COSTLY SOPS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume II, Issue 321, 22 November 1864, Page 6

COSTLY SOPS.

(From the n timigrou jnaepnumti, i>uv. Wk reprint 1 clow an nrticlo from tlio i\Vu\Zcahrnder, whhh wo lmve pood ground for be ieving ivns dictated, possibly written, by Sir George Grey hinis, If, and which ceitaiuly may be taken to express the opinions of his partiasns. It fairly represent:* the politic n\ capacity of men whose advice is so lvtidi y taken by the ( o'lonial Ofiieo. inul whoso libels on their fe'lliw colm iits tire so easily credited by the Brhi-li public. When his Pxeell'-ney issued the .Amnesty Proclamation. it una geneially suppt set! that he had exhausted his ingenuity in deviMiig in< tbods for making himself and the Imperial Goveri mi nt 'onten ptible in the eyes if nat'ies and ]• uropeans. but il lias bei n resencd for li e JVitc Z<alt mUr to show that I" a bliim rr which is worse than a crime, n ay be added -which is more nausi ating than cither. " liis £xeelltn'y,"' e"Ts= the V.wlondcr, with an mums* taki able tune of' ii spii niit 11,' ' bold? out to the r> b 1lit us Maori? the olive biam h cf peace. 'J hi' prefer is mode in a manner the most (.rations and inviting, (•liould tlicsc protleis of a weil-tiitd clou cnoi be unlit'p| ily rejtclecl or slighted by ni y if it ion of ihe rebellious tribes, the P-cclamation tutlkiently indicates the dread rdti rrative that will most surely be applied." 'Jo tl cee who (an Fee thiough the elt cms vrliiili mrround ilie Proconsular Oh mpus, the protit mat ion lvuv "tiidicnte" tint bis V xcclh iu y is (;iiite piepartd' to life Imperial thuiuhrbi Its. _'J'o the native:- it can enly •indimte" that the " Kill ino" Governor is r.ot only "an old wonian," but a t raitv and treat heiov.s old wtman, wl.o, const itu.s ol n triMie ftiblmcss. juts 011 agratiois aid "imitirg nianiH r,"' sutli us 11 Jczt bel 111 ig lit lav e a?sun cd whin si e coveltd Ivaboib's viieyaid. "Winn p< rsuar-ion failed flic r<silted to foree. Hif Escellt 11c\'s plans have bet 11 mere tlaloiatc. He iiitt triid ocaxing, tlien force, then delay : new be tries ] iTsuusion, and says be will again try that folic wliith 1 e 1 as taught the natives to despise. ill be 11 ally try foiee, and tan be? "W ill lie liml the Imperial thtini'erl oils npnint-t the (niiny, ur be lt hiiutcll r V 1,0 brews? TSot. thelliiis'iy entail ly, not Mi. Caidwell pntnbly. It is for the Hone Govirnmint to snv to tl eir mvnnt "do this," but it is not casv to mate him co it. 7 here a e men v ho would 1 nm ck wn 1 boil 1 1 is.hl 1 ur s l.eut eto ions! lln ir chestnuts, (lit re STe ( ov> rrcis who woiilti tat r.fite a tok ny and (bt lu r< r of ] 1 g'are to their 1 wn interest and ambition '• ] v thise (01 oitioi s," sav s the A<«■ Ztahn.dtr rcferii g to the 1 re 1 b 11 at it n "the 1\ ing' movt lut 111 is di fnitiv elv ex ting uis lit d, as ii \ al to the t overt ignty of tlie Qutei ." It is ii dice. " 11 n elai tbily sutbfiiction" to liiiow that no one lut bis lixiellti cy and the clicue ly wliith lie is unrt.i need can even be tl ou}.bliav»Llci f ] ti nirg tuch a n 1 tt nt e. Ihe lolly olsuip'siig tliat the prot lin at it 11 of " ronditions ' uliiili the 1 atiws bi.ve tiintangbl to sup] Ofc ean--111 t be ti fcrccd, wi 1 "ixtii j.uish" a ioimidable 1 < billion, is so grrt-t that we 1 m rot 11 lit i c t bat bis lxidhniA is Bn eeie in 1 xpeding si <li a rt suit We rather iiiline to tie epiiv.cn tl.nt the piO'hmaticn las 11111 if surd in aettidnc-' with the ntruitiii.s ff the Inpniul Guniinii.t as a "up 10 ] xctct liall " Til's is the v it w taki n of it by the ( an'eit iht J rim. 1 hi piot II mati( 11 and the iVt/' '/<»/<,ndi r'.v c-11 lut 1 ts theitim ale jait ot an edit us syrttin. which ]aic!trs to ai y c hi- w hit li is hud enough to 11 :1 e itsell lit aid. It is tit sliii toiy to ki ( w that i' is tie "act oi the Goviiror nine" It is an Ini]nia' at ill the snnllYst sense of the tiim. "Whether the 'o"tnial ((Pee cr ?ir G. Grey are dirtitlv )ee]Oisible lor it, it is ciitain that the Cilciv i 6 net. 1 but tie iati\is will aci cpt the tems ofleied ly the picelnn atif 11, 10 one vhi kiitws them C! 11 1 elieve. ]l they did accept tlini the Ctlony vvculd have ro puaiai.tee foi peace unit es his f xt 1 IK m y dtmt nds a far larg. r " 1 cssion " of iirritoy than the colonists pioposed to cmfis'ale. Ts it "k ly tl : t nun I'gainst -nlum war has bet n made 1 y fits and slartt —as if it was dcsiied to make iven war phi sunt —will mntndcr at the veiy moTrrnt when they an; givin to under.