OPPOSITION.

New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1658, 8 March 1862, Page 3

OPPOSITION.

To the Editor of the New-Zealander. As there is a bold, manly, and independent opposition, so is there a mean, low, and contemptible opposition; and as the various constituencies will admire Messrs. Buckland, J. O’Neill, Wynn, &c., for their opposition upon principle, so will they despise Messrs. Skyrme, Daldy, Carleton and Co., for their opposition ivithout principle; but merely as their skyrtnisher describes, “ to keep the Superintendent in their power”— which, according to the usual acceptation of the term, means “to do their bidding.” The interests of the country may be sacrificed, public works stopped,'and all progress retarded, but we will keep the Superintendent in our power. The salaries of all the officials may remain unpaid and all things turned upside down, but we will keep thß Superintendent in our power. The postal service may be stopped, and alb improvements in the country prevented, but we will keep the Superintendent in our power. Emigration may cease and the Province become desolate, what care we, so that wo can keep the Superintendent in our power. Oh this petty spleen of little-minded men, who have not souls to soar above personal spite and vindictive malice! Verity after all this, opposition cannot hold together long. The pot is even now boiling over, and the scum flowing off, and we have every reason to hope that by next session the wheat and the cliaff will become separate. Old Practical.