THE PEACE PRINCIPLE OR THE PAST AND THE PRESEN.

Colonist, Volume IV, Issue 321, 16 November 1860, Page 2

THE PEACE PRINCIPLE OR THE PAST AND THE PRESEN.

{Addressed to the Colonists of New Zealand.)

A; few^yeariP aj*b iattdt%as''J bsered ,fry3ale: to the'; > Gqy^m|nt;Jb^l4i<3Jßtt4in tribe1 In t^e'Ta'ijMiaJd'Pr'or; vince. A- certain native a&eSsbr.<name& Rawiri,"went'_ w^Ji hiSjEecspl.e^oipulijihe boUiifiarpciSbme of his etjiirir" try men repeatedly threatened: him with the wors£(ion-' qeq : ue^c,e?jjf;he r >p.erße>?efed!.;:<'.lle didlpersevere, and, with six rfjhjftpeQpjleiwaß'sl'aini\!/I .wl \ VYhatjfW^slp be,don6>?,o '^Biatish.entijects had been "murdered." Amli,a Maori King had beenptup;.' Shall forf\iplfi. requisition >b& .mad©, for blood?' Shall'Maori royalty;be/orbs^ put! down? Or shall a pacifip jjolwy^ofl-nonrinterfurence be adopted ?-If * sp, will ..it.ji6t.be- doubly necessary always afterwards ?j And , w,hat jwili become of the, nominal S&veYeigh^ovei1 these jfcrXbes?,'4nc!-"will future native ins:urge'n,t^'be^''rebels?". ; 4fM^tt'tfipolidy''had,'beefi .adopted earlier, i%Qu}d-i*ot-the recent ..deaths, i,of R&\yin v &c ? .^and the present 'spirit of acaidlyI"MijTO'^veng^ i Ii i 4ye;jbgen prevented ?i Whatever might belthe^ea^bnva' peaqe policy jas.3i&" prevailed, and,r;wuß' pere'evered \ &!,s>}'<"a considerable;~ time.. , oh 'r UC^'''^J'-'?-■ ■'■' ['■•ii : i-"'''■'■ What1 "frere ttie resu'lta' Bft^is' ( p^ac^policy ? Taunts •■' and^dfersrfromTCu^ natives;! ' too^a|a'inst;the!^^ Govprrimerit^oC.jts 'lani-fnlty." lio\we^ivihm't/ 11foi one'f= ; Th'ere1 we're'1 lib 'ilauglitered "bf -murdere^^fSurolpekn^v '> noEuTOpeW'hands-'stained with Maori blood, iICMm- - placable spirit of native;iwenge;ar6mi!d':.agaiiist;ow ,'-pedplg,;jlpvdeserted■•hbrnesj iio' buining J^hieqteads,.: no bereaved families,, no i destitute/'heaft-siclc exiles^" ( But; there ,-were^ tajints;^ and sneers instead'/"! Theses .w?rerpe.vKaps_hXrd'to be.ar._ Butthe peace-policy.)whieW (under Prpyi ( den,ce.). Mndly,prevented all those calami-f ties, itself'icinTil^ 'bbi-e*. 4lt thes^Teproa^Qlies-f op. I Years'? pagaWion anrthis' wa/.i; CT appeal' itb^acisC-'1 '•-% piAb -ilot): one of my honest ihonorableftllowHifolorifots will] be'feo'' •,upqapdj^:p:to,.try;to«oritradietifacti3l ;-Siibh-werd:thet results of a peace policy.w'iufwi'i.!'^;'; '•'^^^ \ '•;;; ■■■.