I yield to no one in rho desiro to promote the welfare of the liiah, but I utterly repudiate the ideu that a popular Government is not competent to maintain law and cope with a lawless agitation, which if unchecked would bring free institutions into disgrace. I hnvp broken lifelong ties in joining Lord SaH*buiy'4 Cabinet. I am glad to stand with, and in cordial concurrence with Lord Hartington and a majority of the Liberal party " Gnechen asks the electors differing with him to make a similar sacrifice for the Union, their common watchword.