The Tuapeka Times. THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1871. "Mea&vres, not Men."

Tuapeka Times, Volume III, Issue 155, 26 January 1871, Page 5

The Tuapeka Times. THURSDAY, JANUARY 26, 1871. " Measures, not Men."

The two candidates for the Superintendency have each delivered themselves. The most of our readers have either had the opportunity of hearing Mr. Reid, or of reading his address to the electors of Waitahuna, supplemented by his addres^n Lawrence. The speech was i!r\ from being a brilliant specimen of eloquence, but it was sufficiently convincing to silence his opponents, for they spake not a H-ord. 1& v.';.- n p 1 ta*e, "cv - .■&£:> 110^ a!u^ ;- v!rn q sense, and VarHg a m&rkt,4 . i, r f! 1 - \ C"l dap•••l ' • „ t mom our politicians when they are on the "stump." It was the speech of a man thoroughly in earnest, and whose desire for the welfare and prosperity of his fellow-colonists was transparent in his every word. He had no visionary scheme to lay before his audience, by which to captivate their fancy, and make them believe New Zealand was " a land flowing with milk and honey;" but he impersonated a great fact, viz., that a man in this country, b} r industry and application, may raise himself to the proud position of being worthy of holding one of the highest offices that can be conferred upon him by his fellows. Mr. Reid's experience in the Provincial Council and General Assembly, and his study of colonial politics, combined with his stern honesty, make him a remarkably lit and proper person to occupy the Superintendental chair. We have no doubt whatever, the all but unanimous reception given to him in the Tuapeka district is but an earnest of what he may expect in every corner of the united province of Otago and Southland. Go where he will, Mr. Reid will carry with him the thinking portion of the community, and, if elected, will, by dint of a truly conservative policy, bring peace and happiness to the province. So long as we find such men, from purely patriotic motives, entering the political arena, so long shall we have hope in the future of the country.

On the other hand, we have Mr. Macandrew, a man who gained the position he has held for the last four years by little better than false pretences — whose powers of gulling the masses are unsurpassed — who arrogates to himself the euphonius title of a man of progress — who confesses that he would carefully examine any scheme he might consider for the interests of the country, even although it were promulgated by his Satanic Majesty, as if that personage were capable of conceiving any good scheme — a man who will tell you that it matters not where the money comes from, so long as the country gets it — whose political morality is at such a lowebb, that he sanctions the basest subterfuges to carry out his object — a nlan who cares not what means he employs, so long as he gains the gnd }je has in view. How very

different the two pictures presented ! The last project of this visionary schemer is to introduce, in terms of the Immigration and Public Works Act, some 16,000 immigrants. He proposes to bring into the country 500 families from Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, to be located on Stewarts Island, a place where Mr. Reid says he would hardly put them, even if they were his greatest enemies. Then he would have 200 families from North America, to be located at Catlins River, and some 50 Cornish miners at Preservation Inlet ; 20 families of flannel makers from Wales, and the same number of families of stocking makers, we suppose from the same place : these to have free grants of land, and to be introduced to form the nucleus of manufactures in Otago. Mr. Macandrew's scheme, as expounded by him in the Masonic Hall, on Monday, the 18th inst., was received with roars of laughter, and one rather humourous individual asked how many pawnbrokers Mr. Macandrew purposed introducing. Truly, if people were mad enough to be carried avray by such bunkum, and there was any probability of Mr. Macandrew's ideas being carried out, an importation of pawnbrokers would soon be absolutely necessary. Such is the latest scheme Mr. Macandrew proposes for the settlement of the country, and we believe ifc will be the last.