THE PROPHET TE WHITI.

Temuka Leader, Issue 239, 4 March 1880, Page 2

THE PROPHET TE WHITI.

Itv tcferejiee to *Te W-lu’ti ami tlio labourers ot the Royal Commission, tlio Patfsi Mail observes : —“ To lie let alone is the only eonrso of treatment an impostor has to fear ; bnt if ho Can secure omanies he can secure friends. hi verythin,”' that has over succeeded, is nrT'' indebted to its enemies than to its friends. So To Wldti owes his pes tion anmu • the Maoris to the n-itice that pakeh.is" have taken of him. and when tin* is withdrawn his star \yi" whip 1 rapid Iv. lint the danger li. s wii-.i t : e'(government and the Royal t oni mission. Will emit nin’ to blow t e

(ire that is burning their fingers I We wi.nl I suggest that, th -y a opt’ as a fundamental nle, ‘We will have not l lmg to dn with that man Tc Whiti. £- if it war 1 an inviolable rule ignore ad rophets ami lo fiv-at only witii sane mu, the spirit of prophecy would uie unt. ii the Maori people found that uo favour could pavg jj’oin the Government to them through Te \V iuti, and that no MMti;-!, coni' laint- ‘or demand cmiM p* : »* j i j 7 i,- x . iia*s from them lo the Government * | *| t ■ |. ■^Ji rough him, their beaut fu an 1 m.i e t

faith would begin to rav d mu nl t..e end somewhat, ami ari'hority wmld pirns over I'roita hint togom* loss sacr-d .ess' cxpensi/ •, less crafty. more rc ismiahle savage.”