MR STOUT HAS THE LAST WORD.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 5469, 29 August 1879, Page 3

MR STOUT HAS THE LAST WORD.

~-. ■:,. -■-~.;. ......: to THE EDITOB. ,' ■■<. ■ SlB,-f-I sxoeedirigly regret that the Opposition journals think, it necessary for their Bucoess in-attacking Libera l; principles {to resort to a mode o£ warfare that they, must in their better moments disapproVs. The way in -which you are acting will furnish We with an example and exjbed'e HercMimi' I 'pointed out to you'the gruts binder you had, committed in assuming there was only one map, aud that a map which did not pretend to show the proposed railways. You confessed you-were in error, but to show that the Presß.muat..alwaysbe infallible, you proceeded to attack •.. tha Guvemmen t for commencing1'the Waifcato-Thameii 'railway at ,ttraliamscown.—Not content with'thi«,: you first refuse to insert my. letter until it ha» been ventilaied-rr-a proeasduig I; did not object to, as 1 , wished my ; explanation : , Then, whehlagain reply, you decline to insort my farther letter, as Bent, and what you do print is bo up" with your comments that it is unintelligible. > l)ay after day you print attacks on the.Jylihißtry, and their explanations you carefully exclude. Your correspondents, fired with the same z«al,alsa send "you atiaeks "on the Government of a most personal kind; and when you are at a loss for extract matter, you get a question and answer from Hansaid— e ff., Mr Stewart'*, about the Supreme Courthouse, heading it Wellington Supreme Coubtbodsb Job ; or ypn.print an extract from Mr (Jbdle'y'B work attacking the Premier! As for ruy«elf, I become ?.slippery: »g. an wV a> -"claptrap orator" and "special pleader," and one whose; legal practice,.has produced " positive- mental, obliquity," &o. Trie personalities you .used Ii need- not quote-^and ■ this' sis*;fair journalism "V thii is what a journal desiring to sea Liberal principles carried but does 1•" '■'"''' ' ' '':''•'■! Ii 1 attempt to criticise your remarks I havoj no certaiiJtythat my latter will ba published,! and iiitispublished I muetexpect toeee itmuti-l lattd. I intend to oum upbriefly myreplyj' ■ Ist. 'If .you:.wish.to; know what Mr Richard-; son asked for and Mr-Macandrew promised—! ahdjf _you wish your read»r» tb-know-fjiiiblish '■ the question and answer as giv«n-in' Hansarda in'lß7B/ and do not quote what;Mr Richardson? '«dd.tt;Mra.;;;.'^';r"i" .';••■:;-' ■■i?;, l!'^ <:';', ' -*/;.>! ■IjTconsider, met byjioy,previous letteri—the! facti:of which youi.have.neithercventnred•■to'l deny or confute. ' ;;'-- -"■- .' \ . . .-..:'•■:-w^ i _ 2nd, >Aiit^iirjunig7Ayon.''':'l'jia^s'ts'Uan(:fgr'i the flrst-time-that ohargingrintending '{mini-;! ferinS ZiStto JfrM iminigratlonf If it fa riot,! then the Government has stopped free immi-ii ■■^tl^J^l;iMda.^lfcWJ;ißlfree".tomrjiroiS6n,! then what we have: had in tha past—nothing being charged—l do not Enow'hpw to name, j Ai'to.all the letters you quote, I admit" they' weregiv«n) iatroducibgto the Agant-GenVral's notice colonists who might assist' him, and'thus; saye the expenses of agencies"; but .what theyi have to do'-with'the que'stipn'of freo,;immigra-| tion I cannot. comprehend. to do; this:-Place before your,readers the,number of; immigrants ordered -botween Ist January, 1878, and:3oth>'June J ';1878, and Ist'January,! 1879,' an d: 30th Jmei-1879, and; then they wUI be. able to see/w.lip.'fa' the dißingenubns -person, j 1 'challengeyou to do; this; t \ How'the Home; officers looked on my abiioij, l«t me quote an! extract f com Mr G-. M. Reed'B'letter to myself:' "Icanasabreyou I waaparalyaedat finding' emigratioii^Sto^pedj or conflned within'; limits; auohthat'it"ijtstopped, so far-as.any Ucturing' jOTs .other,effort ; is ['■■'.' poncerned.'■ The :3000; .ordered are more than met, so,JC am engaged! io damming up the stream of circulars and otherwise.'i'-.;:: ■.■'■.■:.,■■■;■.•.•••. .■■■:•;.';-.-■.-,;-,;..■•'.; '\'.^\' ) The fact, iathut the 6000. to;ba brought out in 1878-1879 was increased at the urgent solicita- i tion'of twbdeput*tioris of niembeia—one ftomj Canierbury, and one from the North Island. | But since the commencsment of this year, not1 half the number has been ordered that was! ordered last ytar. The number thatscame byl the Stad-Haarlem w<ra so timed as to arriye mi harvest/ as we were informed that labour' Was sol scarce that it was doubtful if :the,harvest couldi ■begatherad.j,.,'"V",.. :•-.-''';',.'. ";•■■;;:<■.A ''"." .J .•'-* If. this Government had yielded to the pressure' of the Canterbury members, 1000 more immi-' grants would have : been ordfred stKan..werei oiidere'df* One word more re 'Cajisldiattemigra-i tion." Did you know that the or3er" to Mr] Pott^was oatoelled.?, If youdid.iwhy guppf^Bi thii? if you did not, get you again to the Bluebooks, or ask the Minister of Immigration for information,;, ~,.,.-- --3. As ft. the flouif, grain, &i>'. duties, it would, 1 tbink, be better, before you venture to com-1 mention, tsuoh, .that you nhbuld apply- to tad Minister of Cußto,mßv,for information. If you had, supplied ygurself.witb. information regarding the ■Tbames-Waikato railway, immigration, &0., you .T(6hld'not have required to per.! form.the peculwr operation you call "dreesing down;"butwhiqh I cth»rwisßjiame;.and perhaps have saved your, readers from sating that even the editor of the Otago Daily Time 3 sometimes erra.r-I.am/ac., ~.'.' ~./. ..; ~, \ r}_ i,"■■'•_,;'':.:.,.,''''.!-■■,' "■ '■■ Robsri!Stodt.' • P.S.—I desire you to .print tois,lpttßr with-! out interlineatioßS^called comments— and without alteration. If you" decline to do so,' ■publish none of it. ; '■■•' ' i ;j;:^:.: f ,.;,v- --.v; ;;-:'v;./-:'B,t I

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