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Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 19, 9 November 1867, Page 3

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To theEditoUof tbe Tauranga Ef.corp.

Sir,— I ani aernstd in the Ordeily Bcnm, of the lst Waikato Regiment hy Cdci ti Harington to his hearers that I should lesrn grammar bofore I venture on an exposuve of faots, but Colonel Haring ton and his elique have the privilege of standing a test with me before a compefent. public tribunal, ar.d of proving thereiii wliether he is a better scholar than I am, and at the end of mr correspr ndtnee I will give mj- name in full, and show Colonel, H-rington in true colors what I think, and what he should ha\-£ th ought. Now I enter on my'argumeut. I will quote nothing that can be denied. I will verify mv cause, and show that the Govern-

•nent and Co'onel Harington have been the extirpalion of our rnilitary setftern. Colonel Haultain when he R»ent to,Auckand declared to the most exfensive land 'agen% there that be should not have anythlng to do with purchasing land in Tauranga. Andwhvso? This reascn only, that a mysterious and unaccountable plot has been laid against Taur nga by the Defence Minister. Who has given him authorify to opeak so ? Did he receive his authority ^,m the Colonial Government ? If so, he is ,ke the others, guilty of treachery against °V interests, and when Colonel, Harington peaks, and uses his el quent langnage by saying he has proved a patrou of the distrii.t by his extensive cultivntion he is guilty ot a doctrine whieh he could not nor cannot, uphold. I will verify this proposition by evidence tlife most authentio. When Ihe men of the lst Waikato Regiment went and occupied the lands altotied to thrm, they were busy in forward- , ing their personal interests, ' Le grand affair ' of Colonel Harington came fortb and piomulgoted that no man was safe outside tbe extent of the camp at Te Papa. They were forced to go to Whakamarama and and fight for, what ? We do not know. Tliey weie meretricionsly drawn from the actual possession of their lands, persuaded 1 v Colonel Harington fo defend what ought not to have been defeni'ed, that is an incursion on illegal grounds. How can Colonel Harington ar.swer the public, thathe has not been a defaulter, ttn 4 infanc grata ' Now, we will come to another quastion connected with the secret clu.mbers couceruing the Colonial Government and Colonel Harinpton's jurisdiction. First, I say, without doubt, or delusive argument, thst the csra-

paign of Colonel Harington against the Pirirakaus was the rnin aud demolrtion of Whv did Colonel Harington authoriae a camthe niilitary settlement of laurangs. paign and militarv defence aga nst those who were dwelling on their own lands? .1 : it cannot be answered. It is in the mvsteries of the interiof chamler-.. Why did Colonel Haringion authorize Captain Goldsmith to go a rd see what was to be seen, and in bisf Captain Qoldsmitb's capacity, to infring on rights wliicli were rot his, Colonel Harinpv tons, o: i ose of the Colonial Government Who can aiwwer this problem f When the stratagem of war was begun, what were onr men fighting forl Notoing. Becau^e our limitsiwere defined.end if we fransgreesed, the fault was ours, and not t .at of the Pirirakaus. Again, why should we interfeie with a land Whieh we had no right to 1 Where is the c nsistencv, or reas n, arises the question. Again, ' when Captain Goldsniith eiitered on the bloody deed of inflicting justice where justice had no right on unoft' nding aatives, why is it, can it be accouuted for, that wit i his debnquency, and, I may sav, unauthorized offence, 'that the Defence Minister, Colonel Hnrington, and all the officers of the lst Waikaro Regiment engaged in the conflict agree that if was just because Colonel Haringson authoiized it ? Will this save Captain Goldsmith or hissupporters in his invas ou on personal rights ? I say, no. For I am prepared to prove that Captain Goldsmith's conduct on those mafters, so affecting the interest of our district, has never come before a tmhtary tribunal. This is asserted by an honorable officer in the engageinent. VI hy is it that Captain Goldsmith conld claim a privilege whieh no other militarv officer could cc rnin md, except that he was acting undei the ii.tluence" of his commanding officer, ar.d what was the end? To show merely what the lst Waikato Regiment could do under the guidanceof the falae pretenco of a misepresentative Colonel J V\ bat goo aas been efficted bv tbe latfe war commencmg :n Jannarv last ? Was it to expel the nat.ves, and give security to ihe intended settler-. No. We had 110 T. a-on to fight. M e weie in iault to fight, and our fighting has been the extinction of our rnilitary settlemeut in Tauranga. The natives were quiet. lheir apathy was great and favorable to our settlemeut, "but when they saw Colonel Harington with his armed foroe going on tofoibidden grouiHl, than th.y de.lared that he wa^ an eneroy. Who cau deny this reasor.iUg .

