THE LIBERAL ASSOCIATION AND THE PREMIER.

Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 139, 14 June 1893, Page 8

THE LIBERAL ASSOCIATION AND THE PREMIER.

THE FEELING IN WELLINGTON.

THE " POST " SPEAKS OUT.

(BY TELEGRAM!.— OWN CORRESPONDENT,) Wellington, this day. TELEGKAMS iroua Auckland announcing the nature of the replies of tho Premier to a certain small section of the Liberal Association, have caused extreme satisfaction here where the views of the Stab are endorsed by every nine men out of ten, even in Wellington. The " Post," which is no friend of tho present Government, in an article headed "The Premier asaertß himself," eulogies Mr Seddou for tho arm stand he has "taken in tha interests of Bolid common sense. Tho " PosD " says, "Mr Soddon's reply to the Auckland Liberal Association will carry consternation and confusion into the tanks of those ingenious individuals whose delight ifc ia to fashion political platforms, and who consider it their privilege to wield power without re?ponsi-. bility. ° Air Seddon hae told the Auckland Association that it is merely a debating society, and that, while there can be no objection to such bodies discussing all kinds of wild theories and impracticable proposals, they niu:'« nob expeut that those who are entrusted with the responsibility of governing the country will bo iaflusnced or guided by the decisions they come to. This ia sound cominonsense, but it is nob latter day Liberalism. Wo are extremely glad to find Mr Seddon putting his foot down and assorting his position. We may, howevor, expect thab his plain speaking and decided action will give offence to the platform-makers aud wirepullers, who have been flattered into the belief that they were going to run the country. Tho approbation of the more prudenb and sensible portion of the community will, however, amply compensate him for any support he may lose by refusing to beli'evo thab tho vox popitii ia always divinely inspired, or that every brazen tongued agitator who chooses |to mako his ignorance conspicuous by tha ! advocacy of er.ida impracticabilities as a political panacea, is necessarily a prophet appointed by direct revelation without the j interposition of a ballot box. A Govern- ! nienl; should, v* Mr Seddon properly point? out, lead, and not bo led, and ib musb be content to havo the popular will interpreted in tho proper constitutional manner.'' Tho "Evening Press" also commends Mr Seddon's utterances, and eulo^iees the manly outppokemnosa of the Premier. These journals generally agree in condomnation of tho Government, bub perhaps they | aro beginning to see thab what adminiatrn- ! tion by a Liberal Government means ia an intelligent, honest, Government working to foster our Industries, to devolop our ro sources, and to givo fis much prosperity and contentment as ia possible to tho whole population.