MR NAPIER' GIVES DR. LAISHLEY HIS QUIETUS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXII, Issue 303, 22 December 1891, Page 2

MR NAPIER' GIVES DR. LAISHLEY HIS QUIETUS.

" A vpiy tlnil fool; only In-gilt is in devising slatideis none \)al hbctines dt, li jfht in lutu , aticl the co ■lrncnduUon is not in his -nit, but in lub -villainy. —biiAKbi J ß-RD, "Much Ado About JSothin>\ (To tho JSditor.) Sir., —My raoor friend l)i his ex J I haustcd hio feeble povveis of infective by lu6 t splenetic oilusion in your issue oi Tue-day. He abandons all attempts to mitigate by argument tho feGveuty of my e\po6uie of his incompetoncy as n roasouei, ln« •= boxility as a blnnkei, and Ins obtiusivo illiteracy which he \amly peeks to v eneer by pedagogic swagger and shoddy decrees. The uon ot my criticism most ha«o deeply enteicd his soul, if we may ]udgo by ihc missing venom and impotent 10-go which chaiacteuso hia dying shuck of agony Like a diovujj'ng man oaCchme: at 9. bbraw, h«, in older to creato a divei*ion in his favour* frantically calle. to his a>d bho opinionfc'of two of lih political associates, but lias ! wibnout a\ail, lor thedocfcoi, noc withstanding the buoyancy of his empti no fa, even assisted by his two sciavis, must bo subrauged in the waves ot ndicule and contamnt which ln-> own groteaque hfcewiry co.n ntions luvo neated. Still deeper down in tho slush of Billings gate rha'i in his pieceding oxploit «oes tlus soi disant paragon of taste to discovci verbal garbage and lottthsomo pn°, ti o dicharge ot which mighr 091 chance couceil his ignominy mil confusion Bub, doctri d°ai, I mu<3b toll you , in the words of tho Bafd ot Avdn — " By the 'jort'j, t>You <shall digest tho voi oin of your f I it do split .OL liom this tlaj foith Jll use joule , im mu'th, j ea, lor 11> kni o htei ' Having been conviored of mi=quotafc'on, misreprdaortfcation complete and i£ norai.ee of logic t i,nd political science, and fchamele->sani wanton ulenilacitv, and finding , himself impaled before tho public an impudent pie bonder possessed of "an obstinito and un- : governable clt suthriencj." he rof 11/o | in what vvb aie told by v. high aulhonty h "tlie melancholy ic*bource of dofeatcd .wt'u rdenl, tile flab genoial chaigo ofscnuility md lahehooil ' Ho complains of-cuni'ity, chfe pedantic pedlar of stale clipping, 1 in tn " pabt all so p'o.bt all biuth," t'je Alpha and of who o hjstcnoal difvel is exclusively composed of plagiaiiocd scurrility, Tor, absolute hr ment n l poverLy, bhab he needs must steal not only the thoughts! of gicjtoi mine , thin hi-, own, but evou the \e t y teims wheipwibh to \enl his ivh 1 i choler and fury Di Lai"hlty quotes Junius May J also venture to ■•übiiiib a colence fiom Junius' l< bter to the Duke of Orafron, vvheicby the doctoi vill -<3Q tlu'b nis probobvpo c\iste 1 moio t! .. n j cenfuiy fitro —"We owo ib to the botnitv'ot Tiovi Icnce bha ( the comolete"fc depi a\ it} uf tho heii bis sometimes sliaugcly unte I with 1 contusion of the mi'id which couh'"t.rlets the rno'-c ttuoutire ptincplei and make , ? the e-amo man Uxaelietou , ' vvithoub art, and a hypocriLe without riecoivinvr." Poor Laishley '" "Sir, I really commiseiato him. The .di-cni'led of a'l partic, tho political pariah of bho N- rbh I take his abu-c as t!ie do-jperate o'fort ot a disappointed outcas>b. For si anr s-'ven weary yearn ho han made tho live;, cifjMinhtorsand members of Parliamonb ot ail shades of 'opinion almost uneudural le by | hiT importunate clamouring in sea-on ond out of season ior a knighthood. Bis politics have been bounded on ths , noith, sour east, and west by Jtichaid LiUhloy. __ r i'lie [ , (Jon j crvafcivo tfu" Jfarry and the J Radical Vir Kobcrt Stout and lur Ballame have equally been bho subjects ot vonomoua scurrility they refused Iα degrade a high honour, which U tho app , . oprlabo reward ot m'iricoiiou& public mjivjcx, by confening it upon " the quoer pri-c ot a doctor!" ' And fer what, flunk 3 c, has ho the audacity to claim distinction ? — Fqr making a book ot oxceipt3 which ( any pi inter's do-.il nt a pound a w^ok—given a scissors and gum-pot—cquld juofc sb elle'ctuaUv compile! • 1 Mere reckless of both politicil I parties h not calculated to obi/tin fclr the doctor luS much-coveted tmaol. !b in- , sanity for him to think fo. j "All thi'J is mot'iio^, ,, cries a sohor°a;;c ; "Jiulwho, my Jnonu. hda lua'-on in hio r.ic>;o'' ■ If iL were possible to hope bhabfiiendlv < ciiticism could por=uado' Dr. Laishiey-to ditcaid the habilimonb- of a political hailequin in winch he Las hibnoico boon mai-I fiutrading. and to c-chow b.* " vile conci it I in jiompous wordd exprcssod," then I wou.d 1 vcndiie in all hurmhoy to express a hopo , that my benignant lemaiU* uniy bo to tig | doctor a vvliole'-omo physio. Lut him at onco ond lip.illy {/}V3 tip v/iiting "tho.6 I'lbouicd nothings i-i t>o suanfe a "ryle." jjibcrals and ( now aliko div 1 Lrusfc tho doctor, I-ocaaso his comment, on politics and politician* are maniteiMy • the outcome ot personal piaue and malevolent disappointment. Ho alioulrl nob place implicit confidence in tho French diplomatiol'a motlo " L'tiwlace, l\utda<> , < toujonn I'audut't: ' Audacity may be iw- ' ful when allied with talent, but the brosvn 1 cfi'ioribcry of jo-noiimcoo-ly excites ridicu'", ' ond aj tho piovei'n '• " i'dici>]e UiiN ' ' It is lidifulo that lift- it'l'od Yji. i.ai Jiley, I and lidiculo ha« made tho grave of la-j reputation and his hopes, lie ha* fallen j "like ludifer never ro ri'-o turain." De | morlnib ml ni*i boilvm.—i am, etc J 1 W. J. Kapim:.