"We have very much pleasure in extracting from an article in the N.Z. Presbyterian the following sound advice to tiie electors :—" It seems to matter little at present who goes to Wellington, so far as platform principles are concerned; but it does matter an immense deal that we send men with vigorous brains, with good sound sense, with quiet tongues, with clean hands, and unimpeachable moral honor; and that we do not send any man that will be a bore, wasting the time of the House with endless talk, or who is given to fads which create a reasonable fear that be is not sound in his head, or who has a private axe to grind, or who is an unprincipled adventurer, or whose life and character are not pure. This point of view for determining our votes seems all-important in this country, and at thi3 hour, and would probably guide the country to a better selection than hustings cries."
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3252, 3 December 1881, Page 2
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