The Oamaru Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 1064, 17 September 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail. WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 17, 1879.

TttE Timacu Herat.! p«» W? « {w ; Uwfw Is <sw<li(* ii-'.'lt' vitri l,avitr.- : kMi'vyctly pr»*wicfc>t taa: the v " nt>wvß justice to t!>; matter «'$ thw to'-'-, »!iHr»kt»«s native a'.Uuk up-•« Iviropc-uw af TV Arohi tvnuM pr.>*c aN-rav,-. j-i! | is ha* l<««fn a Uuto t"" it.' jßrhruicut, ~H'i wtiiitfcwKj in sylf4.ui»btt-n it v;. v L mafcct'C 1 * a* thea* are n-i '.nth th»^ sp«c«t ivitll trhtoh th-i HcwM It-ivU'l's -ii--. written. T.> c»u!c t.. » r.Uo cvtwl«»."« ~ j t.») how natives- »tsl»t t>»* 1 :v>i'>tsv.-. a ktii'ffltii-e ».f »:i.i itrtiU-ran-rf. . Wto may »tt wifU th«? ptwwttw "•- piswifhrag t'"f rlv-Jr attrav-.i-n »•. ( t>t;r ta\*s. Uis IV-"' "S'ty i ' , " r pvitienr. that tfu'V »h»»U '•«> trvatrd ; t;u>uiffv tht'j* were Kir;" -pram tn such a ■ cast', £<>r tFufV fctV'VW a.? «r!t as atiyhr>«tv : «h tW tolerant*' „t the pr»cUvici«s «• tn>t)tw savage" srwmM »««{. s ' u ' e'fct'T the Tiroaru llerahl ktiinb that he knows how t» roansw the natives, atn! we think he shout*! he re»{u«»t«a to undertake the task of settling atl disputes between the tw-.» race*. |{.» give the »grtsw«>ts tu> .^tarter, lie wortW n"t attempt u> rnHsl :It»- chiefs un his side am! secure their cooperation , tn f.Ue prosecutien wf his task. JYtte. the bird* wewtd W tfcwn before he arrived in the district. having iv.Ti assisted hy t.hose whose assistance he spumed but. with salt te put •>» their tails,a blm*tvrt>us-+ over his sh«>utder, ant! sirens* detertnina.pttrstte the mtmkcwtw vittaitvA, n»t to the h«art «r the " King CWiitry"—he myhf •• tlic aw! be d«ne" in such a case—Wt tthe t:wt trientHy n>»f »n du* nwt. wh-rc yntnt'uftr aft*£ the absence «>? Jb'ta. w»bU fecup the fire "f hw ar.t»>«r itt full bfaite. Tlu.-rtf wvwt'i hi# cawpargn. The Native Miuwtcr has chosen <!«, »ct hj»" ha» » ha*-U *'t ;'.et;vc{»i>« ;v,'i ;'Ur. tn nativt* p» , culiar;tti l , .'». J hat th>hav«* i\"t l-«vn i»car:«-rari''.!. thu W n--'5 thv C'artlc •>»' tlw <i j uvi-'ut. bvtt i» «tm* t-> the p«v:iti.v.-i?tv.> «-t t«- j

natives, of which Uute h- km-wn in w fditoviat sanctunt. or the !lo:;j-e «■: Parliament- Only a incst careful study ot trie manners and customs of tt-.e .Maor,s can if.;pare a correct kuowUaLv <=» how to treat them. We cannot eifee: tn-r.i to ttew things as we do. ami Vet their ac i -n ot tht» matter ntuler has i»->t iieen far amtss. eva'u iv.'iu a p .UEtt >f i i'leV 'afc tc a---.-'- i •' ...v. t.p ;-,vo men charged v.uh Itaviug c.uunncted t tuuriieious ,w,t«iE. Nat more tiatura; :ban tiiat the-y should ftolil a scare.,;;:g nvestig:itii>n before eontp.;- ~.g. apt. t» expect tuore from others than ~ would concede ourselves, but we not c.;pect an uucnltghtcncit yi'pursue exactly tiie .same cowrie that '«• nioulid pursue tit endeavoring toattaina cerAftcrail, there was nothing very rttraoruinary about the af the natives aaacinblcti to consider tac

