MR. CRACROFT WILSON'S PLAN FOR QUELLING THE REBELLION.

Hawke's Bay Herald, 11 June 1869, Page 2

MR. CRACROFT WILSON'S PLAN FOR QUELLING THE REBELLION.

Mb. Oacroffc Wilson has given notice .that he will, on Friday (this evening), in the House of Representatives, move the following resolutions: — (1.) That the time has arrived when the system pursued in the administration of native affairs for years past should be altogether changed. (2.) That oue of two courses is open to the people of New Zealand ; either to face the native difficulty, and crush it at its source, or to abandon the greater portion of the Northern Island, and allow it to relapse into its original state of savage barbarism. (3.) That the former is the only manly course, and that it will eventually be found the cheapest and the most prudent. (4.) That the Colony of New Zealand is not now capable, unaided, of carrying into effect the former course. (5.) That Commissioners be appointed by his Excellency the Governor to wait upon her Majesty's Ministers in England, with a. view to afford them all the necessary information, and to obtain her Majesty's consent to the following arrangements : — Ist. -That a force consisting of one Bri* .. tish regiment and two regiments of ~, -^(Jhoorkas, under the command of an ■"':'■ ' : officer who has served with the In- " ' ; dian army, be placed at the disposal and under the control of his Excellency the Governor in Council. 2nd. That so soon as the rebellion in the Northern Island has, in the opinion of his Excellency in Council, been thoroughly crushed, the cost of the campaign be ascertained in such a manner as shall be agreed upon. 3rd. That for five years after t! c campaign has closed, no demand shall be made upon the Colony by the : British Government. 4th. That in the sixth year, and up to the end of the fiftieth year after the closing of the campaign, the Colony shall pay to the British Government 4 per centum per annum, calculated upon the total cost of the campaign. sth. That after the fiftieth year the whole of the cost of the campaign shall be deemed to be liquidated.