MAUNGATAUTARI MEETING.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 114, 28 January 1873, Page 2

MAUNGATAUTARI MEETING.

i Wk punt below condensid reports of the speeches ilelivered at the Ute native me Jtin . Our reporters bave to the best of their ability given the gist of the speeches, omitting the i large amount of extianeous matter that is always iuj traduced into mtive speeches. We have not divided the | fiist day's speech from the second, but give our leport as ' of the proceedings of one meeting. llewi : Come ; welcome. Here am T como that I may . see you. You say that lam vexing jou ; that lam a breeder lof tioiible. I deny it ; it is nothing of the sort. Let our j troubles cease, as by that means only can we see each other i with a cheerful countenance ; and do you speak clearly ■ that I miy understand. I have not much to s^y, but what i I have is of very great importance. | Mmsh said I regret Rewi made no complaint, and in i no way indicated his view s and those of hia party for the I future, m practicable form which would en ible them to | woik togother. We have been scut for as skilful hands to ! navigate the \ essel of state ; we are imt informed of the I circumstances ; if anything has happened speak out, that ,we may know it. If you are of ,1 mind toiepent, you have I Abraham to your Father — and there is room to repent. Kewi interposal t I calle I you heie to teach me — the sinful mnn. J Marsh- How can I teach you who are a person of a i vci v hardened heai t. j Rewi : How can a deluded individual know what to do unless ho is taught. Marsh : I have not time to dictate the pattern of your ennoe. Kewi said • If I send for an artist — not being one mvself — [ take his opinion as to tho model, and as to how it shall be carved. Mar&h (aside to Arawa) : Tiuly, truly; how truly ho speaks. Rice : lam puzzled to know what has brought evil on tho lanl ; has it been this flag? (pointing to King's flag ) Perhaps it has ; perhaps it has not. I don't know, because thpie has been no investigation. The only tribunal yet i appealed to has been that of the strong arm. I Rowi- Tho sin (if sin it was) was mine. No one ehe is , responsible. Waikato hnd nothing to do ■nith it. I went 'to Waitnra. I wanted thnl business settled by arbitration I of principal chiefs find Europeans and Ministers of tho j Government, but my wish was not regarded. A* for the j Waikato war, it was my Hnlra that brought it on lam not ' aware that the Waikato had anything to do with it. j Huuuia To Ngnkau (King's minister) : Tho temple of my Father must not be a matter of sale, and tho house of my Father (striking the land) shall not be a subject of traffic ; for tho promised land was given to me by God. There is nothing to be compared to the land. God made it and male my feet to walk upon it. This is the head and front of my difficulty, and lam here to mako it known. Man is not 6*o important as the land: lie dies and returns and becomes incorporated in that from which ho sprang. There can be no race of men w ithout a country in which they may live. Rice: If jou talk like this we shall never come to an understanding. Kanapia : We are not of your mind concerning the land ; we cannot, therefore, join together to prevent its being sold or leased Te Ngnkau : Do you think I am to be disregarded in what I 9ay 9 Do you think I can be pitched aside into tho fern 9 Do you think Tarn a child ? lam not going to givo up my mani over mv lands You have barred my way to Waikato; I cannot go there. You say I have lost ha ] f the island : it may be so, I am not going to surrender what is left. Marsh : I have no patience with your talk about your mana. You would tempt me to break j our nose. To Ngakau : lam not afraid to die; you seem afraid, but lam not. lam anxious as to the land. Aporo fin reply to suggestion from friendly side) : Supposing tho Governor and the King to be made of equal authority, who would be the mediator between them. A loyal natiTC : The law. Aporo: The law ! It is the source of all our ills. The Governor and the King between them decimate tho island. The only possible saviour of tho island is tho King. JfcMinri fNgntiraukawa) : I approve in principle of all Te Xg;ak>iu had said, but how am I to wear a shirt if I conform Ito Ins wishes. I a.m accustomed to a shirt. I cannot live without one, and unless I lease my land to the Europeans I have no means of obtaining one. I feel sure my European would not give mo a shirt unTc3sl leased my land Tarapipipi : I should like to speak on the point tho last speaker has mentioned, but I feel myself embarrassed in regard of a pledge which I formerly ga^e to tho " land league" [not to sell land,] I having since gold a little land to enable me to wear the clothes in which you see me stand. I citnnot speak, however, without tho consent of those to whom I gave the pledge. (Rewi crossed o^er to linn and released him from his pledge, saying, " Your pledge has been redeemed by tho blood that has boon shed ") Tarapipipi said : Now that the strings of mv tongue arc loosed, I declare emphatically that this condition of niTurs mint undoubtedly cense — (referring to sales of land made without the sanction of the King). Te Hira • "Why should we be divided, seeing that we have no cause of diflbronoo. Oh! let us become one people, and then we should become great. Let us try hard to agree among ourselves. I welcome Petcra, Marsh, and Matene. Wahanui : Cease to mako roads ! Cease to sell land ; lot your leasing stop. If wo cannot accomplish those small things, how shall we ever be able to effect a grvat thing hLc a general pence. Petera : Our IMegraph is up, therefore it cannot bo provented. Wo shall not, perhaps, sell our land, not for the reasons jou winh, but beeanso we have so little. If we ha I abundance of land m jou Waikatos have, we should doubtless have sold in the snme way that yon havo done. This is not a pence between us, it is simply a parley. We notico tho statement that the sword has been sheathed. Wahanui : How enn peace be made when you think of the cnuho of the war. The Governor's hand is on my bond, and my hand on his, and who is tho strong man that is able to separate us. I repeat, if the little things I havo mentioned cannot l>o acceded to, greater cannot be dono. The matter will then rest with tho Lord of Hosts, who in strong. Go home and think of this! If you agiee, it will be well — if not, we shall not regard you. Marsh : Proposed confiscated lands should remain in tho hands of flovornmrnt. Waikato river beyond boundnrv to bo the limit of the King country, until it arrnej attho Aruwa boundary. Aporo ohjoctcd to the telegraph in nny place, and lenses and sales nlso to the Government that brings all this trouble to the country. The Governor will ht>e to do a* you tell him (meaning the l'riendlics.)

