THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

Waikato Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 2550, 13 November 1888, Page 3

THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

TO THE KIIITOH. Silt,—The Protectionists will h.i crowing iivi>r the American election. If they are wise they will nut cheer till thoy are out uf the woods. When the Americans, in thoir War uf Inde.pen.Jei.ee, the first tilth' their raw levies met the trained troops "f Britain, which was at Bunker's Hill, near Boston, they (the Yankees) suffered a repulse and were driven back, and Intel to run tor it; this was the first time the two opposing parties crossed swords. All the same aa if they (the Yankees) had gained a victory, they raised a monument on Bunkers Hill. Britishers, myself anions the number have laughed at them for this but when I came to think of it, I saw tlie Yankees in their argument were quite right. They argued in this way, their untrained men made such a brave stand before they hiifl to run, that though they were beaten they had gained, in a moral point of victory, and that their ultimate trmmf&al success was due to this fame engagement. Well, Mr Kditor, this election which has been won by the Protectionists is a similar instance of moral victory, which will ultimately end in the defeat of the Protectionists. When we cmiio to think that this is the first time the bottle of Fiee-trade and Protection has been fought in America, and when we erne to think that a very few yoars ago Free - trade and Protection were unheard of in America, and when we come to see that in this election freetraders almo-t gained tho day, when we cotno to see that this groat change of opinion is only the work of a very few years, and that against a doctrine which was accented as the making of America ; when we see that this false doctrine the first time it has been jmt upon its trial is almost lipatoii, Wβ may be sure it is only ii question of time, sind in'tlfb end Free-trade will be successful. Free-trailers in America erect a monument to commemorate this election, it is tho forerunner of success.— I am, etc., yours truly, HABAril'l.