TANGI FOR SIR DONALD McLEAN.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4955, 8 February 1877, Page 6

TANGI FOR SIR DONALD McLEAN.

.;. The'ta."ngi, for .the'fate Sir jjonald McLean app.eSrs tp,have, passed off very grandly and solemnly;: ; :Most. ,bf the particulars; have ,already ;&ppe>red.m our telegraphic- (Solumns, bu ( t'we.takeifrom skev>ilawi&'s Bay fferald of .JFriday theiiollowing "report of the speeches ,mfjde by. Europeans '.rr- ?;• • •■;-V -.c -..-): ■ Mr. ORMOND:;'It is- very gratifying indeed to the'fdendsbf McLean to see so many bf • the'iiative peopW .assembled 'here iqt respect to,his-mein6ry' 'as it is entirely-youir^wii':atctthatiou'come herein expressioii-<jfiyout sbrrb\^. i \'W.hen, a .few days ago,'you^wished';to;spea|tJpyer his •/ . grave > sucK was iidt- ddiie. a> it'.is'.c'ijntrary to European; Wierifypu? learfted this, you then arranged/ fOr Occmuoii.; ivlt is, as , one of hi3;JrieridSii»l's^d- : for me to icome- here-and'l^nieht: ; 'hif ,loss. r A i chief for . Maoris have losfeagreatifrlejli ! ;'lt.will indeed ;be difficult to replace hhivi^Thiit i$ wquestioa ; upon which; I must Let:'toe' "first speak^'tq^ybp^as-:"bneMwho ■• ; knew the;man; better perhaps • than any;of liis Europeanfnehds;- 1 I; 1 y ou » now that he has gone, !£_ his'^hole ''life lias; not been spent dh-your. service.' : We tvhd»know his thoughts know 'that objpetof his Ufe. ! ;Sow;'did he ; ihbw' it?, I •will,tell jou... By always peaba, between- the two<racesi s'l : .Would xe;mind: ;the iWaita^;> jfor , 'which sib'y; some •'-•he has been. bfatoifd ! 8B '<\ caiise", fookiplacej-h&vwas atth'e'jtini6';lfe''d^iigeri f .of-his;lifei:faraway; ; fr6m the^scen'd'of'trouble, u yWhenheßecovered,■ he *ent;tiieie,;.-; ©byw_ - / iipiim^w' r thSt--he^as'the chief in* ~ 'brihging abont-that > peace 1 which afcdesireiL "S«i'>! rlghJ'throu*h, up to tlfe time of his "death, wl» > '!k*ew,.him—and there ai*e many of •his ; 6la ; ject * ' i:Yo£' know; 'and? < t''■■ will agaffivfiflil .- that it'was'td secure peaceful'relations\hit ha .' took office in 1869 as -Native:Minister,«B.Andj j what, .I-a'sb,. has 'been 5 ".the v * result ;we ; not;,-duringt>'jlil)ie #wholeV]?'isif ; ■•! culties ' between;;^:the l-«M&nß*:'^at^'»:'|Sur(>- > \ j peahs.'' ; You ; S*e a#ftrfe ibf ; the:«dif|(eultie» '■ ; that sinbie 'tha^'peilbd 1 - between 1 the ' ;; Maoris and pakenasat the Waikat&-;>hd;how, through'his-knowledge ahd'caife, I .' thbs'e :diffi> •culties. were;ovfercolß'e.-'^''"6'br ; .: secure peace has: been%B4 great ;b|a life. \> Anqther'. thing wfiich h& '-looked for i, great results ; was' /to- th©> ©£ . ';:. schools amongyoui Up'ctq the ; last (kijf^t his j; great hopes for you'as'a people'- J wto'.th»t'Jfoinr, i children should- tie educated'- in ..''' tongue..... Before he. ] while, ' \ East Coast, you! "suqw thai; 'ydh;-all*wweed - i with him in putting"; :do*n the troubles of those times., Yoif, knqw that.hp/ v froibb.. hi» : I knowledge'of- you AndVmf for!yotr,. wasinstrum'entalin brlhging'''aDdnt the peafce that succeeded tHose times, "and; that Mi .'c6a» tmu'ed-up.to,the present.' This is• me^eljrto '.••; remind you'th!it you-worked well ; withjihuii ia '':' : that good'woJJkV':''Although I say'tl&'to'fjj'qu, I^;<l6ubt if• therftis any neted fq| fring - thisto'your 'mindsl , ; He was the glre'atKiik' in ■■ ~ say.of him' il: there-'Were: heed'for'it" -"This/ ■ pomirighere shows the respect, in; wjiicb., ■' he was held by ymi.» ' It shpi*fith'e EuropWahs' the great ?love ; -yoil' have-" for -the mah%|i9''is ■•' ' dead. ' Now for a few words'%ri whai?ybuA'ave ' said here to-day. "Firstly,--has'been^niade ! fevmees^tne^regard'yqu r for, the late 'Si* Donald McLean, 1 and but cement the kindly feeling betweeS'ttßt -J will? not:go through'every'speech'; bi*t deal generally