The New Zealand Herald. AUCKLAND, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1869.

New Zealand Herald, Volume VI, Issue 1705, 10 May 1869, Page 4

The New Zealand Herald.

AUCKLAND, MONDAY, MAY 10, 1869.

SPEUTEMUIt AGEXDD. ' fMve every man thine our, but few thy voice Take each man's censure, but resorva thy Judgment. This abovo all,—To thine own eolf bo trua .And it must follow, as the night the Jay, Thou canst not then bo false to any man.'

The usual summary of news for the past month will bo found in another part of this issue. There has been nothing of an excitant character during the past month. The King meeting has passed off peaceably, his Maori Majesty having taken extra care to impress the friendly natives, and the resident magistrate in the Waikato, who attended th;it mooting, with the idea that there was to be no war in the Waikato, and that ho was anxious for peace. Put his words and his deeds do not quite agree in all respects. If fee were sincerely desirous of peace he could at once cease to live the isolated life ho is now doing, having an aukati, or cordon, drawn to prevent communication between the Hauhaus and the rest of the population, native and European. If he were s,o verv anxious for peace ho would not be living in a remote district with a large band qi armed followers or retainers ; he would scarcely think it right to be the Alsjitia for murderers and robbers, men who have dyed their hands in the blood of auch men as" Mr. Volkiier and Mr. WMteley. We cannot pay very much heed to mero peace speeches while

Tawhiao conducts himself as lie is now doing.. There is a capital'-way ; of: showing the sincerity of Ins peaceful intentions. _ He understands that as well as anyone, and until he adopted it we cannot think very highly of iis'protestations. , . The colonial forces have at last done that which it would have been welt to have done long ago, viz., taken up a position in the Taupo district,' an inland position from which they can move in various directions against; the enemy. So long as "we remain content with permitting the rebel to have and command of the jintenor of the country, so long will ,they move about with pleasure, and constantly elude our' grasp, and that with the •greatest ease. They ; could move rapidly about, while we were skirting along the coast. One day they could commit murders at one aide the island, and by . the time we had collected any forces there they could move away to another. Two things are absolutely necessary to'obtain anything like peace, one to occupy central posts in the interior, and the other to "set vigorously to work and open up means of communication in every direction through the bush. The difficulties presented to us by this dense jungle bush, and tho want of roads form greater odds in the favor of the Maoris as against us, than would a good line of railway to one of two contending European armies, the other having no such, means of locomotion. But all this points to a very considerable expense. It means comparatively slow work continued for some time. And we are thus brought face to face with the real difficulty of the case. We have passed that stage'when we- thought it utterly impossible to carry on the war without tho aid of Imperial troops. We are beginning to see that wisely planned schemes carried on by men entirely under our own control, without any divided authority and responsibility, are most likely to bring about a satisfactory peace. The movement of Colonel Whitmore to hie position in the Taupo country has already had a' decidedly beneficial effect.' His moving through the bush, and showing the Maoris that, with the odds so much against us, he can pone'trato through it and hunt them in their own fastnesses, must have a decidedly important effect upon the Maoris, who fancied they were secure in their awamps and mountain fastnesses. The question, then, now is really one of expense. Now it is of little avail.for the colony and tho Imperial Government to quarrel longer over this matter. Thero.is no' denying this broad fact, that our present war, our present debt of three millions, and a heavy future expenditure for years to come, are the result of the management or mismanagement of Imperial officers. This is patent to everyone. Tho colonists have undoubtedly made mistakes also. Instead, then, of quarrelling over the matter any longer, let both unite to put as speedy an end as possible to the present state of things ; not just to patch a peace for a short time but to strike ,a blow, and to take measures which will, in all human probability, ensure us peace for some years to come. There can be no better nor fairer'proposal, so far aa we can see, than which we have before made Let the Imperial Government guarantee our loan; this with the sole idea, and for the sole purpose of reducing our charge for interest, and placing our extra sum at our disposal for war purposes. This would cost England' not a single penny, while.it would relieve us of, say £60,C00 a year. That same would be of vast assistance to a young colony struggling with a barbarous foe, with depressing trade caused thereby, and with very heavy taxation. Next let the Imperial Government guarantee a further loan of lialf-'a million. It might make conditions, if it were thought necessary, that a portion of this money should be spent solely oh clearing bush, and making passable military roods in the interior, paying at a price agreed upon, for any land held by friendly natives that might be required. Having done this, she might then send us, say, from one to two thousand of tho troops now about to be disbanded at home. They should be those who would elect to come to New Zealand rather than be disbanded at once. The English Government ehould continue their pay for say two years, the Colonial Government to supplement it by the same rate of pay, and the men to be under the command of the Colonial Government. A fair number of married men among them would bo no objection, but rather an advantage, for the formation of a central depot or two would lay-the foundation for several rising communities. These measures faithfully carried out would cost the Imperial Government a mere trifle, they would ehow that it was desirous to do something to aid fchecolenists in settling an Imperial quarrel, aud prevent England becoming a bye-word for shabbiness in her treatment of a colony that will yet do honor to her name, and add largely to her trade aud commerce. The refusal to aid us is neither generous, wise, nor just, and the carrying out. of what wo suggeet might be considered as the final attempt on the part of England to help us. Tliis being clearly understood on both sides we have no doubt but that tho effect ■ of the assistance requested would bo to secure us in New Zealand, that we could manage very well for the future. • If wo look at tiic industrial requirements of this colony, and read tho tales of distress and pauperism in Euglaud, we arc forced to believe that it would be a national benefit to England to' organise a proper system of emigration to these Australasian colonies. We have constantly increasing openings for the profitable employment of labor. A steady flow of immigrants into this colony for instance, would relieve the mother country, and bo of great service to ns. But they must be of the right sort; not hereditary paupers, not "necr do weels," not young men of the upper and lower middle classes, without .money and who do not like hard work. We want a regular supply of the ordinary industrious classes ; agricultural laborers more especially, for these, siace the Thames goldfield'has been opened, cannot be secured in this Province at least even at exorbitant wages; female servants, and also men belonging to various handicrafts. Probably one of the . best modes of giving rllier to the English poor's rates, and to English benevolent institutions would be to fend out healthv young boys and girls, orphans or others, who are destitute. A constant supply of these might be sent with a proper supply of clothing to the local authorities, hero who would take charge of them until they are placed out in families.

Within"a month -from -landing— eeveralj hundreds of such young boys and girls from twelve years of age ,and, .upwards could be placed in respectable farm and other houses, where they; would learn to labor, and to earn their, own living and, instead of being competitors in the labor market' of England, would be customers, increasing the amount of labor in the old country for those who remained. We have no donbt but a system might be arranged which would be highly beneficial-to all parties. The English unions and tHe English community would have no further cost to bear after they had paid for. the passage aud outfit oi such emigrants. Each of these colonies could constantly absorb a fair number of boys and girls, of the character we have named. We may state that the Thames goldfield is gradually, becoming of n»ore and more importance, and there can be no doubt but that it will be a permanent, and most profitable industry, constantly making fresh demands for increased labor. In May, 1868, the total export of gold from the Thames was 2,600 ounces; for the month ending April last, the shipping re- . turns show that 23,622 ounces were shipped, the value of which is about' £62,000. There is a constantly increasing number of claims turning out increased quantities of gold, some of them giving weekly .or monthly dividends to a very large amount..