JAMAICA AND NEW ZEALAND—A PARALLEL.
(From the New Zealand Herald. 6th March.) In another column we publish a very important letter addressed to the Times by the Rev. J. Radciiffe, Minister of the Established Church of Scotland, and dated Kingston, Jamaica, October 25,* This letter seems to give a clear, distinct, and truthful account of the state of things in that Island. The writer speaks in a very decided manner, and gives his name, address, and profession. He wrote, then, under the full knowledge that any erroneous statement or view’s which he published would be eagerly seized by tbe Radical and Aborigines Protection faction in England, and duly exposed. Considering this, and his position as a clergyman, we feel safe in assuming that Mr Radcliffe’s graphic letter is a truthful one, and we believe his statement of the great mischief that has been done in Jamaica by rabid cud tolerant religious and political bigots, who have for years petted both Negro uud Maori, and encouraged them in their laziness, their insolence, and lawlessness. What a pity that these friends of tbe aborigines will not leave their ow r n comfortable firesides, and go and reside among their pet black sheep ia Jamaica, and the brown members of their flock, the Hau-liaus of New Zealand. We propose drawing a comparison between the Jamaica and New Zealand petted savages, and to deduce a moral from the story. Both races have been looked at through a wrong medium. A diseased imagination has held the place of reason. Thirty years ago the Negroes were slaves, the Maoris cannibals. It is expected by ignorant, and prejudiced, though wealthy people at home, that thirty years is sufficient in a people’s life to enable them to cast off their old habits and practices, as a serpent casts his skin.
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Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 360, 22 March 1866, Page 1
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302JAMAICA AND NEW ZEALAND—A PARALLEL. Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 7, Issue 360, 22 March 1866, Page 1
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