with the main points they'eontain; First and foremost, 1 whut'has;; faUen, 'from every speaker has been, as far "mi. have beetf able to follow it ? thatybu all wish ;that with-the' should- be buried whatever difficulties have ; existed, and so'hifl'wishes be carried out. This,' I ; hear, is" J "one> o£_your native customs.' ' Speaking here r to-day,' iand speaking on the part of the Government, I say,, we accept this bffer<; is not the time to name' particular difficulties ; but I accept these sincere; and I look" te- you to'find/ an «arly opportunity o£ settling',the difficulties that" exist. hope and i think it .; very likely ' that' the' same feeUng may be expressed-in differentparts of the island where Sir Donald McLean'was known as well as he was With you.'' 'Another leadirg feature in all your speeches'has bteen your feelirig of anxiety respecting; the/futnre. Knowing him who is dead as I ctid-—kriowing also his knowledge qf'you, of your-customs, and his acquaintance with you igenerally, I agree with you that there will be difficulty ia finding a man who can fill his place: 'I 0 ;will instance what I mean. I have" known and been in communication' with hiih when J a Minister, ;and saw from: time to time difficulties arise in distant parts of the country. --Iknovr well, from 1 personal knowledge how W ! could 'appeal. to the proper-feelings' of the people;— hbwheof all Europeans was from that knowledge able to work for the gobd bit all of iis. lowing all this, I therefore agree with joirithit it is hard to fill his plice. Therefore I appreciate your feelings in respect to the task before us. All I can say to you about-that is to refer'yoti to -his ; last address 'to you, when"'he, little knew that he was'passmgtw his Vend.;'>'>He then-' told - you'■• that' the Government that would follow him;would try and do their beat to maintain peaceful relations'-between both races.' He hoped then to' and to be able to -"asgist'in \[ that work,'- al though' his health'-might'•not' allow hW' to be an active member of the Government".; Help from him cannot abw be had."lt resets with i ns to carry out together the t work;;'; pcatt say to you that; admitting, as I do, that there is no one to my knowledge able"to fill'in th« way he has dona'the void occasioned -by his death, •hd'do his work as he did it; it is with aafisfactionWthat I have heard have made to-day. :-T«u have stated in thom that it is only by having one law for "the' ; two ■raees that matterafcan'be carried tout'to a. % satisfactory issue." ' But you must unaersfwid "! quite clearly, and remember with' that you cannot have • your "own curfbins; ind / your own modes of thinking as stood now as in the; past. It must be on ,-ivhich our relations must rest in f that we may be able to get on" together. f You, with" us, will see that this is absolutely necessary; ;'for 'here we are now- (you have alluded to-the fact yourselves) in common occupying ' this [ country with- you. I tell you that whilst we hope oh our side to be fair and right in all our dealings with" you, that bn'ybur sidej'there must: be fbrbearnnee where we are misunderstood, and we will ask you to give" us credit for always working for the [common good/ S Do you' remember in the future that upbn [ y6u as much as upon us rests the necessity for wbrk--.ing for these common objects. These, I'think, are the main points referred to in yoiir addresses of to-day.- Again I thank you-fqr ; the kindly feeling 'you,- have shown; -I loot upon that, and the promises to arrange the "troubles of - the past, as a hopeful indication 1 of the future.' Let us, while those thoughts' are within us, meet and arrange to settle "those matters that need our attention. These'are all my words to yoiu Mr. Douglas McLean, coming forward on the lawn, addressed the assembled natives as follows :—Friends, salutations to you. You have shown by your presence here to-day a proof of your love and regard for him who has

