PERSONALITIES.

Colonist, Volume XVIII, Issue 2105, 27 July 1876, Page 2

PERSONALITIES.

'' Tiik new Parliament, irom :px\sm *aß'expected1 ;' have distiHgaiabeo- 1 *ay never before seen in this u» I

• fence of New South Wales and the coarse *' c n f Victoria have inspired several of \ new lights to imitate their, disgraceful ' inple> The infection has taken some who fve hitherto kept free! from coarse abuße, d wben unmistakeable; imputations of fnacy an<* direct calling " idiot" are • j u ](red in by such men as Sir Julius Vogel 1 (JlH>. Header Wood, the ranting of' Mr. Tfoes s'n'tß *nto The abotnix\ 6 fashion now is to hunt about for tho oß t disgraceful.motive, and set that down 3 undoubtedly what has iufluericed every nblic man Generous forbearance. and a ,L]|jDgness to believe good rather than evil jre iD danger of dying out in New Zealand litics. Party allegiance at Home is recognised as sufficient to control votes, while here tbe vilest imputations are showered wholesale on anyone who acts contrary to the wishes o f some rabid opponent. Honest men, if g tall sensitive, will be driven from public. ijfe and the false charge will thusendiu nro'ducing the disgraceful reality. To judge Lai recent numbers of Hansard a stranger might suppose the House was composed o f venal rogues and vulgar ruffians,.! instead of, as in fact, there being an overwhelming majority of honorable and highminded gentlemen, with a slight mixture of jijliogsgate graduates. The leaders know better, and have no right to permit voluble adventurers to make them forget their good manners. Hitherto it has been possible, in the frequenfc re-adjustments of parties, for men, who have long been on opposite sides to act together, but there are some charges -which cannot and ought not to be forgotten orforgiven. Falsehood and dishonor, though ffords easily uttered, are insurmountable barriers to union at any future period. joth sides are at fault, and both parties should, without delay, resume the conduct of gentlemen.