THE Manawatu Times WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 1879. THE RESULT OF THE BATTLE.

Manawatu Times, Volume III, Issue 81, 8 October 1879, Page 2

THE Manawatu Times

WEDNESDAY, OCT. 8, 1879. THE RESULT OF THE BATTLE.

s " Words nre thicga, and a. drop of ink /ailing like (tew upon a thought, produces tlwt wbieh mtkee thousands, perhaps millions think."

.N\vpoTiTsON once said that the power of the British arms lay m the fact that' their gQne.ra.ts never knew when they were beaten. Sir GtEo"r.gb .Grw. has not only been a soldier himsolf , but the son of one • who •breatiied^hls last sigh- fighting for the flag of his country, and although he has now been twice worsted m the political arena, it is even some-thing-more, tl)an.questionable if the matter qFiiis defeat has been brought home RU ffieiontly clear to him .- The tenor of his remarks at the close of the debate when moving the adjournment would lead to tlie presum ption that m ; his opinion he believed there was still hope for hlS;Ca,binet, and that " "No Surrender "was the motto under which ho fought. ;The stress which the leader of the G-pvernment -pliuiadaLßoja. the words "aa at present cqnstituted7'^when referring to /the; Want _of Confidence, plainly indicated that he loplce^Upon a reconstruction of the JCabihet as a saving clause to hisjexpulsion from offioo, but we are very mnoh afraid that if Sir George Grey has pinned his hopes upon such a source, he has been relying xtpon a .rotten reed. The -whole ~bu rden of impeachment was upon the shoulders of the Chief, for. although the .administration of .Nati ve affairs was souie what severel v eritteised, it was' done hv such a halfKearted manner as to prove that the sympathies of the malcontents were ...with, rather than against, the object of their attack, Le'fc hon. privately condemn Mr. "SiiEEnATf, Avheu the? actual time .comes, for publicly uttering those, -taunts'.; which have been covertly whispered, they are fevr of his opponents equal to the task: The Native Minister has made troops o£ friends, and no enemy: but himself ; and it oannot therefore be wondered at that his shortcomings are looked upon with a lenient eye. It is a matter for sincere regret that one possessed of such genius, such able qualities .of head and such noble qualities of heart, should leave it m the power of any poor.ipaltry, privileged spirit to t-h row his weakness ;iri; hift : "iaee, -and their fliuiay sancfciinoiiionanesa \yhen they know that their legislative position holds .them secure fmtn the penalty of their cowardice. The Ministry are out now; -.beaten^honorably and fairly upon- their merits. They appealed to the country arid the oountry decided unuiistak6ably : against them, and instead- of sticking to a post ; which -ban : bring neither honor nor credit, Sir G-BOncniGrTiKY should fol--:!q\y the declaration of both Messrs. Sheeh^ and M^cAN-DnEw. that they would be no party to either reconstruction v coalition^ "or compromise. Both these Ministers have stated urimistakeably . that that they will abide by the vote taken on la^t Friday, and ceptainly,. bereft of such .support, we cannot for a moment imagine that the Premier would delay advising his Excellency to send for the leader of the Opposition. Mr. H.\xii domes— or may come — before the country under far more favorable auspjpes) than would Sir WTi,rii .vm Foxj at ■ SucH a jurictnroj "> v 't. nevertheless^ we ; quesiHon-if a Ga 'net formed by him -will have a Jo 'ife. The party of which he. is -th^lhißf have. found their opponents vj < m body and -disorganised m .fa ■'■■, and for the time being they ha 'Jonned the uniform of their 4e- foes and np>*r march under .. jaiiuer which is .npt their own. The deceptipn will npt be fo> long, and those who have given their adherence to' pust the pTOsent Ministry will be even more eager- to withdraw the temporary allegiance when their purpose lias been gained. In look- ' ing pver the divisipn-list it may bo juteresting to s^e how mnj qf ' the

new men threw m their lot with Sir G-eorue G-aEr, and those who thought fit to swell the very i{ small majority." GKEYITES. All nright Ireland Andrews Lumlon Bnrron M'Donuld Colbeck Reid Finn Seddon Fisher Shepherd Harris Speight Hurst -Te Wlieoro. Hutchison » It is a somewhat . remarkable fact that out of the oighteen members returned by the Provinninl district of Auckland, Messrs. "WiiYTK and Wkitakeu were the only one 3 who did not vote for the Ministry. Although, there was some doubt about the opinions of the former, until tho poll was declared, tho elected for Wa'pa took very good care to leave the electors tinker the imnression. that m the event of his return, his support wou^d be given to the Ministry. Circumstances alter cases, and it wouM appear that his experience as a legislator has chartered his opinions as totheivsaningof the word "Liberalism." There is an old adage to the effect When the Devil was s'clr, The Dev'l a oi'nfc would be; When the Devil got well, The Devil a saint was he. At a former election, IVf r. "Whttakeu made an ineffectual attempt to get into St. Stephen's nntlet* the protecting wing of his distinguished father, and having failed, he profited by the experience —^changed his coat, and the consequence is that wVle pere Whtta.ker is out m the cold, his far-seeing sou has taken his place m the House of Representatives.