The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 153, 1 May 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1873.

r i\i place the last scruple in the scales that shall <!< cicle between peace uucl war, is a position that few j kmi can hold without feeling the gravity of their reh,»onsibility. Men who arc compelled to acfc on sach < evasions are entitled to tho sympathy and con-.-.derati')n of their principals ; the greatest latitude )s their due; but, the)' must never forgot that there is a point beyond which nmn's enrluranco cannot reach. Gi avo responsibility rests upon the Government afc the present time. The " scruple "is in tlieir hands ; they have to decide into which scale it hhall be cast. A life has lately been sacrificed to l he sen ti men t that it is possible to civilize the .Maoris in other ways that by physical force. Tho unfortunate man Sullivan is not the first who has fallen a victim to this sentiment. It is the uiity of the settlers and of the Government, who :ire their representatives, to ensure that no more ut' our countrymen shall be sacrificed in the shambles :i[ipropriatecl to the satiation of tho murderous thirst of a savage people. There aro two sides, however, »o every question. We believe that the men who have been guilty of the List acfc of barbarity feel (hat they are justified in thoir actions. Wo passed i " Native Lands Act " with all the adjuncts of a Supreme Court. The Judges themselves must, or should have been perfectly aware, that they were often inflicting an injustice when they vested tracts of country in individuals who had, if any, a vei'y meagre claim to the property. The proper owners i t' the land in dispute we believe to be the instigators of the latest murder. It was well-known in tne realms of officialdom that certain portions of the natives would not condescend to establish their dairn, consequently a number of unprincipled vagabonds are enjoying the rents that should belong to men more noble. and possessed of <i principle, whether 1 ighfcor wrong. The position, however in which wo '■land can bo put in A few words. Are European-! to ; ursuu their it.diibtiics here, or arc they to start ificsh as ruined men in more favourable climos ? 1 •) considering this question, it must bo clearly undiw stood tiiat the Maori's power to lio and deceive is unequalled. A Maori thinks nothing of stating, with a grave countenance, that which he knows to 1> • untrue. To lio is his nature ; and those who havo pretended to understand him—unless they were, ,-is in tho opinion of many they h.tvo proved to be» jioi'feet churUtans — should havo bejn aware of this fact. In many instances personal knowledge should have guided the judges to the goal of justice. \iol us look at the other side of tho question. The attempt has been made by us to render evenluudodj jubtice to the Maoii and the white man . w c may have failed to do so in somo instances, but' hirge nmjority of our failures aro attributable to i lie lying propensities of the natives. A native nuth, fts a rule, is less valuable than tho piece of I ..per by nieai.s of which it is handed down as an occurrence to posterity. Whatever faults there niiiy have been in the working of our laws and in the legislation itself, it is an indisj ntable fact that the turn of the scale has always in practice been in favour of tl c native. We cannot afford to fight ihe natives in the expensive manner adopted hy the Imperial Government. We must secure ( niifidence ; the natives must he brought to reason , otherwise we cannot live in tli.it •■eenrifcy that is i.iccssary fo the successful prot-ecutjon of any undert.JJug. We hnve undci taken the settlement of the colony. We have brought tho knowledge acquired ,)i olher colonies to b'jnr on our enterprise. If we are to succeed, order uiUbt be established. The I

-Ng-apuhi tribo has ohVrud to t-ike tbo matter into ( its oiva hiiuli. I- 1 \ vo.ild Bint us to grant the, j whole of the land owned by the Kind's people as a | reward foy bringing the opponents of law and order to their se-iscs. It matters not to those in rebellion j by whom they are brought under subjection. Either j the white man or the brown will have to produce the murderer or murderers of poor Sullivan, to be hanged as a warning to those who may take to similar eccentricities. The mmderer must be hanged, and, as we s.ud previously, the duty must bo speedily love. We trust that the natives will not be foolish enough to drive us to extrouutiet. ; otherwise tho annihilation of the Maori race is tolerably certain to take place. The murderers must be hanged, and the accomplices receive at least a heavy term of imprisonment.

