“The Press” In 1865

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30737, 29 April 1965, Page 18

“The Press” In 1865

APRIL 28 The Lyttelton Times again brings before its readers a question which we thought had been completely settled, and, as usual, it gives a coloring to some facts and conveniently neglects others . . . Now, the Times says that the object of all this scandal is to degrade Mr Moorhouse in the eyes of the public and disqualify him for the Superintendency. That is a matter of opinion. In the eyes of those who think it is a right thing for a party to take the public money and pay a private gentleman’s debts, in order to bring him and them into power, these . facts certainly will disqualify him. If the majority think otherwise, we can

only say that not in our opinion, but in that of all the civilised world, it would indicate a state of public feeling which constitutes an unanswerable argument against the submitting of high executive offices to popular election. Our own feeling is that those who are not shocked at such doings would be shocked at nothing in public life. We have had throughout but one object,—the elucidation of the truth. The Times asked us a few days ago why we did not take the case up at the time. We reply, because Mr Moorhouse was not a candidate for the chief magistracy. He is so now. And we have brought these facts forward “not that we loved Caesar less, but that we loved Rome more.”