The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1880.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 601, 22 October 1880, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1880.

Sir Julius Vogel is expected to return to New Zealand. Should ,he re-appear we trust that his stay amongst us will be a short one. Though a,n exceedingly able and clever man, he is, as far as colonists are 6oncerneci, an expensive failure. As the author of our Public Works Scheme he has simply loaded the Colony with debt, and as Immigration Agent he has weighted it with paupers and loafers. It would be very difficult to estimate what he has cost New Zealand directly or indirectly. He is a man who is thoroughly selfish, and who never hesitates to help himself to all good things that come in his way, or that he can reach after, Give us a man of ordinary abilities, ordinary industry, and ordinary honesty, and we know exactly what he will cost us, and we are well aware that we can make him a profitable servant. Such a man is the present Premier. But when we havo to deal with a clever man—a brilliant genius -an unscrupulous political adventurer like Sir Julius Vogel, in nine cases out of the ten we find that we do not get the value of our money out of him. He convinces us that everything he does is right, he argues with us and beats us at every turn, but while we must perforce yield to him, we are conscious that things are not going on as they should be, and that our great man, with all his brilliancy, is not turning out good work. If Sir Julius returns to us we trust it will be simply to worry the Government for the odd £15,000 he claims from it, or to look after his promotion shares in that precious speculation, the New Zealand Agricultural Company. Poor as we aro, it will hurt us less for him to get a good many thousands.out of us rather than that he should take part in public affairs, and come again to the front as the leader of a political party. It is true that if lie re-enters the Assembly I and for a man of his calibre a seat would be readily obtained—lie might wake up the Colony a little to new life and activity. But wo do not care about calling in a doctor, however clever he may be, whom we cannot trust. He may serve our present turn, but once inside our doors it is not very easy to turn him out again, and in the long run we shall pay, as we havo paid in the past, a very—very heavy bill for our precocious friend.