THE NATIVES.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume II, Issue 52, 26 June 1862, Page 5 (Supplement)

THE NATIVES.

(From the New Zealander, June 7.) The Native Question having unfortunately arrived at the dignity of a political party business, is seen of course from two points of view. The journal of the War party chronicle, with great determination, everything which may tend to prove that a regular “ thrashing ” is the only course which presents a hope of settling the Native difficulty. The Peace party, in like manner, are not remiss in placing on record every indication of the success of that policy which the Government is now so earnestly pursuing. Persons at a distance who were not aware of circumstances, and who did not know that, as a rule here, “opposition” goes the “ whole hog,” might be confused by the conflicts oj statements, and put faith in the opinions of “own correspondents” at Waipa and at Waitetuna, without being aware that the “ Paheha-Maori” writers, have earned contempt and suffered annoyance from the Natives by whom they are respectfully surrounded, have their views of what they see, or imagine that they see, coloured by a virulent personal hatred to the Maori race. Upper Waikato remains what it was, the centre of disaffection; the Maori-kiug party is there in the ascendantthere are manifest symptons, however, of financial and other weakness in that organization against which it will be not be able long to contend. “ Soldiers,” “ uniforms,” and a “ court,” are expensive toys, which are already found to press haavily upon Matu'taera’s exchequer. In Lower Waikato, the new institutions of of Government are being solidified. Thompson, it is said, had addressed a clever and characteristic letter to Wi'liam Naylor, at Eaglan, relative to the work of opening the road from Whaingaroa, to Waipa, which Naylor had undertaken. Neither the appeal nor the threats of the Kingites, we are informed, have turned Naylor from his purpose. He is determined that the road shall be made. Elsewhere, in our present issue, we have published a report which will be studied with interest, of the proceedings of the first Maori Bunanga opened at Waimate, in the Bay of Islands.