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Manawatu Herald, Volume I, Issue 34, 24 December 1878, Page 2

I OrR article in last issue upon the railway, touched our Palinerston contemporary "on the raw," and lie ; lias dnubod himself over with war- : paint, and performed a fanfaronade ' to the amusement of all beholders. It way uukind on our part to let him ; havo tother so long, and then bring him up with a round turn, hut the i " timptation " was irresi&tiLlo. Wg i spoilt his little game, and exposed , his treacherous attempts on the best interests of Foxton, under -cover of guarding its " political rights," Mr | London being used as the cat's I paw. Coward ! to " slink away ! from tho onus of his action !" Ho . dares not mention the railway quos- , tion ! Just takes a fnw sentences from our castigation, rants and raves around them, but leaves the charge ! unanswered. He cannot afford to i have pronounced views on tho railI way route ! Alas for Palmer&ton it j should havo so " colorless '' an organ. But sow disunion in the enemy's camp, perpetuate strife, tear them up into factions, then seize upon their estate 1 And do it all for " political rights ! " Thus he has acted. But i we havG pinned him, and he writhes. The really funny part of the article is the ending. He glorifies himself by boasting, that "Hitherto we had compassion upon its humiliating position, generously refraining, &c, &c. . . . It was unable to appreciate a graceful act," et hoc genus omnc. Who but a vulgar ignoramus would | boast of his generosity, or his grace- | ful acts ? The boast is the very i essence of ignorance and ill breeding. | But boasting always suggests the i absence of that which is vauntod. If is so in this case. " Graceful !" " Generous ! ' Was it graceful and generoiis for tho Times editor to j threaten the Palinerston Spor;s I Committee, that if the Hekald pub- ! lishe3 tho entrances befoiehedid, he i would not publish thorn at all ? Could ; paltriness go lowor? " Graceful !" ; " Generous !" Was it graceful and i generous to " prig " the Agency i cablegrams (for which the 11 Kit ale ; and other papers -pay) directly the Court of Appeal had decided nc penalty could be inflicted for doing so i No doubt it was graceful, but nol generous. The district can now apj predate his generosity. Just one , , moro remark. " The Clique " cry is j j repeated. We have let him off once i ! or twice when this cry was raised by i him. It is now necessary to answer him according to his folly. Wo now ! tell him all his " blow " in favor of Mr Loudon lias boon regarded by us and a great many others, as a purely business affair. Mr Loudon backs his bill, enabling him to buy the paper;— he backs Mr Loudon's cause in return. Is it not so written in the Trade Circular ? For ourselvos. we can stiy no such coincidence as a simultaneous change of views and ownership can be laid to our charge-. It is sometimes necessary to doff one's, coat to thrash a bully. We have reluctantly done so, aB Kenelm Cbillingley did. The operation is a nasty one, but frequently necessary to provent timid persons being frightened. It also haß a salutary effect upon the individual thrashed. The beating by Kenelm was the reformation point in Tom Bowles' life. We shall watch with interest our contemporary's future conduct. In conclusion, we heartily wish him " the compliments of the season."