Year of Jubilee! Advent of Political Comet for Parnell!

Auckland Star, Volume XXVI, Issue 4421, 15 July 1884, Page 4

Year of Jubilee! Advent of Political Comet for Parnell!

(To tho Editor.)

"Safjo ho stood With Allantean shoulders lit to boar The weight of mightiest monarchies." Sin,—Knowing full well that momentous matters must necessarily engage the attention oi our legislators in the coining I'arliuraent, I read with feelings of ineffable pleasure tho announcement in your valuable paper that Mr Fitzgerald was likely to offer himself as a candidate for tho suffrages of the enlightened and aristocratic electors of I'arnell. There are spots on earth invested with extraordinary interest, there are scenes once beheld never to be obliterated from the mental vision, there are mejnories and associations never to be consigned to the tomb of the Capulots, and there are surprises and joys which language as a vehicle is too frail to convey in the intensity of its rapture. Such was my experience when the welcome and blissful tidings to which I have alluded were made known to me. I had just returned from a ride drenched with rain; but this discom! fort disappeared like the morning mists when kissed away by the solar rays. The joy was intense, wave after wave of sensational pleasure rolling through thechamter of my imagination. I repeated Mr I<it z . Gerald ! the coming man .' the saviour of his country! the man ! the only man ! the tried man ! the tried and proven man ! tho right man ! the right man in the right place! Graceful in person, courteous in demeanour, polite at all times; an embodiment of Lord Chesterfield's gentleman. In speech, eloquent; in style, lofty ;in diction elegant; in pluck and courage (whether moral or physical), a veritable Trojan. In judgment sound, in temper equablo, in imagination lively, in wit sparkling, and in all-round accomplishments such "a man we ne'er shall look upon his like again." If returned to the House, this heaven-born statjs man would be found a wise logician, an able reasonor, and as a committee man and tactician unsurpassed, being able to see his point and stick to it. And the hilarious joy quivered like an electric shock through every fibre of my mental constitution. My friends tell me that since my recent bereavement (I allude to the death of my Cardinal) my brain has been affected.

There is no doubt of it—horse lost, braina lost, coin lost, spirits lost (Moored away)

" My robe and my integrity in heaven Is all I dare now call my own," and my head is now more remarkable for the hair on it than the brains in it. I much regret that the "mighty are fallen," but with the wreck which still remains of that which was once potential, if not colossal, I will gladly lay all under .contribution to further the candidature of Mr Fitzgerald, the hero of the bottle, for I believe the hour is come, and the man is come. I have known him for about 20 years. He hag a knowledge of his duties, and has discharged them with industry and fidelity, boing constant in season and out of season, ana I am of opinion that the bottle season is on in Auckland and its environs nearly all the year round. I may odd that if Jlr Fitzgerald will come forward and address the electors at the Parnell Hall, I will guarantee him a full house and a fair hearing. The Chairman, in his conduct, shall afford a striking antithesis to the one who oiiiciated when Mr Moss came before his constituents, If he cannot maintain order he shall bo compelled to vacate the chair, and 1 am sure he will not imitate the laudable example of the said worthy in going round to the burgesses in order to bug of them to move a vote of thanks. In Mr Fitzgerald* case it will be a spontaneous emanation, and will fairly represent the high feeling of onthusiasm which fills to the brim the minds of the electors. N.B.— In the event of Mr Fitzgerald's being returned : Firstly—He will not tako a double honorarium. Secondly —He will not ride into the House on a Grey horse, and tien vote dead against him. Thirdly— AVhen any division has to be taken he will fairly record his vote, having travellod beyond the age whon it is convenient for a man to sit astride a rail. Fourthly—Should Vogelget into power and attempt his borrowing schemes, he will vote dead against him. Fifthly-Should this wandering Jew attempt to bribe him, Mr Fitzgerald will give Inmate and a return ticket to Falmouth* Sixthly—He will undertake to obtain a station for Parnell, this being the most populous place on the lino between AuckJ land and the terminus. Seventhly—He is in favour of the trunk line of railway ; there being three routes proposed, he will go dead for the West Coast. This will open up a large bottle trade. Eighthly-He is in favour of a station in Queen-slreet. becomingthe queenly dignity of our fair Auckland city. Ninthly—He will go in for protection of all local industries and manufactures, especially that of the bottle trade. Lastly— On the licensing question, the present system of education, on the (!overnmei.J) pre-emptive right over native lands, on the gum leases, and on the 'Frisco •;mce, he will speak exhaustively when" he confronts his constituents, I may, however, state that he has determined to bring in a Bill for the abolition of the Uppor House, which ho considers, like grand juries, to be a useless excrescence^" and similar to the top story of Clark's warehouse, being more ornamental than usual—but not much of either, for

11 Pigmios are pigmies still, though perched on Alps, And pyramids are pyramids in vales."

I am, &q. , Jobs Abbott, St. George's Bay Road, Parnell, July 10