just departed to another, happier, and better world. I condole with you all as a younger brother in the loss you have sustained in the death of our common father, in the death; of the best and truest friend," you have ever had. . From h}§.earliest arrival in the country, he has been associated with' the Maori race for their good. He early acquired 'a' knowledge of your . language, manners,; customs, and. feelings, ancf turning his knowledge to good account, he thenceforth devoted himself to working* for your benefit, looking forward to the day when the. Maori race might.become.aa one with the •; European,:governed by the same .laws,''employed, in the same occupations, using . one "common language, and sharing, alike with the Europeans all the benefits of civilisation. But there is' l Httle*need fbifme to .dilate, upon what he' did a foftj>your race.; ; The: memory of it'is, andl" ever' will be, engraven .on your qearts. Youir presence here to-day is testimony-; to | it, and to your thankful recognition of it.' There la . one thing, however, that you should also. .know and bear in mind, viz., that it r was;in a great measure on your account that he laid; down his life. For two; years past his health „ had not been in a proper state to allow of his continuing his laborious duties with safety to bis life. Had he retired from tie Ministry two years ago, as the state of his health demanded, he would in all probability have been living now'in the enjoyment of, ; comparative, health aud strength, and, though retired ' from office, assisting the Government with his advice in the ; more important measures: concerning the natives. But he saw,that "there was still much to effect for your : benefit,'and so he stuck to his work to the last to the risk of his health, and as since turned but, of his Life; It'must therefore be not only • your desire but your ; duty to cherish his memory, and you can best show your veneration, for him and honor his name by your amenability to : the laws of the country—laws ' which, by your representatives in Parliament, both j&ttopean; and Maori, you I have a voicb ; in confirming, amending) or making" afresh ; . by your desire arid determination that your children should be educated in those schools which have beenand will continue to be established among you, by improving your lands in the pursuits of agriculture : and planting, and by aiding and co-operating with the Government in the carrying out of those measures devised for the benefit of yourselves and the Europeans, so that yon may Mare alike in the : wealth : and progress of the country, till it shall -, have become ,a great and prosperous nation,.. . «nd in. a bright and happj,future. By jso doing, you "will, indeed cherisK, his"memory, and raise an imperishable monument to it. !; .The presentation offood from the visitors, to '■ thie'friends of Sir, .Donald; was now," made by the Chief Tareha Te Moahanui.. ;< -; I Mr. Lockii now" rose "and addressed; the natives as- follows :—OwHg'to.the. length (of-, the .speeches ■ which', have .been delivered to- . day,T.will,nbyr.say but a. few wordV to you. From your knowledge of my lprig'acquaint- : '■■■■ ahce".with bur friend .wHo* has;;gone,'and with whom'l have been iso lan'g and |so .. intimately no; words ' of, mine; ? tare, inak'e- ■clearJ, l to' you'' how. T _ttoroughly_l^reciprocate.' the ' sentiments lof 7; sorrowr-ypn jhave .this ;'day ;manifested: J Together we worked for 'many, many years 1 with the people, of. this"aiid,,,other. ahdj ; , of .welcoming you here, many indeed "Cvhb.iave come from a distance to mourn for ■ '• himJwho* has .-gone; rather; must I join with ■ Jp4 W'.the-'.