The Bruce Herald. TOKOMAIRIRO, JANUARY 19, 1865.

Bruce Herald, Volume II, Issue 41, 19 January 1865, Page 3

The Bruce Herald. TOKOMAIRIRO, JANUARY 19, 1865.

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dqujl»titj}fl;t tlijß.i;§latiQn?s off this "pVoyJnce, with the other provinces' of derpaft.ds-, tire; mpst caretixl exj|m"|mxtioii-; fdr t . if.is, evident even to. .tliei" coipmon ' o\iseryfir, tha t t : \^e _ are suljje.Qt; to an '.ex-. haiigting' process, whitili, :ijf.;n6t' . cliycke/i,' wjill JeiicL; tq.fi nancii^ . miii jnn.fj. .pr/Jiticj.^ extinction. We aj^ree heavtily in tfie i cb'njiGlnsion ' arrived nt by the .Prpyineml Counqit at .the-plpse of it??, last. ; session oh. this. subject, it Avas-TT-''Thpt ih'view of the im.nie:di,ate meeting, of the/Assemljlv, ItheiQdnnciidßclarjes its cpnvict;iqn. that the jpi'pv.in.ce,is ; unable to. endure. a burden im- ! ppaed :■ .fpr unattainabie/end^ ; and, that ! unless some measures can be taken which siiall leqtd to -the early/ teimina-Übn. oi' the \v'ar ; , on ter-nns" consistent; \yith, tlije honor of the colony and the ; safety; of the Northern se.ttlementjS, this Province wi:l endeaypr to obt-cun the concurrence of the pther Provinces of the Middle Island, in a financial, and political- separation of the tlwo principal islands: of J\e\v- Zealand." We think we see. unmistakably in the >preliininaries before taking* office, s'nd in' the action while in office, of the present ministry that the GeheVal Assembly of New Zeal^iid and the Provincial Council of Orago are at one in this important iuatier. The ministry of which Mr Weld is" Premier, resblved that the period of armed inaction should cease— that thi* torpid condition of the army, almost as expensive as when engaged with the. rebels,- should corae to an end, and that, the 1 0,000 ' soldiers which riow g-ai'rison the Northern Tsini)d — their services : bein,!i,no long-er ivq-iivd'in v the ; extretne Novth, shoul'l pnjnijjtly and energetically chastise the rebels, between v Ta'rdnaki and VVan^anui in Qopk's StraitsQtliat then, the provinces thiefly coiicefned, % r iz, — Auckland, WeHin^on, and Taranaki, should, with the assisSjin.c.e of an armed constabulary force liplfl .their own against all coiners, the troops should .be withdjii,wn, and all operations of an offensive cliaracter, external to the cpn.qnered and confiscated land, should terminate. We confess that though there are difficulties connected with this view of things it is apparently the only solution of the question which •apjiears to us t be feasible. What does not Auckland demand, and on what "•rounds does she base her claims 1 She demands that the constitutional. liberty for

which she ha? hitlierfo yearned should !»e .shii'clcled, . but, with one cohditibn, which expqscs her .selfishness j slie couples her (Ifimand for separation from the other Pruvinces of New Zealand with the sing-le- '■ minded request that the Irnpavial troops. shdi|ld be' retained at the Imperial ex-, pense. She kjruws Hght well tlMt jf Atvc"^-, 1 la nH loves to wear the livery. 6f disfrnVt;e ? j iher.sis > er^ provinces thoug-lV ashiVmed p'f jie'r jdefvenemcy, wpiild .yield her; to >setf,ajf^ ippinted chtistiseme.ntrtr-but,49es;.she fdncj'; |th : at. the British government would feeb ; this humiliation to be d fall and fcoai]jlete* jcbinpen^atiion ftiv the iieavy at--tendir^ the perpetual jireseiic'e W 'i'O;0O0 ; | British troops at file Antipodes ? Auck;land may rely upon it that the ino nent \Nefy |sealan'd , r ases to par, she will cease [to reeeiv#;tlie support of Britisli /trdbps? |apd, we trust _th : at thisyeiir will not | bei'p/e but the^rolinary cblpri;ial ( g;a;mr I s.o.n. *)f , Imperial troops n su^ll be' remb'^ed. IThe other pravinte.s ofMew .^eiiland iyill jno longer allow Auckland the privelege; ] vvhi : ch :' ; .die now. considßrs -to-be Jier -vested ; ri^htj of i. larg-e ! miirtary 6 jc^enditu're lead{iug 1 to no. or rfeproductiye .efid: I AuckUinjct /.?p£:^on;te>t: j^yfel|l |H^jJu^^r i titin of toe iSeaLol" ; jt"^s;)in important but: a,se.et>pdar,y 'Jqjip ; ;b\it,:M saonep was >tk& rvem^ovat iof the troaps mooted- but -slie wished at tEe -thouslitvof Vo'fitig ; tjiat i ; ? ftfer ;; b^ r t tßn^^tlfose gMtii p^sture^yh '^WSH.gh^hyd'^fe^ ftj^ i6''mqnf yeairs"^ijiga^?" 1 K^^''^^CQB&eJaJi j sX^Jth^ Mm [in 'th^ma^f^^" her 'raig-lit,. artdvtwi^ivir^.-jt^HMAQignajJiQn'i at the-gpoiiation - which -was ,<:con(ioi#pia. fed demanded that the } r oke might beipiitTe'n her neck and herfie&er shortenea-r-but th'St ,she ''nWglit be still indulged :>\v;itli.;Xhe green'-plistures'-in' wteietf she'ibM iiitltertb ? ;inio-h i f k0 ex p£n dltu l^ : '[i^epess^nfv ' !Uksy>&f^nbs.theVmiHtary'p r c^ppj^oSW^ejf !tP!^;by.^CkQs) lritisUj^ps v ' '~^''^^\ ' ;;.'^J-Aucpand^piiriS;ffi6'-c6tottfin^dU6" ;[nsihMiQJa . tJi a t .li^ij ■: is but t]ie'o&pring v 'bf,-4b^i^^.^e^i^r^i to h a ve waged, i fr 4ji, rbj T g-one" times' " wlienj

'fr'pm" tlie W,e must candidly ■acknj^yje'dg that'lier cJ aim is a j list one ; she 'did ~prefer_sucli a claim ; but it was at a time wiienthe.reyeniie of the colony' was' chiefly derived froiri Aucklanil, at a time \yhen-Auckl arid. was" the; garrison of New jZeqifind. When the in rtire historian depicts the,eliarf!Cter of Auckland's pitious cry for separation he will doubtless drop a rear of regret that human' actions should not spring* from sources which' -would more justly claim our sympathy and more irresistibly iiupelour co-operation, and he will mourn over the spectacle of a ■community of TVritish oiig-in, in the enjoyment of all the blessings and priveleg-es of constitutional government, bartering* like a common bhxster, these prizes in the lottery of nations,' for a villainous me§£ of pottage.