The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1062, 15 September 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1879.

Thf; eiectitmi are nearly over, and we can runv forecast with t»>lvnvf»c at.vur.wy what the- final result will be. Sirt ier.rge <lrey wilE meet the II- i 1,-.*? v-i'ti a m.ij'iri:y | numerically small, but still a majority. The moral results of artch an appeal to the country are still more important. There cart he n" mistaking pui/lie opinio;!. r l he trumpet fuw given no ttticertain soutnl. for. r. title the Premier ha* been returned '•■ At tiic iittttl «f the p.»H for two consticuctiCifc.s_one of them the hotbed of Conservatism —the leader of the Opposition muh>ther prominent members are relegated inci> private life. The*.? are significant and important ftets. Tim inference is plain an«l t>l»vious. He who ruin may read. In judging moreover of the moral rosttlls. it muit ever be Lome in miml that the appeal to the country w;<3, after all, only a partial one. Before the late Parliainent rose the Ministry the amendment of the representation, and, not heing a contested question within the meaning of the lloverxtor'rf ntemoratidum, there was nothing to prevent its being done during a single sitting. It was plain, however, that the Opposition was afraid of the country. They had everything to gain

by restricting the franchise ami depriving great number* of their votes, and they cite! not hesitate, with the ties- I peratton and ruekleisnesa which I been 3<> characteristic of all their pro-1 ■ ccedingsi r to tii> ? r >. It- has availed th.eni j Stimethirvix, but not so much as one would I' ji ivt* expected frum their attitude. A | , jury packed hna obtained a sufficiently j • tar"'e pr«'t)')rttHti ot" independent and honest : men. atn! the verm.-:, it* le.« .<yvr-j ' wMmii!.;' than v.» have tvbhrii, i> j I, nevrrtfu-W a n».Mt ai'„'R»t triumph ..f j, 'irf<«-rat awt »tv;»iuv»t pru'.f.ple.:. II;nt »t !; • wn t >cherwi.<*-. Eli--' twu wl"» h;tv»*s>t«-«xi | • iyvurJ a.i a | j ' ' ts; UKJ'o'y KWt»* havv krt"-.vtt tnat r.:i | i ' Vfl \ pttHu- fptnfn nwist iuive.i ur - ..r. 3lw - I'*™* * •>ptA-i ~v pver <e ittftieetnal a--'j m 7 \ tide, and «h,thor t. W * A - fc «U:iir»BnHt t-arty | theytrke « »r n. ; |Vt>| , .„ crlv - th ,* £ , , V(lßrLe . { ,t»„rp l„ s t. and [ 1 th* F— which th(> jn^ro-j:' -hi<hK:oau, V" ta r tr * ..i, ircvc.'Ver- j' m«it .* «rur. »> -, r a ( Wa.U.f ■u>U v . and the . v -'vordst' hare be,<n fam l" 5 -* w . !; ' ,u «** :, >u aUll | : silt be mnerobet aEtl!c " - - without honor. \ Vc have no W:en«. ' • J, »riv f'>ri!i in brddiri- ' farewell t<> «.hu ui.t , < »("&» expiring part* • S" <*"*.. hizh places at the h ,>: tIuI naU " n '!» uni they -o " imwei *. «»»h»r»"red, a:ul i t ■mauntj." 'it is ever th: is with the cnerawa j F of the people, anil in retirement^

tlicy wiii have ample leisure to reflect tii.it " Corruption wins not more than honesty." And what of next session? Will the leaders of the Opposition venture v.'niii upon a ii'.-c"ididencc motion enn hrirdiv < 5 .0 so with decency, and we do not think it at all probable that they will do .v. :if t:..y do it will rily produce " worse confounded. have had e.\ ireineiir rnd .strife sufiicient, and tuiit.'.ij u v r r--- irn.atly mistaken tiie country will ::-'t much longer tolerate the factious mi! i«»n of a ji'.rty rapidly becoming >*-f'ir.'.*t •<' trv.-'f: j;ni Mid liberal measures upvii v. iiicii tC ;ui"> its ut:»irt.