THE MINISTRY AND THE HOUSE.
" Ho"wlong,"'Saysithejl!J'elsoniiC r oZonisi,' '• will 1 the people of Newi Zealand -"tolerate Ministers who . are ,30 weak, and a/House which, is so slavish jandr reckless of ths.publio weal t How long will they. submit, to misrgpresention, grinding taxation,- and the, enor^ inouß waste that incompetency and mismanagement produce"'? Year by year bur burdens are increasing,, year by year Ministers are exhibiting lesn 'practical ability, 'and an overgrown ' House of Representatives ' appears to'be the -theatre for too many adventurers whoare devoid of-pblitical principle, and in whom the hope of substantial reward seems to be a grand in,cenfive<toaiervile action..' Others,, whom the people ..navstrjustejif qr years, sacrifice their pledges at the [J^hrine of party or of personal dislike ; and, in ajnte- j of 'all the^eo^jejare either bhnd f to' the fact orj ( ap»ffie);i<fct'o'rtg f exi'Btence. J and|take no steps to resent 'thelrfjiKtice atm\&x they are tlie victims. - How long is this to last ?"
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Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3483, 14 September 1868, Page 5
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155THE MINISTRY AND THE HOUSE. Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXIV, Issue 3483, 14 September 1868, Page 5
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