THE CHINESE QUESTION. SIR GEORGE GREYS OPINIONS. AN ENTHUSIASTIC GATHERING.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 265, 19 May 1888, Page 6

THE CHINESE QUESTION. SIR GEORGE GREYS OPINIONS. AN ENTHUSIASTIC GATHERING.

Auckland, May 16. St. Jamls's Hall, Wellington-street, was crowded last evening with an enthusiastic audience, eager to hear the opinions of the veteran statesman upon the burning question of the day— "The Threatened Influx of Chinese." By half-past seven o'clock nearly all the available sitting accommodation was occupied, and from that hour until the speaker ascended tlio platform, persons still crowded into the hall until at length there was scarcely standing room. Amongst those pre-ent weie ji Kit go number of ladies, many ot whom were provided with seats in the orchestral benches. Amongst the srentlemcn on the platform were Messrs S. Voile, P. H. Herapath, H. Elliott, W. Goirie, J. C. Fiith, W. Duncan. W. McCullough, Dr. Beale, G. M. Reed, Burt, H. Garratt, Cheal, J. C. Monin,ReN. 0, Bruce, and many other leading citizens. Sir George Grey, upon amending the platform, was ieeei\ed with prolonged applause. On the motion of Mr W Duncan, Mr J. C. Firth was \oted to the chair. Mr Firth said that it was quite supeifluous in him to introduce so well-Unown a gentleman to an Auckland audience a- Sir George Giey. He would simply state that he was there that night in answer to a numerously and he might add influent ially signed requisition asking him to speak upon the burning que-tion of the dny, the matter which was agitating all their minds— the Chine-e question. (Applause.) He believed that no other question would exert so great an iniluence in these colonieas the Chinese question. (Applau-c ) Thcic were many great things which had been potential in uiging on the career ot An* tralia, but thisdic question, he felt con vinced. was of vastly greater importance than all other- put tocrcthei . The Chinese question came home to each one of them. If they wished to hand down the-e grand colonies to their descendants, then they mu-t keep the Chinese away fiotn becoming their masters. (Applause.) The little acquaintance which Australia had ah each had with the Chinese question should be aa\ arning to them. Thcie the Go\ crn menc had committed a crave blunder in acting in such a manner as would necessitate the breaking of existing treaties. Sir George Grey would, however, -how them thatTt could be equally well done without making such erroi-. and he felt that it would be unwit-e for him to loneei detain the meeting from hearing hi- \iews upon the Chinese question. (Applause. ) SirGeoige Grey was- recehed with piolonged applau-e. He said that it wa> w ith very great diffidence that he\entured to ad dre=s them upon such an impoitant subject. He had endeavomed to look upon the question dispassionately. Ifc must be looked upon with due ie\ercnce, not only to the Christianity which they professed, but also to the just licrht* of the Anglo-Sa\on nation. He first dealt «itli this question over 40 years ago, when e\en then dangers weieloomingupinthedi»tancr>. The enterprise which others and himself : weie then entering upon was no new one. ! It had been tried before in South America. They would all recollect that after Columbus diseo\eicd Ameiica tli£re waan exodus into the newly-di.-co\eied lands. | It was then remaikcd that the men who so went forth were men who i\cie eager to become great landloids, >imilar | to those tliey had seen in the ! country from which they went. Thcj ■, soon found that those grant-, weie | u-ele^s without human labour. What di(l j they have recourse to? They canied off the" natives from the vaiious islands in the vicinity, and gradually the Indian Islands were depopulated. It appeared to him, upon reflecting on tho>e ciicuni^taiicc.s, that they should hn\e to meet the «,iino difficulty in these colonies In t>io e=-t Indies the population was i\ placed by Tsegroe*, and now they were the piedominant race. In St. Domingo, he le£»retted to ?ay that Kegroes clmugh in power, were apparently relap-ing into barbarism, and they must admit thit cannibalism wa- again springing u}i amonprst them.

