THE MAORI MESSENGER. Auckland, February 26, 1852.

Maori Messenger : Te Karere Maori, Volume 4, Issue 83, 26 February 1852, Page 2

THE MAORI MESSENGER. Auckland, February 26, 1852.

It is UNKNOWN we have UNKNOWN readers UNKNOWN the UNKNOWN of UNKNOWN ing upon UNKNOWN means in£ upon ivil. . .<-al '■<■' oinl i!.f::r uv.-mu (ifjMyiiK-iit. Un;i :-idi ;i liioniii-taucc was l-.ioiluV'l l-.'iiili'-' y in;-', i- .un- ol> 01vatiitii, w-i! WO!.; tit-, j.-lltc:- II coo-. i<ms lliiit sucii ft rtiiiif'U-i *yst-v.i ■•ii;l o'.t>i,ioil ;l li>-.. ting am >•.'£ t!n: ni iv>: tribiv-i. D-bt ; s :ui ow!, wmu'i kowevi-r [>.-t:v-'.'ivit, uiul liowc. ci- (li-flru liv(. in hiyii y «'«' iii/.t'd so«'i"tios. i. di:u w' oou'ii ii-. vi r !i:no expceU:-.'. to exist •inini'..'it a race so recently e In lli:.- i lijit •■'-imiri .-; of the woihl, i't bt lias piobaljiy eiitaileil as inn ii misery !•■'■• i»i.V >» lilcl ' c:alimiity to \viii.\i mn:>!;iinl ba:> l>:en 'suliji t-t; a-il iit a I c>mi' i-U-stliuwiso mid tl.e i cm voii'i !,<.(' nl|.i«;i-s, iiavo eiiilfavmroil, liv exhibiting ti'! <l.'j."a' l aii>!i, d stitution, aiid (lespiir <it' wl-.'wM it i'ti- b.o<i He fniit.u ji.icii. In i':t::i (Mtcr (. :■ ii 1..' i.nil tin.- !■.!, py IcsiS-.-ti nl a»t,uaii-j debt by

