The New Zealand Herald. AUCKLAND, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1864.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 288, 14 October 1864, Page 4

The New Zealand Herald.

AUCKLAND, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1864.

BPECTKMUB AGGNDO. Take oacli man's censuro. but rctorve thy judgment. This above all.—To thine owiiself be true; And it must follow, as tlm niijlil tlio duy. Tlinii not tlion l>o falso to un.v iiuin."

Wk are very glad to hear that "Liberty is not crushed out in Auckland," and we feel assured that the meeting of the General Assembly a lew weeks honce will put it. beyond the power of unv despot, to bring about so lamentable an event as the commercial and political ruin, not only of this Province, but of the Northern island, however pleasing such a consummation might really be to him. Tt is amusing to see the ereatures of a man who would ride roughshod over the necks of the prostrate colonists, who looses hordes of rebels in anus upon the peaceful district, of the North, who would even now make terms with Tamaliana, and .Hewi and their followers in which they should be guaranteed the almost entire possession of their lauds, and the privilege of retaining their arms—whose entire policy seems to be how best, to thwart the earrj-ing out of the will of the people's L'epresen la lives —it is amusing, we say, to see the creatures of.such an one, congratulating themselves on the rescue of liberty by the substitution of his imperious will for the action o\' the people's own representatives in carrying out a policy which possesses the confidence and approbation of ninety-nine men out of every hundred in the Colony. Jf ever there was a moral debasement—n poiitieal illustration of men Hinging themselves beneath the wheels of the car of Juggernaut—it is to be found in the fulsome, abject manner in which a small section of theeitizens of Aucklandhaveplaced the footof Sir George Grey upon their necks in token of fealty and submission. 1 f there is one thing more disgusting than this, it is the expressed desire of these men that their fellow-citizens should be compelled to perform the same abject ceremonial, and that, ull the rights and liberties of the colonists should be yielded absolutely and unconditionally into iheliands of one man. We have on more than one occasion pointed out the reason why so hostile and envenomed a course of attack against Ministers is continuously sustained in the columns of his Excellency's organ. The proprietor and de far/o editor of that journal has long been known as bearing an intense personal hatred towards certain members of the Ministry. Evidence of this personal feeling exists in almost even- issue of the journal in question that has been published during the term of ollice of the Domett, and "W hi taker Ministries. Local interests. Colonial policy, the very salvation of the country has been perilled lor the sake of venting personal spleen upon these men. and now the author of all this mischief with his friends, the-party who have injured us in the English 7noncy market, and sown discord between us and the Imperial Government., come forward with congratulatory jubilations I The old saying of" save me from my friends" was never more to be appreciated by the Auckland public than it is at the present moment, when we find (lie journal in question— whose policy is to establish Maori supremacy and the dictatorship of a pro-Maori Governor— congratulating the people? of the Province on the •' increasing tokens of the fact, that liberty in Auckland is not crushed out:, nor will be." The grand stimulant which is supposed to have mad.i the tree of liberty in Auckland blossom so freely, like another Aaron's rod. is the determination of twelve Members of the Provincial Council, a majority of one in an Assemblv of twenty-three altogether, to carry the motion of Dr. Pollen--" That a select committee be appointed, with instructions to inquire into the eirciimstauci's under which a sale of town land lit. .Ngaruaw.-ihia was effected by the authority, as is allegi-d. of the honourable the Defence Minister, committee to consist, of ....

and to have authority to call for persons and papers." Tlie New Ztuhtndci- would fain have the public believe, that because the Council voted for the motion, therefore, the Council endorsed Dr. Pollen's strictures. This is a great mistake. Although eleven voted for tlie motion, wo undertake d> say. that two only, certainly but three, would agroo in any degree with the. idol worship .siioivn Irv two honourable members to Hi* Kxeeilency, or in the vituperative abuse levelled against the members of tlie Ministry. The object of the greater number, who voted for the motion, arose simply from that love of fair play, and desire for information which actuates all our political assemblies. This is clearly seen by reference to the words of a member who spoke on the occasion.—" Let us show," he said. •' that, the Council will not burlce tho matter. li' no wivng has been done, let it be shown; or if wrong has been done, let it be held up to public reprobation." "We are only surprised indeed, that the motion was not carried by a larger majority. That it was not. i.s perhaps to be attributed to (he intemperate language of one of its supporters, and the unjustitiable remarks

■withwhich its mover introduced it. The feeling that no one can toucli pitch and not be defiled, prevented some from voting for it, who might otherwise have done so, on the principle that where charges are made it is always better to court enquiry. We have already given what We conceive to be very sufficient reasons why the Ministry should have declined recommending that the Assembly should be held in Auckland. The petition of yesterday emanated from Government House, and "the party" had a double purpose in busying tliemselves in obtaining signatures, the one to prejudice the Ministry in the eyes of Auckland 7iien, and ultimately in the ryes of Southern members, and the other to make themselves and Sir George Grey appear to be so very anxious for the welfare of Auckland interests) We have little doubt but that the Assembly will be held in Auckland.