ANNEXATION OF THE PACIFIC ISLANDS. In the.-c colonies 40 yeais ago he had pointed out to the Government that probably many of the-e inlands would wish to be annexed to the colony, but the British (Government had determined that none of tho^e islands should be allowed to pass under the control of British colonio. No doubt they would lemember that a Bill had been passed by the New Zealand LcgNlatuie with that object in \iew, but, to relate, the British Government peimittul the Act to expire. It was not vetoed, but allowed to exphe under a clause in the constitution by getting Hei Maje-ty to withhold her consent to the Bill for o\ cr two yeai •», and thus they lo&t the control of these islands. The answer amounted siitually to thi-, that there was no tJieat danger of men acquiring larjre tracts of land, and no possibility of slavery being re-established. But men had nob changed their habits one atom. Men pressed into those Mand« and acquired largo tracts of land, and a labour traffic spr an g up which became as bad as any system of sla\ery. They had, no doubt, heard the history of the "Carl."' Those men had got laitre tracts of land, and then forth went the Carl to bring them labourers. They adopted the plan of hurling huge pieces ot iron into the canoes, which sank them, and then the men were taken away as labourers. Was that not capturing slaves ? Besides that they took natives from various islands, so that there could be no collusion, and on one occasion, when the natives rose, they were shot down in the night. In the morning 50 were found dead and 20 wounded. They were all thrown overboard in order to hide the crime. Was the slavery worse than that? What was to become of those islands ultimately. Sir George then quoted from Mr lngill's book on the New Hebrides, which said that many of these islands were already being speedily depopulated. Then came the question : What race should fill those fertile islands up ? Europeans could not live there. He would suggest that some coloured raee — amongfet whom there could be Chinese — might be allowed to settle there.

THE CHINESE NOT SETTLERS. He would, however, show them that the Chinese did 'not desire to settle in new countries. They simply came out to obtain high wages — in comparison to what they had previously been receiving — and then to go homeagain. That simply meant that in order to get wealth to take back homo with them they would bring down to their own position the present inhabitants of these new lands. (Applause.) That was the position at present. They were not allowed to rule the islands. They were not allowed to interfere in China and its treaties, and now when they did ask to interfere in matters which belonged to themselves, they were told to leave all that to the Home Government. (Applause.) Yes ; when it was their duty to interfere

j they were told to keep quiet and let the 1 Home Government sottlo the matter. He had said that it was their duty to interfeie. and they should do so by using the power given them by the Constitution "that they should make such good laws as they needed." (Applause )

CHEAP VEGETABLES. Let them look at f>ome of the arguments adduced in favo'ir of tho introduction of the Chinoe. The most common one was, "Look how cheaply you get \egotables now." That was of more importance than at iirst appealed Per&ons told them that thcro were two unheivos, the \wble and the in\ iMblc. They wero told not to bother about the invihiblc one, and that was really because they were one thing. Was wafer any los water becau.-e it went ofl in stcun ? And *>o they woidd find that they must attend both to (lie \isiblo and the spiritual life. (Applause.) Now thc> heard that thoic moic 5,000 Chinose in the jUaee, a\ul when 5 years a^o he mo\ed in the matter lie was told that he w.h looking too far ahead, and things which would never happen. It \viU true that they pot \egctables clionjior, and Die men who grew them Ihed in a hut. bent upon accumulating moncN and going homo again ; and if "in the' lnteiini the) dud, why, their bones and monej wove e\en then -^eiit away liomc. Ho admiied the love n by the Chine-o for their countiy. If tlie C'liinaman dro\e out tho Kuiopean gardener it did not end there. JNo, he simply turned somebody el-^e out, and -~o it weni on till somebody wa-* duven out of the country, and thu- it wa-> a 10--. U> the communifcy at large.

CHRISTIAN OU m TO TIIK CHINESEFiom the m.vinci in winch the writers (o the new->pnpei> wrote about their Chii-tian duty to the Chinese, people would almost' think he ami other? who thought a- he did were nothing less than°a race of iulidoK He woukl not .•uhocate any injustice \\hate\er tow aids the Chinos-c aheady in the country. '1 hey weie heie, and undei the c\i-tin^ law had a ni;ht to be heie. He -would let them ienut7i until the\ v\cnt nwav, but he would not let another come back in then place. (Applau-e.) The Chinese had no claim u[)on them, a^ theit own count i^ abounded in feitile and unoccupied landb, in lar^e tiact^- Then why should they comehcic to bung them down to cheap l.ibovu ' ; He could not help thinking ot tho&e ot their own ecuntiynien at Home who were not e\er. allowed toe\eici&e thcii own opinion.-. Uee\ensi\w that mcir.bcr-i of Pailiament weic impiifoned .-impl\ because they had e\c>ie>-ed their opinions that otlui-, wcie not .lftiny; nghtl\. (Applause ) Ileie they had a country united to fanneis, and why .should they clos^o then own shores against tlieii own countismcn and let o hei* come in and occupy the si me": (Applause.) He had reasoned with men upon the matter, but nothing would shake the opinions which he had already formed upon it.

