The Weekly Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1868. IMPERIAL ASSISTANCE.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 104, 28 December 1868, Page 313

The Weekly Times. Nullius addictus jurare in verba magistri. MONDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1868. IMPERIAL ASSISTANCE.

tfiriiiKßtheLpeoplejof: the" ,"aieig , r of i ß^wke , 3 } ; t beßr'ooghi ■ to"'^ee,tlie : advantage that\woohr ( re-j r sd tt^rdM 1 . a' 1 suspension Con- j tuupn,* aact the:: growing • tke go-' veinittibnfr of the ; Colony, l hitb the minds of a Hominee' of t tHe Imperial Crown.- A ’ : 'They »setem 8 - to‘ x elate *the doctrine that' it" is better tobearthe - life we have' thanffiy to others we khowhot of;” and welbeliete thatj so ‘far at least;-"the EEaWke’sf ißay/jpu^iic. are jn,;tKe * right. • VBut; ‘judging* fronirthe characterr^of : the 'meeting,4-the r said public 1 hre ready 'hifobigh bo" craye' Tinperial.' tlielp--ac-cordirigly a memorial -was‘agreed on Queen- Victoria, - declaring J that : the Colony 'is' unable'- ‘to master the'prb-sent-difficulty by repressing. the; native" add 1 farther; he-

elating that, without such' aid, “'the industries bf ! the : ‘• be ruined,, and the lives of the ; colonists sacrificed.” *■ 1 The case v of thb 1 Colony is veiy fairly puiTih “the “memorial, 1 and there can, -we think,^he : no-qlies-tion'*tfiat; a piyma'fqcie . case is“ made oitt* in' asking' aid irotn 'the Imperial' ’thmkiihat the ; meeting overlobked -one - important fhcft " TBie kind; of aid asked for; is riot ‘-Indicated/ « "The- Chense ;* of the ffiedf ihgj’ is ‘ W&g; cdfitraiy ’ fo? ‘fch e idea of suspendihglthe Constittition,■is not* Unbodied "Tn ’ ‘ihe 1 - -ihemoristl l but it ; is left open as to the 1 kind of hieahuresfthat 1 ' ihEy b'6 'adopted to restore peace’and tranquility in; the Colony mayy v therefore, happen that in answer to prayer of the 'memorial-the yery measures may be taken;, which "disapprove of. - ' The Constitution mav

and-we*"may ‘fiiidvourselyesjvtoo.date to under a dsetat6rial v 'mlC,' ! -with -Ac power to help ourselves, during the pleasure of the Colonial office. ' We cannot say. that we approm of this idea. '

’’'Oi^''cbnfir&ecr opinfoii'' 'of the much-vexed question: of self-reliance is, tliat’the native'difficulty must* be settled by the .colonist's themselve% Tfi& s ihere fuelling Bf hisurrection jby r a. body. of . . Britisii merely postpone the; work itself for or-'lessf dbubt y bothi Tifokowarxi; and ; Tey Kooti; Voifftl =:-di 'Great Britainj -but'they; Mid sy6uld*bh xbut waiting rin aiy State'df pf;the troopSj -.to agani show thenij rdbbllioi£ a ;Th if ? wqi[fd faieStf’ <{ ; tbe ;? difficti ittf*’ 7J?,'. 4T: ittL . I V'-i- - of'the : lߣ|ierial Govemmeht 4, idSbdatiOTi i 'tn at the » sc^m.es;.Df £3i£fe£’»4 'Ji&skQtUssi. Grey

ThfevmfficiEty. .jiSi tiaedr*i6t:?r.fcfer ,a ■•' - to r i it "ilieirsurSS -to end? it at;Toiice:!anai,&^e'^fa , », ’ThS'% lMy e'iibfr 1 .tteenspttlli|i'cl a|^^b^nnalSe :s^; oif Sir GbSrge a' system of- designpclto jrefeip theiff <^et ,; j'* i tbey r sa?w“ that ; tKe .s^^emf ofy isiyfi \ Cqmmisr ’aid “the s ‘pretence ’ of iiamng law and order ’ by.!t£e native runanga, was'biit' ofTkri.y beicy- "f ~ they" Could not but .relmqbisMngr/bf the Crown's preemptive -right: to the. soil of theSe islands l —-it:: elf "the f grjinclest ’error"of all out'blundering legislatoi&~wli&? ’ iuibtfier; s see when.We fight with them tliat 'We 'haye ‘no’-intentioii ;ol‘ conquering them effectually,, but oniy of obtain r ing quiet for the present—else (they reason) why 14t the 1 King ,atbne? ■“ why not destroy - the' root of the rebellion ; iii; .short,’;' our' !yyboie dealings' with, them may-be hummed up in There have not “been wanting plaim both at home and in the Colony.*

Th'e -Times, once said, and itsYwoijds found'an echo from the, Philo-Maori

parly here, “ our whole 2sTe\y Zealand polfcy’m, ‘‘wait* hut 'this jiblicyiis that ■which ha§ invariably produced its in rebellion/ murderj and desolation.' We have 'no hesitatidii iii declaring' it to be a false and, pernicious policy. The Imperial (government, .in . spite of the Missionary’ party/ "should, at the veryr‘first, .have taken its pi-bpeir-and dignified 'poaitibn as the ruling power, eiercised its rightpf ownership' as all 'unappropriated wastelands, and brought the law to bear against' all offenders. . Such; a course'would have prepared the" way. for a, prosperous Oolony, and ensured the elevation of the native race. There;wbuld then have been no land

questions nor native difficulties. In stead of "Being in debt to the tune of several millions, and .'ground fo the earth' by fixation, we might liave, been the most prosperous Colony in the woiid—free from debt, and almost fires from taxation for the waste lands, which liave|proved the curse of tlie Colony wduld.;have been a“ source of revenue, and a means ,of

ensuring, a constant streahT'pf immigration, and also have; provided funds for the carrying' cut of great Public' Works—all ' 'tending/ to • "tlie advancement and permanent prosperity/of ,both.races.., . ;