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Auckland Star, Volume VI, Issue 1823, 18 December 1875, Page 1

i_m:w**—M_m-—wumwu»im—ti—imMmsß—_—*— — Electoral. mo THE ELECTORS OF THE TOWN OF ONEHUNGA. Gentlemen,—Tho strenuous efforts that were made during the recent session pf Parliament by the Government and a majority of membt^s of an expiring House of Representatives to overtuM R^ptly a primary part of the Constitution under which we n7e having failed, a a opportunity will shortly be afforded you of expressing at the hustings your opinion upon the attempt to strip the people of important privileges without consulting them and obtaining their consent. The dissolution of Parliament presents you with that opportunity; and I now appeal to you to justify me, and to resent the affront that was offered in striving to keep the people muzzled while the Constitution was being torn to pieces. As your Representative, I felt it to be my duty to co-operate with those who determined to have recourse to all the means which Parliamentary forms I afford, of preventing the Abolition of Provinces Bill becoming law and taking effect until the people of the colony should be heard on the matter. The attempt to filch from this Province the remnant of Local Government and legislative functions still left to us has been generally condemned, and it should be the duty of the newly-elected members to combine and devise means for elevating the Province from its embarrassment and depression. No lover of the Province of Auckland can be content with the present posture of its affairs; and every friend of freedom and independence within its bounds ought to shrink from allowing its destiny to be controlled by the hands of men either ignorant of or hostile to its aspirations. Through the insidious and encroaching legislation of the General Assembly, we have been stripped of a due share of the revenues raised within the Province; we have been despoiled of possessing the capital of the Colony. We have indeed been humiliated, so far as this could be effected by adverse influences. To redress our wrongs through the medium of the General Assembly's legislation is hopeless. And of the plans that have been propounded for accomplishing this redress, my own predilection Is in favour of erecting the Province of Auckland into a separate Colony, so that all matters affecting the interests of . tbe Province shall b» legislated upon within the Province, and under the eyes of the people of the Province. Should, however, the current of political thought set unmistakably in favour of the separation of the two Islands, I would accept that scheme, rather than longer put up with the prostration of our Provincial <jGovernment, or bow to the Abolition project, which tears from us the last shreds of independence. Better live urder a Bussian despotism, if impartial, than the ncminf-eism prepared to supplant our elective Superintendent at d Provincial Council. I purpose, if you think fit again to elect me your repr*sentative, to support, in no nigpard spirit, the scheme of policy shadowed forth by our Superintendent, Sir George Grey, which I have briefly described ; and I shall never consent to exchange the Superintendent whom the people cf this Province delight to honor, for any member of the Ministry, or any subservient tool they may elect to set over us. I am not deterred from espousing the cause of Separation—be it that of Auckland from the rest of the colony, or that of the two Islands—by factitious difficulties about Colonial indebtedness. Such difficulties did not stand in the way of the dismemberment of the Provinces of Wellington, Otago, and Canterbury, when the policy of sapping and undermining Provincial A dmlnistration was commenced by the Centralists of those days. In all cases of Federal Separation, die condition precedent is an adjustment 0 f existing burdens, an equitable calculation of assets, »nd a consideration of losses sustained through compacts that may have worked unfairly. As regards the smaller Provinces of Taranaki, Hawke's Bay, Nelson, Marlborough, and Westland, there is the strange spectacle presented to us of the authorities of those Provinces clamouring for the abolition of the offices they were elected to fill, and at the same time clinging tenaciously to the emoluments attached to those offices. I believe it would tend to arouse those portions of New Zealand from their torpor, if the reins of power with regard to Taranaki and Hawke's Bay were to pass into the hands of the Superintendent of Wellington, and as regards Nelson, Marlborough, and Weßtland into the hands of the Superintendent of Canterbury. Any savings arising from such annexation should be dedicated as " substantial endowments" for the districts annexed. I do not profess to be swayed by any maudlin sentimentality about a united Colony, nor am I osptlvated with such fumes of fan eyas that New Zealand is toshcotupat once Into a mighty power dominating these seas. ' My pretensions are of a different colour. I desire to promote the happiness of the greatest number ; not by inculcating Qnixotic idess, but by endeavouring to ameliorate the condition of the masses, by increasing the facilities for the acquisition of the soil, and bvreducing taxation on articles of daily use, as was proposed last session with regard to tea, flour, and sugar. II; I should, on this occasion, be again honored with your confidence, I shall in the future, as I have endeavoured to do heretofore, hold that it is my first duty to watch over your interests; my next, to consult for the welfare of the Province, which is endeared to us by so many ties. r I have the honour to be, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, G. MAURICE O'RORKE. Onehunga, 2nd December, 1875. TJIRAJNKLIN ELECTION. ( TO EBENEZFR HAMLIJ?; EPQ. : Sin,—We. the undersigned Electors of the District of Franklin, request thit you will allow us to put you in nomination to represent oar interests in thee >ming Parliament. .From the IPenU and independent conduct and apiitude for public business you 'tave shewn as a Representative in the Provincial.Council,.we are satisfied that you ar« capable of represent! g our intpre ts faithfully and efficiently, and we pledge ourselves to do our utmost to secure * our return, (Here follow the signatures of one hundred and three Elector-.)* ' TO THE fcLECTVBSoF FRANKLIN SIGxMNG XHK INQUISITION. Gentlvme^,— I pcede to your influential and nuoieroaslv signed requisition, requpsticg me te allow myself to be Nominated is a Candidate io represent your interests in the forthcoming Parliament IwM take an e*rly oppoitunit* of visiting the different parts of your district, to promulgate my views on the questions of the d*y. - I am, Gentlemen, Your obedient servant, X HAMLIN. To the Gentlemen-signing the Requisition. iO THE ELECTORS OF THE DISTRICT OF WAITEMATA. - Gkntmmbn,—l have the honour to announce thai i at the forthcoming General Election for the Parlia ! ment of New Zealand it is my intention to offei myself as a Candidate, to represent your interest! ; in the House of Representatives. I have the honor to be, gentlemen, Your obedient servant, j J. S. MACFARLANE. Auckland. December 8. TR7S _mmmmmmt___________m___m