Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1869. A CHANGE IN PUBLIC OPINION.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 13, Issue 649, 21 January 1869, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jur are in verba magistri. THURSDAY, JANUARY 21, 1869. A CHANGE IN PUBLIC OPINION.

Amongst the signs of the times, one of the most gratifying to the colonists of New Zealand just now is the manifest change that has taken place of late in public opinion in the mother country, regarding the conduct of the colonists in their treatment of the native race. We do not now receive by every mail libelous articles condemnatory of our every action, charged to the full with misrepresentation and slander, as we have been wont to do; but on the contrary we find our friends at length seem willing to admit that the natives of New Zealand can be in the wrong, and deserving of chastisement, when they think fit to fall on the outset tlements and commit their depredations on the property, or imbue their murderous hands in the blood of innocent men, women, and children.

Two articles bearing somewhat on this subject will be found in this morning's issue—one of: them extracted from a late number of the Times, which is of value as indicating the prevailing tone of feeling existing in England: and the other from the London correspondent of the Wellington Independent, which —although it may be considered more of an ex parte nature, being written specially for Colonial readers —contains some suggestions of considerable importance, which we commend to the attention of those in power. Both, however, agree in this particular—that it is quite necessary for the European settlers of this Colony to visit with retribution the rebellious tribes which have again risen to oppose European settlement by savage deeds, and that in this work of subjugation we need fear neither the interference of the Colonial Office nor the pseudo-phil-anthropists of Exeter Hall.