The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1872.
A General Feeling- of dissatisfaction, nnd disgust pervades the community with reference to the extraordinary Parliamentary proceediags of the present Bess ion. The impression conveyed to' the minds of those at a distance is simply this, that the country, speaking through its representatives, has declared that the great scheme which was so approvingly received two short years ago,, has proved to be of dimensions altogether tbo vast for a young colony with a limited popular . tion, for the reason that we have' not amongst us men of- sufficient ability* tb' carry it out. The ball\o_ce >>set rolling has passed altogether beyond our control, and the House of Representatives has ; plainly declared its opinions that jnpj.ejt.pL men can be collected from those of whom it is composed, to which it is willing to entrust the management of pur. affairs.. Mr. Vogel's Government . wai got rid of because its administration of the public; works and immigration policy had proved •unsatisfactory. Mr. Stafford has '..'been/ turned out of office, not because! 1 his aip ministration of the same policy had failed to give satisfaction, as he had not be.n, afforded time r or .opportupity; ( ;tb show/ whether or not he was capable of per- ; forming the work he had taken in hand, ■< but, we -presume,' : because it was s feared | lie .'-might", 'not' i^. i b_>'';'__cc€yf_ii'/ ; bStf surely,; it would have been but fair Jtb' give him a twelyemonths trial., ..In, pong ... demning the j7ogel. Ministry^ the Hbusb| :'.: musthave : been pretty well aware who i i w^ere ; to prove 7 their "successors 7 m 7->flicei;, 7 •**?-*?> f^asstiigaljti^;.^:^ iraofi^^-tq^.-f : 7bp.| r r;theYj)aße,7!it7 r fe^ act kksJLs > ; : lF*rjJds^£y|fimn^ ". stand "at present, it appears ;to. us/; with our?
induced members to expel a Ministry that they had just placed,.- in cffice,,.that .in tbe, T ,. event of a coalition: pfbviojr ■impossible^ at dissolution is inevitable. -ItAis out of &hel queslionfor any Government to undertake''' the management of 'affairs with a chance majority of one, and to such will Mr Voxel's majority be reduced when the newly-elected member for Egmonfc takes his seat, nnd even that unit may at, any moment forsake him and siJe with tho Opposition, thus leaving him in a minority. At present he is at the mercy of Mr Shephard and a Maori, who, haying already-turned their coats in tne space of two or three weeks, can scarcely be relied upon 'by .either; one parly or the .other (in; liny future trial of strength" that may"takeplace. It is not fair to. judge any man unheard, and consequently no definite opinion will be expressed on the apparently inexplicable vacillatioa displayed by the member for the Waimea, until his return, but it cannot be concealed ; that, in the absence of any information with reference to the motives that have; actuated liinviu gratuitously assuming to. himself, the,peculiar characteristics, of the chameleon, he has given rise to very great, dissatisfaction, or 'that' his extraordinary conduct has called forth on aH'sides comments that are notwhoily divested of severity, or even of iudignation. When the session closes — an event tbat at present appears to be very far distant — he -will probably afford a much -required explanation to his constituents.
The Nelson Evening Mail. MONDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1872.
Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 07, Issue 239, 7 October 1872, Page 2
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