Original Correspondence.

Taranaki Herald, Volume I, Issue 31, 2 March 1853, Page 3

Original Correspondence.

TO THE BBITOH OF TIIC " TAHAKAKI rtEIUI,!)." Omata.Feb. 2<3, V 853. 're,- Mnjor Lloyd's letter on lh« Lund Moating, published in ymir last number, require,? some notice from me, tho f linirmnn of that meeting It in artrriited by 'Mnjor t'ovrl tin' more " fern and oprii bush lands" nre wanted ■ mid ilint wilhout iU(I) mi ndilitiou ThmuhUi will Imve " less than n younger child'n poriiim ;" but he roundly asserts tbnt to obtain lllis addition " th« prudent cou.se has not been adopted." An to tbo " prudent emir«c," a d (Terence of opinion mny exist j and neitlier Mnjnr Lloyd nor any other person, has n richt to me the language of dirt.uion to tlto settlors on tint point. We arc told, however, in support of this assertion, tlint " a syft'em of bullying nnd insulting the higher authorities," &0., ha? bcen/"ndopi«cl to m> injurious extent, I am in the habit of kccpinß eyes and cars open to what pauses inTamnnki, and am not awnre of the existence of such a " ay,le.«i " I know that the resolutions nnrl memorinis pasted at public meetings inTnranak! have been uniformly couched in terms «f respect and cnurleiv to the Governor; and ihese should be taken n* evidence o. the practice of the settles notcasii' lexprc^io-m from individuals of wnrm trmprrament. nmnrtnis under real or supposed injury from the Executive. The procmliniiß at the meeting whirl) It in p-ovoked M.ijir Ll'iyd'.i ocnmre, were cbirui-tuiscd by n qniot business like attention to the matter in Imnil, Hi|d t,|i,e absence of iibtiinvi; nnd irrlKUina Ihujiiiiijc. M ij <r I loyd, inrlcrrt. imn R ines that ihe f-ii». r mr wn« called n ii ir ; and ho r marks tlut "to tell Ihu Governor lie i« a liar cannot servo our cnusn." ] Hml nny p-itfon really applied tu-h a term ti tipOovt rimr, he wonM have been called to order by iho Clinirman i hut nojiodr was pnilty of fuel. <ir inilccencv j and the pn~We quoted from your report by Mnjor Lloyd, prov $ the precise contrary ot that whiuli it is addnood tonippott. Mr. Ilulkb assumpil thatin a certain case " thn Governor would deny iho im«frtion made bi/ the solt>or»:' and this . M jor L'ojd thinka is cqulvuleni to stiijmati«ing Sir George Grey a- n liar I " ichoolboys," it is said, " mnnnj»fl mnttirg bet-," tcr ; they do not, in nuking n holiday, opt nly offend . their master." Tho taunt m offensive, nnd miaht have well bc-n tpurcd from onf who committed the strange error expoied in the previous para" Craph.^ Tho " open offenco" existt only in M.jor Lloyd's mi»»pprcheu6ion. They who uro placed below schoolboy< in their capacity for bus tic e», arc men of sense nnd spirit, requiring an act of justice from Government, and scorning tho attitude of beggars for a boon. I wish M joi Lliiyd had never wrtlten Ms letter, nnd especially the last paragraph, which convoys a most unjust imputation upon those who attended the meeting. Ha tells us that when lie considers it right " to join bis brother settlers," he shall not act "in a factious spirit, but in a wny .becoming a subject of her Majesty and his position as a settler." The inference from this insinuation is, that wo who took a part in iho Inte meeting, did net in " nfnotious spirit," and in v way " unbecoming subjects of her Mnjcity and our position as let- 1 tiers." j Bnt I can ssstira Major Lloyd that he might have found at that meeting a body of Englishmen,'" among whom he would not have been singular or prominent for loyalty, intellect, or property ; he would I) ive foond his equals in a due regard to con. (tiiutcd authorities, his superiors in knowledge and experience of this icltlcmcnt. I hope .Unit he mil not in futuic keep aloof from his fellow settlers on a point of form ; but by mixing moro with them learn to know and like thiim better. I am, Sir, yours, &0., J. T. Wiokstbcd.

