SATURDAY MAY 6, 1876

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 618, 6 May 1876, Page 2

SATURDAY MAY 6, 1876

£notf aiprivate letter reos'ved yeslerd^v, 'wo havfe Eroo^'Sß'ison '.to believe thtLt Ab> t proposed vi^ifc of his ►Uxco'iency, If mivU nt sUI, will Tiottake pMace for some v?ee':s till, at ttVfc tea Hi (j-,1-,, tnwarth the mi<id'e of ttefrf. momh. His visit to the Sftrt'iet" set tliernpr.us' which will t.h:e 'pUce mettii-. •vhile, will uot n^cpssa^ily' occupy an>~ 'lert£i.henet|{|Tprio'l, 'but the ve<{\ c<«job r>! delay is 1 be unsatisfactory cliain<Jti*r of tlv advances asvyet made by tbe -Iting him self^ith respect to thepropowl reee iiK 'It is natural, of course, that the Go 1 / ' ernor should expe3t thrt'o Lbeiflrib ad'va^ rt '■<' slvcul'd come from 'Tpwhino, «nd vth.it bfore undertaking the visit the m.rt'T" getieraUr should sh )ws<>nv_» lute # fl<n\j" ** ■that it should take place; I*U it ' is motfchan could be looked 'for tfoat'i/ne 'M-ic ' Kfag should nuka aay re." I *' opon raao > 'fostAtion 'in *t)he ■raat*or. -That »a v»r (fpneral 'desire for such meeting dooi px' ' ■in the natrve iditnl ia 'evij^n' from tbe letters xif'^oiir own Cot'/e-'poud cuts on tbo fronUe:vfnr tnoath's an^' from the action of the natives in mi'riiv Jgreatprepartftidiia for the meeting in tl « ; collection of such supplies of fool as an necessary ■ for so- largo an lasseinbJa^e a* 1 ' would be gathefeld there. It BepraB, indeed, thai 'ff'a w'>&hg • desirable at aOl >upou 'political ground-, in the interests 8f ' the \MnOr?s and tli" European, that fehe Govpnior and tho Go i vernment niayHvell <rfFnM to w^ive'a m^i I *-) profession 6f aOxi(JQ3 solicitation -on the part of tbe 'Karfg. I^o 'dner «he m^etin ' till sueh 1 is made ia, after 1 all, only $twii Mj ifig : at a {fuatrftnd stf allotfinof iv:caiuel. I' 1 the Ooveruor is lo a*and 'apon hisd'gaity, his l bin?p!e course -Would 'be to lvfuse K ( viaifithe^ing at <R s i], and tell ihim-tha he *?ra.n' -prepared to 1 receive him knii'the. ra>Ttalas'a professing subject of Qucei; Victoria atid'as such only. If lo can ho' far'waive the dio-nity of the Crown 'ns t ' do le*s tban this, there is no nedd that h^ should stop shrtrt in his vifftt for ol a pressing invitation % on tke part"of tbt Kin§f. "Tawhiao, as far as ''We wm<<learn from various gonrcev does *not represent the feeling-bf the great bulk of the natives nearly -fio much as is -supposed. On the contrary, the more powerful chiefs^ and .\ large proportion of their followers, look! vith exrbrerae'j-ealoosy 'on' the 'a^umption >o" po'wer^vhicH'hfts "of I'tto characterise • his administration, 'arid -'feel that tbo ve^rietioas imposed upon them by roy.i manifestos ia at vari.mce with their owi t livitlna! interests and those of thfiir fo!- ' 'wei'a. It is in the interest of the native > •s ,i rdce,'and notcf the kingship ofTuw .nao, that 'the proposed v^it 1 is i'ltenietl^ -md any absence •of demonstration on Liio. ■Nt of Tisvhi.'io, so long is too principt 1 liefs iinil ■ 'ie natives g^ner.illy «T'eanxi«U' '<)'• tho is > worth c<Miside j ittg. And if the 'Governor cortse^ts to "meet fheta at all, he may, as we have said be ore/ well afford to make the first advances. Surtely the "British Empire' nes:l 'lot stand upon its dignity in -its negotiaions with a 'handful of. '< nafcifes. -Let the neeting take place upon 'the frontier, an<] vith all possible potnp'and pageantry, th^ nataifestation of which would draw a Jarg nttire gat/hferincf, and give prestigf md force to the proceedings. 'Ry al-'meaTis-let an\opportunity be afforded;- fo> u'.iring their wishes anil intentions in th< fituse, and if mis i: d rslandings huv<, irisen which a persenal interview betweei> rhe Governor and the King and chiefnay'clear aw»*y, in Heaven's name, for the •ake of a p.ilCry consideration as t( whence the first advices should com< from, do not let) snoh a* trifle stand in th.way of a' betßer uincJer^tanding'bctweei. the faces, The present state of native isolation and obstruction- to 'European pro, ?rt-ss can scarcely be mttde woreccwhatevei turn such meeting might take, ttHiile thert in' much reason to hope that a persona,] interview' would (tmoot^ the rtiiy to'th* 1 initiating" a better sWta of things. >k ße this, 'however, ufi it'-raay, the meeting, il .tesu-ablo, 'shmilfl not' be 1 ' delayed! for th 'vliim of Tawlii.'io ir\' o!»!>o»itiinn' »ta thp^x■resifed wUh< n of hin -people. '