A SENSIBLE MAORI.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 146, 22 June 1877, Page 4

A SENSIBLE MAORI.

•>•' ' :'"' '.- '. t" „\ r . A i ~'A pv-;i-!<y . " (N^Z. tterplfy AAA" : XX '"^ There' was a great Maori feast lately in 'the Pbverty Bay "district, on the' occasion of the marriftge f of a ; son* ajld daughter of Wi Pere,; the being married to Mr Gibson, of Napier. In his speech. Wi Perb sardt^-This is what I have thought df^lstDTfoat we again return to the worship of the'' tVuS' Go^, ! We did not Buff&r evil at the bands of that God. But' 'when we turned from bim and worshipped idols, welthen felt evil to come on us; •■ ; 2hd r . ;( Lejns ! besae? to drink af'deht s^ir/its. Let us take it in moderation, and {not get dr unk,'" but let us kill our desii-e ,-for it. 3rd. Let a^Vbecoin'b^inWti-tli^us,. so that we may possess pr&p tl erty." , ' , '4W. !C Let os caaae to aelii'la^a;" Alfdl^o^not let us persist io it^ lest' our children becomei.like . those . who ihfeve? wo& driv parents to feed aad help them. But 'let uskeept^jpertio^^^id w§ n^w possess fbr bur offspring, who maVrseU as%e;mrbp^Sas, : ' i! js^ thegfflifilf&ft (mak9,Bnew;thpg|phurcheß whtchjifiaße^beeiji neglected, , t and which hav»>bedoma decayed <hinnhe> time of wair)J 6thi Let uS search out that whioh has 'caused the'eVii to ua in days now past. v'Tiiae^xlidr^some of us haVe been -led into evi*. 1 ' And let 1 ua' seb' ho w 'iff 'ban mak'e tfifimiact in accordabbe wftK ihe iglw'.' ;b,(: ; the Queen. 7tb. Let the people .nominate a oommittee , tvp s ear ( ry : ,out .the^ above -; soggfistion. ,-^no^ let a commit^eb Be pu|. .yitq, power eaoh succeeding year, so that we may find some line of action by which we shall have time to^ breathe in the midst of. the trouble wfiich haa cooa^pn-. us'in the years past. Now,: O people, send your children Jo schpol.^so that they may be learned "as tHe' v fip*ropean chllgreh. T So that .the Vordi *of our' mbm'be'r in Parliament (Earaitiana Takamoana) may -become^ truej viz, that thbrb ' be one^ "law fav. (ttie^Mapri, a^EyrOpbapjjand thaf r t.ii'e.r4 b^uT oue people, If wen do not iso t in accordance with-^thesej B^ggf^tiPns we 8 .r"ov°-* •fa«9,4no one "peppfe^h fSpy,,.^ & il iMPlt&k9yi, obey^,thft^qomßlanas , and tewhiogs of ' your parehlsj thiat honor may cdDieto you. ; -NbW,-j '■<s people, tesbb" jrpur children u ;s&na ; A Jthem to BO J»99^ : &\bp. laaglitiliylt^Q^i'ssionaries. Dpjnotsend tbbbi ttf school to be taught by immoral peopie. J; bp^ofaljow them tOjgS jt^; ) %y' pff^eir^p wo desire, nQ &*lk^i tfeeipj tq,4«link;[ardent spirits. Lpokat -the tn^an6rd»r:wliich l and my elder brother have broughVour children np. I now^igAise^in^tage £ sincere delight* them). - I£q«S?, iO^ray take care: of' your land^so that'you may have.rit.tob Hy*a*,o^ andj6ligajn x l^jby w^fcyou pa'iliye Uvmk r , Xi&sams& squander the good things which God has given to ybur v a6ceßtofßV' r Now, 0 friends, the E'urofiea'ns $[<m. strangers in the land, but they hava become riqb; And we, the owners, and children of the soil, have become poor because -Bf' our stupidness. Now, let us follow in the path by whioh they are so full of . knowledge, - ' '