Oir Alexandra correspondent correspondent writes as follows:— Ilio sdtl.'i sat Uex.mdi.i :iro agreeably surprised mi account of the prompt aition taken by the Government in reference to the late barbarous outrage committed by natives near Cambridge. Judging iiom precedents, they were- l«*d to c\p«t Uiat tlie Gro\cmme.nl by promise;, of retiihation would once more endeavour to calm their indignation. But we hear new* that gives us a faint glimmering of hope. We are now led to the conclusion that our Government arc not quite lost to a sense oi the necessity of maintaining their dignity. They seem to be aware of their responsibility as administrator* of a country which has just been startled by an act of unprovoked brutality almost unparalleled in New Zealand lii«tory. We hear that Mr J[a«Uv will be here to-day (April 28) on his way to le Kinti, 'where lie k- going tv demand that tho murderers be delivered up to the G-o\ eminent to be dealt with according to English law. It is th is news that has acted as a temporary balm to the mortified ieelings of our settlors, and we sincerely hope that he will be successful in his mission. The action oi the OoToraninit must be decisive. If the murderers are all handed over— well ; if not, there is but one alternative leit — we mit\t take them.

A correspondent writes from Alexandra as follows :—" The meeting wuioli was* to lmco boon hp\d at To Kuiti to-day will, I think, be postponed in consequence of the inclement weather. Tawhiao and his party were at Orahiri last night. I do not think there will bo much business done at the meeting until the arrival of the " King " at Te Kuiti. Poor Siillivan'a murder will in all probability be tho principal matter for discussion." We understand that the General Government are taking prompt action in the matter of the murder committed on Douglas and Walker's land at Pukekura. The telegraph offices have been kept open till midnight in order to communicate with those in charge of the district, and the Government arc giving the- question their earnest consideration. They are, we are informed, determined toprotect our frontier settleis.— Cross. The whole of the constabulary Live boon concentrated on the frontier. Kihikihi, Alexandra, and Cambridge have each got a detachment stationed in the neighbourhood' of the townships for the protection of tho settlers. Colonel Lyon and Major Clare are at Cambridge. They both proceeded to the- scene of the road making on the Moanatuatua swamp on Tuesday evening, and, we learn, remained as the guests of Mr Walker till the following morning. The constabulary were w arned by the natives ti> leave tlieir work ; it is needless to say that their threat Iras been treated with the contempt thnt armed men can afford to feel for a few natives. Wo are glad to inform our readers thnfc i£r Carter, the coach driver, is on the fair road to recovery. We are certain that we only express tlie truth wlien we state that every settler in til* WaiKato condoles with him m his misfortune. Licenses to kill and sell gnmo are bow issuahle at tho Superindent's office, at Auckland : To kill game, JE2 10s j to sell game, £5. The season for killing g;wne extends over the months of May and June only. Licenses lo sell game are m force until tho 7th of July only. N:> shilling licenses are issued under tlio new Act ; but any person in bona fide occupation of any land, not being the waste lauds of the Crown (or some one person appointed by him), may kill game on such land wilhout n license. Every person who shall sell, oiler for sale, or expose for sale, and every holder of a license to sell game, who shall kaye in, his possession, or shall in any manner dispose of, any dead hen pheasant, or any dead tui, shall, on conviction,. forfeit and pay for every such act a sum not exceeding twenty pounds r and if such a person hold a license to kill or «ell ga>no, such liceuso shall, on conviction, become ipt>o facto void. Tho following are tho boundaries of the Wnitetuna Educational IHstricfc :— " Comprising all those lands included within tho boundaries of the Whaingaroa Highway District. Meeting for the election of committee, at Mr Moon's house, W.ntctuna, on Thursday, loth May, at 4 p.m. We regret to learn that Mr Greene, who was accidentally shot, on Monday night, at the Bank of New Zealand, as described in onr yesterday's issue, still lies in a very critical condition. Tho ball was extracted yesterday morning, at 8 o r eloek, bv Doctoi's Konderdin© and N icholson. It was found embedded in the blade bone of tho unfortunate gentleman, and in its passage tho bullet liad split. A piece of the bone was found in the notch when it was extracted. Wo regret to learn that the htngs woro penetrated, and little hopes are, I therefore, ontertained of Mr Greene's recovery. Last night I he appeared to bo but slightly bettor, and