CORRESPONDENCE.

Tauranga Record and Bay of Plenty Examiner, Volume 1, Issue 21, 23 November 1867, Page 2

CORRESPONDENCE.

t AUSTtC.

Sine Q'JA

NOX.

[Our Ccrrrespondence cohimns being open to nll, we do not bold ourselves responsible for tlie opinionsexpressed therein.]

'Io tlie T 'itor of the IficconD.

SlRj — I have read a style of poetry in your last issue which excludes rule metre, aud sense, tlien it is plus non sensc I woupj suppose that if the author were capable of «riting sense in prose he should have done so, but being unable, ho im igines liimself a poet and wrote npnsense for sense. I ani at a loss to discover Y.'s low and unmeaning attempt to cast an odiuni on Sine qua n0n's letters before be can sliow the public their failings and style them ' danin rot' and the author an ass in presenti. If this low and dissolute Y be appoirtted to de'end Colonel Harington and the Sontlp-n Cross 1 niust state be is too vulgar in liis expressions to merit approvalaud cvi lently devoid of every qualification of manliood. lie is simpiv a ] dacre hunter oF hanger on. ft is a]v ays tlius wit'i th who wish to grnpple with oi her t) vranuy or' corrtqy tion, in hig'h places that some obscure satelite orsycophant wishing t > ext •:! uotoriety with a view to obtain some futurc rewanl or personai advalicemeut, humiliates liimself f.ir oeueatli the sc.de of mauly intelligence or honest s If reliance to destroy establislied justice and clsasto nvorality aud uphold knavish tyranny and ioul corruptinn. A just oblivion should be tlie mei ited chaos of V 's low and unmeaning doggrel . ITit sometliing whispers methxt tbe author of our Mjpeked poetry of last Saturday is a victim of the Same' l.isli whicli scourged our regiment abd expeiiod them fron) tuis district. i hen wbat a slianie for such a low and nnmeaning reptile. Alas f r indep.ndence of principlein our day iu Tauranga if V.'s is a representa'ive of tbe publie feeling ! '1 here is lefc a princijde and glory of indcpendence m more tban a few that will not subnnt to a vizier or V if the one had a reality of rule and the other a title to the sublimity of poesy, I am, etc.,

To the Editor o. ihe Tauranga Bttcoxn. hlR, Caustic info'ms the pu' fic that ou the receipt of tlie VVeekiy

News, datnd iliethh ultimo, Colonel Ilaiinyjton w nt round li l«e n crier or a p imy boy reading its leader 10 tlie peop'e oti t he bea«h, bnit I can further infoirn tlie public that after his satisfying self desire in Iiis promu'g-ition of the c-vitents oi that le&der he went to a Store, w! ere two person* were piesent. Ontl.is occasio:; he declared " liere U the leader of tlie Weekly News," r ibbiiiir his liands cxultinglv, savino', j " Now I will get men for haif a crown a dav." It is evidentfmm this liow little h" appreciates our work as settlers, and liis conduct iti makino; the Suuthern Crosc a tool to supprcss the rig ts of ihe poor man desenes most fierce ceisure both of milii ary settlers and of civilians. Colonel iJarington is very far astray if lie pr. figured to himself v.itch writitig to the Cross that men here could becomc the clnp°s of liis ar; itrary dictalion, or that he can now goverri »is with the saate rod of terror, ns when we w re fulfilling the conditi; ns of our I mili'arv enlistmetit. We are | now a* settlers in the nj >yment of that glorious indepcndcnce which is | common to a free tl»i; king people, ? which is tlieir riglifc, and an y unjusr. exaetion to dep;ive usoftliht p . { > i - ; icoe is uot in accord nce with the : common d'ctates of liumanity. T> j show further how anxioudy Colonel Hamilton hr.s i.ibored to uepnciate our worth, he brouglit a certain individual to his residence and irnportuned liini to s:ni an agreement for six mdnths at three sliil linos perday. Of eourse, the man ropudiated tlie proposd with manifest disgust. The f.'regp>i»£ gives an idea to the puhiie of Colonel Haiiii-r oi's appivcia ion of u niu! his ciKouragement to remain here, When he fuiled in all hisstratagems to prncure men at low and arbitrary wagr s, he ■ltas had ihe imprudence to pah i./i to per >n> in ctimp tl'«at !.>-• \>us/l h're uai ives to di» i.is w; s!, to d ihis (lrider a preteuio wiieruby lie wouid show od Le'ngs for tho ri;;tivs population, and that it wt> dd iiave a niorul effeet in eaus'nir the n itives to have c oiifideuce in hihi. No-, vvh.it is the meatiihg' « f the fqregoiti£, ouly that Co'o icl H abington fcf personal iuterest, and desir.uis of uudervuhimg }.is reoimuir, seeks n bye-mnd of dup'c/y t > tiphold the supet i >1 ity of rebfcl Maoris t> that of datiful and Wil.1 n*r Furo peans where pou'ds shillings and penee hecome the q lest i >11. ihis iias been a d odge cvidently of Colonel Harineton's, and otui if he sends t his intclligeuce to his friend t!ie Southe rn Cro«s f.»r p'lhJicajliou, 1 will then give a fur h -r explanation of the enigin I; is evid nt so far tliat Colonel Haringtou has useu his best iuflueuce to c u e tlie departure o^' our set lers !rom i!>i* distrlct, and I must give him this mueh cred't, that lie Iias prov.cd hitnself n gool and tffi acious servaut of the Goverrirneuf, for at preaent tliere i? pearce y a 4 Jow and dissolute mau ' to he sden about the camp. I prom'sed to oive a Itit r on Col.»ntl flarinoton's faun and his right t > sou'id a torhidden truinpet in proclaimino hirnself a patron of tlie district on uccount of his extensive cultivations l ut ! • uld riot avail myselfof r.n cppoituuitv t > vi>it it even to the present ti ino and 1 do not int^r-d t > rec ive repons, 1 wanfto st-e the reality with mv own eyps Now I «ish to rejn u k that mv detenni inti >u in writioo these it ttcrs co si-ta solely iu ihe followi to : — Fir r, t » prove tlnu we could uot hecome sertltis, s eondlv, that we cannot be calle-i low a d dis?olnte men on that aeeou.ut. Third, onr standing as a regin eut cannot dogeive the opprolriuui of l«»w aud disso'ute men, for if w« take ihe officers aud men of tlie regiment ii can beshown that 'here ha\e bten tdeven officers cashiere I out of the regiuieut, aud culy a fuw

men cxpelled. Fonrtli. tha* Co'onel llarington's letier to tlie Southern Cross,' « hi.c'i !•? (Mnmv deny — !e=erves the severest conderniiatiou (rom the miiitary settlers. Fifrh. the Cross was wron^ to p .blish Colonel Ilaringtou's report tlicreby infl.ictiii.sr a public calumny o i a respectable body of men. Sixth, we Iiave a light claitn a public apolojry fio.n Colonel flarino; on and tha S >u hern Cross for tlieir uniteil insult. Seventli, if t his apalogy be deuied to ns, a pub'io meeting on.ht to be calied and a memorial drawn up and preseu ej t> the head oc the Government calling on Colonel flarington to give an explanaiinn of liis ttack Our chtracters are at stake,; and w«- have a right to u?e every means to j istify them b-fore the public. Fighth, I do r.ot write agaihst Colonel Har.notou in a vii dicti fe spirit. I wisli st lely in my witings to detil with him i> his official -capacity, and to t.'efend mvself and my regiuient, anl I will i ot cease writing nntil Ijustiiy my cause, I am, Sir, &e ,