Original Correspondence.

Bruce Herald, Volume III, Issue 98, 15 February 1866, Page 4

Original Correspondence.

I o I (To the Editor of the Bruce Herald.) . I g IK) — I see by report of the Taieri Show__ j that you have given my neighbor, J\fr Allan,"" ! the credit of having the best Leicester ewe, ! which is quite a mistake, as she is my proS^i-ty. ! Mr Allan's rani, which gained the first prize, jwas also of my breeding. j i am, &c, 1 Gkokoe Mrnß.iY. j Grange, East Taieri, Feb. <>. (To the Editor of the Brace Humid.) g IRi — I n your issue of the Ist inftnn^, I ohI serve a quotation from the '• '.\'aikouui:i i Herald," in which it is stated that Tuojor Car- ! trill and I intend to offer ourselves as casuliI d\ites/br the representation of Briu-e. Although j there is no constituency m Xew Zealand th it ■ I would esteem it an honour to represent so much as the important, i\";pect:ihie, and intelligent constituency of iji-ucc, J. have no i.itentfon of coming forward, if a suitable candidate presents himself. Bui I trust that L will never be found backward in obeying, the cail ofc|uty. I detest politics: and, like many in this colony, prefer to attend to my own private affairs, if the Government couid be earned on with even common prudence, and we would be allowed to attend to our business without ( molestation. Unfortunately this is not the I case, for our numerous pettifogging little Governments, or •' Act and Ordinance Amend-' ment Factories/"' are continually altering and tinkering up laws about every trifle, and marring, with their interference, every step in the journey of life, while our embryo statesmen, as if to illustrate the verse, ." Thai mischief will be found lor idle hands to do," are indulging their law-manufacturing proclivities to such an extent, that we may soon find the population of the colony to consist of lawyers, law-makers, political adventurers, and the ! neople they have ruined. It is this which should ! cause all true colonists to take an actire mii tercst in the public affairs of the colony : both duty and interest should impel them to do so. As to your remark, " That the electors would not be quite satisfied with Major Cargill' or "myself, in the event of either of us coming forward," that would be a matter which would be decided by the electors, and not by the editor of the " Bruce Herald." Regarding your hint that Mr Masonf the Mayo° of Dunedin, would probably offsr himself, I would suppose that his magisterial duties would be sufficient to engage his time. Besides, we should prefer to have a man who has some stake in the district. There is centralization enough already, without our return- '■ in"-' the Mayor of Dunedin! We need not disfranchise ourselves in order to return another lepresentative for Dunedin! Perhaps modesty prevents you from stating the name of the gentleman with whom, you suppose, the electors would be "quite satisfied." . ± As you have been good enough to maico prejudicial remarks about Major Cargill and myself, I trust you will do us the justice to find a space ior the above in your next. I am, &c, AVm. Arced. Murray. Mount Stuart, oth Feb.