IMPERIAL ASSISTANCE.

Hawke's Bay Weekly Times, Volume 2, Issue 104, 28 December 1868, Page 314

IMPERIAL ASSISTANCE.

IT is wi&Tery great see > Mr; ; the ' ?Ga£bel^b*x' £ t^^^ relipnoe, ipftlioji sH <Js,w*ap;aiideas isoistill, cate/o{i»elf-»eliane^?4B^B ; fcoupy'icoT!t«tng,o| friends,;arerh^ngiiig^^^ • t ,days». its^dstiiWe , guppor |ers.”;. I toifind ; ttie oyig rfaithffl;!? many-faithless,, ■ ~ipj . when- rthat'faithfuhone-.hasv.olwaysi tahfcba [ raay -preduipe- 'Mri -PitzGterald tobe the * chjmvpipid' of i the '- h.olderot' bf \ themself* , J6n that groun di as , - ietteras.:naost iwelcome. - / - ... . .• .- .i- 0

w. rlha ; sfcr ength of tbo iwh olezargnmenjb:i» equalonly.to-strengthjof itsweakest part; invulnerable only by-thei heel death G'erald’atvadvqcacy" of -almostf anjr 'of: .the gupstiopghq_takei^up;;_there ; is generally some, weak point, because of liis .fondness ridipg r his hqbby at/tqo-greatya ppce, aojnetime&aeven tOt-deathi; In • MrlTitzQprald!®’.advocacyj - you look for;-incoafeis-tenoy-almdst as a* matter of- course,.-.aqd. in; tliislettter pa' keif-reliance we dm re the lafes6’.,dllpßt'ration r of it. r - -Self-reliance r jßit&Qferald’s.- view; meana ; simply self g£lian.c_e,ourselves.7.} That, lie,.says, is the only-„manjy-,00ur80.-open to usX ; 'By implication.- fie .tfiinks- we -mre '-wrong jin using the services of the. -men-of-war .on p]ur coasts for. anythingelao than to repel an ,external foe, wrong in using the..troops now statiobed . here, wrong in’enlisting men ‘from -beyond the'-Polony, -wrong- in using-ihe natives, wrongs in; fact in-calling to purnid anyone—‘‘-.despising all-external aid, relying upon ourselves alone.”.- - -All thisisconsistent enough.; .it.ia self-reliance a -, Fort. trayioßi .the riding the. hobby at.a pace which few can possibly keep- up with 1 ' Scarcely anyone -will'- agree- -with-Mr-"Fitz-gerald .the most ardent of ordinary present day.. supporters thinking they-do iio

violence, to the principle of self-reliance j by calling in some external aid,vand tnak- , ing all. thp.nse .vve'-aarirpf the;fcrpops. aha . ships now on the.-.station... -BufcSihatr few' if any, will agree with .himyeif. "ilhe Quaker--'-who refused to - support -war on principlej'who , wojald, .suffer to i .be despoiled rather than to. contribute .the ; war 5 tax*..yet fr.eely .gave its amount.to* wards supplying- the ■■ army ; witli—food, lwa& ■notagreatereinbodiment ofioaohsißtency than ‘.‘The.duty' of England, (he., says) is another, thing.' I believe if we; do ; our‘ duty, England’will . do--hers. England- is - bound "by ;every motive which can influence a great -empiire strait.” That ; reads strangely inconsistent with this whole

hog s&lfrrejrianoe which Mr Fitz Gerald has, in three*.columns rand, a half,': been advoeating. We are torelyon oursolyes..; we are to scorn asking for material aid, such as men and ships ; '.but still England ought Co help us Hoiv-P-by romoviug:every obstacle, in our, \rayj :by denuding the'Go:vex;n or, as.he,r.representative,.of all,.control inutile-matter;. .by giving us' af fair field*? .No such.\thing—“ the. way .England can help us-(says : M*r Fitz Gerald) is by-money and arms" Self-relianciv .as- viewed*iu the light .of Mr Fitz Gerald’s, latest paragraph,. moans, “We must find, the .mart, and England must>fihd the money to pay them, and arms' for-'them to., fiihtwit h.” .So; .lar*. as, the, principle- ik concerned, Mt* Fitz Gerald does. not. thereby much..differ .from *those who, while asking for ’ Imperial troipps, Offer to'pay &>K;,them. * vtWe would: suggeste: that. .as. doctorsVtli,uß disagree as to .which, remedy \yould, be4i.est,:the, happiest solution- would be obtained'- by. all classes uniting. Dr .Fratherston’s friends shouldask for troops,’, and; Mr Fitzgerald 'should: ask for’money and,arms,: and;those who want. the. Dome Government to supply-mien,.,money,sand arms, ..could then yery readily ..-support them-both. : B ut-Mc FitzGerald’s.letter fails .toideal with We have not . trained force to put . dbwn?tbj

rebellion at, once, or,..what- amounts same -thing,' the “-powers- that • think we .have jiave- not.-; >We"moved-'.men from the East Coast ► tot ..and ■ then: when - troubles,- increased, on ■ the East we moved -.them ; &nd . others ;,.hack. again.; Meanwhile . nothing .can be done omfche VVest .until theyoreugain returned; These precious summer weeks and .montlislarebeing frittered away [in worse thanidlsj ness,, because tlio 'rebels m&w growing emboldened tfcheceby. - lloweyer fast .our ceoruitsjnjayuarriveifrom,Australia or elso>y hpre,p.plpjjeli\W;hitmor9» .or -men info ;tlieibusli. SinnWs are ?to us of. vpp . r.whatev.er,; .unless lefficieutly gained. ...If these ; had! &eext ; three/times

t}ie -ixumUetr ia. that '!where ‘ffton I’enjpskjraafl 'Budk -of^killed .andfthb nurabsrs - WhoAlhrew-tWay/their armband been jsjree In >M4'^j^cb l ''j&a : 'Hnnot: make ;*liia JcbiU aplendidiy,'lbut?it4s iabsurd<to iexpectlriia eant.i»>dai%e ; t.oJ dur ,* present

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