Correspondents.

Auckland Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 41, 24 September 1857, Page 3

Correspondents.

cfJT Communications should bo authenticated by tho name and address of the writer, not necessarily for publication-, but. as a guarantee of good faith. Our columns are open U “h correspondents ; but va neither endorse the opinions nor guarantee the facts of any. (lo tlie Editor of the A’uckland'Examiner.) Sir,—ln the year 1853, when Mr. William Brown tendered his services to the province of Auckland as its Superintendent, the uanie-stricken Wesleyaus exclaimed, “ Their religion, their patriotism, and’ their philanthropy all combine to nerve them, to earnest resistance to the pretensions of Lilian into whose hands they are thoroughly satisfied tho interests they held dearest could not safely be committed.”— (New Zealander, April 13th, 1853.) Presuming.that Native acres and. Government cash, are the ■■ interests they held dearest,” their alarm was natural and well founded. Mr. Brown had said,—-“’Tis not in mortals to command success ; but we .shall unflinchingly persevere in our endeavours to obtain for these settlements those Coustitufional ririits which can alone consolidate the stability and happiness of the people.” c Mr. Brown d:d not believe that oppressive taxation and an “ illegal and profligate” expenditure were the best means to consolidate the stability and the happiness of the people ; therefore us he thought,, so he said, and so saying drew down We.deyaji vengeance on bis pate. During several piast years VVesleyans were in tlie annual receipt of Government cash, £666 exclusive of large grants of land and monies for building thereon. But on the first of the following July commenced the extended grant of £'.’3oo per annum. No marvel then,, that they got up a “crisis,” and a “ strictly confidential communication” to Colonel Wynyard, whose aid they implored in fulsome strains to save them from “ a great impending evil.”—(See the correspondence, Southern. Cross,l.lth March, 1856 ; Neu Zealander 12th ditto.)

The jeoparding of »2300 per annum and good fat homesteads, was not to be endured without a struggle ! and all other hope being lost, they sought the aid of Colonel Wynyard and the 58th Regiment, whose votes turned the scale in their favor; Provincial damage notwithstanding. But now, finding that Colonel Wynyard’a aid is insufficient to support, them against the rising tide of common sense principles, they seek the aid of Boman Catholics ; whom they love for money’s sake; and I doubt not would love them better if they ■would transfer to the Wesleyans, the same proportion of the Maynooth grant, as 23U0 bears to 1-100, sucn being their annual receipts from the Colonial Treasurer. I am supported, if not borne out in this view of Wesleyan love to Catholics, oy a statement made at the Educational Meeting in 1855. A Wesleyan said — “ The Wesleyan Metnodists of England had opposed that gjant, not because it was a state endowment; but because it was made to a Church holding co-rupt doctrines, and because of its exclusiveness.”—(See Southern Cross, 27th Joly. 1855.} While speaking of civil policy I have nothing whatever to do with “ corrupt doctrines," or doctrines pure. Every human being has a natural right to worship his Creator according to the dictates of his own conscience ; which right is not the gift of society ; but is written upon his heart by the finger of God ; and also is rewritten in His Holy Word, No human Government, aole or aggregate, should interfere between God and his creature man. Human Government is primarily a protective force : and should stretch out its protecting shield alike over all its subjects. Hine Wesleyan body is not politically rotten at its core, lam much mistaken. It seems to me that they have adopted a good man’s name as a motto, under which to carry on a lucrative calling, and in a “ wholesale manner well-feather their own and families nests themselves being witnesses. Truly “ Wesleyanism is a sort of over the counter concern, “ the ism fetching the best price in political shambles, when putted off by scripture texts and compared to •* Behemoth.” Yours, &e., G. Vaile. September 14th, 1857.

(To the Editor of the Auckland Examiner). Sir, — Will you bo kind enough to afford space in your valuable paper for a few remarks, which are of vital importance to pedestrians. 1 have repeatedly noticed the reckless driving of vehicle, and furious riding of horses through Queen and Wakefield-streets after dark. The road between the Greyhound and Wheatsheaf bins has no foot-paths or street-lamps ; and it is really a miracle how folks manage to get along without oeing knocked down and ridden over. It is to be hoped that those who drive and ride so carelessly will use more discre l ion, and not peril the lives of their lellowjtreatures. I am, &c., A Pedestrian. September 12th, 1857. (Io the Editor of the Auckland Examiner.) Sir, —I or some time past the subject of the ensuing elections has engaged nfv serious consideration; and after mature reflection on the matter 1 am now about to propose, an arrangement at once so liberal, and so equitable, that 1 have no doubt of its proving acceptable to all parties. The public are sick, and so am I, of hearing nationalities discussed. Mr. C. says one is an upright, intelligent, honest man. What say you if we call him out? 1 should like to do so, is the reply ; but he would not get returned, he has identified himself too much with Mr. C—n, and his followers. Mr. 8., says another, does not come up to my ideas of representative perfection : it was through his inattention that the dead lock occurred, and worse than that, that a twenty-sixth member got into the Council Chamber in the shape of a Tom Cat, without being either nominated or elected ; and made a bold attempt to obtain the speakeiship; for at the very first jump he alighted alongside of Mr. Bartley, better provided with necessaries during his confinement than that gentleman however ; for the honorable Mr. Grimalkin, M.P.C., brought his own cooking apparatus along with him in tlie shape of a kettle tied to his tail. I believe that it is now a pretty general opinion that Mr. Williamson will not meet with any opposition ; his re-election therefore amounts to a certainty, and although I cannot say that I wholly approve of bis haste in issuing that writ on which Captain Eakly was returned while Mr. Graham's claim was under investigation. Yet, when such great Juris consults as Mr. William Griffin have given their opinions in approval of his conduct, It would be the height of presumption to doubt the infallibility of Ins conclusions. My plan is this, the census has lately been published, informing us not only of the relative strength of tne people of the three Kingdoms out of which our population is composed ; but also giving us the precise numbers that belong to the different denominations of Christians in the province. Let us be guided by this document. Let the Church of England return members proportionate to the number of her people. The Church of Borne will fellow her example; the Presbyterians and Wesleyans will return their fair quotas of members ; and all the other dissenters who go under the names of Independents, Baptists, Hebrews, Lutherans, Unitarians, Israelites, Quakers, Univer«alists, &<•., amounting in all to about twelve or fifteen hundred might be represented by Mr, V , and Dr. Lee. By this plan, Mr. Editor, you would see a Council convened that would represent all religious opinions, and ad temporal interests. M e should hear no more grumbling about the Irish mob, or the Scotch clique. The only difficulty would be, that some of the dissenters might object to Messrs. Lee and V ,on the ground that they had never belonged to their communion. This objection cnuld be easily obviated, by reminding them of the fact, that both of the aforesaid gentlemen had coquetted with several Churches before. Of Mr. V—- —’a propensity to change, one could not speak so very categorically ; but that Er. Lee may change his affections is past a doubt; for the venerable Lady, who now engages his affections, is very poor and rwy old. Yours, &c., Fair Plat. September 12th, 1857.