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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Personal Volume

Sir R. Stouts Address

Sir R. Stouts Address.

Sir Robert Stout, who was warmly received, did not think it would be proper for him, during an investigation by a commit-tee of the House dealing with banking matters, to refer to that subject that evening (Hear, hear.) He would rather wish to speak on what might be termed some of the principles that lie at the root of political questions. He understood from the past, and he supposed be might still accept it for the present, that a majority of the people of Auckland called themselves Liberals, and that they were determined to stand by the banner of Liberalism. (Applause.) He claimed to be a Liberal. ('No') He claimed to have been a Liberal when the gentlemen who said 'no' did not know the meaning of the term. (Applause.) It might be well for those who called them-selves Liberals to think for a few minutes what the meaning of the term Liberalism find. They might them find out where they stood, and where Liberalism stood in the colony.