THE SUGGESTED TERMS OF PEACE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 177, 7 June 1864, Page 4

THE SUGGESTED TERMS OF PEACE.

To this Editor of the i;\v Zka land i I i:u\i.d. Sin, —I rend with indignation in Saturday's NatZeithtutler, (lie humiliating proposal to lisk (lie natives to propose terms to us in swell language ns should leave 011 the Government, anil the colonists the odium of causing (he present war. I read, too, willi equal disgust, the (also anil wicked misrepresentation of the feelings of the colonists, and particularly of the settlers of this province. Pray, sir, do not let such opinions be carried home by to-morrow's mail without receiving from your pen that thorough exposure and denial whi'cli (liev deserve. Tile people of .Auckland will bo tame indeed if (hey allow such uiisreprcsentiilions of their feelings and act ions to puss uncontradicted. ] appeal to the general public, are we not, called upon for (he vindication of our characters (o call a public meeting of (he citizens to vindicate us from the charges casi upon us by the New SZea/autlar? " I am, fSir, An Et.eitok ok tiik City West. Auckland, June 6, IHGI. To the Editor New Zealand lleiiai.d. Smi,—Can you inform mo when the discharged soldiers are to get the crown grants for their sixtv acres of land 'i Jt is nigh .six years since the VnStii left this for home, and prior to tho regiment leaving this a number of the men took their discharge with the promise of sixty acres of land ; tho crowii .. rant was to be given at the expiration of five years. As liir as I can see there is as much chance 0 "f getting Iho grantnow as there was when the "black cutis" left this for England. As for seeking information at the Land Ofliee, tint is a waste of time for tliero they will tell you to call again, call to-morrow, or call next weelc Now it is not cvory day that a mail can come into town, and perhaps remain a week looking after this •sixty acres ; if they don't intend to give it to us, why don't they say so, and have done with it, or if wu are to get it why not let us know, then wo should know what to be about ; if they don't look sharp and let us have it, they will have to give many of us G by 2, instead of (iO. ]f you, Mr. Editor, can'give us any information upon tho subject you will confer a "favour upon a m mbi-r of ex-lines-nnn, and oblige O.ni; IF No. : . Auckli n 1, Oth June, 181-1.