-tangilfor^thbcommon loss that ,w<?-have.sustained. :'j '*-Ab the day is advancing, ■i' and many ".of -'ybti '■'■' have c ; to";retnrn „to, .your' :-libmes, I will be,.fks .brief , I.nfjedBot remark how ;tborpughly Irespect the feel- ' ing of sorrpWJyoux'have ! this is dajexpressed.' l •■" :• Though beien- . by-him;for, the welfc ,re- " ' ifyou our'children.wbrmust strive to •-'■■ cany'through' r , "Aa the Jrain is ; : rlbvf'descen'djri&,,l !will rip^butc.add, another- ;. in obedience , -toayonr;6wn !cnstoras;''you; have presented to; "- Blr.' MoLean, ( and , myself;, we '.heartily, accept* and fully appreciate the kindly'spirit, so characteristic of ybu, •''that: prompted such' J; Having done so;' we j beg l b''U - r:'visitbrs from,the .Wairoa, Mohaka, I Bbrang^'aii," l TiiiniJd,' the chief Te Hapuku, '•- • ; - r whata-a : Ritf the visitors frbm-'othjer, , ; parts of • the island, to accept; from us the pre- " ; i sent .that- Tareha; 'have made us. NowJffia£;'this'is 'ietideaVianjj, as' t}ie , traini,,that,'is' to carrymany*<>f will; '; i • sfiprtly depart,; i- ask you. all* to partake of";the ■[- food that-is' prepared ftf.jm.- 1 say it^, affords.me r to siee , yon"assembled here to-day.' Fully . ias I'jdo iin' p 'ihe^'kindly*sentiments - !! you, I's^cerbly;beUeye,th'at:the' iihronghout.rthe "of'"the island that you haye .thi^da^^o;^';;:;;;.:'" '|. "', ' : ;; u,'"the,; natives adjourned to partake of the ample t,-:repasfc«th"atwas preparedfpr"^^them''bttaiibtherr ■ yjl ; pbr'tion of the ground." f ° The .presents of pptathirteen by Mr. ; "Locke, were subsequently, a'pportijmed equilly , r > awbng'thb "Napier 5 attended by native. the! ph,urch' of "En'gland,and'the , .Kbman Cathohc. . With fthe exception' of j a r-y ißght shower : in 'the • early:part;bf the :after--|i ncbnj;'dtiring' the whole of the proceedings the. t '-','-4*yi remarkably, fine. ■». - ••_: .:;'■ ■-..':■'-' | ■'; .w,lt thousand 1 people were on z lte&ffis;'y^lfr;::,;:.: r - \ .. ■■: 11;The ptoceedinga- came to a close' about j 4 - ''■■' ■ o'clock in' ;the* afternoon. '••} The nativea,through- ;;, in a,manner .v'.-ingof jpfauie.*:] JThe jmajority returned; quietly i .;; t 6 their homes when tha'cerembraes' were 6Hr.

'' BIOGRAPHICAL. i The McLeans throughout their history have been remarkable for their extraordinary acta of devotion, for their strict integrity and honorable principles—for their bravery and loyalty—for their succor to the oppressed—; and for those acts of gallantry and chivalry , Which have been characteristic of the Knights • ' of. the British Isles ' Sir Donald wag the eighth member of his 0 family upon whom the "order of Knighthood had been conferred, r .•" : * I f Gaelic 1 antiquities assert that the surname of McLean; wasl)ng£n>lly McGillian, and that it". it "was'derived from-the celebrated warrior* (the progenitor of the family) Gillian, who was ' denominated Gillian-ni-Tuoidh, from his ordinary weapon, a battle-axe (in Gaelic, tuoidK), which i his descendants wear to this day in their crests, betwixt a laurel and : , ? cy*prefis'; "branch. " ' «-':u;-'h i"' By intermarriage the late Sir Donald w*s connected with some of the' first; I ;faW|ies; in Great Britain an,d Ireland. His grandfather was Donald, of Kilmoluaig', in. Tyrie, 'who married' laobelle, sister pf Donald ''Campbell, 'of_ Dunstaffnage,. whose" : third #on, Archibald, succeeded his father at TyKe, and married Catherine, daughter ofDonald Campbell, of Scamadale. Archibald, , of Kilmoluaig, had three sons, Donald, Charlejs," and John ; Donald and Charles died in'.the' ' West Indies, and John was the father of the late Sir Donald. John's wife, the mother of , Sir Donald, was Margaret McColl,.: who?efamily, by intermarriages, is connected-with" several noble and distinguished Scottish" , families, ' j"'