Opinion of the Press.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3230, 26 June 1879, Page 2

Opinion of the Press.

The Taranaki News of Saturdry's date says :—Th«j preaent t natire difficulty presents theCurioiiafeatOre df bdtiptVtiei in the dissention being the ■übjecti of similar.experiences. European settlers in "our-'dut-diatHctsta pi&Sular^tod the members of our community in general, are very.anxious; as to the intentions of tho Paribata Maorii, while iat the all absorbing consideration is—What are the intentions of the Gorerament respecting Te Whiti P and' th« qoeitions there universally put to European visitors are—What is the news in New Plymouth* XwMatH.oldies are coming to Taranaki? and Will the Government fight P In Taranaki, parent• are anxious abont f of their children and property, and in Parihaka the same anxiety is manifested about tholiLtlooninftnd-tkelaresand^enatei. In Taranaki there are very many familiei of interesting and amiable people who would be aubjected'by war! to|?r»B|priva. tions and suffering, and precisely flroaame calamities would overtake many a happy family living on the ibanki of th» fWaitotoroa. Both parties deprecate war with their lips, while by their actions they are doing all they''dan to produce it. If, therefore, there are so many matters in which-bojthj parties. |*i[a■>in what terrible thing is it that prevents their complete, n um;n and harmony P The great obstacle ia the way of union is, ■ undoubtedly^ Te;WMti,>aud,^von he hat much of that' wliicli is excqllent about him. ,^ny ,whq jVisiuv Parihaka withcut <:prf'judice^riiusc1 con less that in raauy respecis the rule of this man over , the eoramunitf 'cf^^which he is the attractive centre has been of a beneficent character. It often happens, "however, that a man with very much-,-that if most excellent , and loveable in bis character, has one fatally weak point which ultimately' causes his committal of some one serious act which the law cannot condone, and which consequently leads to :his complete rliitf.o 'Twenty or tkirty years faithful service Will not save from penal servitude the man who forges the name of his ■ employers for !a* large' amount. -JNV,'amount of moral rectitude can be urged as a plea of extenuation in a case of wilful murdef. In $c' Whiti'a case,' also notwithstanding all Ihe.epc^d he has done his people, and notwithstanding all his desires for peace and hatred of war. he cannot be acquitted of the. c o f ne great cri?iie bf which He is: guilty^'injdii that crime';is t lawlegsness-^-rebeJlibn^i||^inßt tho Gbvernmeht which' Providerics has placed over him for his protection in well doing itad for his collection in evil doing.