of your party turning Stafford out that you should join him to look after your own department before the country takes fire again and God knows where it may stope. The Stafford party have made you all the overtures as far as we can see they could and it would be a very great pity if all that has been done is to be lost now by your standing alloff [aloof]. I am certain it will pray heavey on you to be out of office. You will be like a fish out of water seeing things going different to your views and cannot healp it. I can only say for my part that I never believed in some of the publick work scheme particularly in the way the emigration part was carryed out & the railway also & I am concerned two thirds of the people here were of the same oppinion and always