Correspondence.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3378, 20 October 1879, Page 4

Correspondence.

To the .Editor of llio Evening Stab.) Sik,—l send you a conversation overhoard between Willie and Johnny : — Willie : " I do not know wh.it things arc coming to. If wo do not look out, we shall be heat by the unwashed vulgar rabble, and then all our long-elumsed schemes about getting hold of the land, and have titles, and bo the ariatoerais ot this place, and have the workiiif'tnen to servo and do our work for half-a-orown a day—all tsieso grand ideas must fall to the ground, if wo" cannot stop Geordio. J. thought I hnd him down when the noconfidence bill was pissed." ■ Johnny: " What do you think is the best; to be done. The people have grown so cheeky that they are thinking that as they have to obey the laws, they have a right to have something to do in making them. Such imperiw-nec I It w tor them to serve, and bo content in Hie situation of life wherein God hath called them, and that is to create our comforts. I know our wealth x*ould not do it wifhout their labor. They are right enough if we only keep them in-their places. Willie: "Things are in a very difficult gtato now, bo that it requires a great den! of tact and canlion. I see now that T was rather too rough upon Geordie and party. I think you had better leave the Upper House and g«-t info the Assembly, and try what you cm do ; but do not lot them fieo at first wliat you aro after. Get to be Premier, and then profoss to be Liberal, and say you will carry those Liberal measures. If they are passed, pet them stopped in the Upper House. I think it is possible to dodire them some • way or other." johnny: "Well. I will try; but GeorcHe is very bad to do with. He lias so much fight in him, that he never knows when he is beat, and you never know when you have done with him. When you got him down, you know how lie roso again : one is never safe .of him. I cannot tnnke out what, he is after. A gentleman of his position, with such n nice comfortable home, and plenty _to maintain it, he might be n.t ease and quiet in his oW age. Instead of that, lie {paw* jt all. and plunges right into the think of the fitrht; and then the abuse and blackguarding he gets. I should not like to have it; and all for what—to Benefit the low rabble. If we only could put. him down, the battle would be won, and the victory bur's;' but if not, we are clone. One thing: in our favor is, there is plenty of corruption to work on. There are many among the laboring men that could be'bo.ight for a trifle : they would sell their own fathers for r. little gain." Willie: "Yes, that is very much in our favor, and there are some of the members who can easily be bpnght over ; and also some of the editors of the papers can be made very useful, for they will write for any party—only pay them well for it.'' Johnny: " Oh, if that "be it, wo must pot bo stingy about our money at this critical time ! If we are, we are done ; for that Geordie has such a deep-rooted notion about making the workingman and his family comfortable and happy. lam sure they arc not worth all that trouble. L?t every one.take care of himself the best way he can —that is my gosnel. ' Love thy neighbor as thyself; might do in thecry, and for the preacher to preach on Sunday, but it never would do in practice. Geordie professes to see into the future: He sees these uncultivated lands brought, round and covered all over with smiling happy homes, and then ho contrasts that ■with the misery he has seen in the Old Country. He is a great dreamer, and thus he pleases the ignorant with bia day dreams." Willie: "Yes, but if he wants the workingmpn to be happy, he must get them to be teetotallers, and pas 3 the Local Option Bill. You know that a drunkard cannot be made happy; for if you give him more means, that only makes him a greater drunkard. It is all bosh to give a drunkard the franchise. Make him sober first, that is what I say." Johnny: V One thine, I wish that we could only get some dirt that would stick to this Geordie; although" so much has been thrown at him, he always clears himself aud comes out clean. If he gets the Manhood Suffrage JBtll passed, we shall never have another chance to accomplish our ends, and then we shall be nobody."-rl am, &c, J. Hoen. LIBEEAL INSTITUTIONS AND HAED CASH. (To the Editor of "the Evening St«r.) g IIi( —I have been frequently indebted to you for a space in your valuable journal, vto write in advocacy of.the claims of Sir George Grey in this community, and in support of the Liberal programme promulgated by his adminisi ration. The presence of such a large number of genuine Liberals in the House, aud the feeling of tbe country leaves no doubt in my mind concerning the safety of these measures — they are bound to becomo law. With all that we should remember that triennial parliaments will not giro us plenty of work, neither will manhood suffrage put bread in our mouths. As our Otugo friends would say, we must keep our c'en on the siller. Five millions of borrowed money will soon be at the disposal of our legislators, which, if care is not taken will be all seized by the gorraandisers of the South, and the North ; be left with a paltry hundred thousand or bo. Although the "Auckland phalanx" are prepared to support Macandrew as a leader of the Liberal party, they must see thJ»fc Auckland interests do not suffer. Xefc them leave the shadow to take care of itself, while they exert themselves to secure a whack of tho substance. There is a strong feeling if justice is withheld from Auckland this time, that the North will go in for Separations and repudiate all but our own "share of the national debt." I know who will then have to pay the most interest. —I am, etc, Liberalism and Dollars.