To the Editor of the Colonist.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 340, 22 January 1861, Page 2

To the Editor of the Colonist.

Silt—As Mr. Saunders' enemies are doing their utmost to prejudice the electors against him, more especially by circulating reports misrepresenting his views on native matters, I thought the following abstracts from his address to the electors would he useful in correcting these misrepresentations, and showing thi public that Mr. Sauuders is in favor of a vigorous prosecution of the war in the true sense of the words, and not such a vigorous prosecution ot the war as the Stafford Ministry have been exhibiting to us for the last twelve months. EXTRACTS. " When war becomes inevitable, sound policy, economy, and humanity, alike demand that it should be prosecuted with that vigor and determmination of purpose which is alone calculated to bring it to a apeedy termination." "In both these respects the present Government appear to me to have signally failed." "By rashly removing Sir G. Grey's restrictions on the importation of arms, they (the Stafford Ministry) have placed an abundant supply of effective weapons in the hands of an active, numerous and warlike race." " The temerity with which this war was commenced has unfortunately been quite equalled by the indecision and imbecility with which it has hitherto been conducted." * * * * " I see one of your late representatives is laboring hard to make the electors of this province believe that all our early disasters were owing to Colonel Gold's misconduct; but I should have thought much more highly of Dr. Monro's sincerity and patriotism if he * * * had shown him up in his true light when he was in the plentitude of his power, and said nothing about him after he had become pefectly harmless, but a more distant and safer object of attack." " The obstacle to our success must be removed at any price, since a war conducted as this has ■ 1 hitherto been will not "convince the natives of our power," but of our weakness and folly!' Referring your readers to the address itself, I am Yours respectfully, J. G.