question at issue. There was no necessity for Opposition papera to jump at the conclusion that because they appeared at one :ime to favor the culprits they intended to shield them. If they had allowed themselves to think they would have remembered that our own judges, in summing up a case, frequently create holes rin'l fears in the hearts of both sides until the very end of their addresses. This is what th« native chiefs did. J: •ta.+ nt to he expected that they would rretider without going fully into the particulars of tin: c;ise. and giving the avgrea-ors a fair field, if they did not show :! in a little lavor. The upshot of the

w.vrer is that tin: Native Minister's : !.ui appears to have been successful, for the Uauniki chiefs h:ivc demanded the unconditional surrender of the culprits. The editors of the Timaru Herald. Christchurch Press. ami other Opposition papers only treat on 11<■ subjects <>r v.they have some knowledge. ']«• •,■,• r<r. r,tit tho course that the Native Minister should liave ptii-iued is to pretend t > be v.ia' t- in native atl'airs than lie is. TtiE.s is. of course, absurd, and such prer.ensr >iis *>nlv tend to create a smile. Suc.'i should content themselves with the l>r.ad accusal!..ii of maladministration the Government, foi when they attempt to prove the correctness of ail accusation by adducing specific charges, their !!i'ere.-.ted:,e.ss and want of knowledge are discovered, and the harm they would do the Government recoils " themselves. One of these paper., said that it was not inipropable that the object of the chiefs in prolonging their investigation was to give the culprits an ! opportunity of tleeinir to the " King country. 7 ' The lie has been given to such an impolitic and gratuitous aspersion. Men who say such things do not know what they are writing about. The Lpper Thames natives—although they have unfortunately been contaminated through cvtuact with !a<id cormorants —not having mixed much v.iiii politicians or meddled with politics—still retain some honorablencss. Rut even the chiefs had tal.cn ;tdv..iit.tL'e of the Native Minister's politic action, no blr.ine would have been attachable to him, for the luiives have been taught by his predecessors that they can do such things with impunity. Where are the murderers of Todd, JSullivan, and other Europeans? They were never taken. When the two before-mentioned men were murdered in cold blood, the sutlers of Waikito insisted upon their .i- ,th avenged, but Sir Donald "Peace Policy " was of n»fu

v.-iliff thnti the maintenance of justice. Purine the rei-n of the prcflt.-cf.--.s-rs -f Mr. Shfeh.ni, the cf.tntry lyin- between she Waik.tto e.mt"-c;;i-!i i>..it;:<tary 11. w ithin a .--hf>r* ihsfntß-e n>*rih —* l,\r;iu:tl.l v ..- 1,..-.. ;,/t- Kur-t" . v £uiv »>.:»» h::- 5 sr.ivcil-.-t tiuo-t.-h i'. a- <1 hj- w;i.s viewed v.'U : i ' i.'l. ' - "i<t :i*tm"l 'U. I kH-S IS It »■! ii:-'.-- 1 lii.lt ',. ; I whilst the 0 >!'>nv v.r- .-t {•,•»!-ir»->{s -t tk'U:.san«ts :;i;nua!!y iii ii.vs'-e p.ti-t r:.e itnin.etuuH-; <•;* wt-.f ni;t t.f corruption th-s Native IVp^r:-i-iettt. These arc facta thut h:tv«: ,tj.j :«r«.:»:.y t;capo! the memory <>f eer::ii:i ja:»«-r writer-' when c- •mm-tintr./ n:\Uvvrat'lv up«>n the {.i'i it' >•£ native atiairs. t'-i:i>Mi-r:n'_ r the territ-:o nutfhile iiUn ii.'t i.'.' a&ur* Unfce-t t'.urin ; iho pn.st t.r iiu iu.J> ::u Mr. Sh. chan has !iUC.:«;atlv>l S.I Weit liiat he i!e~.el Ve-' the r.-t the wh».!«* «.'• l-'ii.v. i :;■■• •* IV.wc r»lt.-y" it;-s i< i J •'"• (,;..tty can ii" I-;■ • t ' ' : ' c lustivva prctwi't.u-v .■ • wwii thv;r Lin-i-. ;*.:»>» plun-u-r aim ; i.'; r- i iv. •'' < r : *- ■' ~ ■ l ' ' vliii. at'.u ill Hi- ..we.!;.;.'.- v..-t-y i i-'^wy rtttti at the aij'iliuo.i <-? :: o. tivin-.i.