THE DEBATE ON THE GOORKHA QUESTION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 202, 28 August 1869, Page 2

THE DEBATE ON THE GOORKHA QUESTION.

"We take the following from Hansard: — Mr Craoroft Wilson, C.8., said : We have heard a good deal of clap-trap about aggressive policy. I feel ashamed when I hear Englishmen speaking about aggression. The murders at the White Cliffs were perpetrated six months ago, and not a finger has been raised to arrest the murderers. Is that what Englishmen would call aggression ? Is any one now following up Te Kooti, knowing as we do the mischief he is creating. There is no body of men to go after him. Will an Englishman call that aggression ? Will anybody say that to go after Titoko Waru is aggression ? Very well, then, the Goorkhas may be used for that purpose unless thwarted, and I am sorry to say that a great many people who call themselves Englishmen, and who belong to our race, have thwarted many endeavors in this country to restore peace and order. We have heard a speech from the honorable member who represents the Western Native District (Mete Kingi). Was it that man's speech ? That was a speech ofaphilo-Maori who has a seat elsewhere. It is true he spoke of munga munffas, whatever he means by that. The speech, or at all events the sentiments, were not his. He stated distinctly that he had been told that the Goorkhas murdered men, women, and children indiscriminately. How did he know that ? He could not by intuition have learned it. He had learned it elsewhere ; he had been tutored by the man in the street. I never saw a greater farce in my life than the speech of that honorable member. He s^id, "Do not bring the munga mungas here." The Speaker : The honorable member is not in order in referring to any other speech in that manner. Mr Oacroft Wilson : Am I not justified in quoting the words used ? The Speaker : It is not right to impute to an honorable member who addressed the House that he has not been speaking his own sentiments. Mr Cracroft Wilson : If you rule it so, I shall bow to your decision. I shall allow, for the sake of obedience, that he did speak his own sentiments. I shall not say any more.