The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1879.

Oamaru Mail, Volume IV, Issue 943, 25 April 1879, Page 2

The Oamaru Mail WITH WHICH IS INCORPORATED THE NEW ZEALAND AGRICULTURIST. FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1879.

Twk position of native affair* i* rmt half 4u ict'Kimy as !i"ttu» wt'ifltt nave us Wlievr. Imposition. nev.-s;mpi-r». tn th*- »>t" .tlHTeait.seS for K».ni[.l:unt;:«>jtiMt the ♦>►« n.-rnmenf, lire eh>,|,nvnt on the- srtbj-eet o C the native .*ltu:vtt<-vt. and those that Knew least stot forth the most learned and specious argument.* atrainst the policy that has yiven, ri*e «'"■ " oaf <* f,l "" r TC *' !t krK<>KU !w » the Wairuate diftrcutty. They write? s» thimu'H 6h<s nutter* of the Native- Minister had caused alt the- trouble, whereas what he actually did win to dr.w «wwl» »»; flimsy curtain that had for years eonceatert it The ♦ 'tvnterl'nuy Press is on*- of these wiseacres. Without any km-wtedVe et the subject beyond thai! et' a most supertioiivt kiwi- it w abusive i mildly.- of course, feu* if» abuse i» of » nature that leaves tut impression that it. could adduce; ww «m* ,mßintfJw«ivnwßtßtßfcw t if if. cho«e Civ <to- S o. The IW says that »* The- attaits of the- Colony have entered upon a new •ft l uhmforese*Htsta<ie'. - * • Ufe and pvnp.rtyirv theNerth fshmkanno UmjfOT W redded a» Secure, tt» th» vexw in whicf% for many year* we h;rtt.'t'«(t;jWc so-to re'wd them." >*»>«> the »*«»»<■ {t tf'had not been infatuated with the policy : which had obtained prior to- the aecessi-tt 06 the present Native Minister, because it was erne with which-the present government then members of the Opposition. ww «.K variance in- s'-trw vital points, would have kru>wß that security to '-lile ami property itv parts of the X>t?h Inland only existed itv Che iui.-i'rnwttous of friends of the iate *'t>'VtH'MH!enl! an ft filw ra-esent. Let thetu ffntitter sef.tt'evs whethei- or ti'.f, sweh seewrtty (sXisttsnt uwtev bhe hW p tiiay i*c«s»ainct«'!lw thnt write wtWty v.r vvtth wHPpeti jiiukm-srvf. on the su*Uvtv sttnatn;fi.v )S»B we tit3V«vthetes say tiu*t the 6tnitttKir sßttters o« the >*evttv l»t»n«t are the tnetv tluvt ivs« ift » tetter p«sitintt at Eetvat tfwtt 'tfu«<9wfwi h:nre sfrtn.li«al!»«li s«4ety tt« that s» H «nti;v% tfieoretirat school, art erttt»r» ■ room- tti nffer an wp>"« swch a subject!. What wtnttot tfwy tett «s ? Bey..mt the Eeetina f>ii tcncertatrtty ttet wa» peviodicatty t»v<x<t »§>'>« tfi'.'w f 'f " w *w*si&i->a» txshivvwftr nE the ttattve*, they cDufdi etily poirvt to a tew instance* t« which th*>ir Jelh-w» tvaet l>een wmTOM cvuetCy ma.^acsei.t: twthe «i(<v*« .(..« (!he«f eattfc arut he«t* Hn-'roi ett bwb to. wtiwl* «tW n:*tive* had as- tfftk f'ght as they tuww ti3- thb t.o wvv;; an-4 t» the otetrbetwfiny conctnct tw whicfc «twy were Awly Sttfcjeutisd. ttwse »«' tn.. ftuww t«Mual newsptvpefft that are worthy drerpfes *>f tow owvtoW ef Ewter Hatt, ami wK Ufcs ' f.h»m, rvvi'xht h»«e- Jtw« innevnu'St recesses »;>£ art African; fcV.ctssfi. :su titthi do- ttwy fctienv. of the »t->tv reace ha* on-t-Mf Wert matn-tamevt w;ch difficulty between the Eiuvpoam and native; 'rmhs* <?6 th-i.-* Chnn-yr since the Kessntiom "C tht-> M*»n war.. We have, m *>c«'lw t" : prove thw «altw el! the " peace pi-twy, ha.t to suffer ninch. w;v< tow? »h««.t-ftnchotf ofSirfPonaM>!' Urns f 'lt«yJl! hi? tout W,e» to Seftrt a to ere into th» ''King" coimtry t". justici* tIW perpetrator-* of mivrtlers aftrt other outmrt-s. this whote whreh he h.aiti tMtitf xm at so- ftntch to- the tTotony wuwUJ have folkct "fh<? peace was esistert, b.«K it was ! oue»9id : tHi, »n4 pwrul ; u*se4 very itnairly. A* a depewiency of Oreat ttntatrv. we trailed ow-r tfeeuty ifi the- «ttr« almost every hour. What cowld be tuorw futtKitt:atin!»'than.to tieci->«vpis»Wa to pat mttrderers on- the bat-re, after having detuarntyd that (iheyshoaWbe handed over to arvd .jivettWn:i.s«-'meth-ifisa-sam inducetiiertl. tiot to aOiun irobrne their m the bloort '■ni tVU>nU*» I iJow ourPiatiofsai pri«te w,-M----!3hocr*,ett at tfw scetves of uvehn* atton anil inunorahty jvrodweed by the »tr»ntf arin-fc *'- «i**n «<> to induce them to. come writ front a«u.u;:»t the rebetf*, aw-t j>'itt ttw» ra»r«. ('Mm "• frieudttK!