FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1868.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 121, 2 October 1868, Page 2

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1868.

►A Fcrui/ic meeting will be held iv the Town Kail thia evening, for the purpose of considering the following resolutions : — Proposed by Mr Harman, seconded by Mr Hawkes : — " That this meeting has no confidence in the Ministry, and is of opinion that the present P.irliament should be dissolved iminedliitely after the session." Proposed by Mr Wynn Williams, seconded by Mr J: S. Williams : — *•' That it is necessary that an Association jjhould be formed for the purpose of protectih\t the interests of the Middle Island against idfjurioa? legislation.''.... — ----- _^< The first of these resolutions resolves itaolf into two parts, and we may just ask oui* readers to consider whether they have sufficient grounds for saying that fchey have no confidence in the Ministry. What has the Government done, or left undone, that the public should be asked to say they do not any longer trust thera with the conduct of public affairs ? We may say, without fear of contradiction, that the Stafford Government has been guilty of almost every conceivable political crime, and that' they have failed to fulfil the promises on which the Assembly was induced to entrust them with power. From every part of the colony, from Auckland, Hawke'a Bay, Taranaki, "Wellington, Nelson, Marlborough, Westland, Otago, and Southland come tke same accusations against the Government, and the same demand on the part of the people — resign, and wake way for honeut men. We notice that the Hon. Mr John Hall, by the intervention of a friend in Christchurch, has been emphatically denying what he is pleased to call " oue of the numerous falsehoods which have been circulated of late in orfl»r to injure the Ministry in genen*.l and myself in particular." Mr Hall's language is violent, but aome excuse ni nst be made for a man when be iiuds himself "bowled out" at every turn, aud exposed in every phase of his political twistings. And Mr Hall must excuse the people of Canterbury if they refuse to rely on any assurance he may now make. They cannot forget that he vowed and protested, over and over again, that he would impeach Mr Stafford, and that ho joined his Government a few mouths after. Nor can they forget the many injuries Mr Hall has done fche province since he joined the Ministry. We hope to see a very full attendance at the meeting thia evening, and we trust the resolutions we have given above will be passed with a unanimity which will leave no doubt whatever as to the public feeling in this province. Tho Association indicated in the second resolution is loudly called for, and we believe it will be found that the other Middle Island provinces are ripe for a uuion which will secure the justice so long denied.