MR MACANLREWS MANDIDATURE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 1601, 16 February 1867, Page 5

MR MACANLREWS MANDIDATURE.

W><k IMtnrof the Ota<;o i-aii.y Timi:s ) ,^ IR~t \v.'.H very ranch pra'ilied to firtO that in your j^sut'of this tiiomijjr, 1 c»uUl ["'3 joiir p.]i L r without Inviii,'! my ter,:d- ---.-!.(.;':•..(•, as h-s lxru 'lie ca->; for l';'- !■:?.!, i'-i'ii^' i, in at':Jo"in;f by ltfi'Jer ''--i:<T !!;o public a: '1 priva'c cbcracter cf Mr I,' ■'■■iiidrnv. It nioy, hovever, aPl>cnr :.-Mtr c to the uninitiated ; but it is |;'-: vert:. L 'l<-^ a facr. that there is an iumrtiit (J^j.-e for iair ?)l,iy iv the An.<:loco,-; iimtinn. n:i(l thaf. when press Cr,people ix-rs.cuie, the ttiblca Lewiny SH'Jdfcf.iv tnn.tii, r.iul tin opj''O;-i'c tci.dfricv i'lheu.n]! j u t' a ,; p,.rs'.-cutioi) of Mr j*JJM!;:!rc.v i;; your oa'uy p3^'C3, I tuylce co.d ir> ;iv ,. r t |,. (| . P ,_ s , rcS «j,,, wera v.'iivcr- ? (1? li'ivo at 1 .st ileUrmiiictl to support, hfni "/ vot::-.-r: ;;ivi I per.o.'.aUy ktuiw uc:<tl-:-i-i 1) !!.e!lin who, whatever him°;.Uir;«'3iui,f,iti,.MiC3 n-y-.v buvc liecu, are u, lr«t!y opposed to' * tli'* ionl and ur.,,,u vr in wl.icti his character i' 13 tan ;:t,-:iilc<S; auJ who will see jua I'Wand fair jjhiy cxtc-ndc^, even at the j^rifue ot' n;ii h-iis.; co;iri«lered n^pectu- ??• 'i'f, c . re,son vvhv Mr jM'ii-aridtewV ln''Kl? an! Miinntt'-rs'hi-.ve been deterred 'rom eleltr.oiu.'1 him, while attacked fr«n» %lo (!:,»., ~"iV ]i' lVo arisen from mnny ?lu? «f; bii;; L wiilccnt'.-nfc myself by pointJ?S"«t tV.- u.os; salient, fiwt—tho-dfca'J xac Covoi-ijret; had of Thur letters being c°ftmitter] to the wiutenaper basket; and -JfA LJieviiiK their catx^e to be n f'S'iUo.jH Ijri e, they cousolci ihejoselvea w i uf r«-n.'(!-ion that thrice is he urmed who ? atQ hia qm;rrtl ji^t. As Mr Macaiiflre* f as liecti stU-tnatl-t-d' and not a single !"•« 7» b; x . n written in bis behalf, I crave *°ur iadul-cnce to throw come light on ?Otne l>oiats of hia character, of which 1 irPP.en to know Bomething. It is notorious ingratitude ie a Bin bo repugnant in «8

,P? ?i. a t U fllD^e-minded and unselfish «ouiH, that the ycry name is loathsome; but let me a<k through your columns with wnat vnuleiicyand vindictivenesa this man has been exposed by these who ate his bread, who, had it not been for him, would Have been conßigncd ere now to the place whore time will shortly convey them—viz, Oblivion. Saorea in the Province who arcnow farmer*", and possessed of sheep and cattl", (] a te their success in life to the fact that James Maeatsdrtw was a good, upright honest employer of labor; and when the great moneyed mea of Dunedin, of whom there were few, refuted to buy the farmers' produce, who stood in the gap at a great personal sacrifice ? X ask Who, but Jamea Machndrew? And these are the men, forsooth, who will now pour the vials of their wrath upon the heid of a mm who they considered so far superior to themselves in hi* days of prosperity, that they considered they were highly honored even if Jie spoke to than, ft has been alleged, in jour columns, that Afr._ Mac-mdreiv never promulgated an original idea I fig enemies must admit time the Panama scheme first emanated from iiH busy brain ; and when uttered, he was looked upon an a wild dreamer, a? an Utopian—even ns one dtranged. lint what ii the result ?—his grand idea acted upo.j, and others r- aping the honors. Afcain, who first connected O!ngi by means of steam with (he Australia*? none other than Mr Mncmdrew. Who brought a clam of men here that looked upon Dun•■din v.n a city of refuge and a?ylutn ? Mr M-tcmclrew. Who assisted the ship builders, ami built the Bjn Accord and Star ? Why, Mr Maeaudrcw! Who emplnyed labor and paid for if, when the ncctfsaries of Jife were cof-carce and dear that starvation stared honest men in the face ? Mr Macaudrew! Time would fail me to tell all Mr MamndrewV good deeds ; they are known only to those who have the gratitude to admit them; and this is the man who is unfit to govern or to reign over us as our Superintendent. Rumour has been busy with her myriad tongue?, propagated by a bnpc, flimli'r'Hi3, and unprincipled crow, that should Mr Micandrew be elected, the Govrri:or would disallow or veto the <-•!■ 'ctioa. I havo mure coufi lence in the policy of His Excellency than that he should have recourse to such ari extreme ; for be it renumbered, the electors of 1807 ure not the electors ol 18(il. IJcsidc, I inr.'j-:itje Sir (Jeorge Grey has *ccn, y«.-ster-duy, siiflicient to convince him of the ioyaj'yami peaceful habits of the people, a people anxious to be at j;e;ce, but to hive the right to cl;oo=e constitutionally who are to govern them. I tru«t you will forgive the license of wri'inrr so lo^g a letter, and although I mny be s'ir'tratised as unfit lo associatev.iih such ri/*ifl moralists ai appear anonymously in your paper, still my aim is to do well by ull.—l am, &c, Thomas I'incii.