The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, The Morning News and The Echo. MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1876

Auckland Star, Volume VII, Issue 1905, 27 March 1876, Page 2

The Evening Star: WITH WHICH ARE INCORPORATED The Evening News, The Morning News and The Echo.

MONDAY, MARCH 27, 1876

For the cause that lacks assistance, For the wronsf that needs resistance, For the future in the distance, And the ifooJ that we can do.

The muddle in which the Premier waß made to express himself at Wanganui through the laches of the reporters of the telegraph office, resolves itself in some sort on the appearance of a connected and improved edition of his words from the Wanganui paper. From this certain things become cleai' enough, much clearer indeed than satisfactory to those who hoped that in the returned Premier there would be found some improvement on the jumble of Government proposed by his less competent colleagues. It is known that no Executive meeting has been held of all the members of Government since Sir Julius Voxel's [return, and his exposition of policy at Wanganui therefore may be looked on as the corruption of his own brain. But there is a cool impudence in his putting it forward as the " Government policy " that commands admiration. There is not a doubt that what his heart conceives his hand will make the policy of the Government; so that hiß audacity is in so far warranted. But when Sir Julius almost utterly ignores and takes no note of possibility of his views being thwarted by the country and by the Assembly, there is presented an illustration of daring impudence which almost deserves success. Leaving the manner and coming to the matter, we can see that the Premier intends preserving those territorial divisions and their separation of interests which have been so commonly denounced under |the name of Provincialism. He wonld substitute a County for a Provincial system, with alterations which will be regarded as all improvements in the wrong direction by those who long for real local government, and will probably be regarded by Abolitionists as preserving many of the features of localism that to them are most repulsive. County Councils Bitting for three years are to take the place of Provincial Councils, but the chairman of such Council is to be excluded from Parliament, and the Council itself is {to be precluded from exercising any political functions, or having any power to control the centralism and bureau-

cracy at Wellington vyhich are to guide the political destinies of the people. To that central organization of civil servants all patronage and political power will p9rtain, and with no doubt such a resident minister or delegate as Doctor Pollen, to give effect in each district to the edicts of the central authority. Such places as Auckland will fall into their proper positions in the rear in the great march of progress on which we are about to enter. Sir Julius does not deign to recognise the popular resistance to his hifjh handed schemes. We mildly hint that Auckland in the north will resist, not morally alone, but physically, being swallowed up by this monater of the bureau ; atid we have reason to believe that in Otago, in the South, there is a slumbering feeling of opposition, that can be readily aroused into a determined resistance that will require fire and sword for its suppreesion.'.Wejbelieve there are stormy times coming, and New Zealand expects that every man will do his duty.