TO TUB EDITOR OP THE "TA.nA.NAKI HKUM.D." Si a,— ln your last pnpor Major Lloyd roluntarily comes forward to favour Now Plymouth nlib bit reasons for not attending public meeting* hold in tl»i« settlement ; hut, with the ons solitary exception which re fern to tlioic meetingt conrcneil by/the Constitutional Association, there are no reason* given ; nod, in spile of his assertion lo the contrary, he lias by hit own shewing manifested the utmost indifference to the Und question, and unwillingness to adrorate the jmt requests of the settler*, displaying in the present instance a peerisu jealousy of thoac who, lets idle ihun himself, hare shown active lympathy in (lint behalf. The grenter portion of his letter is made up of sweeping accusations against the conduct and be« J haviour of his fellow settlers, nnd garbled extract* from tho Tnranaki Herald. In the iirst place he states that in ourendearourt to obtain additional Innd tlio prudent couno has not been adopted. '' Why nan he not present: to suggest it ? Tho single remon 1 ho has vouchsafed cannot be admitted in justification-— true patriotism is not 10 tcjucatnUU of ihu company it Undi itself in for

! useful purpo9P3. But this assertion is not borne I "in—memorial after memorial has been addressed to the Governor in the most respectful Innguage— deputation after daputation ban waited on the authorities, and, with the exception of bland words nnd tho usual formujd of official courtesy, what have we obtained ? , The inaccuracy of your correspondent's information on this head is however pardonxble| not so the presumption displayed by a settler of dome )8 months standing when nddresnini; «uch n remark to men CO.existent with iho settlement, ' Tho assertion that " n system of bullying and insulting tlio higher authorities, obtains to an ex* tent that must prove injurious," cannot be borne out by any reference to tho public acts of the settlers. That men who have for years waited patiently for the justice that should have been accorded them at once, at length give vent to tho feelings which «ueh treatmcut genrrates, and in honest anger rail at the power which ban no often deceived, so systematically ncglectedihcm, it by no meana an evidence of their beiug less wise than schoolboys. Your correspondent goes on to state that a sy«tern exists of exciting in men's brensts angry and discontented feeling*." In this, an belter men have done before him, lie confounds cause and client. That a plain statement of the position in which the ; settlers s>and with reference to their superiors (by which termTl presume yonr correspondent implies the Government) should excite such feelings is, to those men who am concerned in tho welfare of tbc settlement, no matter for surpr.se; but the csu.se can not with nny show of justice be charged against that portion of the community who havo been most active in furthering t c general good. Your correspondent next snys that to " tell tha Govern r !»• i< a li«r cannot setvp onr cau«o" : in this I quite coincide. If, howrrnr. he wishes yonr readers to infer that any words of thin import w ro made us« of at the ineeiing to which he refe r«, may I be permitted to inquire from whence lie oh. tamed his report (not cerutnly from the Taranaki Herald), and which of tho twelro gentlemen who addraihed that mee'inir niado any mcb chirgc ? Ihc nixi paragraph in your correspondent letter embodies a fl itrant mu-it oti-meut, as mny he seen by turning lo your icpirt of the meeting. The qii.iintiou made use of followed the reading; of letiers fiom native o.iiefi, and was in allusion to tlmse. ehi.'li —"Thtse natives are not savages," and not " l'lje natives nre not sivairos." Let me Mr, Editor, nn C'Xt ci qulro whether the report of Sir fio rgr tticy'n condnet toivn-ds this netileincnr, as given in .Sir John Pakinifdn't speech i« one of llii' vngue ones to which your correinogri'ni iwys lie pay* n» iitten'mn. Thn*e who know T^ mnaki, know iils'i llint Sir Georgo Grey care? nmiKtit. f.ir it. The urulern nt lejist nre no igno- | rnul of H; they nrt Mifficicntly i onacious tliat the 1 prosperity and pr»i;iiss of their settlcmont depend on th<'ir'own writ. ne. Fruin S r G- Orgc (Jrcy th»y Mqiiire o-U.vjiwlica, and the perform-noe of his • i u*j; of the I. g^nril suppirt of your correipond.snt nnyilicy ii'vci ntatid in.nefd. i That Jfcj ir Lloyd ehiiuid in all things aphold the rnlitia; powe.B N not to be wondareil at—»ioee tv them he. owes the occupancy ot the I'ark Jx<sya -wt. ih:n l;e ililos liis cmniniiiil 'Mion, and to tfftffr It'jiissiro he is indtblei for inn undue preference winch gave, him permission to Felect Imd fti'.a block dunic I to tho repeated npp'icatixn of older aeltlcrs. , , ■ I will conclude the(se. remarks, by observing that Major Lloyd'n letttor as strongly exeniplifi.s'tlj^ ■piiWer ahd influence of ha"iit and education on, ■ Jnt'il'n miniU us cim h« proceeding^ of the intetlnk hit reins. Mnj>r Lloyd has doubt ens imbibed from his edura ion nnd ciiip'oymviilii strong notions ot deli renee for rank, authority, passive obedience and to frjlh :—»v tin- othor hand the men who spoke nt ihn me. tin?. pduuu:cd in a di(Tnrehl nml more imelul arbnol, have ns strong » ro. gnrd for soci.il rifbu, and the duties of citizeimhip ; the two aro ni-ccs-aiily difficult of nNtimilation, and it it my smaeiu pr»vcr they mny long remain so. I am, Si,, yuun, iic, W. K. Hdlke. l I I

