THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 3539, 14 August 1879, Page 2

THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS.

now seeks to vilify, and spent his toe and , fortune in fighting the battle of the weft* against those who would bind them in those old, old chains which hare kept millions of human be'rogs in another hemisphere m tne bonds of poTerty, ignorance, and mieery.— IWn>& °-' UNDER-CEUST.

THE LATEST CONSERVATIVE MOVE. TO THB HDITOB OS THB BTAB. Sib,— Ab you havo shown yourself to be the working man's true friend, may I request that you will publish my opinion of what 1 believe to be the latest move of the Conservative party. . It will be seen by this morning s Press that Mr George Gould, a very estimable and retiring citizen, has been induced to come out of his retirement to warn the people against Sir George Grey's " soft sawder," " wrongs of the whole human family, and the children in particular;" a despot who " will not hesitate to trample under toot his proteges, the working man and his f amily s * Bnd this warning has been given on the rery morning of the. day on which a meeting is called of person* favourable to the re-election of Messri •.-. Stevens, Moorhouse. and Richardson. ■■■ ■_ Now, sir, as I said before, Mr Gould v a : Tery Mtimablß citizen. He rose from our own ranks, and deserves his present position j and although he can put on a few fnlla now and- then if necessary, still he is none tho lett T an excellent man, But, feUow-workmen, do . not fail to ttmembtr that Mr Gould ib» squatter and large landholder iv this and tne North Island $ that he is part proprietor of what has got tobeknownas the "Squatter*: and Landmarks' Journal ;" that he is human, i and, while liking large tracts of choice country, can hardly be exported to extend his liking to the Land and other little taxes which those who do not own large tracts are compelled to. like whether they desire to or not. Mr Gould is aUo very warm in his letter about Sir George Grey having commenced the Te Aroha railway at the Grahamstown end, ■ and by the doing of which "he has deprived the settlers of the means of getting their produce to market for at least another year. Mr Gould, however, forgets to state whether the number of settlors thus injured reachw the large number of 12 5 and also, on t&e Oilier hand, whether many hundreds-not "settlers," pobpt-*!* farmers, and other working men, have not been greatly benenttea by Sir George Grey's action. Another onus* sidii 0 { Mr Mould's is whether his property irf that island is anywhere in the vicinity of those dozen settlers who would have had such* a fine time of it had the lino been commenced at their end. Yes, follow workmen, take Mr Gould* advice by all meane, and keep constantly before you the motto, "Deeds, not words. Examine carefully the deeds of some of the land-grubbers by whom you will be wood, and see whether it has not been truly a case of far too many " deeds " for our boneßt, the LoMJr"" « f which, if allowed to increase for P f^ rears* lon--r would make us and our from the main is3ue by dangling a reßpeoteu clfcizo? before your eyes, no matter how estimable !» may bo as au iodm4«Rl,-X »«,

A WOBKING MAN.

TO THB BDIXOE O* THB STAB. Slß— ln your issue of font evening yowHave stated in your leader that I had BigniEe* my intention not (to stand forre-eleetion at fine forthcoming Municipal electi&ns. Permit me, 9ir to state that lhave not ibne anything of th« kind. Your informant must be i possessed' of a very fertile inmgmation, and if not alto>rrettier hors di regh would you- kindly nametbe person giving you- this information.— l amj - &c " O.ISZARD.

August 14, 1879,

MR SEORGB GOULD A 8 ABVISERGENBKAL. •SO THB BDITOB <WTHB BTAff, SIB— In the Press o« this morniM I observe a, letter signed " George Gould, the purport of which appear* to be advioo to my Folio w-citiirans" not to fc> led away by the « aof t-sawde* " of Sir G. ©rey when he wme B to visit « a* *** approaching dictions. I am quite willing to admit that every citizen iwthfatotm has a right, if it so pleases him, to adflrew advice to his^fellowmen whenever the spirit swras him. BM when W take» that positron on himsd£ he must be prepared to have to-bave hiß self-a* sumed poVifcion of General. Adiviser questioned. What then, I aek, has Mr Gould dow- to entitle him-to aawme the potion of." heag father " on-this oomion. H» enme here, it I recollect right; in 1851, as many others eame,--arepreßeatetive of the worfang classeßj-wth very little-money but with f>™ .hriwdlwad^rbaßmeßß anSTlbts of B«tedJ. industry. By turning hu> oPP«^ un^ A oß^'^ best iiccount,. and. making good use of his facultie»,,heiß- supposed to We amassed a fortune ot-say, Xidred «d fifty.^and pounds. During tfce B ame long period he HaßLsed 88 ,eminen*ly respectaW* an exotence that no breath »f reproach has ever l>eon lifted against him* Out of wealth he-has at times given whatpawewn Se daya.forliWal support to eduaafaonal and otber institutions, and^, bo far as pubUcifcv in the firing can, be coawdered a le«ard for such A. he Has received Bib- rewata All thie- » good enough in its way, but i^not sufficwnt by aa* tneMß to Sttto • ma* to take o*himseU f the ngj tion of public adviser ia a time 08 poUtwal Stement wh« great woial pmbleme are "^e^haTev^y *«*£* «3T wbZtoSAb* Wmself atail about Mr Otdtf. adidce-^wiH ask, is, wW; has Mr Gould done n a public-wan to entitle him to vuu^on w Kb. vi*ws. about bo great a man as Sir George Gw? Has Mr Gould ever taken S£]ffi affairs? Ha& he ever saenflced hts £!S hh eaa. to Bern the pubbc ? IJi he ever aid the cause of this people by fignng Kr battles in the early days against the ffi? Since then, has he erer stirred himaelf S i e«i for his foVmer feUow, workmen any extension of their political, nghta or any dhnintttion of their burdensome taxes? Kbj he has hid his light under a bushel, and not Sowed his right band to know what . tai ileft was doiDB-a mode of •wtaon judging from prccS not altogether according to his ha. done none of these things _tf onthe contrary he has spent his Uf c m Srn hh "fellow citkens" againßt a man who Sup case and the. enjoyment 0 fortune, So comes to encountefalmoßt single-handed, the concentrated enorinoue^ hatred of the Propertied classes in Canterbury in order to ?ght the battle of Mr Gould's. former compfnionfl •in toil, miflery, and oppreß«on P Wmuchhighera^ himßclf occupy in tHe^mmds of the great majority of to " /ell6w : citizen9 » if, instead