THE NOMINATION.

New Zealander, Volume XVIII, Issue 1742, 15 November 1862, Page 4

THE NOMINATION.

To the Editor of the New-Zealandee. Sir, —You will oblige me by inserting a letter of mine which appears in this day’s Southern Cross. James Folev. November 14, 1862. To the Editor of the “ Daily Southern Cross.” Sin, —I cannot, as the seconder of Mr. Williamson on the hustings at the late nomination, allow the letters of a “ Southerner,” and of ‘‘ VV. F. Porter,” the former of which appeared in your issue of the 11th, and the latter in that of the 12th, topass by unnoticed. (Jf the personal abuse in either I will say nothing—the dirt will only soil the hands of those who fling it; and as to the attempt to bring division into our camp, such writers may rest assured that a position taken up on calm deliberation and on principle will not be lightly abandoned. To call the support tendered to any individual, by an influential body of electors, “an unholy alliance,” is so gross an outrage on common decency and polilical tolerance that I leave it to the quiet scorn of all enlightened men. There is one portion of the letter of Mr. Porter which I will not pass by unanswered; and if, in doing so, truths displeasing to the cars of that gentleman and his friends should appear, he has no one but himself to blame. Mr. Porter charges me with supporting Mr. Williamson, “as a contractor, looking forward to some favour in getting Government contracts.” Now, sir, I am not a contractor under the Provincial Government, nor have I ever obtained any contract, nor would I do so except on the same terms as any other individual; nor do I believe, its is well kuown, that such opportunities would be afforded by Mr. Williamson to myself or any other person; and as to the idea of making anything directly or indirectly by an election, experience has taught me that the contrary is the result; for in the last contested Superintendency election, I was £l5O out of pocket for money advanced on account of the election expenses, and my father expended £BO also. And I now take this opportunity of stating that from the first election in which we took part, neither my father nor myself have ever received one penny in return for the election expenses to which we have been put. “ A Southerner” seems to be fully satisfied of the nature of the “ tender thread” on which hangs the support of the “ unholy alliance ” as he pleased to term those neither too ignorant nor too bigoted to change their opinions under altered circumstances. Put let me tell him on the part of a majority of the electors of this Province, that the “ tender thread” is a rope strong enough to suffice for the political strangulation of those who would hand over the best interests of the Province to be selfishly used for the especial benefit of a few would-be aristocrats, to the detriment of the main body of the settlers. 1 am, &c , James Folev.

To the Editor of the New Zealander. Sat,—The election cry of Mr. Graham’s party being “Direct Purchase,’’! will ask any strenuous supporter of that scheme: what will be his champion's occupation should the Royal assent he withheld from the Bill? Such a contingency does not for a moment appear likely to men blinded by the prospect of being enabled to exercise their large means to the detriment of their less favored colonists, but every thinking man having in view the conflicts that have already been carried on in the Lund Commissi mer’s Court arising from the purchases made in days gone by, and reasonably anticipating the difficulties which must arise in extinguishing the Native title to land bought by private individuals, must be satisfied that Her Majesty's advisers will not recommend such a measure. It is all very well for some individuals to boast of their personal influence with the natives, but they must not depend upon it where the purchase of land is concerned; purse influence is the means by which the Maori will be made to dispose of his land, and I fear it is that sort of influence which would bo brought to bear upon the Native inhabitants of this province. Many of our wealthy inhabitants abhor the name of land shark, but there are a few who in their adventurous journcyings through the Colony have seen many a “ Bank whereon the wild thyme” does not grow, and should such a spot be available for purchase from some willing chief, the speculative capitalist, not the Provincial Government, would become the purchaser. Believing that the Government will continue the first purchaser of all Native lands, and that any other scheme will never be authorized, I would recommend the inhabitants of this province to select the man best qualified to carry out a code of regulations calculated to benefit the many, although they may be distasteful to others disposed to covet the common property of their poorer neighbours. I am, &c., Citizen. 14th November, 1862.

To the Editor of the New-Zealander. Sir, —One good result has proceeded from Mr. Williamson’s resignation of the Superintendency;—. public attention has been aroused to the impending danger of a sudden stoppage to immigration to Auckland. 1 revious to the commencement of the Taranaki war shiploal after shipload of good people were arriving in our harbour from the Three Kingdoms and elsewhere. Ihe war put an end to the immigration, and down went the value of landed property. Sir George Grey arrived, war ceased, public confidence in our Provincial Land Regulations and in our Province generally was restored at home, immigration was revived, scveial ships left London full of chosen people for special settlements in the neighbourhood of Auckland, and others arc following. These vessels have arrived and are arriving, the value of property is rising as population is j increasing; the capita! brought into tfyc Pj-ovinttf hjf

the new arrivals is adding weight to the Banking establishments, and affording scope for ° enterprise. Such is the state of things under the administration of Mrt Williamson’s ment, as satisfactory to himself as a public m e ° Tettl * was productive of good to those who placed him high and honorable position pf Superintendent f ol * lß great Province. But the time had arrived felt that he could no longer be use’ful to the D 114 and he resigned. The people have looked im ° ple > causes of his sudden resignation of office anH *** opening their eyes to a sense of the evils’ th 4rt come upon the Province by a second interrupt! stoppage of immigration—and they have and 444 continuing to offer staunch support to Mr. Will' *** His re-election is therefore certain~and J 4 ® 80 ®- shortly look forward to the pleasure of beholdin Superintendent and Provincial Council pulling ■ “ a long pull, and a strong puli, and a pull all for the good of the Province. W Yours, &c., A Lookee-ox, To the Editor of tlie New-Zealasdeb Sik,—l perceive there is much talk about the Bill for enabling people that have command of EW to purchase tracts of country from the Natives I am a settler of four year’s standing, and I have ’St acres of land, but although I have spent little mu time, still I have many years’ work before me. to ■ plete in my little place what is necessary. ’ - I cannot see any gain, to me, from monied gentlemen with hanks at their hack getting of splendid sheep runs, except, indeed, theXfo 1 some future day of their waggons of wool on 1? South Hoad passlug my door to the Auckland tale U * % I have no objection to these capitalists doin'* wdl' tliis way by what they call the direct purchase- h* I do not think that they should make believe thn V* for the general gain of the settlers. This is mynot!™!* and hope you will excuse me troubling vou. 1 ™ I am, sir, yours, ic.,