Auckland Examiner. Wednesday, June 20, 1860. TREAT FOR BOSHEE.

Auckland Examiner, Volume IV, Issue 274, 20 June 1860, Page 2

Auckland Examiner. Wednesday, June 20, 1860.

TREAT FOR BOSHEE.

If I might give a short hint to an impartial writer it would be to tell him his fate. If he is resolved to venture upon the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed truth, let him proclaim war with mankind—neither to give nor to take quarter. If he tells the crimes of great men they fall upon him with the iron hands of the law ; if he tells them of virtues, when they have any, then the mob attacks him with slander. But, if he regards truth, let him expect martyrdom on both sides, and then he may go on fearless; and this is the course 1 take myself,—Dn Fob,)

The substantial, Sir Giles, the substantial. Justice Greedy. Sugar and spice, And all that’s nice. Old Rhyme. Natives love good cheer. To a feast they give their whole heart, and mind, and soul, and strength. Nature cut them out for huge feeders. Like Sir Andrew Agueeheek they feel that life rather consists of eating and drinking than of the four elements. Their devotion to abstract doctrine is deep, but deeper far is their devotion to substantial pig and concrete potato. No one can accuse them of forgetting the belly though they sometimes neglect the back. No business do they care to transact upon an empty stomach, and their custom is to eat with such utter disregard of dietetic rule, or measure, or moderation, that a native feast is usually followed by at least one job for a native undertaker. Exact time it took certain tribes, who lately assembled at Waikato, to reach that rebel rendezvous is not down in print, but a writer for one of the Southern journals assures us they were some weeks eating their way there. Within a little of

how much kiki they despatched in the interval between arrival at Waikato, and departure for their several homes, may be learned fiom recent numbers of the Cross and New Zealander. It is certain that whatever else was neglected, eating had full share of attention. Indeed, tberecan be no reasonable doubt that grub and grog were more agreeable to the Waikato meeting Boshee than the loyal reproof ol Bishop Selwyn, or the dull palaver of Commissioner McLean, who was heard with impatience and treated with scorn. Thank God for it! that native feast was at native expense. Thank Satan, and Wait-a-bit for it! the next native feast will be at our expense. It is a mistake to suppose the government put their trust in regular soldiers or in irregular volunteers. No, the people on whom they rely are well disciplined butchers, and bakers, and carters, and cooks. These people will form a corps de armde that no native combination, will be able to resist.' It is the old bribery—flour ar.d sugar—system over again. Native chiefs are engaged to assemble in Auckland early next month when Wait-a-bit will feast them to their hearts content. What number of slaves these belly worshipping chiefs will bring with them our little bird has not yet reported. But that this native feast will be rejoiced in by a large number of the native population is clear from an official notification that tenders for food will be received at this (Native Secretary’s) office, until noon of Thursday, the 28th of June, instant, for the supply of the undermentioned articles, in quantities as they may be required from time to time by the General Government, for the half year ending 31st December, 1860. Biscuit, at per lb., sample to be deposited Bread, at per 2-lb. loaf Rice, at per lb., sample to be deposited. Sugar ditto ditto Tea ditto ditto Pork (fresh) at per lb. Pork (salt) ditto Beef (fresh) ditto Beef (salt) ditto Potatoes, at per 100 lb. Firewood, at per ton.

From subjoined part of another advertized ministerial notification it appears that Wait-a-bit does not expect the projected feast will last more than two months :

Tenders will be received at this,' (Native Secretary’s) office, until noon of Thursday, the 21st June instant, for furnishing the General Government with the undermentioned supplies in such quantities as may be required during a period not exceeding two months, commencing the 23rd instant, upon the conditions hereinafter specified. FIREWOOD, TEATREE.