■■•\ Now fQrv,,our.:3fn^t contcasti!) Many months ;agb vacertaii^.. na^e.named^iera;/ al?p;, wanted 'do* 'selli'hisi' land. * timy 6( "his^^.cpuuti'y_meu..and.Mighhora 4penlyK' ■determined to resist, it liy, rfpi;ce. a TMs-Mme,yt\ielGoJ>i< MinquishVi* its^p1 Isid TRe| sfctfelers -: approved 'Of the'change!,' '■' wirefcment was commended, for itß/.':gpirit'"'\and':'tiyigdr."SiiN16' European or tauots.could..be uttered against it now. - -The flative¥' .moreos-erj^were .weal^e^ •.and^jHhefJSlurppeaniS ?aiudh:. •'sfcfong'e'r tlidriWhen were now mpre^^^fav,p|rable for'th^^f'e'iperimentl than ;--Bvsr!thejr-:had b'e^for't'liß'pe'ac'fe!'' pnh'cfple. All .this?; was a very comfortable contrast)''" | -o:q But this : Mß'ii9if^V: "'VjtjSfe'begilnmng of strifq.-is* •as when one- lettetli 'oiit Water: therefore leave off^ contention before it be meddled with." . So sa^stitKtt Book-^^hai^iis. ,absolutely;.anfajliblfe-ivi And so -the. Goverl^enfjan^the^Taranakisettl^ and the whole •c'olony-tiftve sUreiy experiende!driti''IYou j|ay|6eg?»: strife, bu't'y6u"cann6t,;ievein v wilh the';'ttosCfwrable • appearances;jtialcuWtel the issues bf it. And tliusj after1! ..this contest.was commenced, things did-not gojoaat' all accordin^.tpjule^aQfisal^utetion. Any peace 'tic!-' vacate would have tola yaw-all'this in tiTfie^torvreiient it c> ?-Al'mbSfi'eVery' on^^ays'<or''ifrtplie3;!'that t|ier6 been a-sati defidiehcj^of military-skill, enterprikej apd', courage. I reply, if you " meddle with contention".' i,yop;mfl^\.a!,c!ce'pt &i tk& 'tince);it|iif;faH}re|.'liptfi' all its , ju'nkjviwji,calanj^ies.,, t Your ; .jpri^c^\es v _ are 'wrong, my Yeiio'w-cbldnisfs!'^.'Result? \ prove' them wrong. them rather than thbpe'iwhp.Jiaye,.tried or failed, 'Xo !t cari^stfiem:out:, <i'-!l i';';-';^ : U; ■*'«■'■"> p-". " But if !therwar had b'ebn successful where your peace principle havp_boen, A then? I reply. < Tlie1 most.rf«cM?y|^r]''ai^aysr^))!dV. r vji^h irfimense^oks on. i e^6iiuiy wMmngAdiL dan th£ Most Highs-irfaniifest 'a!iheavier frown than this..'.againsttflfK1 Mar ?-'"• lii the ilpresent.case, would nbfcthe whble:of..the^native Jands•Jn..the,tiQrihern 'Island be dearly purchased the cost;. and^-loss <you .hata alr<ia'dy: incuri'ed ? iAnd^dd you. (iexpe'ct;.a speedy;tefmiinabion, to this, w^anjibeforei vpu, have learped alessonithat^we ;are. all, by nature,-' B o' inapt to learn ?" "Tlie race is not to the swift, nojrthe' battle'to the strong," but after all, even as the!once crucified Man bf-Sl'azareth'now wills' it. \