was more composed than lie had hcen at any timo since the accident. We learn tli.it tho pistol with which tho accident oceuered was a hair trigger pistol, and that Mr Greene was replacing it in the box when it exploded. Ib fitted rather tightly in tho case, and on forcing it into its position, the trigger must have touched something, and thus led to the melanuholy accident — Herald. We i egret to hear that Mr Hugh Carleton met with a very severe accident yesterday, tit Wellington, where ho was attending to his vice-chancellorship duties. Tho telegram does not go into particular?, merely stating that Mr Carleton fell over a bank thirty 'feet high, by which his right side, leg and arm, were very much bruised. He is stated to bo recovering slowly. — Ibid. Mr John Williamson, who is canvassing the Northern Districts for the Supcvinlemleircy, is expected to return (via K.upar.i) at an early date, and will affcor wards, probably, usil the Wnikuto, the Thames, and as many other portions of tho province <is ho can visit, prior to hia leaving for Wellington at the commencement of the next Parliamentary bcssion. — Ibid. The young girl Cecilia Gates, who was remanded from Saturday on u charge of \ugmncy in having no lawful means of subsistence, was discharged yesterday morning by his Worship the Mayor. The case is a very sad one. A girl of 18 lands in a strungo count n, and almost from the first begins that downward career which is almost certain eventually to end in a miserable death. There is too much reason to believe that a disinclination for work has been as prominent as misfortune- among tho cau-.e* of her ruin. At the same timo wo cannot help feeling gratified to find some benevolent Indies have come forward to endeavour to- givo tho poor strungor a chance to regain her lost position. This is true charity, and exemplifies I ho Dnino assertion, "-They tlmfc aro whole need not a physician* but they tbnt are- sick." — Cross. Tho following appears in the leading columns of tho Thamei Adrertiser. In a futiiro issue we shall comment upon it. The late hour at which it came to hund prevents us doing so in this i«sue :—": — " A European has'been murdered near Cambridge by a party of natives, who have already got boyoncl fcl & reuc'i ofi.minodmto pursuit. Our Auckland confcfinporarios hai'c commenced to nmke smooth tho way of the Native Minister for taking little notice of the matter, by say in<» that the mur'ler baa no political significance, that it is the consequence of a quarrel betweon the parties, ami that the perpetrators aro men of no importance iunon<»3t the Kingitcs. Tho fact that the somo party fired 'at and tried to kill other Europeans is rather against tho theory that the murder wns committed because 'of n"' previous quarrel, while, whether tho me siru of poht'cnl significance or not is of small consequence, as it i.s well Kiuwu that men of no murk nrc frequently -ct t o do such work by those above them, nnd indeed would hardly dnn to do theso deeds without tho sanction of the chiefs. Further, it has been known for some tuno that tho murderers have been socking for a chanco to kill Europeans. The question for us is, will tho tho King at once give up the murderers ? If it be true, as wo have so often been told, that Mr McLean has brought King to tho most friendly terms, lie will at. once aid tho authorities to capture Purukutu and hi- i onfoilcrutcj. Jflicincs not, nnd we feel prHty o-no that 'ie w ill not, wliat about all t lie poaccfnl ami friendly prolessions we bavo heard of? Cm tho King's son not givo us a more practical proof of his love n.id allection than by crying, after refreshments on board the Luna. Wo have not j ot gotTodd's murderers and we may as well now go in for both. In any • use, tin-, murder '.lion « clearly that our frontier t-oltlo-uu nis nre not so vifo ia G-nvernnu nl.n 1 . o!llccr3 and nowspa| ers woukl lm>o uj believe, wlum nrmcil parties go prowling about

and iiimj at oen. Kuropem tlii'j too Ami fiw him iUm w a ghastly comment on the last letter of tlio Tunes' corivbpoudenl from New Zealand. It was there set forth that the natives lia-1 been quite Penned from their savage habits, and hid, In the present Government, bc«ai converted into mduslrio'i s scttlevs, equal to Europeans. Very likely, we bliall have ut iif=t , n great a])pearanee of energy on the jiart ot the Goveninicnl, and a ru-slnng hither and thitlicr oi Ciovernitttnt, ofiicevs, i-»if tlu> King wcvf atone« to be brought to book, aai I tlicn am- slmll onl\ heJii- of meit-agiw of low, .md tliiM* hole all" nr will blow over till another murder is committed."

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The following is the score made by the Cambridge team at the late match between that settlement and Te Awaanutu. Tt unfortunately cune to liaud too late for insertion in our last, is-ssuc • —