-tand th:.t Kngli.nd is find of the war ai d anxious to get mt of it on any tcims. We think net, and if no!, what then ? "Why himply this, that the pioch.matirn is as cruel (o th'm as it is unjust to the co'onv ; which has tt:a;nc-dits retounrf to the utmost for the spress puipose of maliii'P this the last of the Maori ar-. ]t after Wail a. o had bei 11 criiqueiid a Taranaki campaign bad bun undnttiki 11. tin re is every nason to suppose that by this time the triumph of luw and civilisation over itnaichy and barbaiism w« u"d have hem secuicd. As it is, let bio and vaoilla' ng action has been followed by proclamation, which (lie natives ian only irgaid as iinattnnpl to obtain by f:unci what we hiive failed to obtain by fojee. I'r d r these ciicumstanccF, we agree with the Press in mti.g this pr< clamai.oll not t nlv ns a sop lo lixit'T ] !. but as a proclamation of war. Whether tl.e war will go on till a leal and lasting peace can be made (which wo helievo is the wish oftlie Ilrrno Government, anil is probably part of its instructions to HrGirrge Grey), or whether as tlm I'nw puis it, "T c wiij will nit go 011 —there will be a simple pnme, Si George Grey will go lu me with his proclamation in his hands, and say to the gaping; multitude. 11 Kxetit I'all, ' Lo! I have made peace,' il is ini) risible to say. But .t certain that if his b'xcellci 0 adopts tlip latter course the colony will soon have a war on its hands, and then to use the woids of the Suturdtn/ Jii t'it ic, - 'If the troops were withdrawn, the colonists would undoubtedly contrive to defend their own posses-ions by the simple proceis of exterminating the natives." So fur as the colony is conce ned, it is perhaj s a i open question if more could not be done with 11 colonial force entirely at our disposal than with tlie troops over which the colony has practicnlh 110 control. It is certain that it would be far belter to do without, the troops, than to retain tlieni 011 Ihe tenr.s pio|josed by Mr. Card well. Hut the clianec.are that we shall be allowed 110 choice in the matter. No English Ministry dare deliberately give over a British colony to a sanguinary war which hug been, if not caused, at least perpetuated by the r presentatives of Imperial interests and by the 1110 Idling of tin.' L'olonial t (lice. While the vast majority of i'.n<'hsh men would be truc-lu-artcd enough to feel for tlieii fcilow countrymen, Exeter llall would feel for the natives, and oetween the two, the Home G ver;iment would simply have to send back the troo| s and do all tin ir work over again at a vast atldilio.ial expense and with lees chance of rapid success than they have at present. This is so obvious, that till the natives are really conquered, we believe it will be impossible to remove the troops. Practically then, th, homo public are as much interested as ourselves in conquering the natives. Practically, everything that Un Is to protrocr. the war adds to the taxation of our eountiymen at home. They do not indeed feel the war us we do, whole counties are not laid waste like Taranaki. But whilßt many of tlie eoli n;sls" aiv ruined by a war vhich they would g adly end if'thev could—which they feel lo be 11 disease that tlici would cure by any means short of suicide—even Englishman is injured by it and would glai lv end il if he knew how. There is only one way to do this, and I hat is by insisting upon the Colonial Of!i e ad 1 pting a dccidcd, consistent, and rational policy, -'o long as cant and scntimentaliem are perniiitcd to i ifluen e the Colon'a! Office, so long wili the British t x-payer be forced to pay lor New Zealand wurs. It may suit unprincipled politic.llns to provido sops for iiiotcr Ball, but the liritibh public hue to pay foi

them as ttcll a- thenl nuts. \YI on tlr# is dearly understood, there will be mime chance of a permanent peace being made. Till then the Colony has no alternative but to bear the evils of war as beat she ninv, tint! contribute as little as possible towards paying f»>r the support of the reputation of a Governor she despises, and for fops to Exeter I.lull, which she i detests.