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Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 333, 28 December 1860, Page 4

■pp. A., SAUNDERS, ; ES^.J Sib,—A general election now pending for members to form a Bouse of Representatives, we, the underr Signed Electors of Wtfmea East and South, respectfull*' request you to, allow1 yourself to be nominated as a candidate at the ensuing election. , ' • ' •' Your, consistent and uniform advocacy of the 4 national interest, coupled with the untiring energy* and unflinching zeal displayed by you through a political career for some years before*, the public, fully entitle us to believe that a further and, a higher trust being placed'in your hands .would meet with your most ear* nest and attentive consideration, and be conducive to, the best interests of the province generally and the colony at large. James Poppleton Horn, William Price M.P.C. ' Jonathan Meare - Walter Newport , Levi James Henry Hubbard • W. T. Bottrell ' , E. Baigent, sen., M.P.C. Robert Boddington Charles Best • ' Charles White - , Andrew Malcolm ' James Knapp , Richard Hart . W. M. Gowan David Hammond ' • Edward 6. Rennell , ■ James Gonnel James Haycock Edmund Dartnall . George Rutherford Daniel Eyles William London i James Small Thomas Haycock James Gibbs James Harford Isaac Gibbs ' , Richard Seymour!. William Eyles ' ' Thomas Andrews J. Primmer ' James Wadsworth ', ' J.Bonnington William Flower Benjamin Lusty ' Henry Garnett William Holdaway ■ William Jordan Humphrey Gifford James Ladley George Gifford George Wratt Thomas Butler William Ricketts Thomas Say well, Sydney Higgins T. J. Thompson ' Thomas WagstafF R. G. Crocker < • James Maule JohnSheat George Jordan J. Flower Jarvis Raughton , . William Wooley . Esmy Thomason j ] Francis Gapper , Benjamin Thomason C. Schwass John Wagstaff George Castle George Eves H. C. Fanzelow Edward Harford ( F. Sextus '' Ferdinand JN'ieman Gottfried Sextus ' John Brewerton Harry Ruffell Thomas Newman . Paul Spanger George Sharpe John Griffith James Harris . John James John Andrews < . Joseph John Herrick James Hyde T. Tunnicliffe Herman Fayen j Walter Mead James Jarry Thomas Tunnicliffe jun. Simon B. Silcock John Lines William Jessop , Charles Gaukroger William Birkett< ; John Roiirigs William O'Dwyer ; Antonia Forshelew Patrick O'Dwyer Joseph Tennemore W. J. Herrick < ( John Arnold Thomas Coleman, sen. ; Henry Midgley Edward Whibby J William Wadsworth James Allcock . Jacob Watson William Neal Joseph Hoult, jun. Thomas Lines . * Joseph Trass C. P. Kearns Johnßatt J.H.Taylor * John Hears Robert Robinson * John Cunan, jun. Charles Saywell. . J. H. Symes \ ] TO THE ABOVE-NAMED ELECTORS— J Gentlemen, —I have the honor to acknowledge \ the receipt of your very flattering communication, in fl which you request me to allow myself to.be placed in g nomination'as a Candidate to represent this large and j important district in the House of Representatives/ -\> '|; The urideviating kindness I have experienced from a the people of this province; andtheunflinching than-; ri ncr in which they have: supported me in;aiiy feeble- ; efforts I have hitherto made to promote and protect d our united'interest, give '.them bo strong a claim upon: I my gratitude; that' I do' not feel myself at liberty to ' a urge any> personal inconvenience or1 any pecuniary or tl domestic sacrifice as a reason for not complying with si your request.' I must therefore at once say that, n should 1 be elected, I will endeavor to serve you si honestly; and;only., regret that I do not possess the \i ability, or even the amount of politicalinformation, si which it is desirable that your Representative should a! be able to command. ,; ■ ; :..;;■ -.;.■: ?■, ;; p ,In a district so large as the Waimea I cannot rea- c 3pnably expect, especially during the busy weeks of P datvest,.that any very large proportion of the electors will dome the honor to attendatany one part of the * district that may be appointed as tne place of nomir n nation; I shall therefore take the present opportunity ?' if briefly stating my vjews upon those -questions . which suggest themselves to my own mind,j and shall r< be happy to meet you at more than one part of the; n listrict to answer any inquiries or offer any further tt explanation of my own opinions or intentions, should, ni it be your wish that I should do so. R The;present'disnstrbus war is a question which will, tl t hope, not long demand the attention of your future pi •epresentatives: but as it is one upon which the iv- tl habitants of this colony must necessarily feel deeply sc nterested, you will naturally expect that I should ni nake you fully acquainted with my views upon that' w juestion. ■~-.., ; ;■;• ■:■ ■.