NELSON.

Thames Star, Volume XII, Issue 3954, 31 August 1881, Page 2

NELSON.

Tuesday

The following l'esolutions were also passed at the indignation meeting :—A. third I'esolution expressed thanks to all who had aided the Nelson members in their struggle against the tyrannical majority, and called upon all friends of constitutional liberty in the House to resist by every lawful means the arbitrary measures proposed by the Premier for the purpose of gagging and depriving the people, through the representation, of the sacred and unviolable right of freedom of speech. The tourlh resolution was "That the meeting is of opinion that the population basis is misleading as a guide in determining electoral boundari^; that the present liepresentation Bill is marked by the absence 6i Ministerial tact which should have foreseen the present deadlock ; and that the present action of G-overnrnent in altempiing to disfranchise this place is unconstitutional ; and further, it is repugnant to the laws of England, by which no place can be disfranchised unless by special legislation, and by way of punishment for bribery or an infamous crime ; that in the history of N?w Zealand no place has been disfranchised, nor in the laws at present is there any provision made for that operation except for bribery, we therefore feel we are being exceptionally treated, and counsel the Government to desist from any further prosecutions which may convert the most law-abiding community to the opposite extreme.- .Both these resolutions were carried without dissent. Votes of thanks to the press aud to the Mayor were also carried.