The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1873.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 171, 12 June 1873, Page 2

The Waikato Times. "OMNE SOLUM FORTI PATRIA." THURSDAY, JUNE 12, 1873.

In auother column wo publish a letter from the Hey J. F. Mandeno. We have printed tliis letter lecause we think it better that all shades of opinion should have publicity m a newspaper. We must remind our correspondent that the Treaty of Waitangi is not an exception to the rule that has governed all treaties that have been made even in modern times. The necessity of one party to a treuty have frequently been held in the eves of the civilized woiM to be sufficient excuse for deviating from its piovisious Nece-sity has often compelled nations to make treaties which Imvo afterwards proved to be ruinous to tlie interests of both con-tracting-parties. Events havu prosed that if tlie land of this colony was to bo utilized that strict adherence to the Tieaty uf Waitangi was im-

possible. We are not prepared to tlofend every action that has been taken by the Untish or Colonial Governments. We cm sifely say, however, ih »t as n rule they lmva both bee.i guided in then 1 actions by an excessive dosi.'o to respect the prejudices of the savayes with whom they had to deal. The treaty of Waitangi wis nude when we were numerically weak, and I'iere can be little doubt had any nation under the c un other than Great Britain taken iNew Zealand a-> ona of its colonies, an 1 became powerful as we, in place of the treaty having been recognised, the whole of the land would ha\e been declared the property of the Govern nenfc; and weaie inclined to believe at this moment, that ha 1 this policy been adopted, the European and the native would now l>e living si le by side as one people. The natives would have been elevated by c mtact with respectable Europeans in place of being 1 corrupted by interujurse with the most unprincipled of humanity. The old ru> away whaler or the escaped convict would not then h.-ivebeen looked up to as authorities on all subjects human and divine. The Missionaries, no doubt, counteracted to some extent, the coarseness of thought instille \ by the classes we have alluded to, but it must ever be remembered that they were not loth to acquire land. Vengeance on tribes for past deeils is not asked by any reasonable man ; it is merely asked that actual murdereis shall be hanged according to European law. We have lived long enough among the natives for the-n t) have leirned that killing is murder, an 1 thit to harbour those who commit the crime is an equal offence witb that of the perpetrators of the deed Murderers are not hangEd solely for the sake of vengeance, but more for the sake of intimidating others from committing the same crime. Whatever mistakes may have been made in our dealings with the natives, should ba avoided in the future. We take it that the position in which the two races stand at the present Lime is : The European desires the use of the laud that the a itive will not or ea nnot use; he wishes civilization to spread throughout the island, but has no desire to take land from the natives un'ess they can clearly see tlmt it is to their interest to sell. The nathe, on the other hand, says, " 1 will do as I like with my land ; I know that I don't require all oi it for my own purposes, but the pakeha not have it." The chiefs know their own weakness and that of their people ; they fear that if once railways and roads aro made through the country that theii desire for European luxuries will be so much excited that they will not be able to resist^the temptation to sell their estates for their procuration. We are not prepared to defend, as we have before said, the limiting of the names to be placed on Crown Grants to ten, as is done by the existing Native Lands Acts, and believe that a better system of tK.n-fi.T of Cn 1:'1 :' i i useless to the disposer to those who will use it for the benefit of the whole of the inhabitants of New Zealand could be inaugurate 1. Those who have read history are well aware that the sword has nearly always been the immeiiato predecessor of Christianity and civilization. In the days, however, to which we alluV. tho conquering 1 process was not left half dane in deference to the sickly sentimentality of a clique, who-je extieme tenderness in this instance Ims proved to be excessive cruelty. It must not bo forgotten that we have to deal with tho native question as we find it to-day, not as it might have been had a different policy been pursued by tKose who had tho management of affairs in the early days of tho colony. Before we leave this subject, we wish to remind the Rev Mr Mandeno that the propagation of such ideas as are contaiued in his letter can only be productive of evil ; had we not received it, we could not believo that any man of observation could have failed to be cognizant of thia fact It is clear that the Europeans will not leave the colony ; also that to murder their people with impunity is a thing impossible. It would have b°en muoh more becoming ou his part had he endeavoured in a letter to convince the natives of thia fact in place of referring to the greatest mistake ever made by colonial statesmen.

Wo understand that Sub-Inspector Xorthcraft will rehe>c Sub-Inspector Smith at Ki'ii Kihi. The European mail was due in Melbourne on the 6th inst. We way therefore look for our letters and papers by the ne\t Victorian steamer. On Tuesday afternoon a meeting was hold at the Criterion Hotel, Otalmhu, at which strong lcsolntions nere passed in support of the extension of the Wa.knto railway. Ono speaker remarked that the matter is in the hinds of the Auckland members. We agree with him. and trust that any member who does not suppoi t it \\ ill be hissed from every Auckland platform on which he may happen to appear. We regret to announce the death of the Veiy Rev Dr Uroke, Vicar-Geneial of the diocese of Cloyne. Wd regret it because a good man has passed from his sphere of usefulness, and because his death v. ill ciuso grief to his son our much respected Bishop of the Anglo-Carbolic Church. Mr J. Martin, of Tamahcie, we 1 egret to learn, met with an accident from a hjrsr. His collar bone was UDfortunately l>rokcu. He is progie&sing favorably. The little attention paid to the beautifying of the streets of our township by the planting of trees along t e sides of the roads is astonishing. We recommend this milter to the caily consult rat ion of tho members of our Town TJoai d. A show of produce is to be held in tho New Market, in Auckland, on the 20th m-t»nt-. All kind* of cereals a-id vegetables are admissible. We trust tnat tins opportunity of hliowing what the Waiknto can produce will not be lost, by some of our enterprising nntl skilled settlers. Octtlar deinomt ration goes furthe" to c>nvinee people of a fact th.m all tho t.ilking in tho world, We want, in order to induce settlomcnt, to convince tho popitlntion generally that the «oil in tho Waiknto vril 1 ijrow almost am thing, ns it will It will uls'i na\u »!io ■ H'» <• of impressing upon the public mind that it i.^lm. "».i cVap labour urn all that are lequired to reduce to n miiuinum the nnoortation of iood from abroad into our capital.