MR CURTIS'S SPEECH.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 19, 11 January 1878, Page 2

MR CURTIS' S SPEECH.

Tito Wrtnctu)i;i Cluvmido thus comniont.fi on lWi> Curia's rcooiit spiwch to tlio electors :— " The altlro^ af Mi* Curtia to Uic olcntors of Nclftiw uppimrs to, RtH'n tho cuso rory oloirlyns. between, tlio (Jroy pnriy mid tlio Opposition, Tlio Into fiupcriutandi'^fc of Nclaon is a gentleman, of ho{y>r nud introtjMty, ono who is übovo ac* ti i\u( ia n two-faced tnnnnar, ovon., in pplUicql nmtteiii, and sufficiently guileless to be deceived by less opon nnd straight forward politicians. His statomont of tl»o wuv in, wliioh Sir Georgo Grey was foisted upon the llouso ns its loader, oven n r tor ho hn,d been doposod ns unfit to 1 »d even an Opposition, qtiito coincides with tho nocount that wns given of tlio transaction nt the tune. Tlio friends of Sir Goorga Groy completely doooivod tho Mid^, dlo party by Bssiyinfl lhcn\ thnt tho IcX'Crovflmor wns porfootly willing to,«ivo his rapport to, any now Ministry thnfc mi«ht bo formod, c.yon thot^li, Ho mk'lit not himsolf bo a member of it. NotwilhBtH|ndi ( nR llijia a3.si3,rfl,noo,.th& supporters of S^r Qcofgo v^e^o atiflioic'utly buso nnd falso to Rivo; tho lio to this previous nssumnco, uud to insist upon his loudinpc tho new Government. This wna a jiieoo of political duj.Hoitjf 'xt;\\\fi\i no, I^oi^i'rtblo miin, opnld rcjii^Jy condone, mnkinu. ly.mnclf n, p/irtnkcA in thp, ahnmo ;, nnd which w,o,nro.of opiojoa vnon,'tl huvo war-?. : ran,tcdi a m,^eh bitloror n,n4' more unoompromisjiiß. opposition, than it evoked, Mir Curtis, .tyya^tliajt the M'i.kHo party drondod tho r.ifto, to, power of, Sic GoorßO. Gr,ey, boenn^o ho wns an avowed S qpn tratioii i nt . Tho simplicity of thp.Rpoakor is. b/ew again mudo jvppjircp.t. Ho folt lha,t SirGjoor^o jGroy mjus.t oi^hor attempt to. qflrr,y out tho Soparntion poli''V or shpw that ho had nacrifipodihis principle^ t|<> plaoo or power, in cithpr,of which ctsos ho was not to, bo trusted' w,ith tho G^jrernmpnt of tho ooun««, ', try. Mjr Curtis d^'udod to tho altornativo. | of tho aaorifioo of y inciplos aftor snch,hnd booomo an ncooin lishcd fact. lil^c does not scorn to havo npprohondfid i^. Nt tho tjjmo, or to haro imaginodi that, such a thing wns possible. Separation was what ho flroadedj Ljttjo did ho know his man, Of such importanco did, Sir Gcor^oGroy , doom tho quostion of Sppnrntioq tlift t ho would, have t^rnodi oyt tho. Atkinson bqtho. atrongth of it. Bq^ when !ho oamo into, powor,. wjiat does, ho caro for any of tho promises ho had proviousTy made, or any of the indications of poliqy to whioh ho nnd ftivon nttcwnpo: How muoh conlidonoo is tho country prepared to.reposo in tho. words o( a man, who doJiboratoly falsifies himsolf P, And of tho. crow who now. adtainistor tho Government of tho country, how many aro thoro whoso world coujct bo depended upon unless it woro given in black and white P , W^o arc inolinod to, think, that thoro aro many pooplo who woujd not, in somp case,s,at least, givo miioh for it in o von that. 9omo of tho loading journals in tho colony aro beginning to get t^rod of Sir Groy's droamy nothings, and would liko him to bo a littlo explicit ns to tho details of his policy. But of what would it avail P Would it not bo muoh more to tho purposo if his

adhpronoo to nny principle could be guaranteed P Ho is swimming on the tida of popular favour just now but we venture to think that \\<? will soon turn with him, and that he will be as much decried by his present friomU xs ever }}C has been lauded.