.jjgffig™., 7. " - -- Moreover, who can denv that Colonel Haring- ? ton has ddne two evils by his mode of action | lately. He has driven the Maori to the bush, | and the pakeha from the district. I cannot | explain, or nnderstand, if Captain Golds nith | had been placed under close arrest for his 1 audacity in infringing on native rights that g his condemnation or exculpation has never | - been afforded by an official document. AU M his marioeuvres mav be compressed into this. that he was right and the Maoris wrong, || which cannot be proved. W hat is tbe resu l of the pnbUc expenditure and loss of lifeg •caused by this ing.orious war ? The publiegl must k'-ow we have gained nothing. the Maoris have re-occupied, and are planting on the scenes we infrittged upon. The military|| settler cannot go on his land in conseq.*ence jg of that confiict, for in doing so he hasS nothing to expect but tbe ill fate of theH i murdered Campbelk That the Government | ropr.sentatives in Tauranga are to blame for | •our non-settlement, is fnllv shown in this I letter. , I I w.ill proeeed to treat of Colonel Haring* g tou's grand farrn as deseribed in the Southern Cross vin mv next h tter. I am Su, &o.,

To the Editor of the Rkcokd. Sm, — Sine quft noti caused cmat y. amusetneut in his 1 tst letter by liis a Imirable antl Well timed disclosure of a detective eal'.ed the ' dimin'u* & tive auxilliary Can. He states. | 4 perhaps be is pa'd for his t'oubl | I shouhl rather imagine he is, and g| this at the expenae of the country. fl He dre v his landl nvn-e thati twelve jjg months ajro, and sai 1 it to Colonel S Harinjjton, ii beinr adj tcent to his v « grand farmi* His rstioiis termi- T nated dnririg the past month, then . of course, he should have no privilege beyond any other. member f %- the ltegiment. But perhaps the | Golenel eould not feel comfortable , without htm Then it is, 4 fet ynu 1 help me and I willhelp you.' 1 his ? ia q tite true, for the auxilliary I Cat has been in receipt of staff | Kergeint's pay tvo'm the tiuie^ 'h« | drew his lan i to the pre'ent tirne. 1 think the G overnnient should | ex uriiue this litt'e scheine, and ' preveut pnblie nrtoney hei g thrown | vitway (as is recorded by the eon- ( ditions ojf enlistment) bv the atbiirary po'ver — - perhaps — of our lig nified ! 1 Colonel, on tliose who are * bftle pets aad ' aux iliary Ca^s.' may be that since Colonel | H'ariugton baeanie invested with the lioval dignity of C.H ship that j he req dres a I trger stafT, buttnis should not be as it is at the pubhe 1 expense s The 4 auxTiiary Can satd he would kick the lat'eral surface of the person of Sine qua v«on, but he eould | II OI do so, even if he wished, becau-e | he is u table for the vrant of atlnetic development, and would be insecare 1 ' in atte np'ing t » p rfortn sueh a feat ot chivfilry. _ 1 Wherefore und why did Colonel g Ilai ington, when he sent his niee 1 report to the Southern Gross on its | r. ceipt go round like a cti-r or| penny boy, reading the contents of | the leader of the 9th Oetahef toi ihe people on the Beach ? l| n ever thought, that Colon 1 Haring-1 toi eould hutniliate himseif >o| impose on the feelings aul ju^gmeut i of the communtty. I am, fcir, &c .