I ANOTHhU KKI-OKr. The mooting at Miuu^itaiitari \ui brought to a close on S iturcUy evening about o o'clock iS'citlier party, up to the ti ne of its close, ha\ mg shown any willingness to concede in | any way to tho othor. ! to Kai'u (Ngatiaua) mid that when the King flag wan i first hoisted it whs not for the purprwtj of w.ir,buton the contrary in order that poaie might prevail It had not, however, been long hoisted befoie war wns comincn<'cd under its shadow. Rewi was the cauio of this This war was the cause of WaiLato being lost, consequently the King p irty were practically the lirst people 1 who patted with Htul m the Waikato country They (the friendlier) were lookers on during this tune, but when they found Unit the King party had parted w ith &o much land, they made up thoir minds to secure a portion of that which remained, and commenced selling and leasing. William Thompson ->et the example (Firth'o run), and others followed his example. This was the strain of all the Waikato's speeches. The Kist Coast tribes, whose principal spokesman -was Maihi Te Rangikiheke, an Ar.iua chief, recommended that tie diius->iou as to the land should be postponed, and that they should then discuss as to the means by which both races could become as one. When the they had scttlod this they could talk about, the lan \ They asked them (the Hauhaus) why they had asked them them to come, and told them not to conceal am thing If they had onK been united to a feast, let them have it and bi> done with it. If they were to receive elothin<» let them receive it If to take up tho gauntlet (figlit) let it be laid down If to talk, let tho subject bo disclosed so that they might tike part in discussing it, as it would take bjth parties to arrange a lasting peace The Arawas ha I not sold laud, but not for tho reason that they wore frightened oi tho King part* , but because they had only a small extent of country. If thry possessed so large a tiaot as tho King party, they would probably have sold or leased some of it. Th« King natives, whoie principal speakers were Rewi, Wahanui, anl 'J«» Ngakau, wanted the differences about land, roads, &c , sjttlod first, and all spoke to that eflect. Wabanui, m his speech, said that he considered there was quite sufficient peace, inasmuch as they were then met ! together face to face ; he could not see what they wanted a freah one for " Has not my snord been in the scabbard a long time. What more do you require * Are we not both here." Tho republican party was represented by Eeihana. This party, however, is not recognised by tho Kiug and his followers. Tarapipipi Te Kopara, an old opponent of tho telegraph at Piako, was formally released from his oath of allegiance to tho King, by Rewi, who said, " Kua kore tcna oati naku i whakaheko ki te toto." (That oath is no longer binding, in consequent of my having shed blood). A Hauhau piayer was said after each speech made by Wahanui, who, it was arranged prior to the meeting, in conjunction with Te Ng-ikau, should be the speaker on the King bide.