THE FIRST BUSINESS OF AN OPPOSITION.
[TO THE EDITOR OF THE "SpNcrAToa.-]
Sfu,—The truth of the principle which you lay down, that it is the first business of an Opposition to oppose, finds con- firmation not only in England, but in America. Few more sweeping political victories have been recorded than those recently achieved in Canada by Mr. Borden and in the United States of America by Dr. Wilson. In both cases the victorious leader owed his success, not to the advocacy of a detailed " constructive " policy, but to the merciless criticism which he directed against the blunders and divisions of his opponents. This is especially noticeable in the case of Dr. Wilson. It is no exaggeration to say that at the time of the Presidential contest the United States' electors had no definite knowledge with regard to the "constructive" policy for which he stood, and even to-day, though its broad outlines are clearer, its details remain singularly vague.—I am, Sir,
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