THE Temuka Leader. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1892. LORD ONSLOW.

Temuka Leader, Issue 2324, 27 February 1892, Page 2

THE Temuka Leader. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1892. LORD ONSLOW.

In the beginning of the controversy concerning graduated taxation we stated that we regarded those who raised the cry about capital leaving the colony as the greatest enemies of the people of this country. In his speech in Christchurch His Excellency the Governor said in effect exactly the same thing, and a great deal more. He said he received by every English mail letters from London making inquiries about the condition of the colony, and stating that such and such New Zealand people had written to London to the effect that the policy of the present Government was ruining the country. He condemned in unrneasueed terras such conduct, and said that he was astonished that people had not better sense than do such things, as the consequences would be serious as far as their own interest were concerned. In Wellington His Excellency called the cry of the wealthy classes a “shriek of panic.” Fault has been found with us for calling it “ a scream,” but the terra applied by His Excellency is much stronger. At any rate it is apparent that the Governor has left this colony with a very good opinion of the Liberal party, and the greatest contempt for the Opposition. In Auckland he laid still greater stress on this point. He told the Orangemen that they must not give him (Lord Onslow) credit for any good which had been done, as it was all due to the benign policy of the present Government. Lord Onslow began in Dunedin to speak approvingly of the policy of the present (Government, and as he went on his utterances became more and more distinct in their unrnistakeable support of it. He has, therefore, left on the present policy the imprint of his approval, whilst branding their opponents as treacherous traitors, who are injuring the colony by misrepresenting her true position in letters to their friends in London. We pointed out these facts recently, we pointed out that Mr Rhodes, and the papers who landed him to the sky were guilty of atraitorous;action, but welittle hoped that His Excellency the Governor would be amongst the first to support the view we took of the situation. Lord Onslow has now in a much stronger and more forcible manner endorsed all we have said, and consequently we ask our readers, What do they think of the people who for political reasons act so recklessly as regards the good of the colony ? What do they think of Mr Rhodes ; of the Christchurch Press ; the Timaru Herald ; the Otago Daily Times, and so on ?

The Governor is an English Tory, yet he has condemned the Tories of New Zealand, and this proves another assertion we have frequently made. We have frequently asserted that the English Tory was more Liberal than his New Zealand namesake, and here is proof of it. Here we find Lord Onslow supporting the present Liberal policy, while condemning their opponents in unmeasured terms. Does not this prove our contention that the New Zealand Tory, is more Conservative than his prototype in the old countries? Lord Onslow is leaving us now, and only for his action in connection with the Legislative Council **lß carreer would have been one of ’ramval 1^ ceeded in giving a s7 lendld advertisement to our frozen, meat ana q(l ooiding to the A gent-General his speeches nVU e done a great deal towards counteracting the evil influence of the traitors who have been writing disparagingly of the colony to their friends in London. Let us forget his mistakes and remember only the good he has done, and then we shall have no difficulty in wishing him a long life crowned with success and happiness.