NEW ZEALAND MINISTERS.

Temuka Leader, Volume I, Issue 68, 10 August 1878, Page 3

NEW ZEALAND MINISTERS.

The Ministry (says the 'Tablet’) has now removed all doubt and obscu rity ; and, henceforward, Catholics can labour under no delusion as to how they ought to act in reference to the several members of the present Cabinet and their supporters in Parliament. The Catholic electors of Dunedin, for example, will know what answer .to give when asked to vote for Messrs Macaudrew, Stout, and Oliver, and Catholic electors in other constituencies cannot be ignorant of their obligations towards other members of the Government and their supporters,, It is only at the hustings and the polling booths Catholics can strike' efficaciously. We wish, therefore, r to impress on Catholics two things. ’ In the first place, they must keep in mind the names of all who opposed their claims in Parliament, among .whom, of course, the members of the present s Ministry now hold first place.; and secondly, they must take measures to sectire the registratioiPof all Catholics having the required qualifications. To ensure success, organization is necessary. It would be well, therefore, if in each locality a small working committee were formed for Hie two-fold purpose of reminding Cqtholics at the proper time of the names of their prominent enemies, and of attending to the registry of Parliamentary voters. It pains us very much to find ourselves driven into Opposition to Sir George Grey’s Cabinet, but the principle of justice is paramount to all other considerations—even if the heavens were to collapse, let justice be done. All personal considerations must give way before the- claims of justice ; and the

Catholic who supports a Ministry pledged to wring taxes from Catholics for the purpose cf stamping on fliern the mark of inferiority and mental degradation, or compelling them to accept godless schooling, has forfeited the name of Catholic, and gone mil Into the wilderness of infidelity and godlessncss.