POLITICAL PRUDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3880, 7 August 1891, Page 4

POLITICAL PRUDENCE.

The Ballance Faction- I We are assured by an apologist ffl the Ballance faction that the preset Ministry will not be wanting in tbQ quality of prudence, and that no one is more afraid ot making a false step than they are. We have frequently painted out that they are not guided hy any political principle in their acsacrifice everything to re'sweets of officei so that this is simply confirmatory of ourtemarks. At the present time a few'lines of one of J. R. Lowell's poems describe the lrind of prudence exhibited with marvellous accuracy, and we extract from the poem the following: "I du believe the people want A tax on teas and coffees, Thatnothin' amt extravagant Purvidin I'm in office." The customs dutie9 on the necessaries of life have not been removed, but honorable gentlemen of the House of Representatives are to have higher salaries. "1 du believe hard coin the stuff Fer 'lectioneers to spout on; The people's oilers soft enough T® make hard money out on.' It pays just at present to support a Ministry which knows how to appreciate friendship. " I du believe in bein' this Or that, ez it maj happen One way or t'other hendiest is To ketch the people nappin. It ain't by princerplea or men My preudent course is steadied ; I scent which pays the best, and then Go Into it baldheaded. " The kind of prudence is fully illustrated in the last four lines of a scathing satire applicable to psrty politicians of all sorts and conditions. —Exchange.