THE SOUTH.

New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 307, 5 November 1864, Page 4

THE SOUTH.

ANTI-AUCKLAND FUELING. 33y the ' Airedale,' which arrived yesterday, in the Manukau, from the South, we have little news of any importance, if we except the geneial growl of anti-Auckland reproaches, which pervades most of the leading journals of ellingtou and the Middle Island. The late political meeting at Christchurch hits called forth tliis expression of a feeling which is no new one in Southern minds. The probable removal of the seat of Government has produced another practical exemplification of iEsop's fable of the dying lion. The lion, however, it will he found, is not dying yet. Wellington and a portion of the South are raging at the bare idea of the political separation of the two islands, which has been raised by some of the leading Canterbury men. We can quite understand the feeling as far as Wellington is concerned. •Separate the two islands, and what shadow of a title-—what influence—has Wellington to remain the capital of the Northern one ? Canterbury and Otago, however, will find that with ellington as the capital they have but changed King Log for King Stork. The difficulties and inconveniences experienced of old will have been in no way removed. In the Middle Island, however, we see w> real cause why the people should wish to I'e bound to another people who have little feeling in common with them, whose interests are divers?between whom there will ever be a feeling jealousy on either side, a suspicion that the other is endeavouring to take the advantage. As we have said before, it is impossible, no T that the management of Native a flail's has ueca handed'ovei' to the colony, that the Govern-, ment can be carried on by a mixed Ministry 0.j\ r ortli and Middle Island men; still Southern journals are now contending for.p one composed entirely of Southern men. it is the Middle Island members who were the tirst to involve the colony in liabilities for the conduct of this war. It was Middle J s ' an ! members of the Stafford Ministry who, tliougn not responsible, and consequently mere ot the Governor in native matters, neverthelessadvised Colonel Browne to enter on a, native war. War with the natives means one tiling -° the Middle Island, but another thing altoget er to the Northern one. To them it means taxs tion only—and not even' that, since thev ' rely 011 a sufficiency of confiscated lands to pay a large portion of the bill; j ,u us it means murdered settlers, ruined home steads, military'; service, loeked-up resource--! taxation, and loss of territory, which ultimate.' by peaceful means, would have become P r ® eial revenue. And yet the management native affairs is to be intermeddled with; na -' as they would liare it, confided to Soutne men.

If it -trerc only for this reason, Auckland an< TaTanalri must insist on separation; neither wi] Otago permit lierself to be blinded to lier owi interest, and allow- the Wellington, Nelson and Canterbury men to ignore . herself, tin only province of real importance in the Middli Island. The question of separation is not one however, to be merely cursorily glanced at in i casual manner, and we shall on future occasion! endeavour to show to some among our om citizens, who keep aloof from separation princi pics, that thbse sentimental longings for a JN T e\\ Zealand nationality with which they are in ~ apired may still be gratified by Auckland, ever though a political separation be effected between that province and the whole of the ' remainder of JN T cw Zealand.