s,: iJThe strife once :begun,. things, fa don 'vyientOon jfrom . bad-tp( wor^e,. .]At:<pi'6?ent/' thfe,Xoc|)untl^ta:n3s thus: thefTajanaki [Country.Eettlers- have;^ beeiv.;drive'nifrom their b^binesteads; haye,;been plundered 'arid committed ,tq djeypuring; flames.; ...flocks and; herds have b : een.ii<3stjjoyed;or; driven aw.aj ; their lancjs cannot be piougned,pr ; ,spwn I ,.and,^9f rpourse will riot be reaped, at least for the- pre^entye^ri. Their losses are estimated, at two,ku^,dred and? fifty thousand pounds ■sfer^%V^/A',w^pJe;^roYin/}e ( h§s;!been blotted out, or turned 1 ii^. A<war'statiqn., ...The^yat .expenses are six hundred pound?,pep WQehfrr^^^O'w .much more— how ;oiiichl:,,h\\. t[us''f^r.' ;^ value of, six }iuhdred'p6unds'J. x . And,,ey^n this: is. not-- acquiredjye't !• Is not all this eo;lly^?^.'.",';. '~", ~.'s r> !

" But we went f;p vvarfopiKe^n'n^fe." Did you?; For what principle.^,.:',' TJ\Ht,those..H|ative9 whoVish : to ise.ll theii\-l^id shall .'npt,be.'prevent.ed.' t Prevented. i>y whom? ' "By those'who.have no ritcht to pnHWt ' them." St^p, ; my.,friend t . Jft, ,wss,,v^ry ( >kind of ypu to be so JQalo^sr^Qclflf^iyp.jjlp'er^es after allj this strife, and misery,indiexpen^e^ ['l)ina fi .fc)Btill an bpe;nT ■ques.tioni'Js.ii'not?,^^,,,^/ ■ J - n ,, 1 ; ' i .y/.\: ' ' "But'the^yerfli^ent^u'cd^pubtedly in therig^ht, even though .J;h'isi!haß bjjen/made,a djspjited question.^ I reply. An.evefy i'w^r,.each J3i,a,e always claims to ha,.,, in the" riglk. ;* Neitliei;sid& caOpbear to acknowledge,, to itself or others {H'ey_;^rA^i«Z, J;'fco«»c/o!M...guilt. of $£*, ■prbce?d;ngs.,;^ rf ' rr . ; C r ;- r l '"'"'' «'Bbt-in'this; casp(i it isinshicere party spirat that has . been turning into political'-c^pitallk pretended 'anxiety for justice towards the "natives'^-;' 1" jrejply. PerhaDS , many of your political-opponents -gre'very sinicere'. But let us now keepfrom politics and to our poinf.. " But r the: best .possibleinformation abundantly! jus-,^ tifies tKe Government." Perhaps so. Then behold', the consequences;pf>even a^.'just" war! ; '.._... If the, Gqye.rnment hjtve ; ;beenia§ ; jusli■. and blameless "as represented,'then nothing but thd; ;i^xtreine " Pea~Q"e. Prj^ '•'kiiy'eiMiMtances whatever'; could have prevented! thi^j war. And 'the iacting;()Ut of such an extreme'priridi- J pfejHvith'out'reg^ and simply because it is 'n^.wPuld have unexpected^ proved :the ( b.gat possible," policy si ::Q;)vernment- tnust ..thenhave.openly declared '..'.We.-believe.that Teir.a andihi^fiiends b»,v;eja';jerfeet! righb;tp! seijj; therknd%<; q'ues6otiVWt*we f cftnnotbuy- it so long as the^transac-: tion is likely 4oIlead"'fo'bio^hed.",, r .What woii^d be" the natural effect, on the jflQind^.in this i <My^ (and much more pn^he native .im^d. in .Jaranaki] and elsewhere) if one of thejjp^cljfjal^ .pii.^v^n one of the;' humblest, members of tM.pp^mubifcyripst the sale.of his own undisputed property by s'^cH tyrapy ? Would; '. not the number of sellers, and 'tlp f desire to se^l,; fee ■ increased directly ? Tyranciyj,.'^ether personified' In"' a land league p.r,otherwise,'l3 neyevyeiylong in jren--dering-Jtself pdipus and,>iniolerablel ,;. ;. ; S"l6nb''' rm6r4'i'dontrast/'J What'would'have been; t;h,eipresent position of affajrs u iji the r) preyious peace policyj had beeh flcbhtihu'ed? s ''Me! previous state of things I would have continued.Uktwise. "We know it did\cow '

tinue tillHW'ydlicf ' Was' chinked. Europeans; and: native&Skrighftliave; cdtitiniied :tt> Itiunt the^Covera- > - ment as they- did before. -The natives ■ might hasre ■ rbeem !/pccasipnally,',"Uiye^c)nab^,> perjiapayjiisoleflt. - Eufopeans^^ight^liaYe^had .their patience tried, as they might 'Well" e'±bbftt:' byHm)sV*ysioxaJ;hey jiowccal f rhave-^een^fjlunaeiedMii'destfi^Sa^aM^nd-'settlef?; f wouldihaye) had toWleaver their (homes;j&y<more jthan~ i»>tb.a:vpreVh)us iyeareJr/LThes.Eur'opeanß ■iwcMi have a-apidiy; increased.^ -The natives'fareogcaduSally ditain'i ishi!ng.''!iAnd.the'laDd league muat'have eventually .'.dissol^ed-'away'ofitself.i!-' •"•.:<kjii v;;in \r, o.;,", ■• j i',. l r,Yoij.ipdrce'ive;ErespbctedLfellow-cc)lohißtSi thatd have not yet said one word about thaiiactuabloss-ofihiitn^n life. Fh'ive a'ssumied for a moment that there have jbfeenrnp.achihg hearts among Europeans and MaqriesJ + that no wives have.fbeen.'tiiadeluHfihjeiyfwiHowli.'no.'. children fatherless, no parents -childless. T;havfe"as- A u/ifrned; fojj3",m9u)eut th^t/tlioab 'alHft'd.ti^i^h^ad. no wuls at ailrt-ou that, then; souls were in no danger ot } . • bvSiyg-J.p^-T-or,that; jhe,loss,of th ( 6pouljiyou)^pnly last' for' ten thougand ages. But what ia tpjb^jaaid^f! thw -w»r^ain4 O.WI. wai'j if c human soul once lost, islpajT l^jW A&«gy \ . tm[GS:: . o Kii7lD - Mrta: jo..^: ■■■:.■■ ■ .' ■ '■'!