Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1870.

Hawke's Bay Times, Volume 15, Issue 752, 13 January 1870, Page 2

Hawke's Bay Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1870.

Fhom the tenor of the late despatches from Earl Granville to ilie Governor of this Colony, we may fairly conclude that no assistance, either in money or troops, will, under any circumstances, bfs granted to the Colony in its difficulties. We are by no means surprised at this determination. We have long since ceased to hope for any substantial aid from hom?, We have doubted whether either the Imperial guarantee to further Colonial debts, or the presence of Imperial troops would prove of ultimate benefit to the already overtaxed Colony, because further loans would probably just follow those al ready spent, leaving the Colony deeper in pecuniary difficulties, and though a temporary lull might ensue on the introduction of the Imperial forces, the burdens tbeir cost would leave, and the restrictions • on the conduct of the war that would be imposed as the conditions of their presence would probably far more than counterbalance any good we should be likely to get from them. Neither do we forget that the experience we have already had goes far to prove the inexpediency of paying for troops which would not be under our own control. Thus we have preferred that the Colony should carry on the unequal struggle unaided by the British Government, rather than she should accept such aid accompanied by its probable conditions. But the Home Government not only refuses aid, it also takes upon itself to find fault with our policy in native matters, to assume, in fact, that the Maori has not rebelled without cause, and to give us a lecture on what it considers should have been, and should be, our line of conduct in dealing with them. Such an interference is most extraordinary and impertinent. It is also a line of conduct which will go far to loosen the bond that unites the Colony to the mother country. Had the Home Government resolved simply to let the Colony alone, to fight its way unaided out of the deplorable state into which Imperial mismanagement has mainly tended to plunge it, there would indeed be reason enough to complain of the injustice of such a

course.: still, it would be but Utile jmore than has beeu expected for some time past, and for which the Colony is in some measure prepared; arid though the struggle under such adverse conditions may be protracted, no one doubts of ultimate success. The injustice of neglect is, however, greatly aggravated by ill-timed inter? meddling, more especially in such a case as where any interference must be equivalent to an obstruction. "We give in an another column several extracts from the home journals on the subject, for it appears that the despatch was published for ihe benefit of home readers previous to its being forwarded. These extracts will be read with some interest in this Colony, as showing the light in which our affairs are viewed by our fellow-countrymen at home.