A LIBERAL ASSOCIATION.

Evening Post, Volume XVIII, Issue 29, 2 August 1879, Page 2

A LI B ERAL A SSOCIATION.

A preliminary meeting of persons favorable to the formation of a Liberal Association is con? enjsd for o'clock this evening, at the side rooinbf tne'Poresters'rHally^ory-street, to discuss the matter, and to take such further steps as!' may Ibe deemed advisable. Ttie movement is a very proper one, and will have our^Jwarf,y -support so long as the promoters Temauvfaitbful to the principles they profess and do not allow tbe Association to be used by designing persons as a mere engine for the propagation of Greyism, which is only "angthpename lor autopracy^and. as different fifom true L^beralisnyisf one ttajni eai| ppssibly be unlike another. Let tfie new Association be a-ii-Liberal " one in every sense of the word, and it cannot fail to make its weight felt, but Aif^it degenerate, jnto.a^Grpyite committee, ' it will €t worse than aieies^ dl Fo^orejßijicere Liberal, or one more trusted "than ' Sfr Grey can be foui.d to lead the party, it is indeed in sorry case, and its failure is inevitable ; but we do not believe anything so ridiculous. Let Sir George Grey retire, and tbe triumph of the Liberal cause is certain. Even now, if he would eease~to- stop the^-way-and-would-resign at once, the Liberal party would have an overwhelming majority in the House without any dissolution being seeded at aJJ, and .the measures shadowed forth in the Governor's speech would pass probably almost unopposed. ' Mr. Saunden and Mr. Wakefield have shown unanswerably that but for Sir George Grey's manoeuvring the Electoral and Triennial Parliament Bills would have passed into law last 1 year. We have said before, and we repeat again, that Sir George Grey himself is the greatest enemy of the Liberal cause, that were he to retire it would win almost without a struggle, but that if he persist in forcing himself into the leadership he will fail — for the colony has had enough of him, and will not stand him any longer— and the serious danger is that in his fall he may drag down the cause with; him. , Let the new Liberal Association therefore/ whose advent, we fasti; wijlj -warm gratification, firmly resolve to have nothing to do with Sir George Grey, or Greyites, or Greyism, but to adopt a broad Liberal platform, wholly irrespective of persons or personal interests. Lot it be careful in selecting eligible candidates known to hold sound Liberal views, and to be of unimpeachable character — both public and private — and, having done this, let it organise a systematic plan of operations in regard to the coming elections, then there is no fear of Liberal principles failing to command a complete and decisive Tictpryy Q?J <} : [\ :J ,v „