The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1023, 31 July 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. THURSDAY, JULY 31, 1879.

Sue ItEKCt LEa BofHSHOS, contrary to the predictions of the newspapers and the prayers of certain political aspirants, has granted a dissolution. We arc told that {" IC has never done such a thing, until now, during the whole course of his gubernatorial career. From what we know of His Excellency, we should reply to such an assertion that he has never previously been placed in circumstances which necessitated the adoption of such a course, ortlwt he, like the rest of his race, gams wisdom v*;t,h experience. V. e remembcr that during his Excellency's reign in New South Wales these occurred there what would appear to be simitar political conditions to those which have just arisen : here. But his Excellency refused a ais- ! solution in that instance, and, because he did so, place-aeekcrs were confident that he would nut interfere in our > political struggle, but allow J l ';; 1 " 1 * colored parties to tight out their ditrer- ; ences in the House, in which case there were fair grounds for hope that t hey w..uld elbow the-msetves into power. His Excellency lias decided that they shall tight out their differences befoiv of th..C< dony,»nd not before a motley Paruamenr. whoso" ear«<vr during a five years e~:->-encfc- lias rendered tf ami rue tan- is of wh''S*' "tirmeufc*, ...•Crtst»>n»nt hy c -r----tinuallv adding parches ..f newiuarma? old. has produced a com ut ion actle N-trr than that ot nakedness. His LxeeUeiiev o action will " w f- 11 . George Greys opponent.", an it a htaviti blow" to the enemies of actum process. Wo would tike ■" s.-or;re M*' S3 rs. £' ( 1x * AHvrn -n n. Waketiei.c. •uul V'n taken before and arrer Z, Governors decision. Thejautry •ur of tiio Mhustry-Uler ami .vnrii.-rry-cwator; the Joy of the other at the confident anticipation ot re*mMinvr leadership, and the aelNsatisfaction ot the naturally too modest member for Gerutdine even they wotdd be changea frt mournin?. I low Mr. Hob l)S r the iiewly-tled;_<ed pol'tician, wlujse righteous soul is disturbed on account of the rumored peeeadiWs of the Native Jfinister. and_ Mr. Wootcock, whose name Providence. in its mysterionsness. has seen fit to permit to be omitted from the electoral r.dJ, will feet that their doom is sealed. We fancv we see ijreat ami men, and those who were in the same boat with them, parading tii« streets of the Empire city with the woe-begune atr of mariners shipwrecked oil a desert island. They will soon have to go to the country, and who knows but that some of them may be consigned by an ungrateful people to that obscurity from which they emerged to iUnmiue the precincts or Parliament, to detight holt. members and the Cotonv with unspeakable eloquence, and, last." but riot least, to repay longstanding debts of gratitude to friends by <telling their freedom and their constituents I Certainly this will be the destiny of Mr. Wootcoek. These men, but yesterday in the height of their "lory, initiated to their utmost tension with ambition, may yet see Sir George Grey feted and adored by an ungrateful and undiscerning people, and they wilt certainly see the Liberal party come through the ordeal of appeal triumphantlv. This is a contingency of which we suspect Sir William Pox and his coadjutors did not dream, or they would have played their cards differently. But it will have the effect of confirming the decision of the public in favor of Liberalism, and against corruption and neglect, and demonstrate once more to these intentionally obtuse politicians that their day has passed away.