OUK POLITICAL RULERS.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 10239, 22 December 1894, Page 2

OUK POLITICAL RULERS.

TO TIIK EDITOIi. !3iu, —Ts not the political coanh going too fast 'i Who will or can pnt the break on? 16 ia i; pity to 368 a. Una country governed or rather misgoverned as this is. The Ministry can destroy, but to woithily construct ie beyond their powers. They appeal Bob to the reason, but to th' 3 passions and prejudices of their auditors.- They are unrivalled masters in tha art of claptrap ! To atttmpfc to solidly reason would pliinga themselve.i h>to too deep waters ; they wisely confine themselves to shallow, muddy strtmma. Perspicacity they are utterly devoid of. They »Mm like insects the purfaca of important subjects. They rule by a mccha* nieal nnjofiliy—tha counting of heads their only policy !In linp.uca they ate babes. Poli« tical economy thf y know not. What a pitj that at this juncture, intolU-et, experience ia the art of government, dignity, and personal worth should be dethroned from their lofty psdcstals, and that presumption, self-seeking, the unfortunate power of dupicg the multitude by the use of asiucera and shallow phrases, aud (lie advocacy of impracticable) schemes tho.ild be exalted into the seats oE ! honour. I am afraid wo shall find wisdom j when it is too late, when individual and I national bankruptcy has overtaken ue ! Tha I Colonial Treaiiunii- fays the finnncua of the I colouy are sound. If go, their vitality must bo I wonderful, as ainea thfir secession to' office, ha and his colleagues have dons their very best to confuse and disorganise them.' Witness tha insensate cry against capital! Capital is what; a sensible Government would encourage and try to ooai to our shores ! And thu wretched adulation of the working mail, so-called ! And, poor fellow!—what can u« do without the omI ployer ? Aud to kill the employer—the capita" ! list-nitaos to kill him also \ Are the Ministry. ! blind ? pitl they not see all this ? If so, why | try to raise a rukions cry, setting labour and | capital against each other, whose best interest it is to work hiutnoniously together. After ail,; Ito speak the truth, capital commands labour,' [ but labour does not command capital ! Capital is infinitely more independent than labour, and all practical men kjus's admit this. Bat i£ capital could be completely destroyed, what j thea ? The impoverishment and utter de« aiructien of the working man !—I am, &0., . December 20. Common Sknsh.