Lengths, cut and split (one and two cuts), for cookinglpurposes. Tenders to state the price per ton at which the above will be delivered, at Mr. Kingdon’s house, Remuera, at Oraki, at Hobson’s Bay, and at the Melanesian Institution, near Kolrumarama. PROVISIONS. The articles to be delivered at the above named places, at the expense of the contractor, and to be subject to the approval of an officer of the Native Department as to quality. Fresh Beef, at per lb. Fresh Pork ditto

Suet ditto Fine Bread, per lb, Fine Flour, at per 100 lbs. Potatoes, at per ton. Rice, at per lb. Sugar moist (best), at per lb. Tea ditto Currants ditto Raisins ditto Treacle ditto Mixed Vegetables ditto Milk, at per gallon. Eggs, at per dozen. Samples of the Tea and Sugar to be submitted with the tenders,

This gathering of native chiefs, and their attendant slaves, will finish another act of the tragicomic native comedy. It is an ingenious device for securing peace—not honorable peace, or permanent peace, but peace. Mis-sionary-ridden Wait-a-bit, dreads the devil himself hath raised. Never did mortal Governor better appreciate dolce far relent e principle. Never did mortal Governor more willingly postpone questions of national honor to ques tions of personal convenience. Before native chiefs were called to discuss pork, potatoes, flour, sugar, and native affairs in Auckland, native rebels should have got their quietus in Taranaki. But Wait-a-bit wills that the war shall be carried on by an army composed exclusively of butchers, bakers, carters, and cooks. Peace required is peace after victory —such peace as the commander of the forces should conquer for us. Peace expected — peace “looming io the future’’—is peace conceded by wily savages who care more for Boshee profit than British honor. At Waikato even the most “ friendly ” native chiefs were short-tongued in their condemnation of Kingi, and gave cold shoulder to Parson Buddle when he reprobated the Taranaki assassins. They did not so much as ask white men to take share of their feast. Even Commissioner McLean got his refreshment from a distance. Perhaps the “ friendly ” disposition is assumed—a mask to be worn when government supplies wear liberal look, and thrown aside when those suppliesrunshort. We incline to this unfriendly opinion. Fewnttive chiefs are superior to native prejudices, or mentally strong enough to know the right, and—do it. Almost all of them are inherently treacherous. The very best of them resemble Captain Dalgetty who if well paid for fighting cared little on which side he fought.’ Thus impressed, we cannot wonder that “friendly ” native chiefs behaved so ill at Waikato. They should have denounced the Taranaki assassinations, and called for justice upon the assassins. They should have made some intelligible sign of their determination to put down native rebellion. But they were savagely inhospitable, and sullenly reserved. Not one of them protested against the native king movement, or new flagstaff treason. Not one of them opened his mouth to honor Queen Victoria, or seemed willing to allow that the bntchery of unarmed settlers and undefended children, was foul murder. Even missiona ries were disgusted and ashamed. But missionaries deserve the worst that native spite may inflict upon them. They have sown the wind, and deserve to reap the whirlwind. Sterne described his father as a smart, active, sweet tempered little man, who being himself void of all evil suspected no one, “so that you might have cheated him ten times a day, if uiue had not been sufficient for your purpose.” Missionaries would faiu shrink frsm committing themselves to dangerous opinion— opinion in any way likely to compromize either their Christian principle or personal interest; but they have, nevertheless, ventured upon a course full of hazard, under

as it would seem, the delusive impression that colonists generally arc no L-ss easy of belief, or willing to be “duped, than Sterile tells us his sweet tempered little father was. They act like men who look upon colonists generally as people that missionaries may cheat, and are, moreover, entitled to cheat ten times a day if nine be not sufficient for their purpose. They invent facts, distort facts, suppress facts. On no report of their raising can we safely rely. On no advice of their giving can we safely act. Their object all along has been to rule New Zealand, through its native population. The war disarranged their plans, and perilled their position. They hate it. They sigh for peace, and to obtain peace their every effort is now directed. Governor Browne has not the genius to counteract their schemes, or the courage to withstand their importunities. They are still “ first chop ” at Government House; still resolved to rule, and still intent upon purchased peace. The calling together of native chiefs to settle our native differences, determine on what terms peace may be had, and feast at our expense, is latest trick of their contrivance.