* " who-werev itv case {n-wttltttiea 4l<mU arise between the two- race*. t» fitfhfc ...rv our sidov Hut. if they twt n..t. throng their "civib.ed habits. Weft rewtered for a struggle a-atwt tfinr ,»ore absteuioiu* ami str(.H' s 'Bi"p«Rsept«t bretlHTH, they w«»« t-rwticherons. M the government fc«J but j»>w«B tor thsse creatures, tVwhi not have I»««n ww effectiwlty-atthotK'i* ttu>y bwv haw= bw>n ; mow haouwwt|'-g»trai»»f f ami wnoW been test* art incabtf* and expense. AH those who know anything p« Native matters, an«t whosw Judgments- are free 'from the trammel* of party feeling, will ■ftckftowttttgiß that ttwy have ever Wen of iopioi«n that the tnac «amc to. tafee pos»b-)»m«n of .contiscatml in cotis«<tw«iie<* of rcbeltwn, there woftldbw another iVativa *{i3t»«-?iane«?. ft i» onte thtnif t*> say *f» al! *^ a * J ■'taken., and another to-take it. Of wnrsw,a porsionof the conliscafedfosulwa/* QstupieH invraedbt&lyafterthe war- -the Wsikato.for : instance—t>ttt at every >"attvw Rkwlbij tJiat itoofc ptactT rfwritnf J*ir Donald M'Lemt* ttstni t>f etti-Wr iHiptfrativc- ttetnatKL* were : tt«ut» f«r its- restoration, and » dls.mehtta- : tioa »hown by the- natives to. lirfeu to l any- ' thins ttntit ttwir dernamb were MtwhwL !Di«J"MB* not portend scthm rfjthcalt.tea Uheft ttut attempt »h*utt«t be mask tt> octffpy th«r other cotitiscatwet Mucks* It : wa*so ptatn that it «ti«t, that n» Native i Minister Awed, till Bfr. Sheehan «p-| ipeartaci ttpen *h«r acem?. to ftven bint at their ©vßtfpatiott. Mr. IShecban has 1 arwler the disadvantage Una compelled to sontJnws a m = wfwch »»feody Wlie-ves whn ctcstrtv* to IwttMWeofefuat progress. Yet the Pre» (write* ef Sir Ifenald M'Lean as "the iterate Native Mioister," with the intention i*f vawlOTtating tbeabHityof Mr. Sbechan. Ilk sap, •• We gairwed |*>ae«r." S«> _«» \^i r but it .was pcae» *i any pn«tj imtrwpawfcaatf »f w* *atfsffert a» itMon, ■Hewed ettmtves to W tra«ppj«j«i ! nutSr ftw*. iwd targ«ly ificr«asod «>«r| iimtiooal H»l*&t«<Sae9sr. F»r nearly nine lyea»ba*tfnff p«a«a» jwlwy Wen in cxtatiene», aed it W ibotb diffisrtie !l«>"d»y «» itafctf pesaeaßion ef tbe- cwtifiasalual k«ti* than it ever wa*. Jt is evident, «i*rr«s.fomtfcat «Ms i>»tky, whwb. i« n»Bit be. 'eoiolmwed by all, is only » nwana to an i end- fe almost tHtetn»inal>W. Itetfatfifir Ithaft f«ffl» ehe foatlret»»f the acctum of i !nativefttliitttare'i>b.|Betif;!? to eor ocettpaieiott ef «liw Waitnate- I*laiui, the Press I wottld kt it see" ea tor ever. 0«r coijteraporaiy write* »t »>»r having ''satned !«edi« »o the saoiwy market at Home, ! a» tfiwngh wc wewtd not have iiasl it bat lor 16h«r wawu-»t-«n;y-p«iutf H ie >" : tf ■ had been »i»Btncd toward* «fc# na«iv«* h**» the eomiiiensemcjit, the n««iv« diflkwlty »««** !««*» disappeared bada»<a»il« Wwl m tfe*y KQtttred ; apd w«f w»ald b»«« lw*l *«» c^r M secarity for leans, er to torn totPOKWy to b« doYoted to pabUe mom. Tw P9^

vcrtitncnt should not nat until this is brought about. The Hon. Mr. Sheefaan has a valuable assistant in Mr. Mackay, and wo shall be irrvntly surprised if the peaceful occupation of the »aimattr I'lasn* h n»t nearer at hand than Che Vn.# appears f» believe, and if it* „rctipati..n will iM be a prelude to the desiderata we have just mentioned, Of cne thins we are s«re. and thai is, that it » small section of the newspaper Press are n'A favorable to the policy the Hon. Mr. Shcehan has adopted, the country is, and now that the eyes of the people have ■ been opened it is 111035 improbablethat ehev wiil permit self-interested parties to re-engage in the native land trafficking of the past for fear of the consequences that ! might ariac if they dented them the privi- ■ lege. A few disapposntedmeiimay have rethat, because they are prevented frifiii purkrhswintf land from tin? natives on ; tlic "I'd " »>ad and bsitt'.n " system, they wilt ral.se every obstacle, by means fair and f.utj. to the aojui-dtton of lands by ' rfiu- Govvrnnwnt : Iwt the Government is the pei-'fks and the people will now take uvevv care- that the chicanery and trickery of faud Hwnnpntiata which cxistcdiowithin a vear shall not be renewed.