AX INFLUX OF CHINESE AND AN ERA OF WEALTH. He \va* told that the Chinc-c were in- ; du-niou-, and if the\ wei p allowed to conic in in huge numbev-, the '. i • J« d propiictoiwould become wealthy, in that the count i\ would be made pioduethe notwithstanding the low jn-ice of produce. Ye-, tlie landed piopm toi- would become\\calthy,and the) would £0 and lesidc in London (laughtei), and England would bo unettls benefited, no doubt, b\ the patience and industi> ot the Chinese. But. it would change the n hole face of New Zealand, and when lie thought of that he wondered what v.oiild become of many of tho-owho weie listening to him that night. Many would be dii\ en away, whilst others would be brought into communication witli the Taitai, and a new race would be created. The> would ha\ci race living in huts, in po\eity and f>quallc«-, a<« bad, if not worse, than the Iri-h — a race who would ha\e no time to think much eiihci of this wotld, or, he feated, ot the u-oild to come (AppuUifC. ) TJii^ wa- a thing that none of them had \\oik>-cl foi. Did they think that otheis and himself would lid\e come out here and luhouied to get the count ly for the Chinese '! It was not a plea-ant pio^pect. r fhey weie al leady told that thc> could put a stop to the Chine-e when they became tnonumeioib. Hut the} should remember that they weie all entitled to \ote when in the colony, and natmally the> would all \ote in fa\oui of their ow n interest'-. The ' Boeih in South Afiica teach their childicn a song, which telK them that they sought the wildeine.>-5 ratliGL than letn.im in a pi-tee w here \ otes were gi\ en to the coloui ed i ace po that they might oppiev? tho whiter. They Hod ftom their own coloured race. | Why did not the Chinese <:o to the Cape Because the colonial taci alicady theic would woik '•o cheap a^ c\en to starve I out the ( hinese, wliicli wa-< taxing a good dcil. (Ap|ilau-e and laughter.) | Otheis ])ointcd out that .'in iniiodueed population *vas u-ually assimilated within live geneiations after the intioflur-tion, but he a^ked what would be 'ho cileet upon the minds ot the children fiom Unit mixed foiefather^'! Be=idch that, he believed that once established, the Cinne-e would con tinue to pom into the eouutiy dining the whole of the hve generation-.

PAST EXPERIENCE AND PUESENT INCONSISTENCY. Taking the vic\\-> which lie did, he c uld not help thinking how little they remembered the experience of pa^l times. Home yeais ix^o a comic wiiter called " Hood had written a celebrated poem entitled "The Son # of the Shut.' 1 It caused inquiry, and Lady Hci bert, Mi'-sFloreiiceNitrhtingaleand many others formed a committee and «>ent out a number of the ovowoiked sewing girls to New Zealand. Then Auckland almost went into hysterics, and resolved almost that no more needlewomen should be allowed to come here. And yet he knew that those who did come made good colonists. How could they contrast that action-'Whiehhehad considered realcruelty--withthe present cry to admit all the Chinese indiscriminately? Then theie weie the Parkhurst boys, who had committed petty crimes, were reared, and then the peopleatHoniCfCnb out here a shipload of those boys. But there was another cry, and no more were allowed to land. Next came the pensioners, and they were stopped, and yet from those pensioners' descendants had come one Minister and many members of the House of Representatives; and yet the Chinesewereto be let in without any question. (Applause.)

NOT AGAINST THE CHINESE. He did nob wi&h them to think he wa s against the Chinese nation as a AvhoJe. He believed that the Chinese nation possessed within it elements of greatness equal to any other nation. No one could read the account of life in the Chinese villages without being struck with the industry, patience, and perseverance of the villagers, as well as their many other excellent qualities which were manifest. But, on tho other hand, there were others in their large towns who were members of secret societies, and who would do almost any crime. Let them read the history of tbe Taepinpc Rebellion if they wished to learn what the Chinese could do in the way of barbarity. Not only that, but in Sir James Brookes

colony tho Chinese had risen, bub, luckily, they woro stoppod, and driven out into another country. That was quite unprovoked. They had simply wanted tho power. The acts of cruelty committed on their own coasts by tho ChinobO river pirates woro most vovoltinjr, and yot wo knew nothing of tho provious careor of tho Chinese who camo to tho colony. Did anyono ever : o\amine {.hem ? And yet in New Zealand people would not have the paupers from (livufc Britain if they could help it ; and yet> here they had now 5,000 (Jhinc&o in their midst, ot who^o provious career they knew absolutely nothing. And yot it had once been suggested in Parliament that 50,000 should be allowed to come to the colony. Depend upon it it' they allowed them to come hero it meant impoverishment to tho people already in the colony. (Applause.)

