WHAT THEY MAY THINK AT HOME OF VICTORIA.

Inangahua Times, Volume V, Issue 39, 22 March 1878, Page 2

WHAT THEY MAY THINK AT HOME OF VICTORIA.

Is if; posßiblo, nsics tho Argus, that tbo following opinions, placed by Punch in tho mouth? of Mr Ilorbort nnd Lord Carnarvon roprosont tho real aontimonts of tho poraonagos in quostion P-~" Hor. ; But in a despatch marked • privnto and confidential ho (tho Govoruor) doaoribos tho oharaolor and antccodonts of his rosponaiblo advisors, explains thoir revolutionary aims, nnd points out with what busy malignity thoy aro fornionting a war of classes, with a view to got tho control of a rovonuo of fivo millions ntorling into thoir own hands, and that thoro is tho groatoat dangoi 1 of v stulo of things boinfl brought; about iv Victoria

compared with which tho spoliation by tho Tammany Ring in Now York would bo bonost and reputable Our. : I cannot holp that. A.9 tho pooplo of Victoria lm?o modo their bed so they must lio in it. And botween onraclvcg, Horbert, tho Cabinot agreo with mo that it would not bo a bad thing for England to bo afforded an opportunity of seeing how complotoly a country, overflowing with all tho elements of prosperity, may bo ruined and disgraced by entrusting tho conduct of its political affairs to tho unscrupulous demagogues, lifted into oflico by unlimited Buffrago. Gladstone, you know, is going in for a gonoral lovolling downwards, bo as to throw tho balanco of power in this country into tho hands of tho ignorant and tho unthinking, just as has been dono in Victoria ; and it will bo woll for us to havo a shocking cxainplo, such as tho state of that colony will afford, to point to as a warning of tho calamitous conscquonco of entrusting ' tho rosiduum ' with tho franohiso. If or. s But in tho mcantimo it will bo rnthor hard upon tho educated and propertied classes in Victoria to bo sacrificed for our instruction. Oar. ; There aro tho neighboring colonies, you know, which will ongorly wclcomo any accession of ontorprise, intolligonco, and capital from Viotoia, and which will spcodly riso in wealth and numbers, in her political, social, and industrial ruin. Put it is timo I wont to tho Council- Got tho despatch ready for tho outgoing mail, and wo will run it oror togelhor and forward it with* out delay.— (Exit),'