MR FERGUS AND NATIVES.
Mr Fergus, favorably known to many in Patea, speaking in the Assembly, on the West Coast Peace Preservation Bill, said there was a concensus of opinion on the Coast with reference to tho action taken at Parihaka, that the Native Minister was the right man in the right place', and that'he had been the means of getting the colony out of a great difficulty. After referring to the causes of the trouble on the Coast, and the growth of Te Whiti’s influence, he said he believed that but for the action of the Native Minister there would have been innumerable murders on' the West Coast, and the Government would have been charged \Vith far greater crimes , than those which their greatest enemies brought against them now. Suppose Te Whiti had been allowed to remain? He might have kept the Maoris quiet for a time, but at any moment his influence might have failed, or he might have died, and then the settlers would have been at the mercy of a band of fanatics, including such ruffians as Hiroki and Titokowaru ! Under these circumstances he would support the Bill before the House.
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Patea Mail, 9 June 1882, Page 4
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