A TRIBUTE TO THE MISSIONARY If they asked him lo .-ta'o how it was that tivcfvl Britain hud bo prospered, ho would tcti them that it was duo to tho fact that in the fore- front of the British nation there had been a body of men who tried to inculcate the principle^ of Christianity amongst tl c natives. England had spread the truth amongst the nations as no other nation had yet done. He had told them of some great crime*, but ho had not told them of the noble actions done by some of their nation. Still they had amongst them heroic At the {Sandwich Islands, tlieie were 40,000 Chinese, and by them that loathsome disease, t ho leprosy, had been introduced and 800 unfoitunate lepeis weie confined to one particular island. And the*e poor beings were obliged to be imprisoned, der-cited al>-olutely. Vet one poor Hoinan C.itholie piie-l, u Father I>amien, had followed tho example of his Saviour, and went and associated with the lepeis, and for thiitcen yeais ministeied to them, and now, when worn out in the lifteen veai-, lie too hai become a continued lepei , and i- naturally dvinn ot the di^ea^e That, he eon-id icil, «ii; a leal Chn^tiau inart\t. (Applau,-o. ) They miyht, at lea-(, hold th.it up aa^ biii^iit an example ot maitxidoin a^ any which was iccoided in pa^t age*. It \\a^ well that they should icnicmljcr that such hcioesstiH h\ed among-t them.

THE\ MTKT *TOI' THE IXFLI'Y OF CIIINKSE. Sit Oeor^e (Jrey then proceeded to.<-ay that the\ makeup their minds to put an end to the inilu\ of Chinese into t hese colonies (Applause ) That \ia^ wlmi he aimed at. and ho was- goinpf to Wellington to hy and do it. (Appl.iii-e. ) it wa- not neee-s,u;> that they should wait for contcdeiation with the Australian colonies, because lie knew that two-thiwK of it nubl be oeeupicd in ,i <_r_reat pai t b\ some eolomed race, because it intbt be filled up and not allowed to wa-te. He believed ■ that the Chinese lace were suited for that portion of the country, and woieaKothe comincr lace for that, and piobably many of the other Maud* in the Pacific. But New Zealand was an inland who.se people had the power to rule them*el\e». And why should they federate »vith otlic-fi ' What adwuila^e would (heat Britain gain by federation with some other continental power".' And so with them«ehe-, thrj had the power to make a law; let them do *=o. They weie told to be eautiou>, not to itiitate the Hriti-h (Government. Ke said, '" Don't talk about the l^iili-li t!o\cinment ; talk about the I>i iti^li mtion." Win J-ord Sali«bui\ to always remain in power? It wo- not lonir atro that the then British (io\ eminent wished (o fiet i id ot all the eolonie-, and the Tiansvaal and the Free Oianue State broke aw a) aod had .since become poweiful nation^. Were tho\ i«i New Zealand to consider the s\him of o. Minister who wished for some ldi^on to conciliate China? They weie told in the Constitutional Act to make law s for the «;ood jroverument of the people, and they should exercise that li^ht. It wa^ tuie that the Ci own possessed the jiower to \eto any Act, but he had never but once known it to be exeiei'-ed, and that was when an attempt wa- made to icilucc the t-.xluis of the (!o\oii)0l (-^p-plau-e.) The Ciown A\oiild nc\er delu> a }\\^t and righteous Act, and c\cn tlu\\ dul then they would ha\e to send out the vea-on why the Ciown had exeieised its pieio^'ative. What position would they then be in? Win, they could dimply pas^ anothci Act in which they would tiy to meet the ■wi'-hes. of the Ciown, and that could be kept on until a chancre of (Jo\ernment obtained for them then wishe-. (A})pl.uise.) Whatever they did, let them do ltquietly and icasonably. The> weie really totally and entaely masters of the situation. I (A[t[)lau-e ) !

