THE NATIVE QUESTION.

Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 45, 19 December 1868, Page 3

THE NATIVE QUESTION.

(To the Editor of the Tuapeka Times .) '._ ' Sin, — At a time when the " Native difficulty " is the question of the day 7•* and when every man ;hxis' his own pet remedy for the present disastrous state of affairs, you will perhaps "graatj'me' ". space euough to propound my panacea, ,■ - •- which I shall do injthe form jjfja lLfcfclfluM** story. A friend of mine.happened to be travelling -in the United States about the time of the massacres inMinnesota by the Sioux. "He'was on board a river steamboat one day, where - r %i the massacres were the theme of genegi* ral conversation. " Ah," said a tall rough-looking Texan, ." ef- they, managed them like, us, this hed never • eventuated.", "And how do you-.tre.ak-i " the natives ? " was the genefat in-. i r quiry.. "Wai," said he, rollinga-huge— - . quid in his mouth, " first of all wje. gin them gospel, and ef tbat don"t suit Aye gin them a taste of law, and ef they^ are not satisfied with that, by gum', we" give them fits." " . Now, Mr. Editor, don't you think > that as we have tried unsuccessfully-, both gospel and law, it is high time for . us to make trial of the Texan remedy, ' and " give them fits ? " — I am. &c., - Veteeak., .