TO TUB EDITOR OV TUB " TARANAKI HriULD 1' Sm, —Can any of your rciwlert fathom the true intent and meaning of the letter in your latt itsuo, signed J. Y. Lloyd ? Have jo many put tho question " why don't you attend publio meetings" to Mr. Lloyd that he finds it casior to write a letter to the public generally through the medium of the newspape- than to answer them verbally and indl> vidually ? Is it not a pretended reply to n self-put question —an emiso both to himself and others for rushing into print, to bring the prcstignof hit name to bear in favour of the Government ofßoial Candidate for the StiDorintendency, (I see the Candidate in question culls it Superintendent" ship), of uhom he is the strenous advocate, though he can urge in his favour nothing but his strictly religious principle* ? How* ever desirable tlcse may be, they arc not the only icquisiteß for our representative. We want it man of activity mid energy, not one who only Icnotvt our \vunts, but one who knows them and will labour to supply them—not ihe tool of the Government, the mere long nrn: of ihe Governor, but a man with a mind of his own, who will makehimielf he-.rd— .not one who will submissively take hit'opiniont from his master, and adopt them nt his own. But to the letter I I aaid in Ihe previous paragraph " pretended reply." became 1 fail to ditcovrr v direct reply to the question propounded through tbe whole length of the epistle—notwithstanding itt opening would lead one to suppose that the whole of it would be one sufficient reply, or at least that the question would be disposed of before other matters were* introduced—instead of which we have a vague/ rambling, and apparently aimless production, Apparently aimless only, because its real aim i« to annihilate the Constitutional As~ soi-iation with the astounding intelligence that Mr. Lloyd does not " acknowledge" it: VVondrous that it ibonld dare to exist. Does lie acknowledge the Queen of England or Kiog of Timbuctoo ? To obtain more land " the prudent course bat not been adopted.' 1 This he knows from length of residenco and great experience in the settlement ? ' A Daniel come to judgment—Tea a Daniel! O, n ite young judge I how do I honour Mice 1'