THE TREATY WITH CHINA. People said that they must keep faith \\i<h the treaty marie u ith t.ho Chinese, but he «airi that, generally speaking, the Minikins marie tieatie>, ami not the people, and it it wt'ie not so they would not ha\e made "-ueh bad treat il- as they had in the past. Why, the lii^t tioat) with China was to fuiee lhe opium hade upon the Chinese people. If that had come it *-nch tieatic | had been made to allow the Chinese to como lieie iti thousands— then they muil insist upon it being levcr.sed. (Applau.sc. ) They made a treaty with Russia to pie\enfc them keeping fleets on the Black Sea, but rihectly Russia was poweiful enough it was ic\oived. And so it was manifestly unjust for them to be asked to let Mich a thincr as low barbaiians come in h-.re in luinriredsanri thousands. (Applause.) Tlicy -hould bestir themsehes and do their duty. Their treaty with China did not say that Englishmen could land upon any poitionof the Chinese coast and go where they please. They must stop such a tiling. ]f the treaty must be kept — well, if theie were thirteen open port? in China, then let there be thirteen open poits in the 13titi.*h Empire, and let England have m.\ of them. (Laughter and applause.) The rule was that every treaty should be leasonably interpreted. Was it fair that they .should only be allowed to land in 5 or 13 — ho was not sure which— ports of the Chinese Empire, and in ieturn for this that the Chinese should be fieo to land upon any poition of the great British Empire. While he would say let u.s help Creat Britain in her necessity, still he would say do nob do that which would be a death blow to our own interests. (Applause.) It was only to work pome point for the Ministry now in power. More blmnonce the British (Jovernmenthad been stopped in doing what was wrong. There was the attempt to create a, peerage for the colonies. That had been prevented, as it was unconstitutional. (Applause.) From time to time circumstances must arise when they should draw the attention of the Ministry of the day that they wore acting wrongfully. He believed fchafc they would triumph in this matter of the Chinese, and preserve this colony for the Anglo-Saxon 7-ace. (Applause).

A DREAM OF THE FUTURE. So firm wore his convictions upon this Chinese question that he would hold to them if they wore a'one and still say keep out the Chinese, and what was more, lie would, if necessary, retire into private life rather than give up tho?e convictions, togetherwiththe idea thatNewZealandfhould be a pure Anglo-Saxon colony. (Applause. ) Nothing should induce them to give it up. It was essential for the benefit of the

Anglo-Saxon raco that there should bo one sob of islands in tho South Pacific which should remain purely Anglo-Saxon, and woro they to give- up that idea and lot tho Chinese into tho "country? (Applause.) lleroaftor the great centre of power must be in tho South Pacific Ocean, tfc would become a great inland son, surrounded by tho groat Anglo-Saxon race, possessing one set of laws and one literature. And they should then bo able to dictate to the wholo world, nob in tyranny, bub they could say to Europe, "We will not countcnonco war over bits of land. ' They should do their host to lender tho land round tho Pacific such a centre of peaco as tho world has never yet seen. That could only be done by being a pure Anglo-Saxon race, and ho felt sure thai those who had heard him that night would resolve that ho it should be. (Applause.) Sir (ieoigc (hoy then resumed his feat. Mr Henry (Joorgo Carratt moved a vote of thank'; to Sir (iWfro (ircy for the .speech which he had just delivered. Mr 1\ B. llill seconded the motion, and also made a few rcmaiks on tho Chinese question. TII 3 Chairman, in putting the question to tho meeting, added the words : " That tin's meeting ask Sir (!eor<^e (Jrcy to go down to Wellington an i speak with tho voice of this community — that we w ill not h.nc the Chinese here." lie had no doubt that when Sir (ieorgc raised his \oice n.« their spokesman in the House of Representative^, the views which he had that night enunciated would icecivo the attention ot oveiy man who.so opinion wa« worth having. The motion w\« adopted amidst gicat applaUhC, tlnec checis being given for Sir ( Jeorgo and three more for tho Chairman. Si i (Uvirjje, upon rising to return thanks, was iceeived with checis. He said that he accepted tho commission of the meeting. He would piomiso them that he would have no injustice done to the Chinese now in the count ly, but ho should do his best to carry out. the \ lew*- cxpics'-ed by him. He then nuncd a\otcot thanks to tho Chaiiman. which was act oidcd witli acclamation, aftci ■which the l.nge a-*emblage disjieised. ♦

<;iri. sr\Br.i:n by a chinaman. A id Mm nt of (!lebe writes to the "Sidney News "—"I" — "I inftnmed \on the other day that the Chinoe vegetable hawkeis weio woikino out the Emopcan gieen^toceis. Let. me now tell jou of \oi y -ci iou^ iti this connection. Ye-'teuhiy «'i hei'N.inl jriil " «'ih buying pea-i fiom n Chinese hawker, who is icniarkuble for the po^-sewon ot a very bud temper. The t^'ul coniplcXined ot leeciving .«hoi t mea-^uitv-, when the Chinaman drew a sheath knife, and, -hiking hei , neaily scvcied one ot hei tinj. r ois. it now lemains to l)e been whether any lc<j;al action will be taken against thih Chinaman, who combine-, thesi'e of \e^ r otablt"> with the use of tl)e knife as a weapon of oll'cnee.

