The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 42
To the Editor of the Lyttelton Times
To the Editor of the Lyttelton Times.
Sir,—As you have given currercy to a scurrilous attack upon me, which appeared in the Star of Thursday, I trust you will allow me, out of respect for your readers, to correct the misstatements which it contains. As the article professes to be a stricture upon a little speech that I made at the Orange dinner of July 12, I ask you to publish the speech as prepared for delivery on that occasion. I do not think it necessary to defend either the opinion I then expressed, or my character for tolerance. I trust my character for tolerance, fairness, and goodwill towards those that differ from me, is too well established to need any defence against the attack of an anonymous writer.
H. C. M. Watson.
June 21st.