THE DUNEDIN REMONSTRANCE.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 667, 21 September 1876, Page 2

THE DUNEDIN REMONSTRANCE.

The Dunedin member* of the oba'ruction party in th<> Ass. mbly, Me«rs M»candrew, Stout, and Larnacb have had •he following rao over the knuckle administered to th»m by some 500 of the electors of Dunedin, including the principal leading men of that city " Oentlemen, -We, the undersign* d eleotor* of the city of Dunedin. feel impelled at this juncture in pnblio nffura to express to you our opinion of the pliticfcl situation in Welliuqton. We are wearied and disappointed with the barren and prolonged debates of this SPMion on P.ako Swamp, Separation, Abolition, Disquahficntion, etc. We are of opinion that dir-cfc and exhamtivp dittussion on finance and Counties should have bern held long ago, for the benefit alike of ropresentaiives and eleotois ani we fhiuk it in hi»h timo that all membersof the Home cmbined to put a stop to pernonalitiM, wrangling, and fact'ouobxtruotton, and addressed thpmsplve» • Cnotly to the hnsinPM of th« coun'rv " Mr «Jtout sends tho following letter to thWellington paper* : "To Nfe-srs E B StTu I'™1 '™ Rntlray - H S F '«b. Joy, J S Webb, WBiHwin P C Neill, WSoanl,n ami oth.irs. Welhn^on, 18 h September : Gentle.nrn,-As|you l,* Te pi.blmh*. Iby '••lejfhim in the public Press a Irtte ad.lr^ase 1 lo Me*ir* ftfioanrl w, LarnHth and my*eir, b-f o re >t lias been receirmi by »"}' of us, expressing jour opiuiou of tho

politic J aituatw n «t Wellington at this juncture iu puoJio affair3> I drsiro ut cnco to reply thereto. I aiu alwaya moil; anxious to hear tue fr^o express oa of tho opiu.on of uny of my ieho.v cjloh sts in public nutter*. I consider it to be ihe duty ot every po iuciau to linton to lho opinion of a iniu e >ty before resolving on »»J political action I am, liowovcr, particularly plea-eJ atyour ltttor, notwiih. standing that i uiueratand it has beoti rfJt up m deleieiioj (o the auggeations from » 3flii.lscer of tlid Crown *t»d others m Wellington, fist— because up to tlna tune some of you have uerer publicly tikeu aaj p»rt m puwio politic, but on tho contrary, hi*o carefully esc .ewed expresslug any opiui , u on pub.io uffi.ra, Tau I dlwaja .egretted, for I fat I hit unless tho.o oaga s e 1 m commerce ma ie pohtics also paru of tuir buan-ga, the ra»ult *oi d ba IUO3O cauinitoui to ill . eolo y Your letter is an ar.iesc that I bis neglect Oi poiti.'* will no longer toutmue. SeeoaJ-maa> of you are thj UuueJin ie,ie3entatire>of ttiac partj— Lhd Abohton pary—wuicli lioa brou_k'. aboat all ti«» urujo 1 a..d liiffiuuiuy m whiou tb co.ony is now p.unged. I may ba p.rdoueU iv poiatiu^ out that you are in error in toiie . f yjur stati-m n a. It wa» tbe G-overnui.-nt, not the Opposition, that luu^uraiud Uie Pi^ko CsW.mipdebite, uad. *9 ijr tiepardtiou and D.Bqualificnon, njt oue-lourtu of the time ot the te-sion n»a be«ju ukeu U p ou ilieee subjecti. If a.,y biauii is aiuch.ble to Anyone for tlia delay lv t has occurred, on the Gtre umrtnt tho reapj.isiui ity reau. So na of he.r muu mv-asuie* tuey hare wuhdrawn. i'ue Counties bill was re d a «u oud t.m.- after a Orief deba c buo an amphat o prote*t. Tlio debates lhat have lalcm plao on tue Piako >w .m,) aa » Disquahacauoii may app ar to you wai o of nine, but 1 have yet to learn, how. rer tint .he iile«*l granting of 87.0 JJ acrea ot publ.c lan i« is a iniuer ab ut wl\ioh Tarnameut should n_.t be oouupifrl, ortliat it is a wasLO ot time io upho d tiid law of the land, and to prevent a Mini-trr ?scap ug from the violation of a tatute pas-ed, and to upboid the purity of P.rhameut. Ico .srler u to be my duty to teep sucred my election pledges, and to uae all con»titutiouai % meins to uphold the riahtu and preierve the libenie» of my constituents, and im follow colonists. I feel assured that to talk about finance in counties will, indeed, be idle debate. The reductim ot the e-tiinates in anyappreciable degree is imp <sjible and, as in theCouuty oyaten, u i s » B ham and a delusion an.l a snare The AboUion party is m a mijirity, and -he Humbert o' that party are content with the " cry," to me ttiey s.-em to be cureleis of (he. result of th.ir tav.mnt » ide*. Some of you have ..ide l them ; your letter tl>ows me fiat you are doubtlul of the effect of Abolition, and .ilraid of the ai,n« of your own party. On you and on your party will rest the reapjnsibi ity and blume of destroying not oily our political imiitution*, but also tnose other inaitutioi* wh oh have grown up under Prorinciili^m. For my part I protested igamst Abolition in 1874 5, pom ing out what the result would oe. Some ot you, however, joined in the cry of " Abolition," aud 1 wou'd much denre to know whether you think now you were right ia your action, and a'ao if you see whither AbohtioH tend*. I ujay only in conclu•on say, that if my constituent think I am doi .q Tiolence to their political con r etions, I am Willing to act in a conttitu tional in .nner by resigning my se.vi I b, lieve, how. ver, that, tin greit. majori y of my constituents will approve of the Hand the Opposition have taken against the flagrant Tio'ation of our laws and our c -nsutution. Ii nmy deteraii iati n, at some considerable personal sacrifice, to support i he, ii to the kit of my ability and to the utuiost of my purse. Thaukin_' you for your expre* ba of opimon aud ad»iv. — I am, 40, Robert Stout.