"DELENDA EST WELLINGTONIA" AND "CROMWELL."

New Zealand Herald, Volume XII, Issue 4398, 17 December 1875, Page 5

"DELENDA EST WELLINGTONIA" AND "CROMWELL."

To the Editor of the Herald. Sir,—Your correspondent "Cromwell" is one of a class whom I imagine it would bo hopeless to convince of the error of his ways of thinking. He possesses at least one fixed idea, and that is " Death or destruction to Wellington." What private griefs he has, I know not, but, Cato-like, he assumes as a virtue, the having an eternal hate to Wellington. To judge from his epistle his other ideas seem to be rather mixed. '' Decentralization is best," sayeth " Cromwell," and "that we want a strong, united Northern party to oppose the Abolition Bill, for if it becomes law, we shall lose all real local selfgovernment." He further sayeth, " Why, ' decentralization' is one of the most important principles in the Bill, —the granting of greater powers of local self-government than have hitherto been possessed by the people." How, then, is "Cromwell" to reconcile"hie two statements. Evidently, '' Delenda est Wellingtonia" has perverted his judgment. He says, " in this matter we should not allow the least exercise of private judgment" on the part ,of our members. If it could be supposed that the judgments of our representatives in political matters are likely to be such as that of " Cromwell's" is, they ought to be prohibited from exercising them in any way, whether in public or in private. Again, "We can only obtain union by requiring the minority of our Auckland members to act with the majority—to act with the Opposition members, Sir George Grey, &c." Why, there were only six out of seventeen Auckland members who were of the Opposition. Did these six constitute a majority ? Another example of the influence of' " Delenda est Wellingtonia." " There is no doubt," says this political moralist, " that representatives will use their power, not for the public good, but for their own advantage, if they can." Indeed! not even one solitary exception, not one righteous; no, not one ! Not one who will act as AVolsey advised " Cromwell's" naruesake, "to be just and fearuot," and " to fling a way ambition." No, our "Cromwell" lumps them alias allied with the fallen angels. He says they're all ambitious, and, sure, he is an honorable man. Even his friends—Sir George Grey, the patriot, the pure and unsullied O'Eorke—are not to be trusted ; they will all betray our interests " if they can," when they get to Wellington. Ah! it is that cursed Wellington ■ that does it. Thera is some method in "Cromwell's" madness after all. What a dreadful den this Wellington is, the modern political Sodora or Gomorrah. All! by all means then, "Cromwell," "Delenda est Welj liagtonia." I will refrain from further commenting upon the peculiar views enunciated . by " Cromwell" and will conclude by charitably supposing that " all Federalists are not devoid of common sense."—l am, &c., Capsicum.