'•TO HE, OR NOT TO BE." Ah! New Zealand's full of beauty, Hriirhl ncr shoivs w ilh promise glow, And if we w ill do our duty CJrandlj bhjill her future show, With her liCiilthful sons and daughter-*, Fany glens with verdure tilled, llavhouib witli their sheltered waters Fil for ships of giant build, Wilh her '-now clad, fiery mountain'). (.olden da\ s and sih er nights, Steaming lakes and boiling fountains, And a tiiousaud wondroiis sights ; All her wealth of ( miner gh ing, With her fruitful, > leldmg poil. Prospects of a splendid li\ ing To (he hardy sons ot toil. List ! 1 h some claiuo'ir calling With trim dantji'i's w 'Id alarms — Ti> m\ asion's tound appalling Calls our populace to arms; Not uilh blatant acclamation, j 15rut.il blow, or blood \ swoid, Hut \wth strong, firm legislation To repel the heathen hoidc Who from their den^o, tcommg region to Inul a titting Acnt, And a \ asl, unnumbered legion On our land wou'd make descent Then would come the thing we'io dreading. l<'or thi3 huu;e, usurping band, En or glow ing, c\ er spicuciuiK, Would o'enun this lo\ ely land. Here within some wretched tottaero, Squalid live or meanl.\ die; Feasting on their me s of pottage. llf-nl like swine within aslv, Skilled adepts m art t ul cheating, i\loio machines than human men : Seauvly eating— seldom sleeping - Can our race compete with them .' I'hore are some w ho "ay—" Come, reaeon, 'I liej w ill bring vi 3 shining gold '" Hut such w aids a ret oulcst treason ; Hold, I sa,s , ,\ou madmen, hold! WVh their erced I will not iiuaiiel. Or their eager thirst for wealth. Hut I point a ationger m">ral. "I'i-j the sacred cause ot health In their own o'er-crowded cinpuc There is many a stricken wretch Scod'ed at bj each human vampire— I Fated to a fearful death; Men of e\ en caste and station, E'en the powers from near (ho throne, Hinndod as contamination. J)oomcd to li\c and die alone ; Loathed and shunned as venomed reptiles, Hauished b\ their laud's decrees To a lone and lilc-long exile, Hotting with n foul disease. Men, 1 am not idly speaking. Striving thus to ring their knell. Go, and through their annals seeking. hot l heir ia/ar houses tell ! Wake! mise, yo heedless sleepers. To (he words of warning list. Would you plant a band of loners Jn our nation's \ory midst ? Though to go we cannot tell them Who have made their homes before, Yet wo niny at least repel them When they seek our fertile shore. Rise with clear unclouded vision, Scorn tho table he that hath. With Iriifinphanl, stern decision, Sweep this evil from our path ! Dare they c ny we arc not willing Hard and honest toil to try, While depression's frown is killing Commerce, art, and industry .' When we sco our manhood sailing, Forced in other lands to roam. For the lack ol work, bewailing They must leave their island home. Ah ! it is a thousand pities They .should join desertion's hnnd. •Settle down in other cities, Exiled from their natn c land. Men. shall we augment this evil, Let the wolt within the fold .' Drive our nation to tho devil For this cursed greed of gold I Men grow dipsolute and drunken And tho sex no longer brave, Fig. res gaunt and faces sunken Tread the footpath to the grave. Should tho horrid voice of battle Wake the world with war's alarms, Or ths rifle's ringing rattle Call our citizens to arms, Would wo sec them seize our dwellings While we paused in coward dread, Thou, our hearts with anger swelling, 800 them reign in England's stead .' No ! with trumpet, clarion Rounding Till tho gasp of parting breath. With our cry of battle sounding Onward, victory or death, Wo would hasten on to greet them, Notliko cravens turn and fly, In the very breach to meet them. There to do or nobly die. Then, though England is our mother. Will sho seal her oil spring's doom i Shall her ancient tmU.ios smother Us within a shroud ot gloom '/ Must we Bufl'er for her blunder. And admit this common foe I lurk ! I hoar a voice of thunder From a nation answer, " No !" CUAUIiES IS. H.ARVJE. Upper Symonds-afcreel, Auckland. May 12th 1888.