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Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 24, 15 November 1878, Page 2

We desire to refresh tho memory of our Pjlmerstou contemporary on ono or two matters. He says he bus not taken Mr Loudon under his wing, and held him up as a candidate in every wny desirable Wlnt then is the meaniiig of the following sentence: r-" In our opinion, and in the opinion of most men, he is now a fur more fitting candidate than those who made such a disreputable use of an admission," &?.., kc, (referring, wo presume to Mr London's late opponents). Our contemporary is blcsied with a weak me:nory. lie gives another instance of this, when he says : — " Neither did we say that if Mr Thynne were not returned it would be a national calamity." The context and italics point to a covert attempt to fix this remark upon us. If our contemporary will leava out the national we accept it. Our " aged aud senescent " contemporary patronises ua, and takes a vast amount of credit for its " generosity." Though "youth" ful," we have lived long enough to estimate such remarks at their true value, whieh is " rot." Our contemporary can afford to be impartial over an election 25 miles away ; we will only be ready to repeat his programme when such an election is fought out upon his territory, and then we will see whether, with all his high-sounding boasts, he is game to say to a nun what we have said, and is willing to lose by it. A* to the sneer of our " coffers can assure him that wo have such articles on the promises, aud that wo are not dependent for their existence or their ownership upon the signature of Messrs Thynne, Dawsjn, Laudon, or any one elso, nor are our opinions alfected by such thing*. This will reply to the adverse " letters," which have appeared in oui % contemporary.