■■.. ■■■■■•; ;■'"•'■ ■ ' 'p» War, and more especially a civil war, iwill, in my m )piriion, always be. regarded by every honest, en- F ightened, and humane statesman as an evil only to bl ie resorted,to'/as(.'a last extremity, and one which it is tl lis duty, if possible, to avoid by every exertion of <n snergy, forethought, prudence, and even, conciliation; c( )ut when war' becomes inevitable, sound policy, qi sconomy, and humanity alike demand that it should tr )e prosecuted with that vigor and determination of bi mrpose which is alone calculated to bring it to a speedy ai ermination. M In both of these respects the present Government ol ippear to me have signally failed in their duty. - tr By neglecting to thoroughly educate and civilise at ir east a portion of the aborigines they have neglected vi ,o avail themselves of a benevolent and comparative re nexpensive opportunity of convincing an intelligent, )rave, and sensitive race that the cultivation of the tc nost friendly and peaceful relations with their British v bl leighbors, the adoption of our institutions, and the re- pi jognition of cur Government, were consistent alike vith their interest and their honor. By rashly remov- tl ng Sir G. Grey's restrictions upon the importation of m inns they have placed an abundant supply of effective m weapons in the hands of an active, numerous, and sc varlike race: and then—without.having taken any «tc precaution, or made any preparation; without having to jlaced any arms in the hands of the European popu- n ation of these islands; without' having ascertained fr ,hat the British Government or even the British H Colonies were willing or able to assist them; without h laving assured themselves of the sanction of, that pi Government which must' find both the men and the noney that will be necessary to bring this war to a £ mccessful conclusion—they allow a dispute about the f a mrchase of a paltry 600 acres of land to be a sufficient w eason for'suddenly interrupting the peaceful relaions of the two races, and piunging this previously ; n >rosperous colony into all the ruin, misery, and horror m »f a protracted intestine war. I]( The temerity with which this war was commenced o f ias unfortunately been quite equalled by the indeciion^and imbecility with which it has hitherto been eon- n( lucted. lam not sufficiently acquainted with the s j iecrets of either department to say what portion of j 0 >ur disasters we may attribute to Government, and m vhat portioil may fairly be ascribed to a want of Generalship; " bad workmen always blame their ools," and I see one of your late representatives is aboring hard to make the electors of this province relieve that all our early disasters were owing to Colonel Gold's misconduct, and I am quite inclined to telieve that the Colonel proved himself to be neither l Wellington nor a Washington; but I should have - nought much .more,highly of Dr. Monro's sincerity n md patriotism if he had said a great deal more about J Colonel Gold's misconduct in the House of Representaives and a great deal less at his various electioneering £ r neetings; if he bad shown him up in his true light sr vheb he was in the plenitude of his power, and said lothing about him after he had become perfectly larmless, but a more distant and more safe object of ■ttack. .■•■;' Should the war not be brought to a close, or its con- ™ luctgreatly-«Uered,jwhen your representatives meet, } t will be their first duty to enquire who or what has P 1 irevented our soldiers from acting at British soldiers Iways do when properly directed. A well-founded, „ inn, and disinterested expression of opinion from the . leople's representatives could not be resisted ; and the J bstacle to our success, whatever it may be, must be w entoved at any ; ,price, since,a war conducted as this ias hiiberto been will not " convince the natives of l. liir power," but of our weakness and folly, and lead us P 1 o nothiDg but ruin And disaster, misery and humiliaion, ' I