A Reply.

Western Star, Issue 1850, 10 January 1894, Page 3

A Reply.

TO THE EDITOII. Sik,—ln resuming my correspondence with “ Agriculturist,” I shall endeavour to bo as brief as possible. _ This gallant captain that has launched his ship oa the sea of literature, and has been sailing under a full flow of canvas, with bis weather eye shut, and the first half column of wind coming unexpectedly on him, has caused him to lose all.<sfntrol of his ship, and he has run hard and fast on to another snag. And ha thinks he can float off in a very short space of time. We will see how he tries to do it. “ I just think Ido know him and his place of abode is Palmerston Street.” Poor deluded creature ! What would he sav if I prove later on that my place of abode is not in Palmerston street ? Most likely that cruet deceiver, “ Anti-fat-man ” irresponsible for the sad plight we see him in. Further, •• if we believe the democrat of Great Britain, true democracy and beer go together (I must say that I don’t belong to A 1 A 3 «II AM#, n«v\ V-V 111- ! P T n M M aJ.

that order of democracy),, but ir l am not gro»tly mistaken, the next rail he falls off will be on the side where democracy and beer, are plentiful, and what an unlimited amount of the latter he will swallow before he tries to get on bis perch again.” It is not necessary for me or any one else that is endowed with an ordinary amount of intelligence to take a trip into the interior of the country to learn that the squatter will no more be necessary in this country, for I am sura we can get any amount of young in>n amongst the farming community that will bo' glad to take up small blocks for grazing purposes, and they would take off their coats and do the work themselves. Not like the squatters that “ Agriculturist ” depicts as " Leaving the haunts of civilisation.” What aid they do ? The most of them had one shepherd and a domestic servant, and a few extra hands in shearing time, with a run of 70,000 or 80,000 acres of land, and just as much comfort as if they were living in town With their well filled cellers of wine and snirits, and plenty of good Havanna cigars to puff away at their leisure, and a plentiful supply of pocket money supplied by the loan companies at a fabulous rate of interest. But the time has now come when he must work and earn his living by the sweat of his brow, or else go te some of the adjacent' colonies where Squatocracy reigns supreme. Ho might get another innings, but I can assure your correspondent it won’t be a long one, as the hand writing is on the wall, ‘‘get the people on the land.” And now, “ Agriculturist,” would you, as one that poses before the public to be able to define when one party or another oversteps the bounds of moderation and jastce, would you, as a patriot of your country, step forward and suggest auy scheme to our legislators in which they could in any way help to ameliorate society as it is at present constructed? I might say (and be within the bounds of moderation) that the eighth part of our fel'ow creatures are honestly wanting work to earn an honest living. Come now ! Pull your shattered hulk together, and see if you can give a helping hand to speed on the good ship. There is also another part of your • letter I wish to bring before your notice. I asked you in my former note what plunder you mean? You very artfully recommended mo to the Hon. J. G. Ward’s speech, but I must decline to take that as an answer to my question, but no doubt if you had kept your eyes open and your intelect clear about six weeks ago, you would have seen that that speech was most emphatically answered by the return of that honourable gentleman unopposed to one of the most responsible positions is is the honour cf any man to fill. And now you accuse him of advising Wallace and other counties to send Seddoniles to Parliament, that they would get a large share of plunder that would be divided, and also that his speech savoured of bribery and corruption. Now, sir, lam sure the readers of this paper will fully endorse what I say, that it would have bean more patriotic of - ‘ Agriculturist ” and the party he sides with not to have left a stone unturned until they had relegated that political spieler (as no doubt you must have thought him as such when you arrived at the aforesaid conclusion) to political oblivion. No. But where are the patriots that we heard of before the election ? One was going to retire and give Scobie a chance if defeated, but we are still waiting, and I am sure we will have to wait, as that constituency is at present represented by an Oppositionist, and no doubt he thinks that a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. —I am, etc., Democrat.