The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1882.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 4, Issue 1028, 21 March 1882, Page 2

The Wairarapa Daily. TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1882.

Tiiß'rtMnt appointiiionts to the House have! again : -drawn■ attention, to the Lords who are regarded by some member's of the 'community as "life jien : sione'rs,"" While we should be sorry to see the second chamber abolished in New.Zealand, we'would gladly welcome, a changp/in it, which would froe its metnbers-from tlie reproach of being the recipients of Stato bounty, Nino member/! ou,t;of .eyery ten aro certainly men of large priyato means, and. it would add to tho dignity of. thoir offices if they wero absolutely 'uupaid: for;,the legislative duties which they discharge. _Jf. the .honorariums .were abolished a few lords might find it incorivenionfc, irom a pound, shilling, and ponce; view to attend in Wellington the periodical sittings of Parliament, but the great majority could not plead, poverty, and if any of the. Jattei£'from ■mere meanness objected to,work 'with-, out pay,.they would be unworthy,.of the-titles conferred upon ••them/ and should bo promptly relioved of a distinction of which they would be obviously unworthy. We cannot'.afford to; do without .an-Upper ..House; in New Zealand. It is said that it impedes Ippp'iilar an'di progressive; ilegir la 1 -' tion, but what it really cbecksj is hasty unreasonable'and. .vicious legislation,. Such a ■ ; prentire', is, put'. upo'ru memhßr.B.of; the low ; House % their Lconstitunte that.th6y cannot, in many' instanced r - br! ybto\ accordin& .toi.their consciences; So lorig 'k this' •| w ig-abso-. •lytely'peoessary as a safety valve, In 1 'that 1 %,JJfiited'St«eß;!a f^)id>oh^mber : iß 'tttobe the.besHsecu%,ifor-!igoed'■

registers the popular will, btifc it tlepends, upon the second chamber .for. eliminating, from its,ineaaufeß'".all tlfajb is likely to prove disastrous tojfhe be| interests of the country, i There is 80/ more divinity. ••'in the/-voice,' of 'tis people than there is "in the voice *6f kings, Neither the clamor of the one, nor the command of the other should be held sufficient to-ckngotho ;lti;ws'o£ a country. We desire• our .legislation to bear the stamp of intelligence, equity,. and justice, If marked with these characteristics it will be progressive, and' it matters little whether it bo popular. , Legislation may be popular, and yet not "be progressive, unless the progress made be downwards- instead of upwards, to a lower level, instead of, to a higher ono. :■,/;•■.! ••r^vVi