THE COMING ELECTION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 3, Issue 917, 4 November 1881, Page 1 (Supplement)

THE COMING ELECTION.

(To the Editor Waihav.M'a Daily.)

Sir, —Your correspondent "Ex-cifcn" in yesterday's imwi in bewailim; that a man like Mr Renail is desirous of a soul iu the Parliament of the Colony, lo make laws for a Christian people, sushis to forget one important point—llmt the Laws of a country are made for tlio benefit ofj all alike, whether' Christians, Jews, Mnlionimedans, Pagans, or any other of the thousand and one lulL'ious beliefs with which this world is cursed,. Although no admirer of Jfr Renail from a political standpoint, J honor him for having the honesty lo stale his theological views openly, and when lie floes not helievo in the cant andlitmilMi;; thai usually goes lor religion, in >avii!g bo in a straightforward manner. It "Citizen" will study the last census returns ho will fee that although there are all sorts of religions represented in the population, the majority of those convicted of various offences were the so-called Christians. .1 don't know v, hat "Citizen's" ideas are of whal gees lo make a man a model Chri.-licn, but, judging from the narrow-minded mid ligoted tone of his letter, should imagine that this would bo about the ■' weight'': A man who dresses in broadcloth on Sunday, snuffles through his nose, goes to church in the morning, p'-,ts his threepenny pit in the plate, turns out alter the service is, over, rolls into the ncaiv f { hotel (where some unforliina'o birinaiil Is compelled to break her &l-ha : h in order that the Christian may enjoy his beer), after which he wdks home to a good dinner, which another poor unlorlunate has had to spend half the day in preparing; then an rfternoon ibivo. entailing more Sabbath breaking on the part of servants, etc, then evening church, and another visit to tin bar, roll home to bed "comfortable," get upon Monday morning and put the hrnker-i into somo poor unfortunate tenant who, through sickness or want of work, is behind with his rent, sell him up, turn his family into tho street, and then sub scribe a guinea to the fund for providing moral pocket handkercliiofs to the Choctaw Indians on the Passani:quaddy rive;' or some other outlandish place, an 1 seeing the same duly recorded in print. That, I think, is about '• Citizen's" idea nf a Christi'n, ard if I am wrong, perhaps ho will kindly give us his idea on the subjeot in your next issue, and oblige Yours, tVc.,, FIirF.THIVKF.n. N.B.—Do not Church bazaars come tinder the new Gaming and Lotteries Act? If not, they ought lo As for right down swindling, an " uudcr and over" table is a fool to them,