The Government OfllchU ore our " tuperhrs," became they nrc f mployod and pnid by vs —Mr. Llnyd t«ys so, and who will not bow to bis decision. Weep, Now Plymouth, weep 1 JLet your mountain tremble and sued rivers of tears 1 Lat your earth quake, and your fields be dctolatc 1 Let your women lament, and yonr children bo sorrowful 1 For why ? He does not attend your public mcctiugt I Scn.ttTA,T6 1. 1 1 ' 1 1 1 ' : ■ 1 1 r ' • ; 1 • % : • f ! " " ' 1 ' I 1 [ ' 1 ' ' ■ 1 I • * \ 1 • . . ! I

tj» the nniTort of this " tabakaki HRiUT,a." ; Sir,—ln your number of iho 23rd inst., I perceive n letter sinned "J. Y. Lloyd" giving a public reply to " an oft repeated question" which question I presume must have been put to him in pn»ate. It i», I sm aware, exceedingly unpleasant to have tbe same question "oft repeated," and ns tho absence of influential individuals from public mcetin?« naturally cre»te» surprise, nnd mu»t of course oxite curiosity as to the cau^e, " Mr. .7. Y. Lloyd" takes a wiso and prudent course in making known as publicly as possible his reasons Ur non attendance. i The fact of his not being blind to lha necessity of acquiring more fern and open bush lands, combined with the holief tbat Taranaki it likely to havo less than a yottniter child's portion, is, uo doubt, n good, valid, satisfactory roason fur not attending a meeting having special reference to the LariJ Qurjfknll! <flfacquire this addition the prudont conrse has notarecn adopted" I am sure thnt all persons attMHine; the taut meeting exceedingly rcjiot thnt Mr7 Lloyd was not present in ifrderthat they might one nnd all have had thn benefit of his prudence and cxpcrioncß~in which c»»e there would have been no attooipt made "to bully or insult higher authorities, or exoite angry and discontented feelmen towards superiors"—if we only knew them. Quiet endurance of unmerited neglected tnav pcrlmpsbe virtuous, asking to hove wrongs redresucd, may be hinhly improper, but to have tho presumption to animadvert upon tho public con<duct of a public man ('lie Governor is n public servant) is an unpa.donablo stretch of assurance. For us to tell tho Governor " here in lend, you oao buy if you wW is nn amount of cool impudence that no Governor could or would patiently submit to, because it would in fact be telllnft him "We know your duty, and how to do it, bolter thm you do Tour»elf." To tell the Governor that he is a liar, would be making use of harsh ungemlemuuly, larcijunge—the term was not used at the late meeting, nor would it have passed uncensured had it heert, • It h some yaari dtnee I \v«a nt sch,oo,\ .but i£ my memory serves me right, mv school master Was acnustomod to impr.-s/unon Ihe minds of hijnuplls the wide difference betw en conferring a fivour and diiingoiif'sduty. It is no doubt a great/aunwr to gar more land, but Is.jt not the. Gtveninr't duty to u>i- his be<t endeavour* to get us more ? For " any vagus reports regarding the Governor's - eoliduct towa-d» the New Plymouth Settlers" Mi, Lloyd can r»fof to the " Blue Book." publMiod resprctiHg-New Zea'and, wherein the Governor's regard for this settlement is tignally displayed. In cone'uiion, Mr. Editor, permit me lo nsk if (here be nny truth in tho report that Mr. Lloyd's non-aelmo»ledi{inent of ' nn Association" (the Constitutional. I prosuaie) ha» proved a death-blow ' to it, and caused a tudden dissolution 1 ' I am, Sir, yours, &c, A. H. Gainii. [We know not why our correspondent should have oddri-sned his la»t interrogatory to as ; neverthelenf, for hii information we will otsureh.m, that we beiievn tho AstocUtlon'to which he refers is likely to stand its Rround against the attacks alike of open and covert foes, Ed T> //.]