NEW ZEALAND AFFAIRS.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 103, 21 December 1868, Page 306

NEW ZEALAND AFFAIRS.

■preparatioti fdrvigorousnesistance?; {lt pip^ef^^^fjthlft^esyf^atid^ti^n^ {jar.i ; wfre^Jpo^welljfounded.j,, ? Rumors (df '-a igaperalirisingibegan to circulate, -the: keforeymenU^ ! the commanding officershot down- and {his 'heart' tom out’’of ; his body before unaehiiw^ r {perately^^^ i trds^ill||bl^|ar|i^d^ i ‘.be-! .’ ;jß.iegbrsj-■• retreat efl.,-;^ .ylCfilss s mews{ w4s ■{ foliowed ; 6ther r i;intelligehcei';stin : {n*qre j ? ieagture^^^^ ; pome time been ' imprisoned in the i : Cbatham'lslands. • iWith that perverted v teuderness'wliich Englishinen so often ?s£d; tiny par t of ’ whose Tliqii iical»>effpfts i were: madetoprocure their pardon, vlt Us probable that they would ultb to ’ live ? iot, Relief {iagainiV ; acponlirig as their sense of gratitude= '■But iJ it;happens that they have L antici- ( ‘ cipated, :the : ;‘'Sen%pi]tent; exeriions’fof Rifleman,a Government vessel* arrived ' sit v Waitangi with stores for the' s eon* andtheir wardersP The former, *ifo the number of seized the' yes.;sel: while- of 'the : ,crew < were 'on - shorej ?:captured' her after . a- short re {sistance,; Ond compelled such of the t sailors a s 're'niaided otf board, to navi. gaterher td’Povertyßay, under threats of-murder if they resisted*' and promises of-safety^in'case:they- pbeyedv ;. The t •|a^.^^^Tt^ : |srceV.iH■e' , rebels were ;landedtin Will be {lucky .r if the - next mail?do.es not . announce a Vri thoislandi _ that rising''s^i^^^Se* f ’place :/Beembriheyit^le^|ne 4 a certain extentrest upon the Imperial 'policy *'of. England; :f There is.no' de"fl^ngrffi'at.the'''<»ioiuist?.'Ratye reason to (.complain of the have - received; ? They, are . matched ; ! against perhaps the most formidable ' savages—not even excepting the Kaf- ' jSrs—that British ' settlers ; have .eyer encountered^—, The;, jdaoris {.are ,nu inerically not number - But*? from dren ! proportion of fighting, men,. They can Always- outnumber the . straggling { Colonists; though {the latter are more .numerous in the aggregate f .and when ; use' it. mercilessly. £: Gonquest with them means murder, arid thanks to

theif wmiike qrgahisktidn, their sub , - tlety, and their. commandof European qweapons; / detached victories on their part are unhappily common, i .-Againsi ; ffcucH;enemies*as'lhese.we require a few j 7bml|^i^)la(e6K{faLrmmrs‘and grkziers {to *< . observe'atbOf.i same Apunctilios;: whicli : England? and i wouldu expect eachTqther in the everit of hos{the' frebuke..bestojyed gentleman .who r.ha.d;feby! bis promptitude, baffled - an elabqrate scheme for the sack of the {{tOw^dfiSF^er^andWasinformed" ' disggacef'tb'-nivili-, i j sation.” i fact ib'that{tliere v is'j ust •! at; - in Englabd -a tendency- to £ympathisq rebels, andS espe- ■ -IS; agrarian , the>Maoris isithat they want the; island v);,7{fbdy^3 ; ustify7;thepnyOte^ a coiiipq}led{ito7acknowledge.rjhat' .mere, v isunfOrtunately, there an energetic {7%-P.O ln this country on whom the f jnere mention of the word “land” acts s ?\/ihs the sight of scarlet is said td do-on species, The sume xpolitissg&gk k v st

|i|aqi^;o%a^qyei^mOn.%omcm]^a;nd? MmM tamedq ita development! in -the m6re'Vbr- ;, less 7 force' the an*., uviv - iTii-vfit :.i and interferecce from .which the colonists b^{a7 f^ce^t^^|telr|qtt^Ney^^eaiancl^ '^^h^i&tisi^ajqe{^d^ci|od^ pro%g^^i&^pt|iera^;ito^d!dpnt' upon:tbeprotectiohiqf?H§avehdnahy cimsadf|wlfldhvthdy|:^id^r^kev-^gEiinst ble:; that their, enforced: lnactivitylhas daugerthhnWny other dhf.tbLv!bdcasioiitliedpcm Goyernment has.-proved lacking in energy., appears probable ; but thb eannot be uncon necte'd'with, the fact that ! they have the. pr iviledge 4 of ; . pyptecting, themselves If; they; had the latter they would? soon be outOf danger, and might, by 1 convincing' the natives that resistance is create some chance of presery / ingi the ;Maori; race (from; complete > exxinetion. - At presentj the' tribes ai : e to conyiOce us of alter-' hate repression and encouragement is no kindness; It is obvious that in their' preserit stateP of intermittent-hnd wandering' hostility -to'' civilisation, iall But : the very strongest must, perish in infancy. The natives theinselves anticipate their extinction 1 , and prophecy that, as the clover' killed the fern, and the Pakeha rat .the Maori rat, so the Maoris, will disappear before the Europeans. - The prediction is not unlikely to be'fulfilled r in any case, but the aptitudeVpf ‘the race 5 for 5 agripuitiire' affords a; possibility of their preservation, jf by any means they can:be constrained to peacefulness. But : , however that may be; justice to the 1 colonists reijuires that ,iliey~ should be,,either protected •!r, unfettered.- :If they have any right to be in the island ht all;they are- entitled itodii/e there in safety. ’ v ■ 1 1 ■ ■ ■?

. (From tie Standard; 3rci-‘6ctol)er.) ' , ;! It appears-: to be- too probable that the settlers ihrNew Zealand are destined to have another difficulty with ilie natives: on their hands., - The Maori seems to outwit the Englishman when the one is the prisoner and the other jailer; and once more{ia number of convicts have been .suffered to escape. They a .ship and made, their way to. a part of the coast where tbe ; elements of a fresh' outbreak ‘7were{ already gathering.; la this state of affairs the last mail left. : The New Zealand corf respondent-who sends{the account, expresses a,pious liope that the .community would hear no more.of 3 the escaped convicts. But it would he contrary to the {Maori character If so golden ah opportunity; Was. lost.; sight of. We fear that the eppyicts ran away only to return -with reinforcements, and that the settlers willbe called upon.to malfe{; the, best defence chn of tiieir property. {We fsbdlf leave .to others the. task of drawing a moral from an incident which is -inseparable fromdifeinacountrywliere aboriginal tribes r to' the.soil.;{The lesson that the; settlers’ ought to keep a volunteer force.hah'just'been read* to i the m. but it, 9. Q. | happens that; sucha ; force; is. actually .{mainthihed:; by ;the , cojonists, and; in the eyeat of a{ disturbance, it will be heard of; {.The. ad- > vice given to . them is; ! therefore, su :herflub|jf^ i w.^b f the'cMohistsin the suppression of.these i disturbances hs premature at { sent{‘ihqmeht; , 7 Rtobably^tlie^/GoVera-s - ment. wbuld be well contented, if {the ; colonists' , WoidC(altbgetheri( i v- -jjil: . i, ; 'V,; ■ -v : , _,