pa> iug for the ai tide that may be required, nt the time that it is purchased. " Debt, like u grnin of mustard seed, will fining into a great tree." And, s:> tnij is tliis assertion. Unit fhey mw well «ivo God (bunks who owe no man the value of ii brass f.rthing. " Out of debt, out of danger,"—is one of the most cherished of the ling ish proverbs ; •- ami | wisely !■: it so, for on no stilijo-'t lia o inoic Ina t-reiiditig nairati'i's of ruin l.een founded than upon those which |>roc:-i'(l from tlie wretched pni' ti<;c of running hit > debt. The man Unit, is pluugei) in debt Mill c-ali nothing,—not cvenl.is libeid —his own. II:s niiiid is i r ever on the rack to devise impissib'e means of p.-nii.gor pt-'pilhuieg liis i re :i-------t<ir: i.iko tiie grain of inustard '■i-ccl. an unpaid (lei)t iC :,!S " !: inciviisinit and incre.i.sinu, until lli-J property of llie debt r becomes so ine\ti ii ably involved tliat the all ol the nnt'iinkiiiLC man is frequently insulin ient to sati-fy his credit • '«, who p'-nnce upon bis possessions whist lie, lis wife and ehi'ilren are tinned penn'res* beggars upon u si-.oliir.g ami unpitiing: woihl. Once in debt, the debtor is at j the mercy of his rrui'iti r for value the creditor chooses t" put npor. bis .vares. The man who enters a shop to J piiivliiiS'i with money in his hand wi I re- j (eivu tin- equal value for twc.ty shillings, j that lie, who asks crnlil, will obtain for live j or mv and twenty sliillmgs. And then, it the account be not paid at the stipulated time, the shopkeeper will dennnd an additional sum of money, (whiih is called interest), t> he ad led to nis bill, for the length <-f time which liis account Inn remaino I unsettled. Tli.s is one of the ways in which debt ac< and by ti is nci uiiuil.ition. tbir finest an I the nvst j extei sivn estates hare s'ipl from the liands ol ihi! great uiul noble in ail connIvies, leaving their il»stomlmita in a state of the most pitiable dependency. " Look," siid n father, who had taken hli son to tlie top of a hill, from whence (bey commanded an extensive >iew of a rich and fertile joiiiiny —" Look ! Cast >onr eyes over the meadows, the plains, the hils, ili>: eorn-lields, the ri>ers, the forests, —the dr. ves ol h< rscs, the Hocks of sheep, the herds of raU!e—the niaii>i.ilis. the cottages, the guldens, the orchards.—To whom did all these riches lor hundred-! oiyc-ais belong ? To whom, but to him who through debt hai he'll forced to fly to scok another home? His briliaut inheritance has become the spoil of the stranger. His hearth has passed away to rejoice Another master, —whilst he is compelled to roam n wanderer ami a vagabond on a foreign shore I Would you then, mv son, (hat I sliout I endanger my li'll •Ellhslnuce by d si.ingtliat which I la'kthe means to pay f r? s ee how debt destroys not only him who borrows I,ut him that leu s ! The I'e.btor breaks Ii faith wiih the poor tiV.csiiiuu. Tee j:ocr tradesman is iuiii'ilc to ke.-p fai'li ttiMi ihe inn chant to whom he U inih Ined; he is charged ni'r- ami more for all his suppli-s, and inconsequence, he eaimot sell at the same price as his neighbour who purchases witli/vW// mourij utu" tuxiiitbiril t rmlH ; —h- grows ni - piriti d ;—toil a< 1.0 n ay. Irs cannot shakoil' his load ;—he sinks and s : nks, ruined, to his grave, leavir-s a dishonoured iianu and starving family b- hind him: —and al for what •'--because l»e elite.ed into engagements he was unequal to meet!' IJ.-war.-l we iuiplwe yon, oh native traders of tiie" Maori Aiessi nger," of such ruinous ongagenieiits. Avoid debt as you would avoid destine! ion. Knler into no accounts with the Auckland slim keepers. I'ny as yon purchase, and you will buy wed ml cheaplv.—And buy nothing that sou do not absolutely i\ quite. We deeply lament to learn that several suits, for considerab'esums, have rocentK b -en pivferre.i in the Resident v agist rate's tcs I'ourt. by Kuropean creditors against Aboriginal dcbtois. No e'aims can be more "dilli. tilt t> adjudi-ate, or more injurious 10 the pea o and prospeiity of the i-ft- e> than tln-Sii ; and, whilst we cannot bin cci Mire the conduct of the tilth es in incurring such debts, we cannot but stil' mo.e bitterly condemn the eon j duct of su h shopkeepers as enable the I unlives to vom-rn t them. We shall never foe. regret at a non-suit, the result of an ovii* facility nil'orded to the native debtor. Masters of ships warn the inhai'itimis of

the seaports, at which tiny touch, thi.t *""they wil not hold themselves responsib'e for any debts their eic-.v ir,ay coatract. It is u pity that some such legal caution could nut "he proclaimed in Inhalf of the native popiilati'-ii, in a transition state from barbarism to riviizatiou. We hope the Ktsi.lcnt Ma-istratc will narrowly watch every such snil that may be brought bcf.ro him. Let the following truthful narrative of the evil effects ot <'ebt le duly considered by our native friends. .. An Alderman ati'l a Hank Director ot Charleston, a City o '■ otith Carolina, one of 'the U:.i :••■! State of America having rv«.rt'<h(i i:is means ai.tl «:«niti'ncl«(l debts he was uiiiible to pay, II d from the .•■•Femi'iices; leaMm; his wit'.-, a ui"l"'o -Mtiin and iiii :*x ■ hi.di-.-n behind. »'l his . woman was bis sh<v<', ami ' y the lav>of Ameri-a wiiro. t» the indelible disgrace of lb'.- country, slavery prevails. i!.,'six children were-s aes also Theshuman beings were tlu-.t'fore a* iniicli the pi-.-pcriy of the creditors as (logs, hogs, or oxen, "'lid "S such wre uuhesiiatnigly sold to | ay tin? d Mi of tie husband anil tie lather.