A Word from an Old Tory.
(To the Editor.) Sir, — Afc the time when the names on the electoral roll of Great Britain were limited in number the people had to be content with such men in Parliament as the two Pitts, Fox, Burke, Canning, Sheridan, Grattan, Maeaulay, Disraeli, and a few others of the same stamp. New Zealand, also, in its early days having but few electors, the Parliament was composed chiefly of such men as Weld, Stafford, Crosbie Ward, John Hall, Fitzgerald, Fox, Featherstone, Macandrew," Statepaper" Richmond, and others of the same poor calibre. Now that the electoral roll contains so many more names, larrikins included, we may expect the wisdom of the new House to be appalling. I am reminded here, however, that in the early days the people were happy, contented, prosperous, social, respectable, and honest; there were no larrikins, and the Bible was read in schools.—Yours, etc.,
Old Tony.
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Auckland Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 203, 31 August 1887, Page 2
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