A POETIC EULOGY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 615, 18 September 1909, Page 6

A POETIC EULOGY.

ADDRESS TO HON. J. CARROLL. '"■ The'transcendent, merits ; of tho; Hon.,.James Carroll found proper, ■; recognition in the . addresses which .were..presented to' himj-togethe'r with • a; travelling companion, three"' Maori niUts, and an inlaid ohbss . and crib .board—by .the West Coast Natives, at'Parewanui on. Wednesday. .One .of the-two addresses has been trans-lated-as follows:— , r.To the - 'Hon. James. Carroll, /Acting-Prime Minister, for .'the .Dominion of New Zealand. Come-and Welcome, 0 Father!..' Come and Welcome. . Greetings unto N theo the living, form and representative of the chiefs of -this islands of : those who have ,pa6sed, away to tho,shades, .together - with their. noble' friend, the Kight Hon. 'E.J. Scddon :• and ; his,- tamaiti, ,'Hono Heto,, Welcome, with - thy,j. power;, wel'pijme, t'tfith•thyr,exaltation;,.welcome, :witli'',thv awe-in'spirinff 'ipreaenoe,,:'Come-and.;welcome, .0 Victorious One! t C6ine, embark upon l thine .ancestral: canoe'-the-/Kurahaupo ,\- that 'canoe -to which" you,'■ firmly lashed■' tho top-sides' in the year 1900, • and which; now proudly floats r before you its token of welcome. You'liavo, now arrived in response to the. cordial invitationof these of your tribes. We naturally' rejoice to have this opportunity,, of assuring, you personally, of our Extreme exultation in, .the .fact of your, having attained :_thosV dizzy, heights, the attainment of w'hich-is-proper to-the ambition of the great statesmen of the civilised world.. Mark 'well,' honoured. sir.V.that .thy descent is not to be traced, merely from a certain ancestor of .any one' particular ancestral canoe. On the contrary, it is to be'traced from- tho many ancestors -of the.,many anoes : tral' 'canoes" which . originally ' sailed to 'i this island.' .It ■'is consequently most . meet :tbat-£ in Tionour of. the proud position which, . and this is widoly recognised, the merit and worthiness of a 'descendant' have;eo -justly.'entitled him to—paeans of national rejoicings should resound : from; the present: representatives of each '.'and all of our 'ancestral"canoes; Greetings then unto thee, 0 honoured! sir,; the' 'descendant of.- the god-like, Tawadki, | who ascended to tho tenth heaven of slorjr. ' It was with that 'traditional' and wonderful fact in ,vieV' that .these.--of your ■ ancestors. composed , the ..'following! heroic ' chant . iCome forth, 0' Son! from within , thy abode, let,ustr'averseoiice again the .ancestral; plains— Of Whakaari; which lie .before us. Should strangers ask thy nam? of thee , Make - answer,-and'say— •'"■ 'Tis'Timi .'Kara'of the- sloes. (Lesotho .ignorant. -. .. .. It .is .not known to.the multitude.);. That, Sir, is my name— 1 ' [Thewiare-,tHe, opening, words, of ithe.chantl Thou , art, too, a- descendant of thine, ancestor, the .heroio Maui,;, who .fished .up' the longfish (tliis., island), lying. beneath-, our ' feet ''T.wto:in "search .of-.tlus that I 'thine - ancestors 'swam- the ' GreatrOcean-of-Kiwa. ' . They camo from,.'. Hawaiki/' from v Tawhitinui,'.;from'. Ta-whiti-roa, frop ' Tawhiti-pa-manvab from 1 ; the mceting-plaoe.of spirits' relieve.d"of. tho breath o£'life.--Here -we-have' been., followed'.along by. r tKo .modern Eagles', of - the Earth,' but, thanks 'to • thei benevolence of our"- gracious' Quera Victoria,-.'thu- tivo peoples,. Maori. - and . pakeha', • were' firmly' united' in' the bonds of mace,; of . Christianity,., and. .of" 'indissoluble friendship under the [ mah'a , of the'". Treaty'; of Waitnngi. We' rejoice, from our inmost 'souls to' ;W able to-day to' congratulate our.'pakeha friends for ungrudjpngly; approving. of your occupation-- of, one, lof' .the highest/ &eat 3 accesisible .either."to ■ their;ancestors ior;ours." ..And although-it' is' but; for a'. short i interval, it 'nono the -less.' stirs, the -heart;/ Therefore, '6h'all we unceasingly- praise .this .'courtcous! : act! of.';o'ur: pakeha .friends, and,.allies.under;the',one manii. of :our'" Royal- Sovereign. '-King."! Edward, the Seventh. "Honoured'Sir,.;gpisetings. \imto' thee, may .God continue :to; guide'.'and guard thco, and-lengthen' thv davs.," ...' . -■ ;* i' . ■ - ' ' Savo,'.the. King.',;,.' ~' ■