ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

Oamaru Mail, Volume II, Issue 403, 14 August 1877, Page 3

ORIGINAL CORRESPONDENCE.

[U'owNh it tn I"' rii'.st ii:.-t::ict!y mi'VvNmiS llist "C----ari.-f.iit t'ur tiie i•;>L:iii •;i~ •_n.-i .i mir currc.-iHiiiilciit-i. i to ttif. i-:i>iToii '>:■ Tire i:vi;Nrxr. Sri'.— The publisher of the _\of,'/i Thmx closid its columns anasnsr n.e ncarly two years ;)go on grounds winch 1 considered most tinjusiitinbio. I thvivfuve firstly c<insider l.im highly cn:[>:ili!o in irit-L-itiup. the scandalous letter whic.i .".[■peart d in last Friday's issue of that p;i[er, iii.-isniit'_-Ii as he wvM know I v.oiud lit'f ;tL:;i.ii» provid- .-my i'oo;l fur h;s wastepiper 1-iis-ktt ; »; n*l c<-i«t'y. apart irom any othir coiisidt rations. for permuting ltis paper to Ito tiif a nsed'um for the [■ul>iicati<in of such an indecent t:rado of scurrility. I consider. Sir, that a respectably-con-thicted new spapi r s! onld endeavour to maintain amicable relations unionist the pi"l'K-. and not stir up strife by tin* publication of matter j>:iin:n!ly personal and libellous in the higiu sr- tl• gree. .If a newspaper publishes all kinds of contributions indiscriminately, then any nn;.:el-. ss vagabond may taki- advantage vi the privihge to iinnoy tiii'Sc who are so far ulnvt' l.is social xfiitii* as to be precluded fri in rismting in kind any public aiiVont Lev, tier gross. Ji.tinh ii.ct in the n&o of illusive or filthy language may be as iurtss-ary to some nan as food ; on all such. Lowe\er, it is more humane to K'stmv one's pity than to inflict any punishment beyond that which may aid uiathast temporarily purging tin* community of such unfortunates. I have therefore determined totakesuch measures as may [revint a n petition of the otit nee C'tnuiitted by the writer and publisher of the letter above referred to. I am, «£c., J. O'Meaohek. TO THE EDITOR OF THE EVENIM; MAIL. £ir,— Please allow- me, in justice to ill'. Liddle, to state what I know ivspeci'nu' the language used by Mr. Liddle to llr. some month back at the Post OtHce. I heard the whole of the convcTsation, and I consieler Mr. f? pratt is making a great deal too much of it. Mr. LiiUlle said no more than what he admits t" have said in his letter to the JS'orth 0 t'Kjo 2 imtii of the 10th inst. Tiie Hi thy language inipured to -Mr. Liddle was not Used by that gentleman.— L am, i'ce., He>*ky Kite.