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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4232, 1 October 1892, Page 3

CORRESPONDENCE.

h Voice From a Country Settler. [To the Editor W.D.T.] — Sir,—Parliamentary debates are not very interesting reading and consequently very few people are aware of tho amount of "bosh" which ia uttered in Parliament buildings. With your permission, Mr Editor, I will give one or two instances of the sort of romancing some membors of the great and intelligent Libsral Party indulge in. Sir George Grey in speaking of the Chartists agitation of half a century ago stated that "he had seen men shot down for agitating that charter," Not quite. Sir George Grey may have seen men shot down for taking partin Chartists' rioting and breaking the law. There are some who would call Sir G. Groy an agitator. He agitated for and carried a Bill "One Man One Vote" and thereby reduced New Zealand Parliament to the level of a low—a very low—debating Society; and yet he lives to tell the talo. By-the-bye tho cablegram from Sir G. Grey to W. J5. Gladstone waß a funnyprosteadfast to the end." Had the message read, bo inconstant to the end there would be some seDse in it I ' in'the same debate, in which Sir G. Grey spoke of the Chartists, a member, of the name of K. H. J, Reevee, asked" Is there any Government in the world whioh is more corrupt tbau the British, There has been more corruption in that Government than in France even with Grivy." And then this Mr R. 11. J, Beeves went on to speak of the purity of the Government of tbe United States, and spoke of the President as " the figurehead of the greatest nation in the world—Heaven save the mark l—and as a proof of the corruption of the British Constitution he drew attention to a picture in tho Graphic. • "They hanged without meroy and almost without trial-Ireland, 1894." I'have very little doubt but that Mr R, H. J. Beeves is a Home Buler, and Home Rulers are confident that Home Rule will be carried within tho next /jßfrelre months, so that the picture represents what is likely to take place uridera Homo Government of Mr B. Q.J, Beeves' Irish Liberal friends Bitting at College Green. I have been taking these samples of Liberal sentiments from the debate on tbe Elective Governors' Bill, and one trembles for tho fate of our representative from •Downing Street, had Mr Seddon only been persuaded to sing in his most plaintive tones how " They are hanging men and women for wearing of tbe green." There are a great number of different kinds of Liberals—Liberal Radical, Radical Liberal, Old Liberal, New Liberal, Sound Liberal, UnK sound Liberal, False Liberal, True Liberal, Real Liberal, Sham Liberal, Eight Colour Liberal, Wrong Colour Liberal, etc, Not only so but each Liberal isofa greatnumber of different colours, Liko tbe reptile that changes its colour according to its surroundings—a creature of accident, one tiJng to-day and quite another thing fl&orrow. There are, however, two things on which all Liberals now-a-daya seem to agree. They take advantage oi any wind that may waft them into powor and office, and the other a hatred of Britain and everything British, This ' >seemß true of all Liberals, from W. E, Gladstone say, downwards to tho member for Masterton, This person ejshe of the Governor as being, a foreign gentleman, As Mr Hogg and the Governor happen to hail from the same country, the only distinction seems to be that tho one is a gentleman and the other is not. Who for instance joined with France and Russia-the enemies of Britain—in congratulations to W. E, Gladstone, Why, Liberals of all . shades. Aro the loyal British .satisfied with their present Government ? The writer of an article in your columns a short time ago pointed to the formidable opposition to the 'Conservatives, as consisting of Messrs Hogg, Pownall, and. Gardiner. No ajrjgtie formidable opposition is to be foraa in the utter indifference ,of the l» conservative or respectable; portion ' of the community to things political. If steps ere not taken to rouge this section of the community and to check tbe iniquitous legislation of tjie\ present Government, the Colony,wilj be brought to such a state - that no- one with brains and capital will . risk remaining in it. I happened to hear a supporter of tbe Government; (ono of their newly created J,P's) asked the question "What has ment done}" and his repli had a heap of truth in it, 11 It's ia|| what they have done but what Jif have Jeft undone." Yours, etc., * • Rrai